I'm able to edit it, fwiw.

A.

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Matt Stephenson <[email protected]>wrote:

> Ignasi,
> This page you created is immutable and I cannot edit it.  Please make it
> writeable to admins.  I would like to clean it up since you're not
> responding to my feedback.
>
> Matt
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Matt Stephenson <[email protected]
> >wrote:
>
> > Sigh, it's so irritating that we're always writing "Git 101" docs for
> > contributor/committer docs.
> >
> > Lets link to these instead, they're way more instructive :
> > https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git
> > https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Matt Stephenson <[email protected]
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Also, since we're Commit Then Review, committers don't follow the same
> >> process as contributors for making changes.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Matt Stephenson <[email protected]
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> I don't see how it's beneficial to the audience though, and if I'm
> >>> looking for that as a committer, I'd rather not scroll to the bottom.
>  I'd
> >>> rather just search for committer guide or something, not contributing.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Ignasi <[email protected]
> >wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks for reviewing Matt!
> >>>>
> >>>> Agree. Modified the text to only require the rebase but leave the
> >>>> squash as an optional step.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regarding the commiters stuff, I personally think it is good to have
> >>>> just one guide. Commiters specific steps are only at the very end of
> >>>> the document, and I see no point in having a separate document for
> >>>> them. I also like the idea of transparency, and I think it is good
> >>>> that people know how we are going to merge their contributions.
> >>>> Anyway, this is something we can discuss and take the preferred option
> >>>> :)
> >>>>
> >>>> On 18 June 2013 17:03, Matt Stephenson <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>> > I wouldn't include that all commits need to be squashed, but agree
> >>>> with
> >>>> > rebasing to master.
> >>>> > On Jun 18, 2013 8:00 AM, "Matt Stephenson" <[email protected]>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>> >
> >>>> >> I'd split the committer's section out  to another page.  If we want
> >>>> a page
> >>>> >> that gets a contributor to the point of having a PR, then just do
> >>>> that.
> >>>> >> The rest is for another audience.
> >>>> >> On Jun 18, 2013 6:16 AM, "Ignasi" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>> I understood that from an email thread where this was discussed.
> It
> >>>> >>> was opened in the private list so I can't paste the link here, but
> >>>> >>> your recommendations were:
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> "Oliver: As long as the contribution is attached to a jira I
> >>>> consider
> >>>> >>> implicit
> >>>> >>> the contributor agree on the Apache license for the code he
> provide.
> >>>> >>> Perso, when the patch/contribution is very huge (don't ask me
> >>>> figures
> >>>> >>> in term of lines of code :-) )."
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> "David: As a general rule submissions to the project (mailing
> list,
> >>>> >>> Jira, pull request, etc.) are assumed under the terms of the ASL
> to
> >>>> be
> >>>> >>> offered under the same license unless explicitly stated otherwise.
> >>>> >>> Major contributions might need a CLA, but most patches won't rise
> to
> >>>> >>> this level in my experience."
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> I understand then, that by default, there is no need to sign the
> >>>> CLA.
> >>>> >>> I'll remove that section from the guide :)
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> Thanks for checking!
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> On 18 June 2013 14:54, David Nalley <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>> >>> >> == Contributor license agreement ==
> >>>> >>> >>
> >>>> >>> >> Before contributing, you may have to sign the [[
> >>>> >>> http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas|Apache ICLA]]. All
> >>>> contributions
> >>>> >>> and patches attached to a [[
> >>>> >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS|JIRA]] issue are
> >>>> assumed
> >>>> >>> to be under the agreement, so even if small patches and changes
> may
> >>>> not
> >>>> >>> require an explicit signature, it is always a good idea to have it
> >>>> in place.
> >>>> >>> >>
> >>>> >>> >
> >>>> >>> > A signed CLA isn't required by the ASF for patches - is there a
> >>>> reason
> >>>> >>> > the project wishes to require them?
> >>>> >>> >
> >>>> >>> > --David
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>

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