Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] The "new user -> ECA -> signed-off by" wo

[Wim Jongman <wim.jongman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey All,

Great news!!

Comment # 30

Cheers,

Wim

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 1:29 PM Wim Jongman <wim.jongman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 1:01 AM Jonah Graham <jonah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The Architecture Council discussed this at the most recent meeting - see notes https://wiki.eclipse.org/Architecture_Council/Meetings/Meeting_Notes - below I quote the relevant part:

• 'Signed Off By' requirements (from cross platform list topic, https://bugs.eclipse.org/558653)
  • Work started at the Board to revitalize discussion. There is sufficient evidence out there that it should be possible to remove the requirement.
  • No ETA yet. Discussion requires convincing lawyers.
  • Architecture Council unanimously agrees that this needs to go

Hi Jonah, thanks for the update. This is great news.

> Is that a hard and fast rule everywhere? Because I get forced to sign on the jetty.git website repository on git.eclipse.org

I was pretty convinced that I had to always add "signed-off by:" footer, but it indeed turns out that I was just adding it out of habit.

Cheers,Wim