Should Lance be a member of the core libraries group? (original) (raw)

Lance J. Andersen Lance.Andersen at Sun.COM
Fri Feb 27 18:36:58 UTC 2009

Alan Bateman wrote:

Iris Clark wrote:

Hi, Alan.

Before I consider initiating the CFV, I have one question. Is JDBC really considered part of "Core Libraries"? We want to make sure that "Core Libraries" does not become the catch-all for APIs that don't belong anywhere else. You are right and that is the real question. It would be extending the scope because JDBC isn't really related to any of the feature areas currently listed on the group page. Originally when we rolling out the content for core-libs pages I had sent JDBC info for inclusion on that page last March. It made sense as I dotted line report into the core libs manager.

It was decided in previous discussions that JDBC did not warrant its own group on OpenJDK and why i had sent the info for inclusion on the core libs page.

As far as I know Lance already has all the privileges necessary to enhance JDBC, including commit rights. What additional benefits would becoming a member of Core Libraries confer on him? Yes, I believe he has push-rights so this isn't an issue. I'm sorta the messenger here, not the campaign manager :-) so I'll have to defer to Lance on this. This is a core Java API as everything talks to a database so it should have a voice/home in OpenJDK :-)

Regards Lance

-Alan.

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