[jakarta.ee-spec.committee] Review for Approval: Jakarta EE Specificatio

[Andrew Pielage <andrew.pielage@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The minutes for the October 15th Specification Committee call are below and are also available here. Please review and be ready for approval during our call on October 29th.

Jakarta EE Spec Committee - October 15th, 2025

Attendees (present in bold):

Kenji Kazumura - Fujitsu

Emily Jiang - IBM - Tom Watson

Ed Bratt - Oracle - Dmitry Kornilov

Andrew Pielage (chair)  - Payara - Petr Aubrecht

David Blevins - Tomitribe - Jean-Louis Monteiro, Cesar Hernandez

Ivar Grimstad - PMC Representative

Marcelo Ancelmo - Participant Member -  Abraham Marin-Perez

Werner Keil - Committer Member

Jun Qian - Primeton Information Technologies - Enterprise Member

Zhai Luchao -  Shandong Cvicse Middleware Co. - Enterprise Member

Guest - Jakarta EE 12 co-release coordinators: Jared Anderson, James Perkins

 

Eclipse Foundation: Tanja Obradovic

Past business / action items:

• Approval is requested for the minutes from the September 3rd, 2025 meeting as drafted -  quorum not reached
• Approval is requested for the minutes from the September 17th, 2025 meeting as drafted -  quorum not reached
• Approval is requested for the minutes from the October 1st, 2025 meeting as drafted -  quorum not reached

Agenda:

• Jakarta EE 12 Update [Jared Anderson]
• Dashboard
• M1 still in progress
• Some specs may skip M1 jump directly to M2
• Query ballot completed - to be included in Web Profile and Platform for EE12
• Ongoing tracking spreadsheet of specifications progressing through the JESP specification version lifecycle
• Specification Committee Chair Renewal
• Are there any objections to the current voting Specification Committee chair, Andrew Pielage, continuing to serve for another 12 months?
• Quorum not reached - will roll over to next call, and then onto mailing list if quorum not achieved in that call
• Issue #55 - TCK Archive Format [Ed Bratt]
• Check in on Ed Bratt’s PR: pending
• Not discussed
• Issue #83 - Clean up and clarify how to list TCK service releases on spec pages [Andrew Pielage]
• Check on progress of pull requests
• A few specifications left to do
• Issue #74 - TCK challenge automatic acceptance - [Ed Bratt]
• Check on progress of specifications
• Not discussed
• Issue #58 - TCK challenge templates [Andrew Pielage]
• Check on progress of pull requests
• Set as a goal for M2
• Issue #82 - Consistent approach for TCK challenge exclusions [Ed Bratt]
• Carry over from February 19th: TCK Process should be updated with something akin to Scott Starks suggestion.
• Not discussed
• Issue #85 - Document Jenkins Maven Publication Jobs [Emily Jiang]
• Specifications having wiki pages (or equivalent documentation) goal for M2
• Issue #86 - Simplify Compatibility Certification Requests [Ivar Grimstad]
• Not discussed
• Review other open issues:
• Determine which issues to label as “enhancement” and add to our board
• Close issues which are no longer relevant or have been dealt with
• Program Plan Recommendations for 2026 
• Quorum not reached

Spec Committee members encouraged to review Ed Bratt’s email: https://www.eclipse.org/lists/jakarta.ee-spec.committee/msg03662.html

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Andrew Pielage
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