Greetings, hackers,
This is the first edition of the Weekend Update that does not contain the fabled To Do list! I would like us to try to move this task management stuff into Jira; I think that will provide more scalability as the number of developers increases, as well as providing better visibility into development.
* Jira update
I've added a single global issue field called "Workspaces". This field should be filled with a comma-separated list of hackystat workspace affected by this issue. Typically, you'll want to fill it with a 'top-level' workspace like 'hackyAnt' or 'hackyKernel, hackyTelemetry'. It is an optional field so if you don't know the workspace(s), just leave it blank. The hackyJira sensor will use the contents of this field to figure out what Project(s) this issue should be attached to. While you could get very specific on the workspace, I suggest staying general for now since it's not clear anything other than the top-level workspace adds value.
I've also created Jira projects and a number of issues that encompass most of the active development going on now with this group. Most, but not all of you, will have at least one issue assigned to you. I would like us to attempt to create Jira issues to track the 'non-trivial' tasks that we work on related to the currently defined Jira projects. By non-trivial, I mean a task such as a reported defect, or an enhancement that would be projected to take at least a working day but less than a working week. I'd propose this as the kind of 'grain size' we should be shooting for. If there's a field defect, then of course I'd like us to report it as a Jira issue even if the fix is trivial, because that means it escaped our internal quality control mechanisms.
Jira has a mechanism that allows you to indicate that you're 'working on' an issue, reporting it as 'In progress'. While that's cute, and I'm going to make an attempt to use it, it's exactly the kind of thing that we Hackystat Theorists say developers have problems doing reliably! So, use it if you want, don't use it if you don't want.
* http://www.hackystat.org/
I registered this domain a long time ago, but never got around to doing anything with it. I have just put in a request to have it point to hackydev.ics.hawaii.edu. So, that will become the canonical home page for hackystat within a few days. The public server will stay at hackystat.ics.hawaii.edu.
* Stable release 9.1
I am hoping to finish up my guided tour documentation and miscellaneous cleanups by this afternoon. If so, the stable release will be today's after a few more commits. We'll see.
Cheers, Philip
