Seems to me that we could improve the CLA submitting page to explain how to sign the .pdf.
On my Mac, I can save the icla.pdf from Safari, open it with Preview, fill the form with the keyboard and then apply a signature to the form via Tools/Annotate/Signature, "save as" myicla.pdf and send it off as an attachment to an email. Most of the received .jpg files are printed and then scanned with a phone. But modern phones also allow you to download the icla.pdf and fill the form, including to add a signature. You can then share it to mail and send it off. I've just tested this on the live site. The first attempt used Google Chrome to navigate to the icla.pdf, opened with Adobe Acrobat, filled the form (only one field as an exaple), signed it with a pretty good signature, and then shared a link to a document in the cloud which is not acceptable. The second attempt shared a copy of the document which was attached to an email message. The second attempt can produce an acceptable iclaxxx.pdf suitable for filing. So I think we should be able to document a few good ways to get a signed ICLA without printing or scanning. WDYT? Craig > On Jan 23, 2021, at 8:00 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Surely it would be simpler to do a screen print of the image? > > However, both options are likely to degrade the quality of the scan. > > Also, it's not essential to convert everything to PDF. > > On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 at 15:32, Dave Fisher <w...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> If you have a modern all-in-one printer. You can print the image and then >> scan to pdf. >> >> Does the secretarial team have that equipment? >> >> Regards, >> Dave >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jan 23, 2021, at 4:50 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 at 00:48, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Sebb, >>>> >>>> Since years ago we have converted ICLAs to .pdf, and I think this is a >>>> good approach. >>> >>> I was not suggesting that we should abandon doing so, but that it was >>> an alternative. >>> >>>> I asked the submitter to send a single .pdf and he did so. So this case is >>>> closed. >>> >>> Fine, but that might not always be possible. >>> >>>> Craig >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> On Jan 15, 2021, at 4:02 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Looks like there is an issue with the image which img2pdf cannot handle: >>>>> >>>>> https://gitlab.mister-muffin.de/josch/img2pdf/issues/61#note_912 >>>>> >>>>> Is it not possible to save the JPGs without converting to PDF first? >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 06:46, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Currently in the secretary queue there is a two-page document for Wei >>>>>> Li. Trying to pdf-ize either page results in an error. >>>>>> >>>>>> Exception: #<RuntimeError: Failed to convert liwei-ICLA-1.jpg to PDF> >>>>>> >>>>>> Any ideas? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Craig >>>>>> >>>>>> Craig L Russell >>>>>> c...@apache.org >>>>>> >>>> >>>> Craig L Russell >>>> c...@apache.org >>>> Craig L Russell c...@apache.org
