In jira we have ~ 600 scheduled issues. These issues range from unconfirmed bugs, general wish list items, very complex additions such as new syntax or new expanding the scope of hive. Almost everything is marked as a MAJOR - BUG, when many things are minor wishes.
I believe we should encourage people to use the http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Hive/Roadmap more. Additionally when new tickets come in we should ensure the priority and type is set correctly. It would be great if we can get unscheduled to <100 so auditing open issues is easier. Edward