Re: [PROPOSAL] 3 month deadline on CLA item

2011-08-02 Thread Henri Yandell
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Stefan Bodewig wrote: > On 2011-08-03, Henri Yandell wrote: > >>> Stefan wrote: > >>> Currently I'm mentor of a podling where one of the original contributors >>> who enthusiastically supported the move to the ASF has gone MIA for >>> several month now without any s

Re: [PROPOSAL] 3 month deadline on CLA item

2011-08-02 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On 2011-08-03, Henri Yandell wrote: >> Stefan wrote: >> Currently I'm mentor of a podling where one of the original contributors >> who enthusiastically supported the move to the ASF has gone MIA for >> several month now without any sort of CLA or grant in sight. In such a >> situation you hope

Re: [PROPOSAL] 3 month deadline on CLA item

2011-08-02 Thread Henri Yandell
Replying to each email in the thread: > Robert wrote: > In practice, the legal sign-off is often quite slow in arriving and > people like to make a start. That's a behaviour that needs to change :) > Stefan wrote: > Dealing with, completing is a different issue. Agreed. It can take effo

Re: [PROPOSAL] 3 month deadline on CLA item

2011-08-02 Thread Andy Seaborne
On 02/08/11 11:24, Stefan Bodewig wrote: On 2011-08-02, Henri Yandell wrote: As can be seen elsewhere, I'm on a self-given mission to clean up the history of podlings by getting them to sign off on the following checklist item: "Check and make sure that the papers that transfer rights to t

Re: [PROPOSAL] 3 month deadline on CLA item

2011-08-02 Thread Shane Curcuru
The real point is to find the most efficient and effective way for a small set of (often) Apache newbies to build a healthy community that has clean code. From that perspective, is there some way to break up this action item into smaller steps for the benefit of that *community*? I.e. a way t

Re: [PROPOSAL] 3 month deadline on CLA item

2011-08-02 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On 2011-08-02, Henri Yandell wrote: > As can be seen elsewhere, I'm on a self-given mission to clean up the > history of podlings by getting them to sign off on the following > checklist item: > "Check and make sure that the papers that transfer rights to the ASF > been received. It is only neces

Re: [PROPOSAL] 3 month deadline on CLA item

2011-08-02 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 5:48 AM, Henri Yandell wrote: > As can be seen elsewhere, I'm on a self-given mission to clean up the > history of podlings by getting them to sign off on the following > checklist item: > "Check and make sure that the papers that transfer rights to the ASF > been received.

[PROPOSAL] 3 month deadline on CLA item

2011-08-01 Thread Henri Yandell
As can be seen elsewhere, I'm on a self-given mission to clean up the history of podlings by getting them to sign off on the following checklist item: "Check and make sure that the papers that transfer rights to the ASF been received. It is only necessary to transfer rights for the package, the co