JIRA Agile 6.3.9 Release Notes
JIRA Agile 6.3.9 superseded by JIRA Agile 6.3.9.1
27 February 2014
The Atlassian team announces the release of JIRA Agile 6.3.9. This point release contains a number of features as well as several updates and fixes. Upgrading to JIRA Agile 6.3.9 is free to all customers with active JIRA software maintenance.
Highlights
Improvements to the Sprint field
We've made two big improvements to the Sprint field in this release. Firstly, the Sprint field now shows the sprint name, not the sprint ID. When editing the field, you can also search for a sprint by name and JIRA Agile will suggest matching sprints (with sprints from boards /issues that you've recently viewed shown first).
Secondly, the Sprint field is now enabled by default and displays on the create/edit/view issue screens (users may need to show the field on the 'Create Issue'/'Edit Issue' dialog via Configure Fields). You won't have to mess around with your screen configurations to start using this field.
Epics now use bold colours
Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the colour change for epics that we introduced in JIRA Agile 6.3.7. We've taken it on board and in this release, epics now use a bold colour scheme instead of the subtle colours previously used. Note, the colours are still based on the Atlassian Design Guidelines secondary colour palette.
New code integration features for issues
If you are using JIRA Agile with JIRA 6.2 or later, the new Development panel will be shown on every issue. This panel helps you to evaluate the development status of an issue at a glance. If you need to investigate further, click any item to display more details, or drill down into the development tool.Connect JIRA to one of these compatible applications to enable the following:
- Bitbucket or Stash: view and create branches, view commits, view and create pull requests
- FishEye/Crucible (Git/Subversion/Perforce/CVS): view branches, view commits, view and create reviews
- Bamboo: view the status of builds and deployments
- GitHub/GitHub Enterprise: view branches, view commits, view and create pull requests
Learn more (JIRA documentation): Streamlining your development with JIRA
Upgrading JIRA Agile
- If you are using downloadable JIRA Agile (that is, if JIRA Agile is installed on-premises at your site), upgrade via the JIRA Plugin Manager. Before upgrading, please read the JIRA Agile 6.3 Upgrade Notes.
- Note, if your JIRA server cannot access the internet, download the add-on separately (from the Atlassian Marketplace) and install the add-on file by upload, as described here: Installing Add-ons.
- If you are using JIRA Agile in OnDemand, watch What's New and Atlassian OnDemand Application Versions for the latest updates. Please note that releases of JIRA Agile "behind-the-firewall" (that is, JIRA Agile for installation on-premises at your site) may occur several days before JIRA Agile OnDemand is updated to the latest release.
Updates and Fixes in this release
JIRA Agile 6.3.9 includes the following updates and bug fixes: