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[jsr363-experts] Re: Fw uom-se#102
- From: Werner Keil <
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- Subject: [jsr363-experts] Re: Fw uom-se#102
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 12:04:54 +0100
According to localedata.jar Java SE 8 at least for some (or all) UI
supports 43 languages including Portuguese;-)
Werner
On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Werner Keil
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P.s.: it seems any Contributor (person who signed the OCA, doesn't need to
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be actively committing, though it probably helps;-) could propose a new
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OpenJDK project or sub-project:
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http://openjdk.java.net/projects/#new-project
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Mobile JDK was recently approved and seems active in the past couple of
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days though Johan Vos is the only contributor other than proposer and lead
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Bob Vandette. He's also a reviewer for Kona btw.
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Let's wait for the ballot and those who get together at the Brazil F2F
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(including Otavio) hopefully we have either Zach or somebody else at ARM.
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Regarding the pledge and ticket, I'd say supporting at least all UI
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languages Java does (http://openjdk.java.net/groups/i18n/ mentions a list
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up to Java 6, probably outdated, or is there still no Portuguese JRE
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support for all UI elements now?;-) in uom-se looks like a good plan. WDYT?
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Werner
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On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Werner Keil
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> Dear experts,
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> Otavio might be a little busy, and while Spec Leads or those driving a
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> particular project/module have the ultimate say, we try to hear as many
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> qualified opinions as possible for most decisions, so any thoughts on
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> https://github.com/unitsofmeasurement/uom-se/issues/102 (a suggestion to
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> keep the Java SE port as Locale and i18n agnostic as the RI) ?
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> I mentioned my concerns or arguments in the thread. Those who have a
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> GitHub user, please feel free to also do so there.
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> We have not heard from some of the OpenJDK contributors I reached out to
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> following their JavaOne presentation of Kona:
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> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/kona However, if you just look at the
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> repository, everything other than COAP seems untouched for over 9 months
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> now. And even COAP has not been officially released like say Device I/O.
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> Frankly speaking, at least those at Oracle in the OpenJDK team (unless
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> they're made redundant or leave by themselves;-) must all be drawn into
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> rudder-boost for an obviously delayed Java SE 9 right now. Why else would
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> Mark have postponed the Final release just yesterday? So let's not worry
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> about OpenJDK right now. We'll wait for the result of the Public Review and
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> based on that plan a Final release, but unless something very unexpected
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> happens, we should be able to go final within a year from now. If any
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> OpenJDK sub-projects were delayed until Java SE 9 is finally there, we'd
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> have to live with that like everybody else. And being a standalone JSR
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> everyone can use it now or no later than a final release on all supported
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> platforms.
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> Regards,
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> Werner
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
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> From: Werner Keil
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> Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 4:53 PM
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> Subject: Fw uom-se#102
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> To: Otávio Gonçalves de Santana
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> Hi,
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> What do you think of the demand in:
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> https://github.com/unitsofmeasurement/uom-se/issues/102
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> I already commented, and while we have not heard from OpenJDK
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> contributors around Kona, I'd rather handle this in a way OpenJDK does
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> elsewhere. E.g. "timezone data" etc. (which are usually more static btw,
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> only TZ changes every once in a while) coming from CLDR come with every
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> Java SE profile while ME has no notion of a Locale, hence locale-sensitive
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> implementations or l10n data makes no sense to the RI.
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> Feel free to comment or simply close ("wontfix"), if you think the ticket
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> Thanks,
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> Werner
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