A JIRA cannot be assigned to you unless you are a developer (committer), but you should be able to contribute to the issue such as submit patches etc...
Deepal > Hi All, > > I would like to contribute some code - specifically some Java EE 7 API > code. The JIRA web tool does not give me an option to assign an issue > to me. Do I need to be in some sort of contributor list? If so, can > someone please add me? > > Thanks in advance, > > Andy > > > J. Andrew McCright > IBM WebSphere Development > +1 507 253 7448 > TL 553-7448 > [email protected] -- Blog - http://blogs.deepal.org/
