Sounds good to me. I would only comment that we should probably relax item 3 to tie the commitment to the release schedule. There might be issues that cannot be worked on within few weeks, but are good to keep planned for the future few releases ahead.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 9:05 PM, Jacques Nadeau <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Everybody, > > As more and more people are starting to work on JIRAs, I'd like to propose > a new process around jira assignment, targeting, etc. This way people will > be able to more easily identify available issues for pick up and general > development intentions. > > I propose the following: > > 1. We should remove the default assignment of new issues. > 2. We need to remove all current assignments other than those that are > currently active (or about to be active). > 3. Individual developers who plan to work on a feature should assign it > to themselves. This should be a commitment to work on this feature > within > the next couple weeks. (They should also set the "fix for" to the > release > they would like to target completion.) > 4. Once a developer starts work on a feature, they should accept the > feature (showing that they are actively working on it). > 5. If another developer is interested in working on a feature that is > assigned (but inactive), they should request taking over that feature > from > the current assignee. > > How does this sound? > > Jacques >
