I think it makes sense to leave unassigned initially and self-assign when you begin working on a ticket. That sends a signal so we can avoid the occasional collision.
Anthony > On Dec 16, 2016, at 4:06 PM, Mark Bretl <asf.mbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I will gladly +1 Unassigned and will change it since I don't see it > affecting anyone but me :) > > --Mark > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Kirk Lund <kl...@apache.org> wrote: > >> New GEODE Jira tickets are automatically assigned to Mark Bretl. Do we >> want that or should they be unassigned by default? >> >>