> It might help the contributors be more patient if they understood why it > helps the OpenJDK community to wait for this. Neither the minutes from the > board meeting nor the ensuing discussion in the last twelve hours really > explain why waiting indefinitely is better than letting OpenJDK 8 get > started now. > > Put another way, what bad things might happen if it starts now?
Mark, Good question, thanks. My apologies for a delayed response. I think the short answer is that Doug and I believe that governance matters. We did think this through, and our judgment call at the time was the we needed to push this governance creation process to completion, and the Java8 project was some leverage to do so. It is certainly arguable whether we made the right decision, but that is the explanation of why.
