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Jenkins Contributor Summit and FOSDEM Recap

The previous in-person Jenkins Contributor Summit took place in 2020, just prior to the lockdowns and precautions that would change the world. Thankfully, on February 2, 2024, just prior to this year’s FOSDEM conference, we were able to gather again, in Brussels, so that we could have an in-person Jenkins Contributor Summit. The return to in-person meant that not only could we...

Kevin Martens February 28, 2024
Google Summer of Code 2024… Here We Come!

We are thrilled to announce that Jenkins has been accepted to Google Summer of Code 2024! This will be Jenkins' eighth year as a mentoring organization. Congratulations to all 195 accepted open-source organizations! As a mentoring organization for the past seven years, Jenkins has mentored 35 GSoC students by 85+ different mentors, bringing together over 110 strangers for a common idea - Jenkins! At...

Alyssa Tong February 23, 2024
Collaboration is Key - Making the Open-Source Community Safer for Developers

Who is Sonar? Sonar is a code quality and security tool that helps developers write Clean Code. Sonar analyzes code for issues that lead to unreliable, unmaintainable, and insecure software at two points in the development lifecycle - first, when the developer initially writes code in the IDE with SonarLint and, again, as part of the Continuous Integration (CI) pipeline before the...

Yaniv Nizry January 25, 2024
Jenkins 2023 Recap

Contributed by: Wadeck Follonier The Jenkins Security team has multiple missions, with the most visible to users being the publication of advisories. In 2023, the team published 17 advisories: 4 included Jenkins core, and 13 were solely about plugins. In total, 211 vulnerabilities were announced. In terms of reporting trends, we have seen an increase in people reporting CVEs originating from dependencies. Our position on...

Damien DUPORTAL
Mark Waite
Bruno Verachten
Wadeck Follonier
Kevin Martens
Alyssa Tong January 25, 2024
2024 Jenkins Contributor Summit - Update

The Jenkins Contributor Summit, being held in Brussels on February 2nd, is now quickly approaching. We are looking forward to meeting you. If you plan to join us and didn’t let us know yet, don’t forget to register by dropping us a note. The list of registered attendees can be found in this document: Contributor Summit 24 - Attendees. The Summit will take place...

Jean-Marc Meessen January 17, 2024
Jenkins November 2023 Newsletter

Key Takeaways Basil Crow joins the Jenkins Governance Board. A Jenkins Contributor Summit will be held prior to FOSDEM. The Contributor Spotlight site is now live. Contributed by: Mark Waite Basil Crow joins the Jenkins governance board in December 2023. He’ll serve for a two-year term. Thanks to Basil for his willingness to serve. More details of the 2023 governance board and officer changes are available in a...

Damien DUPORTAL
Mark Waite
Bruno Verachten
Kevin Martens
Alyssa Tong December 15, 2023
Welcome Basil Crow - new Jenkins Governance Board member

We would like to announce changes in the Jenkins Governance Board. There has been no election this year, because there was only one candidate per seat. Please welcome Basil Crow! At the same time, Oleg Nenashev retires from the board. We would like to thank Oleg for his contributions to the Jenkins project and the community. As a regular leader in GSoC, Jenkins Contributor...

Alexander Brandes December 8, 2023
[Google Summer of Code 2024] A Call for Mentors

We are happy to announce that Jenkins is preparing to participate in its eighth (8th) year in Google Summer of Code (GSoC). What is Google Summer of Code? Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global, online mentoring program focused on introducing new contributors to open-source software development. GSoC contributors work on a 10-22 weeks-long programming project with the guidance of mentors from...

Kris Stern
Alyssa Tong
Bruno Verachten
Jean-Marc Meessen December 5, 2023
Introducing the Jenkins Contributor Spotlight

The Jenkins project has evolved constantly over the years, thanks to the tireless efforts of the Jenkins community. There are numerous contributors that work behind the scenes to ensure that Jenkins is functioning and staying on the cutting edge, in addition to being voices within the community and advocating for Jenkins. It is with this sentiment in mind that we want to...

Kevin Martens November 29, 2023