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Managing Committers in the Project Management Infrastructure

Friday, May 18, 2012 - 12:49 by Wayne Beaton
I’ve been struggling for a while to think of a good way to implement committer management in the new project management infrastructure. Here’s an example of what we have in the Developer Portal today: This component lists each committer with a visual representation of their contribution status. Using this component...

Open Source Rules of Engagement

Friday, January 13, 2012 - 12:25 by Wayne Beaton
The Eclipse Development Process (EDP) defines–in its section on principles–three open source rules of engagement: Openness, Transparency, and Meritocracy: Open – Eclipse is open to all; Eclipse provides the same opportunity to all. Everyone participates with the same rules; there are no rules to exclude any potential contributors which include...

Becoming a Committer

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 12:25 by Wayne Beaton
Every time I post a new project proposal, I receive a handful of emails from people in the community asking to be added to the committer list on the proposal. But it doesn’t work that way: it’s really not up to me. For new projects, we have to cheat a...

Is a CQ required?

Friday, September 9, 2011 - 13:29 by Wayne Beaton
The Contribution Questionnaire (CQ) is the entry point into the Eclipse intellectual property (IP) due diligence process (the full process is defined in the Due Diligence Process poster). The term CQ has expanded from it’s original meaning. Originally, CQs were literally a questionnaire filled out by a project committer to...

PMC Veto of Committer Elections

Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 17:31 by Wayne Beaton
Last week, I vetoed four committer elections for two Technology projects. Two weeks ago, I counselled another PMC about their approval of an election that I would also have vetoed. I hate saying no to people. Committers are elected to Eclipse projects after establishing merit with the project. The measure...