Session Type:
Standard [35 minutes]
The two main questions you should ask yourself when trying to determine whether an eclipse project is a good open-source citizen are:
- Is it transparent?
- How easy it is for external people to contribute?
The Eclipse Fondation has recently launched an ongoing effort to improve its processes and technologies, in order to lower the barrier for external contributions.
- project's meta-data now have a dedicated tooling easing their maintenance, increasing the project transparency
- the contribution process has been simplified