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Openness and transparency are two of the more important principles at Eclipse and outward communication is an important part of both. It is through outward communication that we let the community know what’s going on. I recently sent out an email, for example, declaring to the community that the Doc2Model...

Remy Suen’s “ How to Fix a Bug in Eclipse” article is now available on eclipse.org/resources. In this article, Remy discusses various tips and techniques for getting involved with an Eclipse project and providing a patch. I discussed this article a few posts back. In that post, I discussed some...

I am encouraged by the number of Eclipse project plans that have been updated over the last few weeks. I’m very positive that we will have most of them set in time for the approaching a September 30 deadline. I have spoken with about a dozen project leads directly to...

I’ve been working on a new version of the IP Log tool. This version leverages some pretty cool Eclipse technology. The first thing you see when you use the tool is the wizard. The wizard can populate a new IP Log with information gathered from the various Eclipse Foundation databases...

No. That’s not it. If you plan to fail, you fail to plan. Nope. What was it my SCUBA diving instructor said? Oh yes… if you fail to plan you plan to fail. Good planning is an important part of every Eclipse project. A project plan sets the direction of...

We some reviews coming up on September 16. First is a release review for Visual Editor. I think that this should come as a great relief for many in the community; I see lots of questions about this on various mailing lists and forums. Further, I tend to get at...

I’m lumping the last two questions about Galileo from my interview in Eclipse Magazin into this final part seven of the series. 7. Galileo is over now and the next release cycle is waiting – there is even already a name for it: “Helios”! On the other hand people always...

Enforcement and honoring of obligations in the Galileo Release Train was the theme in part six of my interview in Eclipse Magazin. 6. Who does take the decisions – for example when a project isn’t able to fulfil the obligations? There are two bodies at work here. First, is is...

Logistics and infrastructure is the topic in part five my interview in Eclipse Magazin. 5. 33 projects – that also means a certain personal and logistic effort to be managed by the Eclipse Foundation. Which infrastructure has been established to assure that the processes are respected by the projects? Formally...

Does Eclipse have a weight problem? I tackle that question in part four from my interview in Eclipse Magazin. 4. 33 different Eclipse projects are participating in Galileo. If we add the different sub-projects, the number raises up to over 50 projects! This is a great achievement for sure! But...