Hi all, I am playing with using an Agile board to track what goes into each Cassandra release. What slips from release to release, as well as what is added after the initial set of tasks for a release is started.
You can see the SCRUM agile board I created here <https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=83&view=planning.nodetail&selectedIssue=CASSANDRA-9908&epics=visible> . The board has two ways to bucket issues. One is the release in which the issue is supposed to be fixed. The other is Epics. Epics are not associated with a release so a feature like 8099 might have an epic. Epics can be used to bucket issues within a release or across releases. I would characterize Epics as being a lot like labels that integrate with the Agile board. You can use labels with Agile boards by adding quick filters to select on labels. The current set of issues types associated with the C* project in ASF JIRA doesn't include Epic or Story. I don't use Story, but Epic would be useful for further categorizing things. When I asked ASF Infra about it they said that this needs discussion and approval by the PMC. Thanks, Ariel
