OpenJDK initial Member registration begins

[Geir Magnusson Jr.]

How many of these Members don't work for Sun?

geir

On Feb 29, 2008, at 4:14 PM, Mark Reinhold wrote:

> In order to initialize the core Community database, which among other
> things governs who can create and push changesets into our Mercurial
> repositories, the Moderators of the initial Groups are in the process
> of conducting a census of their Members [1,2].
>
> For these initial Groups, which are comprised for the most part of Sun
> employees, the Members of each Group are those engineers who regularly
> work in that Group's area.  (Sun managers are not considered Members
> unless they regularly make non-managerial contributions.)
>
> So far I've received and validated census data for the Build,  
> Compiler,
> HotSpot, JMX, and Security Groups.  If you're a Member of one or  
> more of
> these Groups then you'll shortly receive an automated email message  
> from
> registrar at openjdk.java.net containing the URL for your invitation  
> page.
> Please complete and submit the form on that page in order to finish  
> the
> registration process.
>
> Members of the remaining Groups will be sent invitations as the census
> data is received.  The census ends at noon PDT on 11 March, after  
> which
> time Sun employees who are candidates for Group Membership will have  
> to
> be voted in just like everyone else.  Invitations issued as a result  
> of
> the census will expire at midnight PDT on 25 March.
>
> Note: Registration data is sent via HTTPS, but unfortunately the  
> server
> certificate for db.openjdk.java.net has not yet been signed by Sun's  
> PKI
> authority.  The server is hence using a self-signed certificate for  
> now,
> and your browser will most likely nag you about it.  In case you  
> want to
> validate the certificate, here are its signatures:
>
>    MD5:  52:3D:C5:B3:22:99:95:89:72:05:E9:84:7C:75:22:6D
>    SHA1: 1D:DA:49:F7:43:18:EF:B1:14:36:2C:69:F1:9F:A3:CC:08:F0:23:94
>
> (If you're really paranoid then I can arrange to send you the actual
> certificate over a secure channel.)
>
> As to what this actually means for Mercurial, stay tuned ...
>
> - Mark
>
>
> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/groups/
> [2] http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/cosmology