[microprofile-wg] DISCUSSION: MicroProfile->Jakarta EE Proposal - namesp

[John Clingan <jclingan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At this week's Live Hangout, we continued to discuss the MicroProfile->Jakarta EE Proposal. To keep the eventual resolution "simple", the idea is to come to agreement "out of band" and "ahead of time", where possible. That way, we have a better idea of what the resolution encapsulates. We are going to discuss these items on the microprofile-wg email alias, followed by non-binding straw polls. These are areas where we currently do not have agreement. Many of the MicroProfile Working Group members are also Jakarta EE Working Group members. Not all Jakarta EE Working Group members are MicroProfile Working Group Members, but I'd like to encourage them to participate in this discussion.

The first topic is the MicroProfile namespace for existing MicroProfile specifications, which is currently org.eclipse.microprofile. This is arguably the most impactful discussion because it could result in a breaking change for developers and our customers. The question is whether or not this namespace remains if the MicroProfile->Jakarta EE resolution passes. I have seen a few options discussed so far:

1) Keep org.eclipse.microprofile
2) Change the namespace to jakarta.*
3) Change the namespace to jakarta.microprofile.*

I'd like to give a couple days of open discussion before opening up a separate straw poll email thread. Please respond to this thread discussing benefits and concerns.

Thanks!