Re: [Gnewsense-dev] HowToHelp(etc)

[Karl Goetz]

On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:25:43 -0500
Luis Felipe Lopez Acevedo <address@hidden> wrote:

> El dom, 07-03-2010 a las 13:38 +1030, Karl Goetz escribió:
> > On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 18:32:29 -0800
> > Jason Self <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Karl Goetz <address@hidden>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > I was thinking about how HTH and related pages, and wondering
> > > > if we should move them all to bugs in the BTS. we could use HTH
> > > > to link to the bug, which would contain the current state of
> > > > the project, and leave a short description on HTH.
> > > > Since all the HTH items are effectively todo items, and we put
> > > > lots of todo-esque items in the bts this seems like a logical
> > > > thing to me.
> > > >
> > > > Any other thoughts?
> > > 
> > > Would Savannah's task tracker be a good fit? I've never used it.
> > > Are the start & end dates mandatory or can they be left
> > > open-ended?
> > 
> > It requires entering dates, so they would have to be entered then
> > ignored. Seems a pretty ridiculous setup to me :(
> > 
> 
> No, you can configure that to make them optional (empty values are
> accepted).

You can make the year empty. I don't see a way to remove the remainder
of the date (either completely or make it empty).

I've enabled the task tracker so we can look at it as we discuss:
https://savannah.nongnu.org/task/?func=additem&group=gnewsense

> > > Also, just as a thought, if the list of projects were moved to
> > > bugs on Savannah, someone would need to remember to go back &
> > > update the HTH pages when it's complete. Probably not a big deal,
> > > but it might be
> > 
> > They have to do that now.
> > 
> 
> Or you could use only the task manager for that and delete the todo
> lists in the HTH pages for each team.

I'd love to use the task tracker for tasks, but I _don't_ love having
fields I don't want forced on me. Which is the situation atm.

Field Label: Should Start On
Status:   
   Required

Field Label: Should be Finished on
Status:   
   Required

> > > nice to create categories/item groups for each team (web,
> > > developers, etc. as currently mentioned on the HTH pages.) In
> > > this way, the link for a team's "list of projects" could instead
> > > be a link to that team's list of to do items on Savannah and,
> > > once the item is complete, closing it removes it from the list.
> > 
> > I've just had a look at what options savannah has which we currently
> > don't use. There is "Keywords" (List of comma separated keywords
> > associated with this item), and a number of customisable fields -
> > "Customizable Text Field" (one line, up to 255 characters),
> > "Customizable Text Area" (multi-line text), and "Customizable Select
> > Box" (pull down menu with predefined values).
> > 
> 
> You can modify the category values for the task manager

Yes it can.
kk

> > Perhaps we can use the last item for what you suggest. fill it with
> > the groups of todo items, and then use searches including that
> > group on HTH. kk

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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
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