Some questions have come up recently on how our JIRA workflow. So I wanted to send a note to clarify it.
When a patch is checked in for a JIRA we mark it resolved, but we don't close it. A JIRA is marked closed once a release containing the fix is made. There's a couple of reasons for this. One, once closed they can't be re-opened, so it's good to leave them in the resolved state for a while to give people a chance to re-open in case there are issues with the resolution. Two, it gives a distinction to users that JIRAs have been resolved but are not yet available in a public release. Once they are closed, users know they can get their hands on the fix. Alan.
