In Spark we sometimes close issues as something other than "Fixed", and this is an important part of maintaining our JIRA.
The current resolution types we use are the following: Won't Fix - bug fix or (more often) feature we don't want to add Invalid - issue is underspecified or not appropriate for a JIRA issue Duplicate - duplicate of another JIRA Cannot Reproduce - bug that could not be reproduced Not A Problem - issue purports to represent a bug, but does not I would like to propose adding a few new resolutions. This will require modifying the ASF JIRA, but infra said they are open to proposals as long as they are considered of broad interest. My issue with the current set of resolutions are that "Won't Fix" is a big catch all we use for many different things. Most often it's used for things that aren't even bugs even though it has "Fix" in the name. I'm proposing adding: Inactive - A feature or bug that has had no activity from users or developers in a long time Out of Scope - A feature proposal that is not in scope given the projects goals Later - A feature not on the immediate roadmap, but potentially of interest longer term (this one already exists, I'm just proposing to start using it) I am in no way proposing changes to the decision making model around JIRA's, notably that it is consensus based and that all resolutions are considered tentative and fully reversible. The benefits I see of this change would be the following: 1. Inactive: A way to clear out inactive/dead JIRA's without indicating a decision has been made one way or the other. 2. Out of Scope: It more clearly explains closing out-of-scope features than the generic "Won't Fix". Also makes it more clear to future contributors what is considered in scope for Spark. 3. Later: A way to signal that issues aren't targeted for a near term version. This would help avoid the mess we have now of like 200+ issues targeted at each version and target version being a very bad indicator of actual roadmap. An alternative on this one is to have a version called "Later" or "Parking Lot" but not close the issues. Any thoughts on this? - Patrick --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@spark.apache.org
