Salvatore Coppola recently started contributing to the Eclipse Kura™ team and has already made an impact on the project.
Salvatore made a great contribution to the following project areas:
  * Improved Kura network management, in particular Wifi 5ghz support
  * Added support to Chrony in Kura ClockService
  * Ported Kura to Ubuntu 20 on Raspberry Pi and Intel Up 2
  * Implemented Gpsd provider for Kura PositionService
  * Many bug fixes
Salvatore contributed the following GitHub PRs (https://github.com/eclipse/kura/pulls?q=author%3Asalvatore-coppola):
  3931	Fix Dhcp server status not updated on WiFi interfaces.
  3930	Allow to set empty dns server list.
  3927	Disabled systemd-timedated.service and isc-dhcp-server6.service
  3926	Added warning in container stopping section
  3907	Updated ubuntu version.
  3904	Fixed typo in ContainerInstance.xml
  3902	Fixed little typo in ConfigurableGenericDockerService.xml
  3879	Updated wifi config section.
  3865	Little change chronyprovider log message
  3859	Unlock radio mode and channel selection in WiFi station mode
  3858	Little change chronyprovider log message
  3847	Fixed Invalid returned GPS Position and event firing missing.
  3805	Incorrect keystore password after rollback to snapshot0
  3799	Fix intermittent wifi scan failures.
  3792	Add sort to Permission Table
  3787	Little fix in kura alpine profile.
  3785	Fix deadlock in the first startup after installation
  3783	Changed default Position in case of no data.
  3782	Fixed PositionService javadoc.
  3778	Docker images clean up
  3768	Fix special characters in Wi-Fi SSID
  3746	Upgraded log4j2 to version 2.17.1
  3743	PositionService doc updated.
  3740	Added Support for Gpsd
  3718	Backport Raspbian Bullseye compatibility for Kura 5.0.0
  3711	Fix deb dependencies during multiple profile building
  3707	Allow different dns service name in systemd.
  3706	Disable dhcpcd and isc-dhcp-server in Nvidia Jetson Nano profile.
  3705	Upgrade raspbian profile to bulleyes 2
  3700	Allow different dns service name in systemd.
  3697	Updated the Installation Guide fo RaspberryPi Raspbian/Ubuntu and Intel Up² Ubuntu
  3695	Upgraded Raspbian profiles to Bulleyes.
  3691	Updated Intel Up² documentation
  3690	Fix moving from unmanaged interface to disabled not working
  3689	Added contributing page
  3688	Updated readme and contributing files
  3683	Wi-Fi configuration page updated.
  3679	Added explicit reference to openjdk8 in Kura Intel Up 2 Profile
  3678	Fixed typo in kura_install.sh Ubuntu 20.04.3 Raspberry Pi 3/4
  3673	Intel up 2 - Ubuntu 20 - Removed netplan stopping
  3671	Disabled standard Ubuntu service that could interfere with the networ…
  3669	Added Raspberry Pi 3/4 Ubuntu 20 quick start.
  3668	Removed broken links to non existent sections.
  3667	Raspberry 3 & 4 ubuntu20 profile fixes
  3666	Support for Ubuntu 20 on Raspberry Pi 3 & 4
  3661	Wifi 5ghz enhancement
  3643	fixed channel parsing.
  3639	Fixed Sonarlint warning.
  3638	Fixed Sonarlint issue
  3637	Fix wpa encoded password save
  3636	Fixed logging bundles.
  3633	Updated ClockService Documentation
  3632	Updated clock service documentation
  3627	Disable chrony and systemd-timesyncd and handle different systemd service name.
  3622	Added "stacktrace error during log" known issue.
  3620	Added ntpdate dependency and disabled NTP sync
  3609	Encode WPA password in wpa_supplicant.conf files.
  3607	Updated Intel Up² documentation
  3606	Now SslContext cache is cleaned when KeystoreService in SSLManager is…
  3600	Replaced Intel Up2 Ubuntu 18 profile with Intel Up2 Ubuntu 20
  3593	Update ownership of kuranet.conf
  3582	Formatting WifiAccessPointImplTest
  3580	Added http redirect handling.
  3570	Update wifi doc
  3568	Wifi 5ghz support
  3564	Add support for wifi region
  3558	Wifi 5Ghz support
  3538	Fix identities panel footer
  3530	Intel Up² Documentation page
  3516	Handle unknown bitrate value.
  3514	Fixed intel up 2 installation
  3510	Intel UP 2 - Wrong deviceType name in jdk.io.properties
  3503	Disable hwclock update with chrony.
  3502	Removed onClockUpdate invokation.
  3501	Removed onClockUpdate in ChronyClockSyncProvider
  3490	Added apk as source for packages list.
  3484	Cloud connection UI fixes
  3481	Added chrony information in clock service doc.
  3478	Added bin folder
  3471	Added Chrony support
  3462	[Backport] Fixed copyright position
  3461	Fixed copyright position
  3456	[Backport] Restrict pkcs8 accepted key and fix error message
  3455	Restrict pkcs8 accepted key and fix error message
  3439	Updated CI url
  3438	[Backport] CSR response format fix
  3436	CSR response format fix
  3433	Backport fix firewall config installer
  3431	Backport Networking section UI fixes
  3430	Added line feed check for bash files.
  3429	Fix firewall config installer
  3428	Backport Fix UI security section (#3408)
  3427	Networking section UI fixes
  3424	Backport: Fix network managing with existing conf files (#3423)
  3423	Fix network managing with existing conf files
  3415	[Backport] Updated README.MD with the default exposed port.
  3414	[Backport] Updated README.MD with the default exposed port.
  3413	Updated README.MD with the default exposed port.
  3409	Updated docker documentation.
  3408	Fix UI security section
  3393	Fix snapshots size
  3381	Fixed broken dev-env
  3370	Stack trace removal from UI & REST API Response	
For these reasons and the long-term outlook for their involvement on the
team, it is my pleasure to nominate Salvatore Coppola as a committer on Eclipse Kura™.
| Voter | Vote | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| Nicola Timeus | +1 | +1 implied by nomination | 
| Matteo Maiero | +1 | Welcome aboard, Salvatore! | 
| Pierantonio Merlino | +1 | Welcome!! | 
| Marko Erker | +1 | 
PMC Approval
- Kai Hudalla (+1) Welcome!