Looking at the dialogue that opens when you attempt to create a new ticket in the GEODE Jira[1], there are two fields included that aren't really necessary and may cause confusion. The "Fix Version/s" field should presumably not be filled out until the issue has actually been fixed, rather than at the time of ticket creation. The "Sprint" field seems to no longer serve any purpose at all that I can discern, having only been filled in 13 tickets, the most recent of which was created in December 2018[2]. With the expansion of the community contributing to the Geode project, it's important to provide a straightforward experience for people who are new to the project and wish to file tickets, so the presence of these fields may cause issues.
I propose that these two fields be removed from the "Create Issue" dialogue and that the "Affects Version/s" field be added, since that field is far more important at time of ticket creation. There are currently 3851 bug tickets in the Jira with no "Affects Version/s" value entered at all[3], which I suspect is in part due to that field not being an option in the "Create Issue" dialogue, meaning you have to remember to go back after creating the ticket and enter it. With Geode moving to a model of having support branches and patch releases, properly capturing the versions affected by a given issue becomes even more important. [1] https://i.imgur.com/oQ8CW87.png [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/GEODE/issues/GEODE-8433?filter=allissues&orderby=cf%5B12310921%5D+ASC%2C+created+DESC [3] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GEODE-8433?jql=project%20%3D%20GEODE%20AND%20issuetype%20%3D%20Bug%20AND%20affectedVersion%20%3D%20EMPTY%20ORDER%20BY%20created%20DESC%2C%20affectedVersion%20ASC%2C%20cf%5B12310921%5D%20ASC
