MySQL Bugs: #19838: Adding a contributor to a project does not work

Bug #19838	Adding a contributor to a project does not work
Submitted:	16 May 2006 3:09	Modified:	27 Jun 2006 2:23
Reporter:	Colin Charles	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Websites: MySQLForge	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:		OS:
Assigned to:	Colin Charles	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
Adding a contributor to a project does not work. The Search by name does not
return any results.

http://forge.mysql.com/projects/add-contributor.php

How to repeat:
Select a project and try to add a contributor. Enter your own last name and
observe that the search returns emtpyhanded.

Suggested fix:
Fix the search so it actually finds names  ;)

From jay:
OK, I think this is another one of those user interface gotchas.  The 
search actually does work; the problem is that unless someone has 
specifically been added as a *contributor* (not just a forge user), 
their name won't be found.  There is a table which stored contributor 
information and a table which stores forge user information, so that 
people can be added as contributors without actually having to be a 
Forge User.  When you add a project and check that you are an 
"Administrator", you automatically become a contributor, and your name 
will appear in the returned search list.

I think it's confusing, so what I will do is change the search to look 
for both Forge Users *and* contributors...

Thank you for the bug report. Yes I agree with you it is confusing and the
search to look for both Forge Users *and* contributors would be more
suitable.

so the MySQLForge bugs seem to be task trackers (public) for Jay and me. Thanks for verifying!

Contributor schema was flawed from the beginning.  r44 changes tok care of this bug, since now the process is handled through a request for membership in a project, with an administrator approving the request.