I thought we had it configured that when a JIRA is modified, the
reporter is notified directly... I'm not sure that really helps though.
I wonder if we should just open things up a bit and let any user
modify a JIRA and see what happens.
geir
Sian January wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have just discovered that it's not possible for a contributor to set
> "Patch available" on a JIRA unless they reported it. (I'm not sure about
> committers as I'm not one...) I imagine this is to stop people coming in
> and editing other details on the JIRA, so I can see that it makes
> sense. My
> question is, what is the best thing to do if I attach a patch to a JIRA and
> I can't set "Patch available"? I can think of three alternatives at the
> moment:
>
> 1. Assume that the reporter will notice and set it themselves (or commit
> the
> fix if they're also a comitter)
> 2. E-mail the reporter privately
> 3. Post to the mailing list
>
> Or a fourth alternative would be a combination of the above where the
> person
> who contributed the patch waits a few days before doing either 2 or 3. Any
> thoughts on what would be best?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sian
>
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