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[Robin Burchell]

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 2:57 AM,  <Craig.Scott at csiro.au> wrote:
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> On 21/12/2011, at 12:19 PM, <mark.keir at nokia.com> <mark.keir at nokia.com> wrote:
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>> Posting patches to the JIRA bugreporting system is contrary to the terms of use for that system.
>> https://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/secure/TermsAndConditions.html
>> Don't do this.
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> I know I'll probably be shot down immediately, but.....
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> This is one of the more annoying things about the changes that have been going on with Qt.

This isn't new. Ever since I've been wanting to submit patches, pretty
much, JIRA - at least officially - hasn't been an option for legal
reasons, because it bypasses the CLA. The CLA is the primary reason
why patches can't be accepted from other sources, as far as I
understand it.

[ that having been said, I agree that it's really annoying, but I
can't really see a nice method to solve this, other than possibly
directing them to accept the CLA on gerrit the first time they upload
a patch to JIRA, but that's going to require customisations.. and in
the end, it's probably better to focus on streamlining the
contribution & review process we have first ]