> -----Original Message----- > From: Development <development-boun...@qt-project.org> On Behalf Of > Alex Blasche > Sent: Thursday, 28 October 2021 3:45 PM > To: development@qt-project.org > Subject: [Development] Jira and issues left "In Progress" > > Hi, > > We have a growing problem with Jira issues forgotten in the "In Progress" > state. For the 10 most important Jira projects we currently have 600+ issues > being stuck in the mentioned state. Since we recognize "In Progress" as a > blocking state (not open for take over by other engineers), I believe we > should keep the numbers small and mostly constraint to limited time frames. > > By historical standard this is still much better than past times and I > attribute > most of it to the "Fixed" git tag which automatically closes Jira issues. > Nevertheless of those "In Progress" issues about 170+ have not been > touched (or were forgotten) for more than 3 months. > > I would like to do something about this by adding some automation similar to > the "Need more Info" automation. Those forgotten issues are likely not in > progress anymore or were fixed a long time ago. I believe returning them to > the "Open" state would trigger a re-evaluation by assignees (you). You either > close them as already done or keep them in "Open" as you recognize them > as not being done yet. > > My proposal would be to return every "In Progress" issue to "Open" if there > was no change for 3 month. > > I'd appreciate your feedback.
Sounds good to me. I imagine the majority of those are just forgotten, like you said. > -- > Alex > > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > Development@qt-project.org > https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development
