+1, the bar for using JIRA is too high—contributors need a PMC/committer to 
create an account. Using GitHub issues would make it much easier for people to 
participate. 
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> On Jan 26, 2026, at 2:30 PM, Hyukjin Kwon <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> TBH, if we can manage to migrate all related repos in Apache Spark, I feel 
> like it might be a great idea.
> lately I started to actively work on Apache Arrow, and realised that they 
> also successfully migrate to GitHub Issues from JIRA for all ther repos.
> 
> On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 at 05:49, Tian Gao via dev <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Hi all, I'd like to start a discussion on a draft SPIP: 
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WMaA49hKyu7gtU189fPq4k8TeI-Q73Q6bqSeWAgR3y8/edit?usp=sharing
>> 
>> tl; dr
>> 
>> I think we should move from JIRA to github issues for
>> * more feedback from community
>> * lower barrier to entry for new contributors
>> * better integration with the whole github eco-system
>> 
>> Many apache projects have moved from JIRA to github issues successfully, 
>> including Arrow, Airflow, Beam, Maven, Lucene ... Actually most of apache 
>> projects are using github issues now, with a few exceptions including spark.
>> 
>> I'd like to hear more about this proposal from the community.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Tian Gao

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