On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 at 15:29 Emilian Bold <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>...then I did a GitHub PR directly and after confirmation that the fix > >> works I pushed directly in the repo. JIRA was not involved at all. > >> > > A situation I hope won't continue given the current contribution > > guidelines! ;-) > > Assuming the guidelines are these > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=74681408 > I don't see a *must* next to creating an issue. > > "And remember: These are guidelines, not laws." > > Indeed. > Yes, agreed, these are guidelines, and there will always be exceptions. But having guidelines that don't reflect common practice is also pointless. So, if that's the case, change the guidelines! I also agree with Gili that if JIRA is going to useful, in particular *if* it's to be a canonical record in future, then we need to have and follow general guidelines on what has to go in it and not. Best wishes, Neil -- Neil C Smith Artist & Technologist www.neilcsmith.net Praxis LIVE - hybrid visual IDE for creative coding - www.praxislive.org
