Hi Shrividya, Thank you for proposing this. I am generally all in favor of simplification, but one part here that I am airport is Airflow version.
It is such an important element of information for diagnosis, remediation / reproduction, and eventual resolution. Why make this be a free form text field? Vikram On Sat, Mar 21, 2026 at 3:49 PM Oliveira, Niko <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, big +1 to this one, lowering the barrier to entry is very helpful > here. > ________________________________ > From: Aaron Chen <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2026 2:17 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [EXT] [DISCUSS] Proposal to simplify the bug report template > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not > click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and know > the content is safe. > > > > AVERTISSEMENT: Ce courrier électronique provient d’un expéditeur externe. > Ne cliquez sur aucun lien et n’ouvrez aucune pièce jointe si vous ne pouvez > pas confirmer l’identité de l’expéditeur et si vous n’êtes pas certain que > le contenu ne présente aucun risque. > > > > +1, love it! > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2026 at 2:14 PM Jens Scheffler <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > +1 also from my side (Even though it is a discuss, but not much text to > > add :-D ) > > > > On 21.03.26 22:03, Jarek Potiuk wrote: > > > +1. Good proposal > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2026 at 9:58 PM Shrividya Hegde < > > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Hi all, > > >> > > >> I'd like to bring to the community's attention a proposal to simplify > > the > > >> GitHub bug report template for Apache Airflow. > > >> > > >> GitHub PR: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/63851 > > >> Related issue: https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/55840 > > >> > > >> The proposed changes are: > > >> > > >> 1. Merge the "What happened" and "How to reproduce" sections into one > , > > as > > >> these two are naturally intertwined, and a good reproduction > walkthrough > > >> usually tells the story of what went wrong along the way. Keeping them > > >> separate often leads to redundant and repetitive answers from > reporters. > > >> > > >> 2. Replace the Airflow version dropdown with a free-text field , > > allowing > > >> users to type their version directly rather than selecting from a > > dropdown, > > >> which becomes bulky especially for 3.x versions. > > >> > > >> 3. Make OS and deployment fields optional , reducing friction for > > reporters > > >> while still capturing the information when relevant. > > >> > > >> The goal is to lower the barrier for filing bugs and reduce the > > cognitive > > >> overhead for reporters, while still capturing the information > > maintainers > > >> need. > > >> > > >> Feedback and suggestions from the community are very welcome before > > this is > > >> merged. > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Shrividya Hegde > > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > >
