I made the change to add jira-users to the contributors group a few hours back.
On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Thejas Nair <thejas.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >>> > >> > >>> > >> >>> > >>>
