Yes it makes sense
> -----Original Message----- > From: Chip Childers [mailto:chip.child...@sungard.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:25 PM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: [DISCUSS] "Future" release record in Jira to help with triage > > Hi all, > > In looking at the list of jira records that have no fix version in them, I > realize > that we probably need to start triaging them on a semi-regular basis. > > In order to ensure that the triage work doesn't require looking at the same > list over and over again, I'd like to propose that we use a technique that > I've > been successful with in the past. Specifically, creating a "Future" release > to > be set in the fix version fields after we triage something. > > That value will allow us to be a bit more specific between having no fix > version (yet to be triaged), having a fix version targeted and having been > looked at but not immediately identified for a specific release target. > > This gives us the benefit of being able to point new community members > that want to pick up work that nobody has started (and that might be out of a > release critical path) to Jira with a filter for "Future" > release items. As they get to know the system, and feel confident in a fix / > or in building a feature, they would then set the fix version for the > appropriate integration window that they will be able to move the code into. > > Does this make sense to everyone? > > -chip
