[iot-pmc] Reminder to vote on the Committer Election for Alexander Bushn

[Eclipse Foundation <emo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Voting will close on 2025-03-20 for the Committer election of Alexander
Bushnev on project Eclipse Zenoh (iot.zenoh).

Criteria:

Over the past two years @sashamc has made significant contributions to the
Zenoh project. It is my pleasure to nominate @sashamc as a committer on
Eclipse Zenoh. Below his impressive list of contributions.

Zenoh-Pico Contributions (144 PRs)
Key Contributions:
- New API (1.0) implementation – Designed and implemented the
next-generation API and internal structures for Zenoh-Pico.
- Liveliness support – Added liveliness mechanisms.
- Raspberry Pi Pico platform support – Enabled Zenoh-Pico to run on
RP2040-based microcontrollers.
- Querier implementation – Improved the ability to query data from
Zenoh-Pico nodes.
- Matching subscribers implementation – Enhanced the subscription model for
improved efficiency.
- Error reply support – Implemented reply with error support for full
compatibility with Zenoh.
Documentation structure reorganisation – Improved clarity and accessibility
of the Zenoh-Pico documentation.
- Serial protocol rework – Refactored the serial communication protocol for
better efficiency and flexibility.
- Numerous enhancements and refactoring – Continuous improvements to
performance, memory management, and maintainability.

Zenoh-C Contributions (55 PRs)
Key Contributions:
- Liveliness support – Implemented liveliness binding.
- Publication cache and querying subscriber support – Added Zenoh-Ext
binding.
- Attachment support – Enabled additional metadata to be attached to Zenoh
messages.
- Integration tests – Strengthened Zenoh-C’s reliability with
comprehensive integration tests.
- New API (1.0) implementation – Contributed to the modernization of
Zenoh-C’s API.

Zenoh Core Contributions (23 PRs)
Key Contributions:
- vsock link support – Added support for vsock, enabling Zenoh to operate
efficiently in virtualized environments.
- Connection retry mechanism – Improved robustness by implementing
automatic connection retries.
- Downsampling interceptor & general interceptor enhancements – Optimized
data flow and processing efficiency.
- Interface binding & link enhancements – Strengthened network interface
handling for better adaptability.



Eclipse Zenoh project committers can click the election link below to vote.

Election:
https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/iot.zenoh/elections/election-alexander-bushnev-eclipse-zenoh

Project: https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/iot.zenoh