Project Board

Issues and pull requests are managed on a GitHub project board:

Issues can be tracked from when they are created, through development, validation and release.

Issue flow chart

Issue progress is tracked using the Status attribute. The transition from one state to another is governed by the table below.

Status	Next status	Reason
None	Triaged	A solution can be developed.
	User Feedback	More information is required from the user before development can continue.
	Deferred	Issue will not be developed in current major release.
Triaged	In Progress	Issue can be developed without user feedback.
Triaged	User Feedback	More information is required from the issue creator before development can continue.
User Feedback	Triaged	Sufficient clarification has been received and the issue can continue development.
	In Progress	Sufficient clarification has been received and the issue can continue development.
	Closed	Issue can be resolved without any new development.
	Deferred	Issue will not be developed in current major release.
User Validation	In Progress	Additional development is required to meet user needs.
User Validation	Closed	Issue has been resolved and is ready for release.
In Progress	User Feedback	More information is required from the user before development can continue.
In Progress	User Validation	A solution has been developed for the user and requires validation.

The project board is divided into 7 views: Issue Triage, Development, Bugs, Next Release, Releases, Deferred, and Version 4.0.

Issue Triage

There is a GitHub action which will add any newly created issue into the project board. This view provides an easy way to check for new issues.

Development

This view manages the active issues through the issue flow chart given above.

Bugs

This view shows all bugs and where they are in the process. It provides a quick look into the status of all bugs.

Next Release

This view contains issues and pull requests which have been closed and are ready to be published in the next release. It provides a concise view for creating release notes.

When a release occurs, the Schedule Release column is updated with the release number. This will move the issue from this view and into the Releases view.

Releases

This view shows which issues have been addressed with a particular release. Each release provides a collapsible view containing each issue in a release.

Deferred

This view shows all issues which have been deferred. Deferred issues will either be developed later or eventually retired and then closed.

Version 4.0

This view provides a list of all issues which would be candidates when a major rewrite occurs. This could be due to limitations in parsing or the underlying data structure.