Re: [jakarta.ee-spec.committee] Interaction Between Code-First and Speci

[Mark Little <mlittle@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Why does that have to be done through a specification though? Why couldn’t it be done through a discussion between likeminded individuals, groups or vendors who share the same problem, have different proposed solutions, go away and try them, then come back at some time (perhaps pre-determined) to share their experiences and move forward to standardise what works? Now that problem statement and the range or proposed solutions should be documented somewhere and I suppose we could call it an “alpha release of the specification” or maybe just on a wiki or mailing list or google doc or something else.

Mark.

On 31 May 2018, at 07:46, Bill Shannon <bill.shannon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

While there will always be product-specific features, some of which might make
their way into future versions of the specification, wouldn't it also be nice if
multiple independent implementations of new functionality could be created
simultaneously to experiment with the new features in different contexts and
with different customers?  I just don't see how to do that without having some
sort of specification being developed at the same time as the implementations.

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