<Swing Dev> Swing Group Status?

[Alexander Potochkin]

Hello Florian

> Hi Alexander,
> 
> thanks for your answer.
> 
> Sorry to hear that Pavel is ill and hope he is soon well again.
> 
> I understand that Pavel is responsible for the swing-generics project 
> (from Sun side), but of course all Swing developers are invited to join 
> the discussions (inside and outside of Sun). If all agree, the chances 
> are smaller that we missed something. If not, then this can lead to more 
> arguments from the other developers. This should also make life easier 
> for Pavel to form an opinion for the final decision.

That's correct. I'll encourage people to participate.

> Since creating a polished patch always takes some (of my free-)time, 
> it's important for me that there are already decisions for all the open 
> questions before I start to make a patch for later review.

I understand. I am going to reread the messages with your latest proposals.

Thanks for your support
alexp

> 
> -Florian
> 
> Alexander Potochkin schrieb:
>> Hello Florian
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I posted several e-mails the past 2 weeks but unfortunatly the only 
>>> response from Sun was some shorts thoughts from Alexander Potochkin. 
>>> Now, I don't want to blame anyone (I cannot always react as fast as I 
>>> would like to, myself), but for the better understanding:
>>>
>>> What is the current status of the Swing group of OpenJDK inside Sun?
>>> How many developers work full-time for the Swing project inside Sun?
>>> How many developers work partial-time for the Swing project inside Sun?
>>> How is the communication to the community organized inside Sun?
>>> Do all Swing developers of Sun participate in 
>>> swing-dev at openjdk.java.net or just some selected developers?
>>> Do these developers have some fixed time they can use to communicate 
>>> with the community or just as needed and time allows?
>>
>> I am really sorry for delay in our communication
>>
>> Let me explain the situation:
>>
>> Your participation is very important for us,
>> so the dedicated engineer(Pavel)
>> is responsible for supporting your efforts.
>>
>> That's why I sent only shorts thoughts about that.
>>
>> Unfortunately Pavel is ill now and can't answer you,
>> but it is not serious and he is going to recover in couple of days
>> and returning to swing-dev
>>>
>>> It would be great if we could speed up things a bit!
>>
>> Meanwhile let me know if there is anything I can help you with.
>>
>> Thank you very much for your support
>> alexp
>>
>>>
>>> -Florian
>>>
>>
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