Re: Proposal for a Backport tracker

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On 21/05/2015 17:46, Sage Weil wrote:
> On Thu, 21 May 2015, Loic Dachary wrote:
>>
>> On 21/05/2015 14:41, Nathan Cutler wrote:
>>>> * a backport issue is created in the "Backport" tracker and is 
>>>> "Related" to the original issue
>>>
>>> Hi Loic:
>>>
>>> I like the idea of having backport tickets in a separate Redmine
>>> subproject/issue tracker. 
>>
>> It would just be in a separate tracker, in the same project. 
>>
>>> In fact, I would go even a step further and
>>> have separate subprojects for each target version (hammer backports,
>>> firefly backports).
>>
>> Separating them in a different project / subproject would create 
>> problems because redmine has ways to partition the subprojects that make 
>> some things difficult. For instance not all issues can be "Related" to 
>> issues in other projects which is kind of annoying. My general 
>> impression with redmine subprojects is that they tend to complexify and 
>> obscure the process rather than help. Or maybe it's just that my redmine 
>> skills are not what they should be. Do you have a different experience ?
> 
> I agree.  Adding subprojects clutters up the project list, and a separate 
> tracker captures this perfectly.  It also means you can rank by priority 
> issues and see both bugs and backprots together (if you like).  And I 
> think (?) the related issue only works within the same project (that is 
> at least true with the 'duplicate' relationship).
> 
> Loic, I think this is a great idea (provided the bot does all the issue 
> creation).  +1!

I created the Backport tracker and we will migrate the pending issues & HOWTO accordingly.

Cheers

> 
> sage
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Loïc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre

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