+ image:https://jenkins-ci.org/sites/default/files/images/The-Phoenix-Project-border_2.png[image,width=99] + + + The 2015 JUC World Tour dates are rapidly approaching. Since the community has grown so tremendously since last year, the JUC in each city will be the largest gathering of Jenkins users in that region. + + Kohsuke will, as always, be the opening keynote speaker at each JUC. But, with the conference going from one to two days, I am happy to announce that Gene...

+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_(number)[ + image:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/U%2B2678_DejaVu_Sans.svg/200px-U%2B2678_DejaVu_Sans.svg.png[image] + ] + + + + About two years ago, we bumped our runtime JRE requirement https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/3431a7cba[from Java5 to Java6]. And so the time has come once again for us to finally move on to Java7. Because of all the new language features, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/jenkinsci-dev/sw_WepGw0Pk[many of us the developers really wanted to move right on to Java8], but after much discussion we settled to move to Java7...

+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_relocation[ + image:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/GMC_U-Haul_truck_front_1.JPG/320px-GMC_U-Haul_truck_front_1.JPG[image] + ] + + For the past few weeks, I've burnt a lot of midnight oil to https://github.com/jenkins-infra/confluence[get Confluence containerized]. The goal is to make Confluence upgrade more manageable and testable. In the proces, I've not only containerized Confluence, but also containerized https://github.com/jenkins-infra/confluence-cache[some other services], including https://github.com/jenkins-infra/mock-ldap[mock LDAP server], to be able to test the copy of the production Confluence dataset against newer versions of...

+ image:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bqbz9JQIIAA9gKG.jpg[image,width=300,height=225] + + + It’s that time of the year again: 2015 Jenkins User Conference Registration is OPEN for all cities. This year, we are making some changes to JUC — JUC will be a two-day event in three out of the four cities across the globe. You will get opportunities to network with other users and developers in the community, learn more about how other people...

+ + The deadlines to speak at a 2015 Jenkins User Conference are fast approaching. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to share your Jenkins tips, tricks, stories, and know-how with the community! Submit your proposal by the below deadlines to have your talk considered by a panel of Jenkins experts: + + Please note: The deadline to submit a speaking proposal for East Coast US (DC) and...

+ _This is a guest post from Owen Mehegan (aka autojack)_ + + + + https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sunset[image:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Sunset_Marina.JPG/320px-Sunset_Marina.JPG[image,width=200]] + + + In 2014 Google announced that they will be shutting down their OpenID 2.0 authentication endpoint and replacing it with Google+ Sign-in, a library built on top of OpenID Connect. *The old Google endpoint will shut down on April 20th, 2015!* Accordingly, if you are using the Jenkins OpenID plugin to...

We have some exciting news to share with you! We have finalized most of the dates and locations for the 2015 Jenkins User Conference (JUC) World Tour. + + Save the date(s): + + US East (Washington DC): June 18-19 Europe (London): June 23-24 Israel: July 16 (ETA) US West (Santa Clara): September 2-3 + + The big news? The JUC agenda has been expanded this year to cover two days! That means you get twice...

+ As a part of https://jenkins-ci.org/content/jenkins-celebration-day-february-26[the Jenkins 100K celebration], Dean Yu, Andrew Bayer, R. Tyler Croy, Chris Orr, and myself got together late Tuesday evening to go over the history of the project, how big the community was back then, how we grow, where we are now, and maybe a bit about future. + + + We got carried away and the recording became longer than...