Managing Committers in the Project Management Infrastructure
I’ve been struggling for a while to think of a good way to implement committer management in the new project...
EDP
The Eclipse Common Build Infrastructure
Creating an Common Build Infrastructure (CBI) at Eclipse has been one of our holy grail pursuits over the years. My...
Application Lifecycle Management at Eclipse
The Eclipse Foundation has evolved a pretty impressive application lifecycle management story. Based on what I’ve observed over the years...
Vendor Neutrality in an Open Project
Imagine that you want to contribute to an open source project. You visit the project to browse the information provided...
Open Source Rules of Engagement
The Eclipse Development Process (EDP) defines–in its section on principles–three open source rules of engagement: Openness, Transparency, and Meritocracy: Open...
Eclipse Project Management Infrastructure
Work in earnest has begun on a replacement for the Eclipse Developer Portal. We’re being a little ambitious with this...
Becoming a Committer
Every time I post a new project proposal, I receive a handful of emails from people in the community asking...
Git Commits are Automagically Recorded in IP Logs
I rolled out some changes last week that pull some information for Intellectual Property (IP) Logs from Git. IP Logs...
Is a CQ required?
The Contribution Questionnaire (CQ) is the entry point into the Eclipse intellectual property (IP) due diligence process (the full process...
PMC Veto of Committer Elections
Last week, I vetoed four committer elections for two Technology projects. Two weeks ago, I counselled another PMC about their...