Re: [rt-pmc] Access to OSGi TCKs

[Wayne Beaton <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Janet is working on an agreement with Oracle. So yes.

Unfortunately every TCK provider has different rules for their use and
dissemination, so every one of them represents a lot of work for our
limited legal resources.

Wayne

On 02/03/2011 04:08 PM, Jan Bartel wrote:
> Will any other TCKs be available in the near future? Specifically,
> the Jetty project is interested in the servlet TCK from Oracle.
> 
> thanks
> Jan
> 
> On 03/02/11 10:27, Wayne Beaton wrote:
>> Greetings folks.
>>
>> I apologise for the time that this process is taking. It's long past
>> time to give you a status update.
>>
>> The EF has drafted a process document for managing access by project
>> committers to TCKs. Further, we have started implementing the
>> infrastructure changes that we need to manage this.
>>
>> Your comments are welcome.
>>
>> Some key points:
>>
>> A project lead needs to request access to a TCK for their project. As
>> part of that request, the project needs to specify the project
>> committers who need access to the TCK. Project leads can subsequently
>> request that other committers be granted access to the TCK. My current
>> thinking is to manage these requests through Bugzilla (Community/TCK
>> Access).
>>
>> The PMC will be asked to approve access to the TCK for the project.
>>
>> The EMO will require that designated committers sign an agreement. Janet
>> is currently working on that agreement. This will be done through direct
>> contact by the Legal team.
>>
>> A single mailing list will be created for each TCK. Only those
>> committers with access to the TCK will have access to the mailing list.
>> This will allow committers from different projects to share information.
>>
>> Similarly, committers with access to the TCK will be granted access to a
>> closed Bugzilla instance. Webmaster is working out the details of what
>> this will look like.
>>
>> My intent is to get ECF moving on the OSGi RSA TCK as quickly as
>> possible. We'll handle this first experience without the benefit of
>> complete infrastructure; I'm hoping to use that experience to flesh out
>> any important details that we've missed so that we can revise our
>> infrastructure development plans. Basically, as soon as we have the
>> legal agreements sorted out, we should be good-to-go with access to the
>> TCK and a mailing list.
>>
>> We're concerned that there are a lot of moving parts here, so we hope to
>> have the required infrastructure in place before we commit to any other
>> TCK access.
>>
>> I hope that this makes sense.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
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