From alex.buckley at oracle.com  Tue Sep 14 16:14:58 2010
From: alex.buckley at oracle.com (Alex Buckley)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:14:58 -0700
Subject: [jsr294-modularity-eg] JSR 294 in Java SE 7/8
Message-ID: <4C8FD7C2.4070605@oracle.com>

Experts,

Oracle has published a proposal for JDK7 on the appropriate OpenJDK 
mailing list [1], copied on Mark Reinhold's blog [2].

Please note the following clause from the proposal: "As always, our 
intent is that JDK 7 will ship concurrently with a Java SE 7 JSR, and 
likewise for JDK 8 and Java SE 8".

The proposal has two options. The favored option, "Plan B", is:

- Modularity is not a theme of JDK7. The Umbrella JSR for Java SE 7 that 
Oracle would submit to the JCP SE/EE EC would not include JSR 294.
- Modularity is a theme of JDK8. The Umbrella JSR for Java SE 8 that 
Oracle would submit to the JCP SE/EE EC may include JSR 294.

Please direct comments on the scope and schedule of Java SE to your JCP 
SE/EE EC rep.

Please direct comments on the scope and schedule of the JDK, including 
"Plan A" v. "Plan B", to the OpenJDK list or Mark's blog.

Alex

[1]http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk7-dev/2010-September/001528.html
[2]http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/rethinking_jdk7