[Development] Suggestion for change on how blockers are marked in Jira

[Tor Arne Vestbø]

Yes x 1000

On 27/11/15 11:46, Eskil A. Blomfeldt wrote:
> Hi!
>
> We've had a few informal discussions locally about the current process
> of manually adding bugs to a meta-task in order for them to be
> considered blockers for a particular release.
>
> Wouldn't it be more practical if this was baked into the information you
> register on the bug itself, so that it can easily be added to filters
> and so that you don't have to search for the task to let the release
> team know about it?
>
> Our suggestion is: Instead of the meta-task, we use the "Fix version"
> field. The combination of "Status: Closed" and "Fix version" is
> currently used to indicate the first version containing a particular
> fix. "Status: Open" and "Fix version", however, has a very loose
> definition at best. Since we're doing time-based releases, it gives a
> promise it might not be able to keep, so the preference has been to
> leave the field unset until the report is closed.
>
> So we could define it like this: If a bug report is open and has "Fix
> version: Qt X.Y", then it will be considered a blocker for Qt X.Y. The
> release team will maintain this the same way they maintain the
> meta-task, and will override it if they disagree that it should be a
> blocker.
>
> When the report is closed, the "Fix version/s" field is set to the
> versions that actually contain the fix as before.
>
> -- Eskil