Re: [technology-pmc] PMC Approval required for Committer Election for Al

[Tamás Cservenák <tamas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Christoph,

The letter of intent was asked for by Gunnar, Alin (not Alan) just
created it as a response to his request.

In the end, I believe I mixed up the "ASF project emeritus" semantics
here, where an "ASF project emeritus" can be reactivated by a project
PMC vote :(

And yes, I agree, Alin will need to "reboot" himself with contributions.

Thanks
Tamas

T

On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 6:55 AM Christoph Läubrich via technology-pmc
<technology-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I think this is rather a special situation.
>
> In any case I wanted to mention that being a committer is not strictly
> required to contribute to a project, it only gives you ability to press
> the merge button but as I assume you review the PRs anyways its maybe
> not a big deal *who* presses the button.
>
> So if Alan wants to engage again, he just can open PRs, Issues, whatever
> and getting things done with a little side-car help of you both and you
> can simply restart the vote after a few PRs are merged what is usually
> easier to show merit than a letter of intend.
>
> Just as an idea from my side :-)
>
>
> Am 17.02.26 um 21:14 schrieb Tamás Cservenák via technology-pmc:
> > Hi Gunnar,
> >
> > Since the project was donated to Eclipse, I think there are none of
> > such contributions -- as you already pointed out.
> >
> > Given he is mentioned as "historical committer" on the project's
> > "Who's involved" page, and his expressed intent to engage himself, I
> > assumed this is an okay thing to do.
> >
> > Otherwise, I need to apologize, as then it was obviously my mistake to
> > raise this vote at all, and sorry for that.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Tamas
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM Gunnar Wagenknecht
> > <gunnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Tamas,
> >>
> >> We (the Technology PMC) take the Eclipse open source rules of engagement very seriously. As such, Alan needs to demonstrate merit. You can't become a committer just because of employment history.
> >>
> >> Are there any public contributions to Sisu by Alan you can cite/link to (eg., PRs, Bugzillas, commits)? That would get things moving quickly.
> >>
> >> -Gunnar
> >>
> >>
> >> On 17. Feb 2026, at 11:48, Tamás Cservenák <tamas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Gunnar,
> >>
> >> As you may be aware, we all (Stuart, Alin, me) worked together at
> >> Sonatype, where all the work on Sisu and Aether started, around the
> >> second half of 2000s.
> >>
> >> Irony is that while I personally ended up maintaining all these today
> >> (Eclipse Sisu, Maven Resolver), I was not involved with these projects
> >> in their early stages. Hence, I personally am unaware of the "early
> >> days history" of these projects. Maybe Stuart could chime in?
> >>
> >> My intent here was just to make a project from +2 to +3 active
> >> maintainers, given I know Alin personally for a long time (we chat
> >> often online), and I know he is available and willing.
> >>
> >> Alin GH profile is https://github.com/adreghiciu
> >>
> >> In the meantime, I found the legacy Sonatype Sisu repository
> >> (archived) https://github.com/sonatype/sisu/graphs/contributors
> >>
> >> Asked Alin for statement of willingness in Sisu issue:
> >> https://github.com/eclipse-sisu/sisu-project/issues/246
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> T
> >>
> >> On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 9:31 AM Gunnar Wagenknecht
> >> <gunnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Tamas,
> >>
> >> The nomination states:
> >>
> >> He notified me he is willing to "reactivate" himself on Eclipse Sisu.
> >>
> >>
> >> I think this is fine in general.
> >>
> >> However, I am having trouble to identify relevant commits/contributions the nominee has done to Eclipse Sisu.
> >>
> >> If he contributed in the past I would expect his name to show up here:
> >> https://github.com/eclipse-sisu/sisu-project/graphs/contributors
> >>
> >>
> >> Can you provide the PMC a link to his statement that he is willing to be a committer again and a list of contributions?
> >> In the future, please ensure those links appear on the nomination record. Appreciate it.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> -Gunnar
> >>
> >>
> >> On 16. Feb 2026, at 22:19, Eclipse Foundation via technology-pmc <technology-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> The Committer Election for Alin Dreghiciu on project Eclipse Sisu
> >> (technology.sisu) concluded successfully.
> >>
> >> PMC leads and members can click the election link below to review and
> >> approve.
> >>
> >> Election:
> >> https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.sisu/elections/election-alin-dreghiciu-eclipse-sisu
> >>
> >> Project: https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.sisu
> >>
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> >> --
> >> Gunnar Wagenknecht
> >> gunnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, https://guw.io/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Gunnar Wagenknecht
> >> gunnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, https://guw.io/
> >>
> >>
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