Yeah, there's a good chance I'm just been a n00b about the whole thing,
Russell. :)


On 13 March 2013 23:05, Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com> wrote:

> heh… the one time I try to be diligent about breaking isolated small bug
> fixes into small isolated commits… ;-)
>
> Noah, you can see all the lines changed here:
> https://github.com/apache/couchdb/pull/52/files
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > You might've convinced me Paul. It would be a lot easier to review if it
> > was squashed though. I think the sheer numbers of commits in the PR
> > contributes to the feeling that this is a weighty bulk of changes.
> >
> >
> > On 13 March 2013 21:19, Paul Davis <paul.joseph.da...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > So two major points I think we're disagreeing on are wether this is a
> > > large enough bit of development to warrant IP clearance and whether it
> > > "was developed outside the ASF".
> > >
> > > On the first point I think we're just in disagreement. Not much else
> > > to really consider if one of us sees a chicken and the other sees a
> > > rabbit on that front.
> > >
> > > The second point is more interesting though. You jumped to the
> > > assumption that when Russel asked for a review on a PR that the work
> > > in the PR was "developed outside the ASF" hence triggering the IP
> > > clearance bit.
> > >
> > > Thinking idly about it, this almost seems like a fairly standard RTC
> > > approach to development (which is admittedly not what the project has
> > > done historically) (and also admittedly is the process that GitHub PRs
> > > embody).
> > >
> > > Given the RTC-ness of things, does this discussion about the submitted
> > > PR not constitute "developed at the ASF"? If people had technical
> > > issues or comments they'd chime in and let us know. If not then lazy
> > > consensus and the community agrees with the changes.
> > >
> > > Granted its always a judgement call. If someone worked for months on a
> > > new indexer and then said, "Ok to commit this?" we'd all agree on IP
> > > clearance. OTOH if I can review a change by skimming the PR in less
> > > time than it takes me to drink a cup of coffee then I don't think that
> > > constitutes significant external development. A threshold like that
> > > and we'd be asking for IP clearance from anyone that submitted a patch
> > > ever which is obviously silly.
> > >
> > > So yeah, bottom line I think this is a fairly trivial change set that
> > > is easily reviewable and is being managed pretty much exactly like any
> > > standard patch.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org>
> wrote:
> > > > I don't see how submitting things via the mailing list would be any
> > > > different. The issue here isn't the tooling. The issue is that a
> chunk
> > of
> > > > development happened away from the project. If Russel had sent an
> email
> > > to
> > > > the list, or opened a JIRA with this patch, I would have exactly the
> > same
> > > > questions.
> > > >
> > > > So the question isn't: how do we deal with Github? (I think we're
> fine
> > as
> > > > it is.) It's: how do we work with people who are contributing big
> > chunks
> > > of
> > > > work to the project.
> > > >
> > > > Well, in this instance, the Fauxton team are committers, so this
> should
> > > be
> > > > happening in the ASF repos. And it will be. We're all on the same
> page
> > > > there. This was an unfortunate exception to that.
> > > >
> > > > But for people who are not committers. I am not sure. I think that we
> > > need
> > > > to spot that these people are out there, and reach out to them before
> > > they
> > > > go too far down this road. I think we need to work on being more
> > > inclusive,
> > > > and handing out commit bits like Hail Mary passes.
> > > >
> > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail_Mary_pass
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 13 March 2013 20:40, Paul Davis <paul.joseph.da...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Reading this I see two big chunks: lots of minor template/JS tweaks
> > > >> and an import of some PouchDB sources. The PouchDB is almost exactly
> > > >> 50% of the lines added. Russel could have probably organized his
> > > >> commits a bit better to indicate that but given our relatively lax
> > > >> attitude to maintaining a clean history I can't really ding him on
> it.
> > > >>
> > > >> I understand that its good to be sure and clear things that need it,
> > > >> but I don't think the level of work here rises to that standard.
> > > >>
> > > >> OTOH, I think this is pointing out that we still haven't fully
> groked
> > > >> how to deal with GitHub PRs at the ASF. In a perfect world I'd turn
> > > >> them off and force everyone to submit code via mailing list. Granted
> > > >> that's probably a super minority position but I think we could use
> > > >> some more concrete project specific guidelines on contributions via
> > > >> PR.
