Is anyone familiar with using GitHub (or maybe GitLab I suppose) for tracking metadata about the issue -- something JIRA excels at? For example the version of our project that a given PR is released in -- aka the JIRA "Fix Version"?
~ David Smiley Apache Lucene/Solr Search Developer http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 10:24 PM Tomoko Uchida <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone! > > Recently, we relaxed the requirement for creating a Jira issue when > opening a pull request (LUCENE-10545 > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-10545>). > > As the next and bigger (perhaps ambitious) step, I opened a rough proposal > for migration to GitHub issue from Jira. > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-10557 > > According to the INFRA issue for the RocketMQ project (Michael McCandless > gave the pointer in a comment on the issue; thanks!), a PMC agreement or > Vote result is needed for the decision. > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-15702 > > Eventually, we'd need a formal vote, but before that, I'd like to hear > general opinions/thoughts (or feelings) on this topic from developers. > > In brief, I think it'd be technically possible and also be good for the > project - not only for welcoming new developers who are not familiar with > Jira, but also for improving the experiences of long-term contributors by > consolidating the conversation platform. > It'll need some administrative work though, I'm willing to work for it if > we reach an agreement. > > Please note that: > * This is not a VOTE. Simple vote-style feedback (+/- 1) is welcome, but > we don't aim to reach a conclusion in this thread. > * Let's not discuss "how to migrate existing Jira issues" for now. Once we > decide the migration will be good for us, then we can try to figure out a > reasonable solution for technical/administrative matters. > > I may be too optimistic about it; but - a bit of stupidness will be needed > to start such a move, and I'm serious about this proposal :) > > Thanks and regards, > Tomoko >
