Regarding this election. As far as I understand, it
should not have happened to begin with as I am listed as
an initial committer on the original Hudson proposal. See:
http://eclipse.org/proposals/technology.hudson/
For reasons outside my control, I was not successfully
provisioned as a committer to the project upon initial
creation. (I received a notice of a failed election due to
expiration and missing paperwork. Unfortunately I was
never notified that I needed to submit any paperwork.)
My understanding that my being on the proposal should
be sufficient for me to have commit rights on the project.
In terms of my contribution intentions, I have been
involved in the Hudson governance meetings, representing
Tasktop and we plan on making code contributions when the
project starts being released from Eclipse infrastructure.
I did not realize that this delay would end up causing any
problems of this sort.
In retrospect I should not have requested a new
election as I am joining Hudson as an initial contributor.
What I should have done, and what I am now asking for is
that I be added as an initial committer to the project as
specified in the proposal. The alternative seems to be to
have me refused the commit rights I was initially granted
and to re-earn them. I don't see the point of that since
like other committers on the initial proposal I have been
involved in the project and have the intent to contribute.
While it seemed redundant, I was happy to see my intent
endorsed by the other committers with their vote.
I look forward to contributing to the project, and hope
we can find a straightforward way for Eclipse Hudson to
benefit from Tasktop's participation.
Regards,
--
Lucas Panjer
Software Engineer, Tasktop Sync and Cloud Services
778.588.6896 x116
