Hi all, According to the feedback here and in the chats, I believe it makes sense to proceed with creating the SIGs. While we wait for the additional feedback, I have created the Gitter channels so that we can discuss next steps there:
- https://gitter.im/jenkinsci/embedded-sig - https://gitter.im/jenkinsci/hw-and-eda-sig Best regards, Oleg On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 3:58 AM Slide <slide.o....@gmail.com> wrote: > We do significant amounts of embedded work in my place of work, I would be > interested in being part of that SIG. I would help drive it if no one else > is available or wants to do that part. > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 18:27 Oleg Nenashev <o.v.nenas...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Martin, >> >> In this case "driving" rather means facilitating the discussions in the >> SIG, running regular meetings, and attracting people to the SIG so that it >> gets a critical mass to become self-sustainable. I would not anticipate a >> tremendous amount of time to be required there, especially if there are >> multiple SIG leaders. >> >> For common SIG participants there is no specific time commitment at all. >> Any contributions will be much appreciated, that's it. >> >> BR, Oleg >> >> >> On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 1:51:37 AM UTC+1, martinda wrote: >>> >>> Oleg, >>> >>> I am definitely interested in joining the HW-and-EDA SIG. I do not have >>> an interest in embedded at this time. >>> >>> What does "driving one of them" imply? I do not want to over-commit and >>> under-deliver. >>> >>> Martin >>> >>> On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 7:33:50 PM UTC-5, Oleg Nenashev wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> I would like to start two new special interest groups in Jenkins: >>>> Embedded SIG and "Hardware and Electronic Design Automation" (HW and EDA) >>>> SIG. Just to provide some background, I have originally came from the >>>> Hardware/Embedded area, and industry-specific CI/CD is still one of my main >>>> interests. Since JEP-4 "Special Interest Groups" was proposed in 2018, I >>>> have had a number of discussions with Jenkins users in these areas. There >>>> is a LOT of them, Jenkins is a de-facto standard in the industry thanks to >>>> its flexibility and the framework nature. >>>> >>>> Embedded/HW automation engineers are generally less active in Jenkins >>>> user/developer mailing lists, because in many cases their use-cases and >>>> demands differ from the Jenkins community mainstream >>>> (Java/Docker/K8s/etc/etc.). It would be great if we could offer channels >>>> for such area-specific discussions so that we can get more contributors >>>> involved in the community. >>>> >>>> I would like both SIGs to be *user groups* focused on sharing >>>> experiences about Jenkins usage for specific use-cases and in the specific >>>> environments. SIGs may also work on improving documentation (e.g. solutions >>>> pages), and be a contact point for some development activities (plugins for >>>> development tools, etc.). Generally I would like to start from >>>> chats/mailing lists and monthly meetings in both SIGs. >>>> >>>> Why 2 SIGs? Although hardware and embedded use-cases overlap sometimes >>>> (e.g. testing on hardware, mixed design), I lean towards having two >>>> separate SIGs. Embedded SIG would focus on embedded software and high-level >>>> devices for various areas (e.g. Automotive, IoT, etc.) while HW-and-EDA SIG >>>> would focus on the hardware design for ASICs and FPGAs. >>>> >>>> I will appreciate any feedback. If somebody is interested to help >>>> organizing the SIGs and driving them, please let me know. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> Oleg >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Jenkins Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/f943b4d8-2e3e-40db-9e5c-805c9aea8980%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/f943b4d8-2e3e-40db-9e5c-805c9aea8980%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/jenkinsci-dev/a69DXm6qQms/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAPiUgVfkFQe_fFZYEZ2X5wxcg3nsULTsBGckVm0vdvh8WNJE%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAPiUgVfkFQe_fFZYEZ2X5wxcg3nsULTsBGckVm0vdvh8WNJE%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. 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