Eclipse CVS will be shut down in 77 days… Wayne Beaton 4 October 2012 Hey Eclipse Project Leads! The retirement date for CVS is approaching fast! If you have not already done so, you...
Exceptional Circumstances Wayne Beaton 9 August 2012 Sometimes open source projects lose steam. This is the way of things. Developers get pulled off projects. Sometimes the resulting...
Is “open” the same thing as “transparent”? Wayne Beaton 20 July 2012 I spent my day today at OSCON 2012. I took the opportunity to attend talks on subjects that I don’t...
Revise the Eclipse Development Process Wayne Beaton 16 July 2012 I’ve proposed a session titled “ Revise the Eclipse Development Process” for EclipseCon Europe 2012: It’s time to revise the...
Some Juno Numbers Wayne Beaton 26 June 2012 Seventy-two (72) projects signed up to participate in the Juno Simultaneous Release. Some of these projects include one or more...
Transparent and Open Wayne Beaton 1 May 2012 The term “open and transparent” rolls off your tongue. While somewhat more cumbersome to say, I tend to prefer reversing...
Google Summer of Code 2012 Students announced! Wayne Beaton 23 April 2012 The Google Summer of Code 2012 students have been announced, and I’m very happy to report that Google selected twelve...
Application Lifecycle Management at Eclipse Wayne Beaton 12 April 2012 The Eclipse Foundation has evolved a pretty impressive application lifecycle management story. Based on what I’ve observed over the years...
Diversity in Open Source Projects Wayne Beaton 14 March 2012 I’ve been talking a lot about diversity lately. There are, of course, different kinds of diversity; but when I talk...
Eclipse Project Updates for Feb 24/2012 Wayne Beaton 24 February 2012 There are three reviews wrapping up on February 29/2012. First up, is the Orion project with their 0.4 Release Review...