Bummer, seems we can't lock this down :(
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-42068

On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 9:42 AM Mark Miller <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 9:37 AM Cassandra Targett <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I noticed these the other day also, and had an email half-wrote that I
>> intended to finish up today.
>>
>> To start, JIRA unfortunately makes this really easy to make a mess of
>> - if you can create or edit an issue, you can just pop in a new value
>> that gets added to the list of open versions. Editing an issue is open
>> to lots of folks - committers, contributors, the reporter of an issue.
>> So, we have high potential for this to be an ongoing problem.
>>
>
> Ah, that makes this a lot less baffling I guess.
>
>
>>
>> But, since only committers can commit patches and are thus the usual
>> resolvers of an issue, committers either aren't paying enough
>> attention to that field when they resolve an issue or there is
>> confusion/difference of understanding about what that field is
>> supposed to mean.
>>
>> There are currently 49 issues for Solr that have these "non-standard"
>> versions [1]. Some date back before the most recent 6.5.0 release,
>> which means there are issues fixed in 6.4 and 6.5 (at least) which
>> don't say so in JIRA.
>>
>> This could be really problematic going forward. We need to agree that
>> when issues are resolved, the fixVersion field is reliable and means
>> the same thing to everyone.
>>
>
> +1!
>
>
>>
>> IMO we should always use the *next* version that makes sense at that
>> time. So, an issue resolved today would be "6.6" and "master (7.0)".
>> Others may have different points of view on how we should do this, but
>> I think traditionally it's been the way I suggest, so if there is
>> change desired there, we should discuss it.
>>
>
> I agree.
>
>
>>
>> Side note: I know there is some doubt today that 6.6 will ever exist.
>> However, it will be a lot easier to go through JIRA to remove "6.6"
>> from issues that aren't in 6.x than it will be to review
>> issue-by-issue everything that says "6x" or "6.x" or "branch_6x",
>> etc., and figure out when it was actually released.
>>
>
> +1. It also matches how we handle CHANGES afaict.
>
> I wish we could disable the auto creating of versions entirely somehow,
> but I guess the next best thing is to raise awareness. It's great to have
> the correct versions and in the correct ordering.
>
> - Mark
>
>
>>
>> Cassandra
>>
>> [1] Query for JIRA issues:
>>
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20SOLR%20AND%20status%20in%20(Resolved%2C%20Closed)%20AND%20fixVersion%20in%20(6.x%2C%206x%2C%20branch_6x)
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 1:33 AM, Mark Miller <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > Who keeps adding strange JIRA release versions? I've cleaned up strange
>> ones
>> > in the past and they keep coming back.
>> >
>> > Why do we have branch6x, 6x and 6.x and trunk?
>> >
>> > Even if we wanted more than 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.1 and master (7.0), and I
>> don't
>> > think we do, who keeps adding these duplicates? Let's come to some
>> sanity
>> > here.
>> >
>> > - Mark
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