[e4-dev] Fwd: [cross-project-issues-dev] Eclipse project committer chang

[Paul Webster <pwebster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 5:02 PM
Subject: [cross-project-issues-dev] Eclipse project committer changes
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Eclipse Project Committers: PLEASE READ! Your commit rights may be
affected if you do not act on this message.


For historical reasons, the Eclipse project has a complex set of Unix
permission groups controlling access to its source code. Many of these
groups do not correspond to active component areas, making committer
elections and access management unnecessarily complex for both Eclipse
project committers and Foundation staff. We are seeking to rectify
this situation by creating a normalized Unix group structure that maps
directly to each of our projects and sub-projects. At the same time,
we are taking the opportunity to clear out committers who have been
inactive for extended periods. Essentially, we are only planning to
add active committers into the newly created Unix groups that will
control write access to our source repository.

If you are currently a committer on the Eclipse project
(Platform,JDT,PDE,e4), please review the listing at [1] of proposed
associations between committer IDs and groups. The mapping from Unix
groups to projects in our repository can be found at [2]. No committer
who is active or interested in remaining active should lose commit
access to any source code they currently have write access to. If you
believe this has occurred, please reply to this note on the
eclipse-dev mailing list so it can be corrected. Note that some
committers may gain write access to source code they previously didn't
have access to as part of this change. Those committers are expected
to maintain their usual discretion and avoid modifying code without
first discussing with active committers in that area.

Apologies if you receive this note multiple times. Changing or
removing commit rights is a process we do not take likely, and we are
using every possible channel to make sure committers are made aware of
the change. Component leads are encouraged to forward this note to
their component mailing lists to ensure all committers are reached.

[1] http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse/PMC/Unix_Groups/New_ACLS_By_Committer
[2] http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse/PMC/Unix_Groups/New_ACLS_By_Project
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