Community

Hey Ottawa-area committers: drop by the Eclipse Foundation offices for a little Indigo-release inspired socializin’ on Thursday afternoon from 3-5pm. We’ll have beer…

You may recall from last year’s post, Helios by the Numbers, that our official project count was really just one of a whole bunch of different numbers. I’m pleased to say that this year we really tightened this up; as a result, I only have two numbers. Officially, we have...

One of the bigger things that I’ve been working on this year is the introduction of a formal Security Policy for Eclipse projects. Due to the nature of how work actually gets done around here, this has been a particularly interesting challenge. The security policy cannot, for example, make any...

The first round of Eclipse Indigo Reviews is complete, with all reviews receiving a passing grade. That means that we have forty projects down, and twenty-two to go (total of sixty-two). The remaining projects reviews–listed below–will wrap up our Indigo Review activity. Note that three projects– EGit, JGit, and WindowBuilder–are...

I decided to split the project reviews for the Indigo release into two separate review periods. The first review, run from June 2-8/2011 is complete and all reviews have been declared successful. The following release reviews have been declared successful. Data Tools 1.9 Release Review AMP 0.9.0 Release Review EMF...

For the past week, most of my time has been spent neck-deep in IP Logs. Eclipse projects are required to submit their IP Log for review prior to any release. With Eclipse Indigo due to release in just under a month (June 22/2011), I’ve been bit-buried in IP Logs. Of...

This post is a reworked version of a response that I posted on the eclipse.proposals forum. I cannot recall any project proposal garnering so much discussion and stirring as much emotion as the recent proposal to move Hudson to Eclipse. Frankly, this is the first time that anybody has ever–in...

I’ve been working on some updates to the Eclipse Development Process (EDP) that we’ll roll out in August 2011. The main driver behind these changes is some planned changes in the Eclipse Bylaws. The Bylaw change that will most affect the EDP is the removal of the Requirements Council. The...

“Is something wrong?”, she said Well of course there is, “you’re still alive,” she said Oh, and do I deserve to be? Is that the question? And if so, if so, who answers, who answers? – Pearl Jam, Alive I take criticisms that the Eclipse Development Process (EDP) is “too...

At Eclipse, we talk a lot about community. Developing a community is an important part of being an open source project. It is from a community of users, adopters, and contributors that a project draws strength and longevity. Without a community, an open source project is just a bunch of...