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The following page has been changed by SteveLoughran: http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Jira The comment on the change is: more best practises ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please observe the following guidelines when using Jira for Hadoop. + * Give issues a meaningful name. "Hadoop Bug I have found" is not appropriate. Better something like "NPE during datanode startup on OS/X" + - * Keep issue descriptions short. The issue description field should briefly describe a ''problem'', not a solution. Detailed descriptions and proposed solutions should be subsequently added in the comments. This is preferred for several reasons. The description is included in every email Jira sends about an issue, so a long description generates big messages. Also, solutions should be arrived at through consensus-building discussion, so it is inappropriate to present a solution at the outset. + * Keep issue descriptions short. The issue description field should briefly describe a ''problem'', not a solution. Detailed descriptions, stack traces and proposed solutions should be subsequently added in the comments. This is preferred for several reasons. The description is included in every email Jira sends about an issue, so a long description generates big messages. Also, solutions should be arrived at through consensus-building discussion, so it is inappropriate to present a solution at the outset. * Don't edit comments. If you make a mistake, add another method clarifying things. This makes it easier for folks to follow the discussion. @@ -22, +24 @@ 1. Configure your email client to filter all but new issue creation messages, skipping messages sent to the -dev list from Jira whose subject does not begin with "Created"; 1. For new issues that you wish to follow, use Jira's "watch" feature, so that emails are sent directly to you. + * Configure the JIRA portal to show only the project(s) that you care about; consider adding the Issues in Progress and Assigned To Me portlets. + +
