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Subject: Re: Java EE 7 API jars
From: Kevan Miller <kevan.miller@gmail.com>
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:09:06 -0400
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On Apr 17, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Kevin Sutter <kwsutter@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> Is there any activity in the Geronimo community to create and house =
the API jar files for Java EE 7 technologies, just like we've had =
available in the past with previous spec levels?  Is this work has =
already been started, could you point me at the JIRA or wiki or whatever =
is tracking this piece of work?  If the work hasn't been started, how =
should we kickstart this activity?
>=20
> The Java EE 7 family of specifications is very near to being =
finalized.  It would be great to have these API jar files available for =
those projects that will be implementing the specifications.  And, I =
think the Geronimo project is a great holding place.  Not that the =
Geronimo team has to do all the work, but it would be good to have a =
central project.

Hi Kevin,
Yes, there has been some work/discussion. Mark Struberg mentioned that =
he was going to start work on commons-annotation-1.2.=20

I haven't seen any concerted effort to start building all Java 7 specs. =
Nor any effort to track Java 7 spec creation. A Jira with sub-tasks is =
probably a good way to start. Perhaps you want to give it a try? (Since =
it seems you may have an itch=85 ;-)

--kevan