JIRA 6.1 EAP 2 (m02) Release Notes
1 July 2013
Atlassian is proud to present JIRA 6.1 EAP 2 (m02). This public development release is part of our Early Access Program (EAP) leading up to the official JIRA 6.1 release. We are making these EAP milestones publicly available so that developers can start assessing the impact of the changes that we are making.
Important Information for JIRA Developers
If you are a JIRA developer, please see Preparing for JIRA 6.1 as well as our Java API policy for JIRA. Starting with this release, we are announcing potentially breaking changes as far in advance as possible; check this Summary of Changes for details.
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Read before you install/upgrade: Atlassian does not support upgrades either 'from' or 'to' EAP releases. EAP releases should not be used in production environments as they are not officially supported. For all production use and testing of JIRA, please use the latest official release instead.
Key Features
New default workflow behaviour
We've simplified JIRA's out of the box experience, with new, better defaults:
- By default, JIRA allows unassigned issues
- The default workflow allows transitions when you're not the assignee
Previously, by default JIRA required an assignee anytime you created an issue, and the default workflow required you to be the assignee when you transition an issue. You can always change back to the old behavior, or just import the Classic Default JIRA Workflow from Marketplace (described below).
Classic JIRA workflow available from Atlassian Marketplace
The classic default JIRA system workflow prior to this JIRA release is now available on Atlassian Marketplace.
If you import this workflow, you will need to add the 'Clear Resolution' post function back to the following three transitions:
- Start Progress
- Stop Progress
- Reopen Issue
To add a new post function, see this procedure.
All newly created issues are now unassigned by default
The default for 'Allow Unassigned Issues' is set to ON for new instances. The 'Default Assignee' is set to 'Unassigned' when you create a new project, see Defining a Project for details.
Existing instances keep the current default ('Allow Unassigned Issues' is set to OFF).
JIRA Redmine Importer now available
The JIRA Redmine Importer plugin allows you to import data from the Redmine Issue Tracker product into your local JIRA site. For more information, see Importing Data from Redmine.