Election for Alexander Bushnev as Committer on Eclipse Zenoh

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.