[fedora-java] What is the current Fedora / JPackage relationship?

[Aaron Clark]

I've been looking to package up some java web frameworks and tools, but 
I've run into the issue of the fedora versions of some components being 
practically ancient, e.g. jakarta-commons-fileupload.  Now, this package 
was originally forked from JPackage, but appears to have stagnated in 
Fedora as opposed to JPackage which has continued on and has an 
up-to-date version in their repository.

What is the general guidance for java packages on Fedora?  Should a java 
user/developer go to JPackage for all their java needs (a la RPMFusion 
for your binary graphics drivers and patent encumbered codecs), or 
should Fedora itself be packaging everything that is needed?  Do any 
Fedora packages also contribute to JPackage?  Furthermore, for the more 
pressing issue of severely outdated dependencies, should we be rebasing 
to the current JPackage, updating the existing specs, or creating new, 
modernized specs to update the packages?

Thanks,
Aaron