* Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger@xxxxxxxxx> [2011-07-25 15:18]: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:30:23AM -0400, Deepak Bhole wrote: > > * Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger@xxxxxxxxx> [2011-07-23 20:03]: > > > The alpha change deadline is a week and three days away so this is very > > > likely too late. If you want to try to get an exception to get this in, you > > > need to get the Java SIG excited to do it, get the Feature page finished > > > (with estimates of how much time it will take to finish and who will do the > > > work) and put it before FESCo/Feature Wrangler to see if they'll grant an > > > exception. > > > > > > Judging by the state things are in now, I don't know that it looks too > > > hopeful unless you get some Java SIG people to commit to working on it. > > > > > > > This is doable by the Alpha deadline. The main holdup for us has been a > > lack of OpenJDK TCK for v7. The actual RPM can be written fairly > > quickly. We were hopeful that we'd be able to push a more tested initial > > version. But given the deadlines, it appears we will have to push > > whatever we have right now and modify/fix it as needed when we have the > > TCK. > > > Note: The *Feature deadline* is already passed. That's why I use the word > "exception" in what I wrote. > > Robyn and I have talked about how the feature process could be adapted to > allow for more late work to occur however none of that talk has turned into > anything solid yet. One point that bears on this is that the Feature Owners > must be willing to commit to doing all the work involved in coordination > when they submit something late. In other words, if Java 7 update went in > well before the feature deadline, the expectation would be that packagers > whose packages depended on Java would need to adapt to Java 7. The > expectation now that the Feature Freeze has passed is that the people > pushing Java 7 into the repos would also need to seek out and fix all the > packages that depend on them that are broken. > Ah, thank you for the clarification. I wasn't aware of the above distinction in exception cases. > Hope that helps in creating a Feature plan that FESCo can grant an exception > to in good conscience, > Thanks, Deepak > -Toshio > > -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
