[jakarta.ee-spec.committee] Mentoring specifications

[Ivar Grimstad <ivar.grimstad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Esteemed specification committee members,

The ballots for the first wave of specifications are scheduled to start on Monday 20th. You are probably all well underway reviewing the PRs for specifications to which you were assigned as a mentor. I have compiled a short checklist for what needs to be done. 

If a PR has been created for the specification

1. Assign yourself as a reviewer
2. Add a comment to the PR containing the checklist [1], like Kevin has done for [2]
3. Start reviewing
4. [optional] Join the mailing list for the project producing the specification
   
5. [optional] It may be a nice gesture to send an email to the project mailing list explaining what you are doing. An example here [5]

If a PR has NOT yet been created for the specification

1. Check which wave it is in [3]
2. Check when the due date for the ballot start for that wave [4]
3. Join the mailing list for the project producing the specification
   
4. Send an email explaining your role as a mentor and ask if they are on track to make the due date for producing the PR
5. Follow up until a PR has been created, then start reviewing

[1] https://github.com/jakartaee/specification-committee/blob/master/spec_review_checklist.md

[2] https://github.com/jakartaee/specifications/pull/225

[3] https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/jakartaee-platform/jakartaee9/JakartaEE9ReleasePlan

[4] https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/jakartaee-platform/jakartaee9/JakartaEE9#jakarta-ee-9-schedule

[5] https://www.eclipse.org/lists/jaxws-dev/msg00031.html

Hope this helps.

Ivar

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Ivar Grimstad

Jakarta EE Developer Advocate | Eclipse Foundation, Inc.

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