CFV: Project sponsorship: Small language changes

[Joseph D. Darcy]

Hello.

No problem; the project mailing list, etc. will be created next week; 
going to FOSDEM was fun but very tiring!

-Joe

Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
> Neal,
>
> Thank you for your concern.  As far as I know, there  is no issue here 
> other than the sometimes glacial pace at which things happen. I would 
> look to Joe's blog for the latest news on this project, and I presume 
> that he will have the repositories created when there is something to 
> put in them.
>
> -- Jon
>
> Neal Gafter wrote:
>> Jonathan-
>>
>> It's been two months since this project was approved.  The 
>> announcements section on http://openjdk.java.net/ does not reflect 
>> the creation of this project, and there isn't yet any repository or 
>> mailing list.  I hope there isn't a problem?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Neal
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Jonathan Gibbons 
>> <Jonathan.Gibbons at sun.com <mailto:Jonathan.Gibbons at sun.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     The vote is already almost unanimous, with the following having
>>     all voted
>>     in favor:
>>         Alex, Maurizio, Joe, Neal, Jonathan, John and Kumar
>>
>>     Therefore I am calling the result early, and am pleased to announce
>>     the Compiler Group will sponsor this Project.
>>
>>     -- Jon
>>
>>
>>     Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
>>>
>>>     Question: Should the Compiler Group sponsor the proposed 
>>>              "Small language changes for JDK 7" Project [1]?
>>>
>>>     Please cast your vote by replying, publicly, to this message with
>>>     either
>>>
>>>     Vote: yes
>>>
>>>     or
>>>
>>>     Vote: no
>>>
>>>     as the first line of the message body.
>>>
>>>     You may, at your option, indicate the reason for your decision on
>>>     subsequent lines.
>>>
>>>     Votes must be cast in the open; votes sent as private replies will
>>>     not be counted.
>>>
>>>     The sponsorship decision will be made by a simple majority vote of
>>>     the Group's Members.  Votes are due by midnight UTC next Monday,
>>>     15 December.  As an optimization, if an absolute majority of the
>>>     Group's Members votes one way or the other prior to that time then
>>>     the decision may be rendered earlier.
>>>
>>>     Only Members of the Compiler' Group are eligible to vote on this
>>>     decision.  The current Members are:
>>>
>>>        Alex Buckley
>>>        Maurizio Cimadamore
>>>        Iris Clark
>>>        Joe Darcy
>>>        Neal Gafter
>>>        Jonathan Gibbons
>>>        John Rose
>>>        Kumar Srinivasan
>>>
>>>     Once a decision has been made the votes will be summarized and
>>>     reported to this list and also to discuss at openjdk.java.net
>>>     <mailto:discuss at openjdk.java.net>.
>>>
>>>     -- Jon
>>>
>>>     [1]
>>>     
>>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/announce/2008-December/000065.html 
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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