New Project approved: JDK 6

[David Herron]

Joseph D. Darcy wrote:
> Andrew John Hughes wrote:
>> On 25/01/2008, Joseph D. Darcy <Joe.Darcy at sun.com> wrote:
>>> Dalibor Topic wrote:
>>>> Andrew Haley wrote:
>>>>> Mark Reinhold wrote:
>>>>>> Per the interim governance guidelines for Projects [1] I'm 
>>>>>> pleased to
>>>>>> announce the creation of the JDK 6 Project [2,3] following the Build
>>>>>> Group's decision [4] to sponsor it.
>>>>> How very splendid!  Good news, indeed.
>>>> Yep, looking forward to see it developed out in the open.
>>>>
>>>> Joe, could you add a URL for the mercurial repository on the project's
>>>> web page?
>>> Hi Dalibor.
>>>
>>> I've sent out an email to the OpenJDK 6 dev list [1].  In summary, we
>>> won't have Mercurial repositories immediately; I'm working on the
>>> remaining Sun-internal processes to get the code out.  I'll add a link
>>> to the source bundles and Mercurial repositories once they are 
>>> available.
>>>
>>> -Joe
>>>
>>> [1] 
>>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk6-dev/2008-January/000000.html 
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I presume having this pass the JDK 6 TCK will require the Javascript
>> hole (and any other API facing ones) to be filled.
>
> Actually the JCK tests only cover the javax.script API itself and not 
> any specific language, including javascript, so while this may be 
> considered a functionality hole, it isn't a conformance one.
>
> -Joe
>

As I understand it, the platform spec for javax.script is soley the 
API's for managing script engines.  That's all the TCK would test 
because their scope is soley the spec'd stuff.

We chose to deliver Rhino with the platform because it would add some 
useful additional abilities.  That does not place Rhino within the scope 
that the TCK would test.

- David Herron