On Apr 3, 2017, at 12:03 PM, Gregg Wonderly <gregg...@cox.net> wrote: > > Alan, it is exactly this kind of comment from the team which just tears apart > the whole view that you might actually be considering what everyone in the > Java community needs.
I think *this* comment is unfair to Alan. I read Alan as saying "don't assume that users can rely on an SM present". If I'm right, that is a far cry from tearing the community into parts. I think you would admit that not everyone uses SM. So you didn't ding Alan (who is doing really heroic work for the community) for simply reminding us that a SM-based approach would not serve the whole community equally. Did you impute some other motive to him? — John