For those with jira admin rights, you can see what permissions those in the contributor role get here:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/plugins/servlet/project-config/RYA/permissions One area of potential concern is that contributors are allowed to edit / resolve / close issues, which essentially means they can set fix versions. In practice, most folks won't touch those thing purposefully out of anxiety that they'll mess something up. HBase and Yetus both use 'jira-users' as contributors and have had no problems.. HBase made the move because their were too many accounts listed in the contributor role–causing the UI to timeout on updates. Yetus started with the position as a part of our attempts to on-board new contributors quickly. Ultimately, I think it's a non-issue since they can't delete issues and the history is preserved. On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 5:15 PM, Puja Valiyil <[email protected]> wrote: > That might be good-- I'd like people to feel free to work on things without > asking permission if possible. What do other projects like accumulo do? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 11, 2016, at 4:01 PM, Sean Busbey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> we could update our jira settings to make everyone with a jira account >> a contributor, if we wanted to reduce the friction for assigning >> tickets to new folks. >> >>> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 9:57 PM, Puja Valiyil <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Thanks Josh! >>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 10:42 PM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Caleb and David have both been added. >>>> >>>> I did assign RYA-29 to Caleb since it was Closed (can't change an issue >>>> after it's at that state). >>>> >>>> >>>> Josh Elser wrote: >>>> >>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/plugins/servlet/project-config/RYA/roles >>>>> is the place to configure this. >>>>> >>>>> Committers can be listed as such. Contributors, such as Caleb, should be >>>>> listed there. >>>>> >>>>> Let me update it for the lot of you. >>>>> >>>>> Lotts, David wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I had the same problem, can't assign myself. I self-registered at >>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira . >>>>>> After login, it says this about developers: >>>>>> --- >>>>>> Anyone is free to find issues. You must register and login if you want >>>>>> to create, comment, vote, or watch issues. >>>>>> Only developers can edit, prioritize, schedule and resolve issues. >>>>>> --- >>>>>> According to http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html >>>>>> 'Developers are also known as "contributors"'. >>>>>> >>>>>> david. >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Puja Valiyil [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 1:44 PM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: Assigning bugs >>>>>> >>>>>> Hey everyone, >>>>>> Caleb noticed that he couldn't assign a bug he created to himself. I >>>>>> couldn't assign it to him either -- is there an issue with our jira's >>>>>> configuration or is that because he's not a committer? >>>>>
