I have recently learned that contributors do not need to sign a CLA unless they are invited to become "Committers", a special Apache designation that you don't need to worry too much about right now:
http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#are-contributors-required-to-sign-a-ccla On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 3:37 AM, Nishidha Panpaliya <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jim, > > I'm really sorry for the delay in starting the new thread for Impala > branching. > > Actually this time, before we port the current code of Impala, we have > also thought of porting Impala's native toolchain as we'd really difficult > time building it manually in past. We could build most of the tools from > it. But porting "kudu" has become our major hurdle as it is equally big and > challenging as that of Impala. Though we've been able to fix most of the > stuff with our prior Impala experience, but everyday we see a new set of > problems with kudu as we are progressing. > > I think once we reach near completion of porting Impala's toolchain, I > will start the new thread for Impala branching as it is evolving every day. > I hope we get to that state sooner. > > Even on contributions legal approval front, we've got the required > information and we are also in the process of signing ICLA. Our filled > forms have reached to IBM legal team. Hope to hear back from them soon. > > I thank you for your concern and once again apologize for making you > follow up on this. I will definitely get back to you soon. > > > Thanks & Regards, > Nishidha > > [image: Inactive hide details for Jim Apple ---10/26/2016 01:19:40 > AM---Nishidha, I still haven't heard about the branching. Is there a]Jim > Apple ---10/26/2016 01:19:40 AM---Nishidha, I still haven't heard about the > branching. Is there anything in your way I can help move a > > From: Jim Apple <[email protected]> > To: Nishidha Panpaliya/Austin/Contr/IBM@IBMUS > Cc: "dev@impala" <[email protected]>, Manish > Patil/Austin/Contr/IBM@IBMUS, Silvius Rus <[email protected]>, Sudarshan > Jagadale/Austin/Contr/IBM@IBMUS, Valencia Serrao/Austin/Contr/IBM@IBMUS > Date: 10/26/2016 01:19 AM > Subject: Re: Contributions to Cloudera Impala > ------------------------------ > > > > Nishidha, I still haven't heard about the branching. Is there anything > in your way I can help move aside? > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Jim Apple <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, I'll start a new discussion about branching. Could you please > share the > >> complete address of dev@? Is it different than > >> "[email protected]"? > > > > That is the address. > > > > >
