Regards,
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Vincent LORENZO
Greetings committers and project leads, I have a relatively long but useful update for you.
1. Eclipse Forums is being sunset
A decade ago [0], we began the discussion about what to do with the Eclipse Forums as, with time, the underlying software has become stale and is now a serious security liability for the Foundation. After a decade
of reluctance, the Forums will be sunset December 31, 2024.
Please discuss with your community which location is best for user-centric discussions for your project. Some options include using the Eclipse Chat Service [1], GitHub Discussions that can be enabled for your
project, or the creation of a user discussion mailing list. Please use a HelpDesk ticket [5] to request any needed resources for your project.
The Forums will be archived in read-only, static html format. More information can be found in the HelpDesk issue [0].
2. Git/Gerrit/Bugzilla deprecation status
The deprecation of Git/Gerrit & Bugzilla is on schedule, and at this time, the vast majority of projects have migrated off those platforms. The plan can be found here [2]
The infra team will create a (very large) static html copy of all Bugzilla bugs in the coming months. Bugzilla sunset is slated for May 2025.
3. Jiro/CBI build infra updates
The Foundation's Releng team has been knee-deep in migrating Jenkins instances to a robust and scalable storage cluster (away from a single storage device operating beyond capacity) to help improve the service
availability of the Common Build (CBI) Jenkins offering.
Although the migrations are not yet complete, we're already observing much needed stability improvements across all instances. You can follow the effort here [3]
For more information on Eclipse Common Build, please see:
https://github.com/eclipse-cbi/cbi/wiki
4. RISC V platform now available for builds
As detailed here [4] RISC V agents are available for builds in a very limited quantity for building native code. If you'd like to use the agents, please file a HelpDesk ticket [5].
5. Eclipse Chat Service
Did you know that the Foundation hosts a Chat Service. You can check it out at
https://chat.eclipse.org/ and your project can request a room by filing a HelpDesk ticket [5].
6. Release Engineers take note
We encourage all project Release Engineers to subscribe to, and monitor the cross-project-issues-dev mailing list [6]. It is the primary mechanism used by the EF Releng team to communicate about CBI and build/releng
issues in general.
7. New IT Service Level Objectives
The EF's IT Service Level Agreement (SLA) has been updated to reflect new realities in 2024, and has been renamed to Service Level Objectives. In short, we've removed Git/Gerrit/Bugzilla and other terminated
(or deprecated services) and have added GitLab, the Eclipse Downloads area, the ECA and sync mechanisms as Critical or Best Effort Services. You can consult the new SLO document at [7].
The Foundation is committed to providing a quality, robust and useful infrastructure and set of tools to allow you to get things done.
8. New email channel for the Infra team
The Infra team, known previously as Webmasters, can now be reached at
infratructure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. The preferred way of interacting with the EF IT team is
through HelpDesk [5].
Many thanks for taking the time to read this communication. We understand that migrations and improvements can be disruptive, and we're sparing no effort towards minimizing the downsides and helping your projects
be successful.
[0] https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/helpdesk/-/issues/187
[1] https://chat.eclipse.org/
[2] https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/helpdesk/-/wikis/Gerrit/Gerrit-and-Bugzilla-deprecation-and-migration-plan#oct-2024
[3] https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/helpdesk/-/issues/5054
[4] https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/infrazilla/-/issues/1730
[5] https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/helpdesk/-/issues/
[6] https://accounts.eclipse.org/mailing-list/cross-project-issues-dev
[7] https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/helpdesk/-/wikis/IT-Service-Level-Objectives
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