Proposing a new link type in JBS:

[Jesper Wilhelmsson]

Hi jdk-dev,

This is a proposal to add a new link type to JBS, causes/caused by. The link type should be used to identify the cause of a regression, an ability that is currently missing in JBS.

An update to the OpenJDK Developers' Guide [1] that explain the usage of the link type has been posted as well:

causes / caused by - the causes link implies a stronger relationship than relates. If an issue B is filed which can be traced back to the fix for issue A then ‘A causes B’ (or ‘B was caused by A’).


Unless there are major concerns I propose to make this addition early next week. Once the link type is in place you will be able to find examples using it with this query:

https://bugs.openjdk.org/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20JDK%20AND%20issueLinkType%20%3D%20%22caused%20by%22

Best regards,
/Jesper

[1] https://github.com/openjdk/guide/pull/139