Re: [Oorexx-devel] A proposal for tagging tickets needing some additional work.

[Mark M. <mie...@gm...>]

On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Rick McGuire <obj...@gm...> wrote:

> One problem I had with the old tracker system was managing items that needed
> multiple updates to complete.  A good example are the enhancements, which
> typically require updates to code, docs, and test cases.  Looking at the
> system, I think we can use the labels capability to mark what sort of
> additional activity are needed for an item.  All we need is a convention.

I agree with this, I've been thinking along the same lines, that we
just need some conventions that we are all aware of.

> For example, adding labels of NEED_DOC or NEED_TEST would indicate this item
> still needs these additional pieces.  These tags can be removed once those
> pieces are complete, so we have a better method of seeing what work still
> needs to be done to an item.  Thoughts?

I think that as we use the new system a little bit we can probably
figure out how to use it better.  I think we can set the tools up
better.  For instance, it might be better to add a new field rather
than add agreed upon labels.  I think, but haven't tried it yet, when
you add a new field, you can specify the type of field.  One type of
field, again this is speculation at this point, one type of field is
like a combo box and you can specify what values are available in it.

Well, I take it back about being better for your example.  In that
example, agreed upon labels are better because you want several labels
for one item.  I think my point was that there are probably other
areas in the tools that we can make good use of if we have a consensus
on what to do in those areas.

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Mark Miesfeld