> > > >>
> > > >> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org>
> > > wrote:
> > > >> > Erk, sorry, this is the link:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Please note also that this process will take three days, and I
> will
> > > >> steward
> > > >> > it. I don't want us to cut corners because this process is seen
> as a
> > > >> > burden. Although  in some respects, I do want code drops to seem
> > like
> > > a
> > > >> > burden so that we instinctually avoid them as a community. ;)
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > On 13 March 2013 20:21, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> >> Okay. I am happy to be overruled if we have consensus this if
> fine.
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> I took a look and the changset seemed substantial.
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> What do other people think?
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> Before you answer, please make sure you are familiar with:
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/ip-clearance-template.html
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> The key here is that:
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> * It doesn't matter if the contributors are committers on the
> > project
> > > >> >> * If the contribution is big enough that we consider it "done
> away
> > > from
> > > >> >> the project" then it needs IP Clearance
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> The goal here is to have as much activity happening on the
> project
> > > lists
> > > >> >> as possible. The project welcomes code drops, but we need to
> > > recognise
> > > >> that
> > > >> >> they ARE code drops, and do the proper legal clearance. (And
> > > obviously,
> > > >> >> figure out contribution workflows so that committers are not
> > > >> contributing
> > > >> >> via code drops.)
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> On 13 March 2013 20:10, Paul Davis <paul.joseph.da...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>> I'm confused on the IP clearance requirement. On IRC you
> described
> > > >> >>> this as a code drop but as I read through this I'm seeing a
> number
> > > of
> > > >> >>> fairly minor changes and a new feature for running M/R in the
> > > browser.
> > > >> >>> Given that Fauxton is so new this seems like rather straight
> > forward
> > > >> >>> "working on new project" activity.
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>> The diff stats listed are:
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>>     20 changed files with 846 additions and 216 deletions.
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>> which seems rather modest to me given that its all HTML and JS.
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>> You quoted this bit on IRC:
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>> "Any code that was developed outside of the ASF SVN repository
> > must
> > > be
> > > >> >>> processed like this, even if the external developer is an ASF
> > > >> >>> committer."
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>> And I'm confused on what that means in the context of Git and
> > > >> >>> specifically in context of GitHub PRs. I think there are some
> > > obvious
> > > >> >>> cases in both directions. A PR for a typo obviously doesn't
> > require
> > > IP
> > > >> >>> clearance. The original Fauxton drop and the BigCouch merge
> > > obviously
> > > >> >>> do require IP clearance.
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>> But this seems like a fairly normal contribution. If we were
> > rocking
> > > >> >>> the patches over email to apply to SVN I don't think anyone
> would
> > > have
> > > >> >>> batted an eye at this. Given the PR here it seems awfully like a
> > > >> >>> standard RTC pattern to me.
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>> While I agree that there's always a judgement call to be made on
> > > what
> > > >> >>> constitutes "development outside the ASF" I don't think this
> case
> > > >> >>> meets the criteria for what was intended by that policy.
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Noah Slater <
> nsla...@apache.org>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >> >>> > Note to committers. Please do not merge this yet.
> > > >> >>> >
> > > >> >>> > We are going to have to put this through the IP Clearance
> > process.
> > > >> >>> >
> > > >> >>> >
> > > >> >>> > On 13 March 2013 18:35, chewbranca <g...@git.apache.org>
> wrote:
> > > >> >>> >
> > > >> >>> >> GitHub user chewbranca opened a pull request:
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     https://github.com/apache/couchdb/pull/52
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Latest fauxton updates as of march 13
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Lots of updates and fixes
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>       * Initial view editor implementation
> > > >> >>> >>       * Advanced view functionality
> > > >> >>> >>       * Edit design docs
> > > >> >>> >>       * Use _rewrites in fauxton couchapp
> > > >> >>> >>       * Grunt template updates
> > > >> >>> >>       * Lots of random fixes and cleanup
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by
> > running:
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     $ git pull
> > > https://github.com/cloudant-labs/couchdbfauxton-mar-13
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the
> > patch
> > > >> at:
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     https://github.com/apache/couchdb/pull/52.patch
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> ----
> > > >> >>> >> commit 7f88a2afedb27555b7e92aae1be2d4163bca0393
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-02-07T01:51:05Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Initial in browser MR using PouchDB.mapreduce.js
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 04018d243540ae71b703191e5125818506cf2dd0
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-02-08T21:29:02Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Adding PouchDB file blurbs
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 61ac6f86710192debc50c0cc2275d5ef94a6c658
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-02-14T02:32:01Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Move view editor around and lots more
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 4e038d789b54243aa5b05a819af09c385f5a1806
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-02-24T21:42:54Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Add meta data and more to views
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit f3300bbde51ac6c9d12d4cb83d67eef27c6fdeb5
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Ryan Ramage <ryan.ram...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-02-25T22:32:56Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Adding support for fauxton behind a rewrite in a couchapp
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 68d36d33819c09af30daabea98e093f2b1622e2c
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-02-25T23:35:19Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Merge pull request #16 from
> > > garden20/fauxton-couchapp-rewrites
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Adding support for fauxton behind a rewrite in a couchapp
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 6033ac3fb6929258c2d47be272d66f4729bcecd1
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Simon Metson <simon+git...@cloudant.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-02-26T16:15:38Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     remove shared databases from the all_dbs page - not a
> > couchdb
> > > >> >>> feature
> > > >> >>> >> (might
> > > >> >>> >>     come back depending on how we support replicas).
