[jakartaee-platform-dev] Need assistance, please

["Kevin Sutter" <sutter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Platform Team,
I've been working
on the Platform Specification in preparation for the Milestone "release"
and I will need some assistance from more of the Platform experts.

I've been driving
most of the work from this overall Issue:  https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jakartaee-platform/issues/191
(You'll see that
I have received some assistance from Kenji, Ivar, and a newcomer, Tom Watson.
 Thank you!)

I am specifically
asking for help in the areas due to the removal of distributed interop
-- input and reviewing.

I have this PR
on the API section:  https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jakartaee-platform/pull/187,
which I would like another review and eventual approval.  This PR
was used to define "required, proposed optional, optional, and removed"
-- removing the use of "prune" from the Spec.

There are additional
updates required to Distributed Interop and the effect of removing that
from the Platform per the Release Plan.  Some of them are highlighted
in that PR #187.  But, we have another section of the Platform Spec
devoted to "Interoperability".  It's bound to be affected.

I'm not looking
for perfection for this Milestone release.  But, I would like to at
least identify all of the areas that still need addressing.  In several
cases, I have just added a '**TODO**' reference as a reminder that we still
have some updating yet to do.

If you wish to
pick up a whole section, please remember to update the top-level
Issue with
your intent to avoid duplication of effort.  But, I'm also looking
for help with reviewing and approving of the PRs so that we have a semi-consistent
Platform spec ready for the Milestone.  Thanks for your help!

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Kevin Sutter 
STSM, MicroProfile and Jakarta EE architect @ IBM
e-mail:  sutter@xxxxxxxxxx     Twitter:  @kwsutter
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