Let us bring up the matter with INFRA to see what can be done. Since this is the sort of thing that happens a few times a week at most, given the number of committers we have I don't think it's that much of a nuisance all things considered. At this point we have spent more time writing e-mails about it than it would take us in aggregate to actually do the Jira role assignment.
FTR, here is the direct link to the Jira role assignment https://issues.apache.org/jira/plugins/servlet/project-config/ARROW/roles So if you bookmark it (which I have never done, since it never bothered me enough, but I'm doing it now), that will save various clicks and page loads On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 2:04 PM Antoine Pitrou <anto...@python.org> wrote: > > > The list of things you can do as a contributor is here: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INFRA/Role+Based+JIRA+Authorization > > In any case, I'm not sure the request is to automatically give regular > users the contributor role, rather to let non-contributor people be > assigned issues (and perhaps self-assign, though I see how that can be > considered more contentious). > > TBH, I don't understand what the problem would be with letting > committers assign issues to plain JIRA users. > > Regards > > Antoine. > > > > Le 07/03/2021 à 20:51, Wes McKinney a écrit : > > There have been some concrete issues with Jira spam / vandalism in the > > past, and having individuals in the Contributor role increases the > > amount of damage that they can do. For example, I believe if you have > > the Contributor role you can delete issues and other sorts of > > malfeasance. If they aren't in the role, the worst they can do is spam > > new issues (which has indeed occurred). > > > > We could ask Infra if they are willing to turn off this constraint and > > wait and see if it becomes a problem. > > > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 6:59 PM Diana Clarke <diana.joan.cla...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for merging my pull request, Kou! Much appreciated. > >> > >> But… Now I’m questioning the need for the Contributor role for issue > >> assignment. Why not just let Arrow tickets be assigned to any user > >> with a Jira account? Why require the Contributor role? > >> > >> It’s not like being a “Contributor” on Arrow's Jira affords any > >> special git privileges etc, and any user with a Jira account can > >> already create Arrow issues in Jira, so it's not like the Contributor > >> role prevents Arrow Jira graffiti. > >> > >> Not requiring that role would remove one hurdle for new contributors > >> creating tickets they want to self-assign, but I suspect I'm missing > >> some additional context around the role. What, in particular, does the > >> Contributor role allow as opposed to any user with a Jira account? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> --diana > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 10:26 AM Diana Clarke > >> <diana.joan.cla...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> I stole this one since you said it was fair game :) > >>> > >>> https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/9648/files > >>> > >>> PS. Thanks for the content, Neal. > >>> > >>> Have a great weekend, folks! > >>> > >>> --diana > >>> > >>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 7:12 AM Andy Grove <andygrov...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I filed https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-11852 to add this > >>>> information to the CONTRIBUTING guide. I plan on making this change > >>>> myself > >>>> sometime soon but if somebody else wants to do it (maybe a new > >>>> contributor) > >>>> then feel free. > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 6:25 AM Ivan Vankov <vankov...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Thanks, Antoine. > >>>>> > >>>>> ср, 3 мар. 2021 г. в 12:00, Adam Lippai <a...@rigo.sk>: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Thank you Antoine > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Best regards, > >>>>>> Adam Lippai > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 12:28 PM Antoine Pitrou <anto...@python.org> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I think one needs to have the "Contributor" role to be assigned > >>>>>>> issues. > >>>>>>> I've added to both of you (Ivan and Adam), so you should be able to > >>>>>>> auto-assign now. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Regards > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Antoine. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 10:46:23 +0100 > >>>>>>> Adam Lippai <a...@rigo.sk> wrote: > >>>>>>>> I can't do it either (when logged in), it's not allowed. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Best regards, > >>>>>>>> Adam Lippai > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 9:53 AM Yibo Cai <yibo....@arm.com> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Hi Ivan, > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> I guess you didn't log in Jira? Otherwise you will see "Assign to > >>>>> me" > >>>>>>> link > >>>>>>>>> at the right pane. > >>>>>>>>> You can click "Log In" at the upper right corner, maybe "Sign up" > >>>>> an > >>>>>>>>> account if you don’t have. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Yibo > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>>>>> From: Ivan Vankov <vankov...@gmail.com> > >>>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 16:41 > >>>>>>>>> To: dev@arrow.apache.org > >>>>>>>>> Subject: [Rust] Contributing to Apache Arrow > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Hello, > >>>>>>>>> I decided to try contributing to Apache arrow. Since I'm completely > >>>>>>> new to > >>>>>>>>> this project I've chosen a beginner friendly task ARROW-10903, but > >>>>> I > >>>>>>> cannot > >>>>>>>>> assign it to myself. So, could someone please help with that? > >>>>>>>>> IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments > >>>>> are > >>>>>>>>> confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the > >>>>> intended > >>>>>>>>> recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose > >>>>>> the > >>>>>>>>> contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or > >>>>>> copy > >>>>>>> the > >>>>>>>>> information in any medium. Thank you. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>
