Introduction

[Robin Stevens]

> Of course, you likely know all that already, given that you've become an
Author in a short amount of time, but it's convenient to have it written
down into list archives every now and then. ;)

I remember reading it, but I never applied it. I became an Author with very
small contributions. Discussing those would have consumed more time than
actually fixing the issue.
So it is good to have it repeated in case I have to tackle something bigger.

Robin

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 4:52 PM, dalibor topic <dalibor.topic at oracle.com>
wrote:

> Yeah, that's how using JBS typically works.
>
> Like Roger said, often the best course of action before starting to work
> on an issue after filing it, is to discuss an intended change first on the
> most appropriate mailing list, as described in step 2 of the contribution
> guide. [0]
>
> Of course, you likely know all that already, given that you've become an
> Author in a short amount of time, but it's convenient to have it written
> down into list archives every now and then. ;)
>
> cheers,
> dalibor topic
>
> [0] http://openjdk.java.net/contribute/
>
> On 08.07.2016 16:31, Robin Stevens wrote:
>
>> Rest assured, I wasn't planning on logging random issues hoping that
>> somebody else would pick them up.
>> I asked it for the scenario where I find a bug that I am planning to
>> fix. In that case, I need an issue number to properly schedule the code
>> review. So it is extremely useful that I am allowed to just log the
>> issue, assign it to myself and start working on it.
>>
>> Robin
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 4:23 PM, dalibor topic <dalibor.topic at oracle.com
>> <mailto:dalibor.topic at oracle.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 08.07.2016 15:41, Seán Coffey wrote:
>>
>>
>>         On 08/07/16 14:32, dalibor topic wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>             On 08.07.2016 14:12, Robin Stevens wrote:
>>
>>                 If
>>                 I stumble upon a new issue, can I log it directly in
>>                 JIRA instead of
>>                 having
>>                 to go through http://bugs.java.com/ ?
>>
>>
>>             Yes.
>>
>>                 If so, is there a specific template I
>>                 have to follow (like most of the existing bugs seem to
>>                 be doing).
>>
>>
>>             See
>>             https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/general/JBS+Overview
>> for
>>             details on using JBS.
>>
>>
>>         The bug logging guidelines from the bugs.java.com
>>         <http://bugs.java.com> portal are also a
>>         useful resource :
>>
>> https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/troubleshoot/bugreports.html
>>
>>
>>     Yep.
>>
>>     Also worth noting as a general point, rather than specifically to
>>     Robin's question, is that JBS is mostly 'self-service' for OpenJDK
>>     developers - i.e. it's not a support or a discussion forum, or a
>>     good place to file random issues in hope that someone else working
>>     on some OpenJDK Project drops whatever they are doing and takes care
>>     of them.
>>
>>     That seems to be a common set of misconceptions about bug trackers
>>     in other open source projects, where users often extremely outnumber
>>     developers, leading to an imbalance of expectations, civility and
>>     humbleness.
>>
>>
>>     cheers,
>>     dalibor topic
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