On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 11:31 AM Josh Elser <els...@apache.org> wrote:
> > On 2/15/18 11:26 AM, Keith Turner wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 11:01 AM, Josh Elser <els...@apache.org> wrote: > >> We tell users that try to file issues on the "unsupported" issue tracker > >> that they've created the issue in the wrong place and point them to the > >> right issue tracker. > > > > Personally I think that is ok for a short period. Its like driving on > > a road during construction, you know annoyance is unavoidable. > > However no one wants to drive on a road that under construction > > indefinitely. So if we start on this I would like consensus that we > > plan to transition from Jira to Github in a timely manner. I don't > > think we should try to figure everything out before we start though. > > I think it would be good to have a simple starting plan and we hill > > climb from there in search of a more optimal way of operating. > > > > I don't like the idea of enabling github issue with no consensus that > > the goal is to transition away from Jira. Leaving things in that > > state for a long period seems bad to me. > > > > If we start with the consensus to transition, its possible we may > > decide not to and that ok. I don't think any action needs to be taken > > now for that eventuality. We can figure that out as we go during the > > transition period. > > +1 on all of this. > > Want to spin out a DISCUSS on the desire to switch, Mike Walch? That > seems to me like it should be the next step. > I thought that's what we were doing. :) I'm also +1 to all this. However, I am concerned about turning users away during the trial period (because that's a use case which should be considered during any trial). Gently nudging to the correct location after we've made a final decision and are back to a single tracker, I'm okay with, though.