[External] : AW: Resigning as PowerPC/AIX Port Project Lead

Wed May 12 15:03:19 UTC 2021

Hi Volker & team,

Thank you all for your efforts on the port, and in particular to Volker 
for having stepped up as Project Lead and having contributed a lot of 
effort to make the PowerPC/AIX Port the exemplary porting Project within 
the Porters Group in terms of its documentation, JEP, and integration 
into mainline that all the subsequent ports could and did heavily 
benefit from.

In my capacity as the Porters Group Lead, I'll be happy to appoint 
Martin as the new Project Lead, and to wish him ongoing success.

I'll send a separate e-mail to that effect to the ppc-aix-port-dev 
mailing list, and let the Registrar know about the change.

cheers,
dalibor topic

On 12.05.2021 16:00, Doerr, Martin wrote:
> Hi Volker and Götz,
> 
> thank you for all the work you have done regarding the PowerPC/AIX Port!
> 
> The job was often tough, but you never gave up. It was a great 
> achievement which I’d like to emphasize again.
> 
> I appreciate the nomination as new lead and I’ll be glad to accept. I’m 
> looking forward to continue the collaboration with IBM/RedHat and Oracle.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Martin
> 
> *Von: *Lindenmaier, Goetz <goetz.lindenmaier at sap.com>
> *Datum: *Mittwoch, 12. Mai 2021 um 15:40
> *An: *Volker Simonis <volker.simonis at gmail.com>, ppc-aix-port-dev 
> <ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net>, porters-dev at openjdk.java.net 
> <porters-dev at openjdk.java.net>, discuss at openjdk.java.net 
> <discuss at openjdk.java.net>, Doerr, Martin <martin.doerr at sap.com>, 
> jdk-dev <jdk-dev at openjdk.java.net>, jdk-updates-dev at openjdk.java.net 
> <jdk-updates-dev at openjdk.java.net>, jdk8u-dev at openjdk.java.net 
> <jdk8u-dev at openjdk.java.net>
> *Cc: *Dalibor Topic <dalibor.topic at oracle.com>, 'Tim Ellison' 
> <tellison at redhat.com>
> *Betreff: *RE: Resigning as PowerPC/AIX Port Project Lead
> 
> Hi
> 
> Volker, many thanks for initiating and driving the ppc/aix
> port up to now!
> 
> And yes, SAP proposes Martin Doerr[1] as new lead of the
> PowerPC/AIX Port Project [2][3][4].
> 
> In the future, SAP will concentrate on supporting
> linuxppc64le (little endian) in jdk/jdk, jdk17 and jdk11. I.e., SAP
> will assure best quality by continuously building and testing these
> repositories.  IBM will take the responsibility of the AIX port.
> 
> The linuxppc64 (big endian) port will be discontinued [5] as it
> is nowadays superseded by the little endian port. SAP will also
> terminate its testing efforts of the ppc platforms in OpenJDK 8u [6].
> IBM will continue the support of linuxppc64 (le, be) in 8 and 11.
> 
> Naturally, SAP will always respond to issues raised against the
> linuxppc64, linuxppc64le or aixppc64 ports in any jdk version
> with appropriate effort.
> 
> Best regards,
> Goetz and Tim
> 
> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/census#mdoerr 
> <http://openjdk.java.net/census#mdoerr>
> [2] http://openjdk.java.net/census#ppc-aix-port 
> <http://openjdk.java.net/census#ppc-aix-port>
> [3] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/ppc-aix-port/ 
> <http://openjdk.java.net/projects/ppc-aix-port/>
> [4] https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/PPCAIXPort 
> <https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/PPCAIXPort>
> [5] The last releases where SAP tests linuxppc64 will be 11.0.12 and 17.
> [6] The last release of 8 where SAP tests linuxppc64 and aix will be
>      the July 2021 security update.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Volker Simonis <volker.simonis at gmail.com>
>  > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 3:26 PM
>  > To: ppc-aix-port-dev <ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net>; porters-
>  > dev at openjdk.java.net; discuss at openjdk.java.net
>  > Cc: Dalibor Topic <dalibor.topic at oracle.com>; Lindenmaier, Goetz
>  > <goetz.lindenmaier at sap.com>
>  > Subject: Resigning as PowerPC/AIX Port Project Lead
>  >
>  > I hereby resign as PowerPC/AIX Port Project Lead.
>  >
>  > The PowerPC/AIX Port [1] was proposed almost exactly 9 years ago [2].
>  > It was the first externally contributed, full OpenJDK port and paved
>  > the way for subsequent porting projects like aarch64 and s390. It was
>  > also the beginning of a fruitful cooperation between SAP, IBM and
>  > Oracle who have all contributed to the success of this project.
>  >
>  > While PowerPC and especially AIX can still be seen as "niche"
>  > platforms, the presence of the PowerPC/AIX Port in the OpenJDK main
>  > line has helped to considerably improve and streamline the whole code
>  > base. I hope this mutually beneficial collaboration will continue in
>  > the future and would like to propose Martin Doerr (mdoerr [3]) as new
>  > Project Lead.
>  >
>  > Martin is a true PowerPC/Itanium expert and a real memory model
>  > wizard. He's a long term member of the SAP JVM team, an OpenJDK
>  > Reviewer and a member of the OpenJDK HotSpot and Members Groups [3].
>  >
>  > In the end, and according to the OpenJDK Bylaws, the Lead of the
>  > sponsoring group (Dalibor Topic from the Porters Group) needs to
>  > assign a new Project Lead [4]. I for myself can't think of any better
>  > candidate and warmly recommend Martin for this position.
>  >
>  > Thank you and best regards,
>  > Volker
>  >
>  > [1] https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/PPCAIXPort 
> <https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/PPCAIXPort>
>  > [2] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/announce/2012- 
> <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/announce/2012->
>  > May/000125.html
>  > [3] http://openjdk.java.net/census#mdoerr 
> <http://openjdk.java.net/census#mdoerr>
>  > [4] http://openjdk.java.net/bylaws#project-lead 
> <http://openjdk.java.net/bylaws#project-lead>
> 

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