So, I inquired about whether we need to use JIRA, or can just use github issues.
I got a reply basically saying we can do what we prefer. (reply is below. Apache Airflow uses github issues) The regular Apache Daffodil repo has a pretty big investment in using JIRA. I'm not suggesting we consider switching that. For VSCode, we could stick with using JIRA, but that would mix its issues into the ~390 other Apache Daffodil issues. There are pros and cons to this. I am wondering if for the VSCode repo (once established), we should just use github issues instead. Thoughts? -mikeb ________________________________ From: Jarek Potiuk <ja...@potiuk.com> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2021 10:21 AM To: Beckerle, Mike <mbecke...@owlcyberdefense.com> Cc: us...@infra.apache.org <us...@infra.apache.org> Subject: Re: Apache JIRA vs. github "issues" It's quite OK to only use Github Issues/Discussions - we switched to GH in Apache Airflow ~ 2 years ago I think. And a comment from our perspective of a big project that uses GitHub Issues at its inception, switched to JIRA and finally returned back to GitHub issues when they matured. Others might have different experience but this is ours (and I am pretty sure I am representing view of pretty much whole Airflow community). I witnessed just the last switch - from JIRA to GitHub. We stopped using JIRA in Apache Airflow in favour of GitHub Issues and Discussions and we NEVER looked back. Not a minute. Not even a second. Absolutely no-one missed JIRA. Not by far. That was such an amazing improvement in the overall workflow and contributor's engagement. I don't even imagine how we would be able to run the project with JIRA. The overall experience, integration level, overhead needed to manage JIRA issues, dual-logging-in and syncing between the two were absolutely unmanageable for us. With GitHub Issues we chose to base our "change tracking" based on PR# rather than Issue # optional and it made a whole world of difference. Especially recently with GithubDiscussions added to the mix and ability to convert issues into discussions (and back) if they are not real issues. J. On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 4:01 PM Beckerle, Mike <mbecke...@owlcyberdefense.com<mailto:mbecke...@owlcyberdefense.com>> wrote: I read a old blog post from infra about increasing github integration. I am wondering about Apache JIRA, vs. using the issues feature of github, for an Apache project repo. Can we use github's issues feature, or do we have to use Apache's JIRA? Is there a policy, or even strong preference on this issue? Thanks Mike Beckerle Apache Daffodil PMC
