+1 if it's possible On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 12:04 PM Donal Evans <doev...@vmware.com> wrote:
> Looking at the dialogue that opens when you attempt to create a new ticket > in the GEODE Jira[1], there are two fields included that aren't really > necessary and may cause confusion. The "Fix Version/s" field should > presumably not be filled out until the issue has actually been fixed, > rather than at the time of ticket creation. The "Sprint" field seems to no > longer serve any purpose at all that I can discern, having only been filled > in 13 tickets, the most recent of which was created in December 2018[2]. > With the expansion of the community contributing to the Geode project, it's > important to provide a straightforward experience for people who are new to > the project and wish to file tickets, so the presence of these fields may > cause issues. > > I propose that these two fields be removed from the "Create Issue" > dialogue and that the "Affects Version/s" field be added, since that field > is far more important at time of ticket creation. There are currently 3851 > bug tickets in the Jira with no "Affects Version/s" value entered at > all[3], which I suspect is in part due to that field not being an option in > the "Create Issue" dialogue, meaning you have to remember to go back after > creating the ticket and enter it. With Geode moving to a model of having > support branches and patch releases, properly capturing the versions > affected by a given issue becomes even more important. > > [1] https://i.imgur.com/oQ8CW87.png > [2] > https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/GEODE/issues/GEODE-8433?filter=allissues&orderby=cf%5B12310921%5D+ASC%2C+created+DESC > [3] > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GEODE-8433?jql=project%20%3D%20GEODE%20AND%20issuetype%20%3D%20Bug%20AND%20affectedVersion%20%3D%20EMPTY%20ORDER%20BY%20created%20DESC%2C%20affectedVersion%20ASC%2C%20cf%5B12310921%5D%20ASC >
