Regards,
--
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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