Hey James, The submission process isn't just a formality. It's necessary to protect the foundation legally. If the maintainers were allowed to import patches from the Internet just based on an email and a URL, there would be too much risk that a third party could claim to own the code and sue the Apache Foundation.
Regardless of what you think of this policy, it is not up to Jake or any of the Thrift developers. We will not be able to incorporate your changes if you don't upload them to JIRA. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. --David On 09/16/2012 09:38 AM, James K. Lowden wrote: > On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:54:57 -0400 > Jake Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Please see http://thrift.apache.org/docs/HowToContribute/ for >> submitting patches back to be included in Apache Thrift > > Really, Jake? Someone drops an 800-line patch on you that addresses > several open issues, and instead of thanks you (however politely) > request that formalities be adhered to? > > I did the work and the patches are in my tree. I published them on the > web for others to use. I posted a message here alerting the developers > to them. For that you're welcome. > > Now the ball's in your court. You can incorporate my work and thereby > improve your own, or not. The choice is yours. > > --jkl >
