I guess the limit is around the number of entries in the contributor group, and adding a jira-user group would not count towards that. Let me give it a try.
That INFRA jira is another good reason to add jira-users group to contributors! On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 11:31 PM, Carl Steinbach <cwsteinb...@gmail.com> wrote: > It turns out there's a limit on the number of people you can list as > "contributors" for any given JIRA project. I bumped into this a couple > months back when I tried adding someone to the list and found this: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-7293 > > > > On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Lefty Leverenz <leftylever...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Sure, go for it. >> >> >> -- Lefty >> >> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Thejas Nair <thejas.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > As Lefty noted, we don't require anyone being made a jira contributor >> > or uploading a patch to have ICLA on file. Apache does not require >> > that, though that is encouraged. >> > So allowing any user to be a contributor without asking for permission >> > does not change things with respect to ICLA. >> > >> > Looks like people are on board with this. I will change the settings >> > in another day as long as there are no objections. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 11:44 PM, Lefty Leverenz <leftylever...@gmail.com >> > >> > wrote: >> > > Hive only requires committers to sign ICLAs. That doesn't seem to >> > provide >> > > any legal protection when non-committers contribute patches. >> > > >> > > In days gone by, JIRA made us assign rights to Apache when we attached >> a >> > > patch to an issue. That's still in the instructions for Contributing >> > Your >> > > Work >> > > < >> > >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/HowToContribute#HowToContribute-ContributingYourWork >> > >: >> > > "Please note that the attachment should be granted license to ASF for >> > > inclusion in ASF work" although the JIRA GUI doesn't have that option >> > > anymore. >> > > >> > > See Apache's page on licenses <http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas>: >> > "The >> > > ASF desires that all contributors of ideas, code, or documentation to >> the >> > > Apache projects complete, sign, and submit (via postal mail, fax or >> > email) >> > > an Individual Contributor License Agreement" *(highlighting added)*. >> > > >> > > So documentation in the wiki should also be covered by ICLAs. Carried >> to >> > > extremes, anyone who participates on a mailing list, comments on a JIRA >> > > issue, or reviews a patch should sign an ICLA. >> > > >> > > >> > > -- Lefty >> > > >> > > On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 12:30 AM, Sushanth Sowmyan <khorg...@gmail.com> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > >> I seem to remember something on the lines of that the traditional >> reason >> > >> was so that a project could be sure that the contributor had an ICLA >> on >> > >> file with apache so as to not expose the project to legal risk of code >> > that >> > >> was contributed that the contributor did not have any rights to. We >> > should >> > >> probably check with folks from other projects who've had experience >> > dealing >> > >> with stuff like this? >> > >> >> > >> Maybe Owen? >> > >> On May 2, 2015 17:08, "Thejas Nair" <thejas.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> > Sending again, didn't make to the list for some reason. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > >> > From: Thejas Nair <thejas.n...@gmail.com> >> > >> > Date: Fri, May 1, 2015 at 1:53 PM >> > >> > Subject: [DISCUSS] Allow any jira user to assign HIVE bugs to them >> > self >> > >> > To: dev <dev@hive.apache.org> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > I am not sure why a user needs to ask to be added as a contributor >> in >> > >> > HIVE jira to be able to assign jiras to themselves. I don't see it >> > >> > adding any value. Also the jira ADMIN UI for adding this is usually >> > >> > flaky. >> > >> > >> > >> > I think we should let any jira users assign the bugs to them self. >> > >> > Looks like adding jira-users group to contributions would do it. >> > >> > >> > >> > Thoughts ? >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Thejas >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >>
