Proposed OpenJDK IcedTea project: Needs group sponsorship

[Dalibor Topic]

Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> That said, at this stage, based on my reading of the project rules on
> the OpenJDK website (http://openjdk.java.net/projects/), we need
> someone from any existing group to turn our proposal into a formal
> proposal.  Dalibor agreed to do this as a member of the porters group.

Seeing that there were no objections to the proposal during the discussion
on the list, I'll send the formal proposal out tonight, and call this 
group's members to vote on sponsoring it.

> I don't believe any members of
> Red Hat are group members and I'm not even sure of the process by
> which a group member or group is proposed, though I've seen new
> members being added to some.

Adding Members is explained in http://openjdk.java.net/groups/ .
The Porters group can add Members (and with my Moderator hat on, I
expect that we'll do so in the coming months).

cheers,
dalibor topic
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