He says should, not must. Mailing lists are contribution
mechanisms as well (per the license), so patches submitted
there which aren't marked "Not a contribution" are acceptable.
Jira's checkbox is the belt and suspenders approach.
----- Original Message ----
> From: Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name>
> To: general@incubator.apache.org
> Sent: Mon, September 13, 2010 9:43:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Accepting patches in a podling
>
> So each patch /must/ go via JIRA and get some checkbox filled?
> Seriously?
>
> 1. Over at Subversion, the practice has been to just say thankyou and
> commit the patches. A few times, with large-scale contributions (eg:
> someone sent us an SQL backend), we have required filing an ICLA first
> --- but that has been needed VERY rarely.
>
> 2. So patch submitters get sent to JIRA just so they can /fill a
> checkbox/? Never mind what the license says about submissions to the
> mailing lists, why not simply ask them to write
>
> "I license the patch attached herewith under the Apache License, version
>2.0"
>
>
> at the top of their email? That's much less effort for them than filing
> a JIRA. And imposing less work on patch submitters is Good.
>
> Benson Margulies wrote on Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 20:58:06 -0400:
> > All patches should be attached to JIRAs with the 'grant' checkbox checked.
> > Only if they are large do you then have to contemplate asking for a CLA and
> > going through the clearance process. Or so I understand it.
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 8:55 PM, David Lutterkort <lut...@redhat.com>
wrote:
> >
> > > What is the offical process for accepting patches from non-comitters in
> > > a podling ? Is it enough to insist that contributors that are not
> > > committers have a CLA on file or do I also have to make them file each
> > > patch in jira ?
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > >
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