>then you have to spend weeks sorting out who contributed to the files in the pull request
Is it common to have multiple authors for a single pull request? >how to contact them, if they are covered under the OCA Google [1] (googlebot), Mozilla [2] (rust-highfive robot) and Microsoft [3] (msftclas bot) solve this issue, by using automatic bots that welcome the contributors and keep an list of already signed CLAs. [1] https://github.com/Polymer/polymer/pull/1247#issuecomment-76956855 [2] https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/23466#issuecomment-82750848 [3] https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/2376 Regards, Benjamin On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 6:31 AM, dalibor topic <dalibor.to...@oracle.com> wrote: > On 18.03.2015 01:03, Tomas Mikula wrote: > >> Legal issues could be resolved by requiring a signed OCA before each >> pull request is merged. >> > > Or we could simply require changes to come in the way we do now and avoid > having to deal with another set of side issues altogether. > > A development model where individual contributors work on their own > individual changes, and then submit them separately is much easier to deal > with for reviewers than one where some random things happen on bitbucket, > someone after a while sends in a random pull request and then you have to > spend weeks sorting out who contributed to the files in the pull request, > how to contact them, if they are covered under the OCA, etc. > > cheers, > dalibor topic > -- > <http://www.oracle.com> Dalibor Topic | Principal Product Manager > Phone: +494089091214 <tel:+494089091214> | Mobile: +491737185961 > <tel:+491737185961> > > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Kühnehöfe 5 | 22761 Hamburg > > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG > Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München > Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 > Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz > > Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. > Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande > Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 > Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher > > <http://www.oracle.com/commitment> Oracle is committed to developing > practices and products that help protect the environment >
