Blog Posts

    OCA 2024, the First Ever Open Community for Automotive

    by Ansgar Lindwedel

    Open Community for Automotive (OCA) is the newly annual open source for automotive conference hosted by the Eclipse Foundation and collocated at the Open Community Experience (OCX). This conference is designed for automotive developers and product managers, policy makers and decision makers to: Network with people from the automotive SW...

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    Exploring the Future of Open Source Security at OCX 2024

    by Mikaël Barbero

    In the fast-paced world of software development, open source has emerged as a catalyst for innovation. But with this rapid growth comes an equally crucial responsibility: security. As open source continues to reshape the digital landscape, ensuring robust security measures is no longer optional; it’s essential. That’s why Open Community...

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    Reviewing the CVE process and the CNA rules 4.0

    by Marta Rybczynska

    As you probably know, the Eclipse Foundation is a CNA (CVE Numbering Authority), responsible for assigning vulnerability identification numbers, known as CVE (Common Vulnerability Enumerations), to our projects. This August 2024, a new set of rules for CNAs comes into force. The PDF detailing these new rules spans 23 pages...

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    Hashtag Jakarta EE #242

    by Ivar Grimstad

    Welcome to issue number two hundred and forty-two of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Another short summer update. The update for Jakarta EE 11 is about the same as last week. We are still waiting for an estimated delivery date from the Jakarta EE TCK Project. Follow the GitHub Project board for...

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    Join Us at Open Community for Java

    by Ivar Grimstad

    Open Community for Java, a part of OCX 2024, will bring Java enthusiasts, developers, community leaders, and influential thinkers to share insights, challenges, and successes in the Java ecosystem. The event will take place October 22-24 2024 in Mainz, Germany. Open Community for Java is the ultimate gathering for those...

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    Introducing Eclipse SDV Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

    by Sara Gallian

    Fostering Collaboration and Innovation The Eclipse SDV (Software Defined Vehicle) community has initiated three new Special Interest Groups (SIGs) within the Working Group. These will focus on ThreadX , Rust , and Automotive Grade Open Source . ThreadX The ThreadX project offers an embedded development suite including a Real-Time Operating...

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    Hashtag Jakarta EE #241

    by Ivar Grimstad

    Welcome to issue number two hundred and forty-one of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Summer is still around, and the refactoring work of the Jakarta EE Platform TCK moves on. According to the Jakarta EE TCK Project, they will soon be able to empirically derive a date for when the work can...

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    Strengthening Open Source: Latest Updates from the Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group

    by Mike Milinkovich

    Earlier this year, a significant group of open source foundations including Apache Software Foundation, Blender Foundation, PHP Foundation, Python Software Foundation, Rust Foundation, and the Eclipse Foundation – joined forces to launch an exciting new initiative. This initiative aims to help all open source participants navigate and comply with governmental...

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    Controlling access to macOS large runners for GitHub Actions

    by Thomas Neidhart

    In 2023, GitHub introduced new powerful macOS runners for GitHub Actions. These runners have a considerable higher amount of processors / memory and disk space allocated to them to speed up the execution of workflows. This advantage comes at a cost though, as billing per minute of executed workflow time...

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