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[Jeremy Manson]

Alex,

Although we discussed this in person, I was a little unclear about the
single-point-of-failureness of it.  What happens when the ML dies?  Or even
goes on vacation?  Are they really the sole authority?

Jeremy


On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Alex Buckley <alex.buckley at oracle.com>
wrote:

> On 8/2/2014 4:51 AM, Doug Lea wrote:
>
>> This all sounds good, although it would be nice to also regularize
>> a "transition plan" for efforts (for example, the upcoming memory model
>> updates; JDK8 lambdas) that result in spec updates. Probably nothing
>> special beyond saying that upon integration of specs, follow-ups
>> go here?
>>
>
> Not necessarily. The Maintenance Lead (ML) for a JSR is the official
> contact for bugs in that JSR's spec. Just because a JSR's spec is
> integrated into the text of the JLS or JVMS doesn't mean that the ML's
> responsibilities diminish. In 2025, substantive feedback about the JMM9
> spec developed in 2015 should be sent to the ML, not
> jls-jvms-spec-comments. To the extent that people send substantive feedback
> to jls-jvms-spec-comments anyway, the owner of that alias should not
> hesitate to bounce mails to the correct ML.
>
> Alex
>
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