Good idea! -----Original Message----- From: Development <development-boun...@qt-project.org> On Behalf Of Mitch Curtis Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 4:55 PM To: Alex Blasche <alexander.blas...@qt.io>; development@qt-project.org Subject: Re: [Development] Jira and issues left "In Progress"
> -----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 _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development
