comitters have signed a CLA already, and that applies to anything they check in. so RTC or CTR doesn't really affect that. people who aren't comitters will still have to submit JIRAs/whatever and check the button to get code into the system. we could change the wording to say the patch/pointer to the patch is CLA'd.
One nice thing about Gerrit is that you can configure it to allow anyone to log in via OpenID and submit a patch for review (after they've signed and submitted a CLA). Requiring a patch (from a non- committer) to go to JIRA first, then to Gerrit via a committer seems like a silly workflow, and negates one big benefit of Gerrit.
zach
