[eclipse.org-planning-council] Exception for LinuxTools and Helios

[Wayne Beaton <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greeting noble planning council. I submit, on behalf of the Linux Tools 
Project (technology.linux-distros), this request for an exception to be 
included in Helios after the deadline.

Thanks,

Wayne

Andrew Overholt wrote:
> The Linux Tools project apologizes for missing the Helios M4 deadline.
> I was late starting our discussion on joining and was unclear on the
> deadline for joining I also started on a Helios-specific build too late.
> In creating the build, I ran into some issues with the JUnit4 updates in
> the Eclipse SDK.  These factors combined to make us late joining.  We
> would like to request that an exception be made to allow us to join the
> Helios release train.  We believe that our project opens up an area of
> growth for the Eclipse community.  Specifically, we believe that our
> target audiences of C/C++ developers -- specifically those on Linux --
> and Linux distribution users are growth areas for Eclipse.  Our success
> to date can be seen with very well-received demonstrations at Linux
> conferences and our growing, diverse committer and contributor base.
> Being a part of the Helios release train will give our project broad
> exposure and provide more evidence to Eclipse consumers that the
> ecosystem is flexible, dynamic, and growing in new areas.
>
> Thank you for your consideration,
>
> Andrew (on behalf of Linux Tools project)
>
> P.S. Sorry, the blame lies solely with me.
>   

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