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

[Andrew Pielage <andrew.pielage@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The minutes for the October 29th Specification Committee call are below and are also available here. Please review and be ready for approval during our call on November 12th.

Jakarta EE Spec Committee - October 29th, 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

We have quorum (we need 5 representatives) 

Past business / action items:

• Approval is requested for the minutes from the September 3rd, 2025 meeting as drafted - Approved
• Approval is requested for the minutes from the September 17th, 2025 meeting as drafted - Approved
• Approval is requested for the minutes from the October 1st, 2025 meeting as drafted - Approved
• Approval is requested for the minutes from the October 15th, 2025 meeting as drafted - Approved

Agenda:

• Jakarta EE 12 Update [Jared Anderson]
• Dashboard
• M2 deadline: December 9th
• Ongoing tracking spreadsheet of specifications progressing through the JESP specification version lifecycle
• Ivar assigned as mentor for Agentic AI
• Creation Review shortly: 7-day ballot
• Specification Committee Chair Renewal
• Are there any objections to the current voting Specification Committee chair, Andrew Pielage, continuing to serve for another 12 months?
• No objections noted.
• Program Plan Recommendations for 2026 
• https://www.eclipse.org/lists/jakarta.ee-spec.committee/msg03662.html 
• No changes from the spec committee
• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iUYMXgYBO5dacxgcK1pCCUoCbwv_SifYbmEjq9LuzS0/edit?usp=sharing 
• Discussion about retrospectives: James Perkins to follow up on if there are any actions from the EE11 Platform retrospective for us to follow up on yet
• Was an agenda item on previous calls but nothing came about from it
• Final call to review the slides: forward any requests to your steering committee representative
• Issue #55 - TCK Archive Format [Ed Bratt]
• Check in on Ed Bratt’s PR: pending
• Issue #83 - Clean up and clarify how to list TCK service releases on spec pages [Andrew Pielage]
• Check on progress of pull requests - set as a goal for M2
• All specifications done, was awaiting review (and fixing conflicts caused by new changes)
• Will resolve the conflicts and merge
• Issue #74 - TCK challenge automatic acceptance - [Ed Bratt]
• Check on progress of specifications - set as a goal for M2
• Issue #58 - TCK challenge templates [Andrew Pielage]
• Check on progress of pull requests - set as a goal for M2
• Another poke required 
• Some have conflicts
• 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.
• Issue #85 - Document Jenkins Maven Publication Jobs [Emily Jiang]
• Specifications having wiki pages (or equivalent documentation) goal for M2
• Needs to be brought up in the Platform call and/or poke projects leads via email
• Issue #86 - Simplify Compatibility Certification Requests [Ivar Grimstad]
• Example to be created
• Ivar to reach out to understand the complaints
• 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

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Andrew Pielage
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