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 829db1ab39ad2a14b6b7a810fe947e47ea01eb66
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-02-26T19:48:27Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Add initial error handling for view establish functions
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 2c81ee740a20999b58199c00df927eff635168b4
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-03-06T00:25:15Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Clean up for bugs and non save/preview use
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 7d73a824acb6053b501a7f6dbd887168bad2fdb0
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-03-06T00:41:47Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Merge pull request #17 from
> cloudant-labs/fauxton-pouch-mr
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Advanced _view options and editor
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 0649bafacf15669d294258187e6c189759c1c93a
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-03-06T01:13:27Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Add results meta to all docs collection
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 3d4781de0b37ada0ebff3a6c4dc2a1f6da9feb95
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Simon Metson <simon+git...@cloudant.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-03-11T15:30:04Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     remove templating configuration from grunt.js
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 73350051f9794f6428a4b36ce7be1c0561ebbad7
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Simon Metson <simon+git...@cloudant.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-03-11T16:25:52Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     update tasks
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 9667be958948cad2e5d410ca4bc403664d694679
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-03-11T23:33:53Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Temporarily disable contribute addon and add gitignore
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 1bb903bed7d0bfda05d5c9eb0084a9dbd69110f5
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-03-11T23:39:57Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Add link to docs in api bar
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 3293c1d4d732048eed063cdb7c654d81e8ef8eeb
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-03-12T00:24:10Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Update all docs and all design docs links
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit e6dbe7a1cdb70378f17e782f26ea5a2ca5a88761
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Simon Metson <simonmetson+git...@googlemail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-03-12T11:19:04Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Correct default template
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Spotted during review with Mike W.
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 283e25a23147883c497203fa03e38ea552b40225
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Michael Wallace <mikewallace1...@googlemail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-03-12T11:24:57Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Merge pull request #19 from
> > > >> >>> >> cloudant-labs/1690-template-settings-from-config
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     1690 template settings from config
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 0534bd8c5d82f0fb13da8d8a7a161d7f73b7b191
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Mike Wallace <mikewallace1...@googlemail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-03-12T11:05:18Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Fix import of pouchdb
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit b18aa31b75f09e31028a97a74dffd81fc0b5667a
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Michael Wallace <mikewallace1...@googlemail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-03-12T11:30:42Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Merge pull request #20 from
> > > >> >>> cloudant-labs/fauxton-fix-pouchdb-import
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Fix import of pouchdb
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit f0b587c41c7ed777328827d06dc5a91521468c82
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-03-12T23:25:28Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Cleanup some broken things on documents
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 25881bb138b9341c1b31f573efe094f26ce66de9
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-03-13T17:31:02Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/fauxton' into
> > fauxton
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Conflicts:
> > > >> >>> >>         src/fauxton/app/templates/databases/sidebar.html
> > > >> >>> >>         src/fauxton/app/templates/fauxton/api_bar.html
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> commit 0d08a755880586cfcb23f0240b57ff8a6a5ba858
> > > >> >>> >> Author: Russell Branca <chewbra...@gmail.com>
> > > >> >>> >> Date:   2013-03-13T17:32:59Z
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>     Fix span width for new database button
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >> ----
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >>
> > > >> >>> >
> > > >> >>> >
> > > >> >>> > --
> > > >> >>> > NS
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> --
> > > >> >> NS
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > --
> > > >> > NS
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > NS
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > NS
> >
>



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