Hi, In order to make our issue tracker better support the release process I had to again tweak some issues as you've probably noticed by the number of recent Jira notifications. To make things easier I'd like to propose the following general guidelines for working with Jira issues:
* Issue Type Generally only "Bug" issues are considered for inclusion in patch releases. * Affects Version(s) Use this when entering "Bug" reports. Select all the release numbers where you believe the reported issue to occur. If you don't know or if the issue was introduced just recently in trunk, just leave the field empty. Leave this field empty also when entering feature or improvement requests. Selecting also old release numbers makes it easier for people that are running older versions to quickly determine whether a reported bug affects their installation or not. * Fix Version(s) This field is essential for the release process. Generally you should fill it when resolving an issue; use the release numer of the release that's next planned from trunk (normally the next minor x.y release). If the issue is a bug report and you think the fix is safe enough to be included in a patch release (i.e. it shouldn't introduce any regressions), you can also select the next planned patch release number (x.y.z). You can also enter a target release number here already before the issue is fixed if you consider that the issue is essential for the release. This allows us to better track the progress towards a release. * Resolution Always use the resolution "Fixed" when resolving an issue that you've solved. All other resolutions will invalidate the issue so that it won't be included in any change histories or known issue lists. * Closing an issue Issues should be closed (as opposed to resolving them) only when they've been included in an official release. Thus only the release manager should ever need to close issues. Note that a closed issue should never be reopened since it's considered a part of an existing release. File a new issue that links back to the closed one if you find that the resolution in fact doesn't work. BR, Jukka Zitting
