I like this idea and I would like to try it to see if it solves the problem.

I can also offer to add a functionality to the Flinkbot to automatically
close pull requests which have been opened against a unassigned JIRA ticket.
Being rejected by an automated system, which just applies a rule is nicer
than being rejected by a person.


On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 1:45 PM Stephan Ewen <se...@apache.org> wrote:

> @Chesnay - yes, this is possible, according to infra.
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 11:09 AM ZiLi Chen <wander4...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > @Hequn
> > It might be hard to separate JIRAs into conditional and unconditional
> ones.
> >
> > Even if INFRA supports such separation, we meet the problem that whether
> > a contributor is granted to decide the type of a JIRA. If so, then
> > contributors might
> > tend to create JIRAs as unconditional; and if not, we fallback that a
> > contributor
> > ask a committer for setting the JIRA as unconditional, which is no better
> > than
> > ask a committer for assigning to the contributor.
> >
> > @Timo
> > "More discussion before opening a PR" sounds good. However, it requires
> > more
> > effort/participation from committer's side. From my own side, it's
> exciting
> > to
> > see our committers become more active :-)
> >
> > Best,
> > tison.
> >
> >
> > Chesnay Schepler <ches...@apache.org> 于2019年2月27日周三 下午5:06写道:
> >
> > > We currently cannot change the JIRA permissions. Have you asked INFRA
> > > whether it is possible to setup a Flink-specific permission scheme?
> > >
> > > On 25.02.2019 14:23, Timo Walther wrote:
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > >
> > > > as some of you might have noticed during the last weeks, the Flink
> > > > community grew quite a bit. A lot of people have applied for
> > > > contributor permissions and started working on issues, which is great
> > > > for the growth of Flink!
> > > >
> > > > However, we've also observed that managing JIRA and coordinate work
> > > > and responsibilities becomes more complex as more people are joining.
> > > > Here are some observations to examplify the current challenges:
> > > >
> > > > - There is a high number of concurrent discussion about new features
> > > > or important refactorings.
> > > >
> > > > - JIRA issues are being created for components to:
> > > >   - represent an implementation plan (e.g. of a FLIP)
> > > >   - track progress of the feature by splitting it into a finer
> > > > granularity
> > > >   - coordinate work between contributors/contributor teams
> > > >
> > > > - Lack of guidance for new contributors: Contributors don't know
> which
> > > > issues to pick but are motivated to work on something.
> > > >
> > > > - Contributors pick issues that:
> > > >   - require very good (historical) knowledge of a component
> > > >   - need to be implemented in a timely fashion as they block other
> > > > contributors or a Flink release
> > > >   - have implicit dependencies on other changes
> > > >
> > > > - Contributors open pull requests with a bad description, without
> > > > consensus, or an unsatisfactory architecture. Shortcomings that could
> > > > have been solved in JIRA before.
> > > >
> > > > - Committers don't open issues because they fear that some "random"
> > > > contributor picks it up or assign many issues to themselves to
> > > > "protect" them. Even though they don't have the capacity to solve all
> > > > of them.
> > > >
> > > > I propose to make our JIRA a bit more restrictive:
> > > >
> > > > - Don't allow contributors to assign issues to themselves. This
> forces
> > > > them to find supporters first. As mentioned in the contribution
> > > > guidelines [1]: "reach consensus with the community". Only committers
> > > > can assign people to issues.
> > > >
> > > > - Don't allow contributors to set a fixed version or release notes.
> > > > Only committers should do that after merging the contribution.
> > > >
> > > > - Don't allow contributors to set a blocker priority. The release
> > > > manager should decide about that.
> > > >
> > > > As a nice side-effect, it might also impact the number of stale pull
> > > > requests by moving the consensus and design discussion to an earlier
> > > > phase in the process.
> > > >
> > > > What do you think? Feel free to propose more workflow improvements.
> Of
> > > > course we need to check with INFRA if this can be represented in our
> > > > JIRA.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Timo
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://flink.apache.org/contribute-code.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>

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