RFR (M) 8223456: CSR Delayed starting of debugging via jcmd

[Langer, Christoph]

Hi David,

> I find it frustrating, from a CSR Group member perspective, that people
> too often need someone else to tell them a CSR is, or is not, needed
> rather than being able to evaluate that for themselves. Thinking about
> the need for a CSR request should be on everyone's "checklist" before
> proposing any new feature or significant change. And yes it should also
> be part of the reviewer's review criteria.
> 
> That said the only guaranteed additional exposure a CSR provides is to
> the CSR Group lead - Joe - who will do the actual approval. Even CSR
> Group members don't get notified of new CSRs - they are just JBS issues
> and you have to watch the right component/subcomponent to get
> notifications. So there is no guarantee that a CSR would have provoked
> any detailed discussion at the time - unless Joe flagged it for some reason.

Thanks for the information.

Speaking for myself, I guess I now have a better understanding of the CSR process than back in last December and would probably go for a CSR for such a change automatically.

/Christoph