What the heck is a committer rep anyway?
In a comment to Chris' initial committer rep postEugene asked:can you please explain what committer representatives can actually do and what kind of activities should we expect from you all?It's a...
View ArticleHowdy Committers!
Hello Eclipse Committers (and community!), this is the inaugural post on the new committer representative blog. There are five newly elected committer representatives this year:Chris AniszczykDarin...
View ArticleShould Bjorn and/or Ward attend board meetings?
Probably many folks are just like me and have found Bjorn and Ward to be of invaluable service to the committer community. When I have questions about processes or infrastructure, these are the guys I...
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Bugzilla and Flags
Howdy committers, we just wanted to make you aware of some upcoming changes to bugzilla that the Foundation (and a personal agenda of mine) has been working hard at (thanks Denis).They are detailed in...
View ArticleExperiences with the Eclipse IP Process
In this week's integration build we have upgraded the org.apache.ant plugin to the Apache Ant 1.7.0 release.To achieve this, I participated in the Eclipse IP process for non-EPL code...and I...
View ArticleCulture of Collaboration
Collaboration, collaboration, collaboration... how high do Eclipse committers value it? Is Eclipse missing something to help us as committers collaborate better amongst each other? I personally think...
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June Eclipse Board Meeting Overview
For those who didn't know, there was an Eclipse board meeting last week. Ed has already given his quick synopsis of the meeting, but I figure I would try to give committers a general overview of what...
View ArticleTrademark and Logo Usage Guidelines
Howdy Eclipse committers! The committer representatives want to make sure that you are aware of the updated Trademark and Logo Usage Guidelines. As Mike mentioned, the big difference is that project...
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IPZilla Summer Vacation 2007
No...the plan is not to have IPZilla go away for the summer :-)Rather the Eclipse foundation is planning work to improve the user experience of both the Eclipse committers and the Eclipse legal staff...
View ArticleWhat's in a noteworthy keyword?
I remember in the past, as an Eclipse user, looking at the New and Noteworthy document for each milestone with glee. It was something to anticipate when each Eclipse milestone was released... you...
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IP Process Update: IPZilla Improvements
The Eclipse foundation staff, the Eclipse board and your humble committer representatives have been hard at work improving the tools and interactions that implement parts of the Eclipse intellectual...
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Eclipse Members Meeting 2007
We finished up the Eclipse Members meeting for another year. The meeting was held in Chicago this year. With our commitments of the Eclipse board meeting on Wednesday, we attended the members meeting...
View ArticleEclipse DemoCamps
We would like to remind and encourage you to participate in one of the Eclipse DemoCamps during November and December. We have over 20 DemoCamps organized in different cities around the world.What is...
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EclipseCon 2008: Committers View
EclipseCon has always been a great gathering of the Eclipse Committers.As such EclipseCon 2008 has lots to offer Eclipse committers.We have worked to create the Committer and Contributors track as part...
View ArticleJune Board Meeting
I've been an elected committer rep for 3 months now. Committers: thanks a lot for all this extra work!In all seriousness, I want to update the community on last week's Eclipse Board Meeting. As you...
View ArticleSeptember Board Meeting
The Eclipse Board just completed our Q3 face-to-face in Dallas. We covered the following topics:Miscellaneous general business, including welcoming Genuitec, Obeo, Sonatype to the Strategic Member...
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XMPP Server for Eclipse Committers
An FYI for Eclipse committers, we now have an XMPP server hosted at Eclipse.org that you can use. If you're a committer, you already have an account. Simply follow the instructions on the wiki. There...
View ArticleDecember 2008 Board Meeting
The Eclipse Board of Directors just completed our Q4 face-to-face in San Francisco. This was a 2-day meeting jammed with topics. I've focused this tome mostly on the committer-related issues. Watch for...
View ArticleMarch 2009 Eclipse Board Meeting
While most EclipseCon attendees were enjoying the excellent tutorials or participating in the annual Members Meeting, the Eclipse Board was quietly having our quarterly face to face board meeting. As...
View ArticleSeptember Eclipse Board Meeting
Rather than my usual tome, here's a quick update from the Eclipse Board meeting in Boston.First, the Board voted unanimously to allow jGit to use EDL licensing. jGit is a dependent component of the...
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