[ALL] Bulk operations in Jira (Was: Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML)

[Benedikt Ritter <be...@gmail.com>]

Hi Bernd

2015-01-18 18:49 GMT+01:00 Bernd Eckenfels <ec...@zusammenkunft.net>:

> Hello Ben,
>
> I was actually looking for this switch before. After releasing VFS
> there would be a few hundred closed bugs, so it comes in handy.
>
> However I dont see a bulk operation interface. It is supposed to be
> under "Tools" and requires a global "Bulk" permission. But I dont see a
> tools menu. Or at least I have no idea where to look for it :)
>
> Can you confirm that this is restricted and that we have some people on
> the list who could use it (it is only rarely needed so we can request
> the execution by mail).
>

I can confirm that there is an interface for doing bulk operation. Since
you can't see it, it must have something to do with your privileges. I
think Mark Thomas or Sebb can figure this out for you.

Benedikt


>
>
> Gruss
> Bernd
>
>
> Am Sun,
> 18 Jan 2015 13:21:17 +0100 schrieb Benedikt Ritter <br...@apache.org>:
>
> > 2015-01-17 23:36 GMT+01:00 Emmanuel Bourg <eb...@apache.org>:
> >
> > > Le 17/01/2015 23:18, Phil Steitz a écrit :
> > >
> > > > Sorry for the hijack; but I agree this is noise that would be nice
> > > > to suppress.
> > >
> > > +1
> > >
> > > I suggest to leave the bugs fixed and avoid closing them, that's
> > > useless.
> > >
> >
> > When you do bulk operations in Jira, there is a checkbox where you can
> > disable mails for this bulk change. I've always let jira send the
> > mails for archiving pruposes. But we could simply set the checkbox
> > and closing the issues wouldn't spam the ML.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Emmanuel Bourg
> > >
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Re: [ALL] Bulk operations in Jira (Was: Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML)

[sebb <se...@gmail.com>]

On 19 January 2015 at 11:28, Benedikt Ritter <be...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Bernd
>
> 2015-01-18 18:49 GMT+01:00 Bernd Eckenfels <ec...@zusammenkunft.net>:
>
>> Hello Ben,
>>
>> I was actually looking for this switch before. After releasing VFS
>> there would be a few hundred closed bugs, so it comes in handy.
>>
>> However I dont see a bulk operation interface. It is supposed to be
>> under "Tools" and requires a global "Bulk" permission. But I dont see a
>> tools menu. Or at least I have no idea where to look for it :)
>>
>> Can you confirm that this is restricted and that we have some people on
>> the list who could use it (it is only rarely needed so we can request
>> the execution by mail).
>>
>
> I can confirm that there is an interface for doing bulk operation. Since
> you can't see it, it must have something to do with your privileges. I
> think Mark Thomas or Sebb can figure this out for you.
>

Note that the Tools menu item only appears when there are issues to change.

Make sure you have selected some issues first.

> Benedikt
>
>
>>
>>
>> Gruss
>> Bernd
>>
>>
>> Am Sun,
>> 18 Jan 2015 13:21:17 +0100 schrieb Benedikt Ritter <br...@apache.org>:
>>
>> > 2015-01-17 23:36 GMT+01:00 Emmanuel Bourg <eb...@apache.org>:
>> >
>> > > Le 17/01/2015 23:18, Phil Steitz a écrit :
>> > >
>> > > > Sorry for the hijack; but I agree this is noise that would be nice
>> > > > to suppress.
>> > >
>> > > +1
>> > >
>> > > I suggest to leave the bugs fixed and avoid closing them, that's
>> > > useless.
>> > >
>> >
>> > When you do bulk operations in Jira, there is a checkbox where you can
>> > disable mails for this bulk change. I've always let jira send the
>> > mails for archiving pruposes. But we could simply set the checkbox
>> > and closing the issues wouldn't spam the ML.
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>> > > Emmanuel Bourg
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org
>> > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@commons.apache.org
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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