On 07/23/2015 03:20 PM, dalibor topic wrote: > >> we can point people to the bug database to file bugs. As far as I'm aware, >> the OpenJDK bug database is only accessible to OpenJDK committers, so this >> would be a blocker to using it for the OpenJDK 7 project. > > That's not quite correct: > > "An individual with at least one OpenJDK Project role of Author or > higher has sufficient cause to get a JBS account. A JBS account grants > an individual general read and write access to issues, including the > ability to file new issues, transitioning issues among the states of the > workflow, adding comments, changing field values (including adding and > removing labels). The holder of a JBS account can also be the assignee > of an issue."
So, the situation with OpenJDK 7 would be as with other projects, and people don't need to be, say, JDK9 committers to modify bug reports. And we can grant Author status to suitably-qualified contributors to OpenJDK 7. It has the downside that end-users can't create bugs, but that's no different from the other OpenJDK projects. Sure, it'd be nice to get that fixed for all projects. Andrew.
