This will allow comment and description fields to utilize Confluence- style wiki markup.Don't know what it will give us, but sounds fine.
Basically it allows JIRA content to be tailored for better visual comprehension. I know that is rather subjective... but have a peek for yourself:
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GSHELL-27
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GSHELL-25
--jason
