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On Jul 30, 2013, at 4:52 PM, "Stefano Maffulli" <stefano at openstack.org> wrote:

> On Mon 29 Jul 2013 05:23:47 PM PDT, Joshua McKenty wrote:
>> If we ever have users who feel like they have to "sign the CLA and
>> submit a patch", then we've failed to establish the type of community
>> that we've been going for.
> 
> We should avoid generalizing. This is the first time I hear of a user
> pointing at a problem and that such user is directly asked to submit a
> patch: there are other and much simpler ways to respond to user requests
> from asking to file a bug report or start a discussion on a mailing
> list. Pointing users to the CLA is one possible outcome of a much
> lengthier discussion that I hope happens before the 'go ahead and code
> it yourself'.
> 
> Burt: do you have more details to share about this incident you're
> talking about?

Sure -- it's the bug on the 16k GET. I can't send the link from launchpad, but I reported the issue and simultaneously tried to throw a patch over the wall. I possibly (probably) misinterpreted the response.  I've had a few patches land since in nova and tempest, so overall it's a good thing..

- B