Re: ICLA lookup for notinavail

[sebb <se...@gmail.com>]

Created https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIMSY-228 to keep track of this.

On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 at 13:06, Craig Russell <ap...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey,
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> I'd like to propose a new whimsy feature: ICLA lookup for notinavail
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> This would allow authorized users (those with read access to foundation/officers/iclas.txt) to search iclas.txt for specific names, even for notinavail (those found in unlisted-iclas).
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> This would be an extension of the current committers search https://whimsy.apache.org/roster/committer/ allowing to search iclas.txt for notinavail members if the name was not found elsewhere.
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> This tool would be used by PMC members when inviting new committers. The PMC would look at roster/committer to see if the proposed committer was already a committer. If not, and the notinavail entry was found, the PMC could use the email address in iclas.txt to invite the new committer to provide an apache id and verify the email address.
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> I'm working on an update for http://community.apache.org/newcommitter.html#new-committer-process that will spell out how PMCs are supposed to deal with proposed committers that already are committers or already have an ICLA on file. This feature would be easier to use than asking the PMC member to access and search iclas.txt manually.
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> Thanks,
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> Craig
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> Craig L Russell
> Secretary, Apache Software Foundation
> clr@apache.org http://db.apache.org/jdo
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