Re: [mantisbt-dev] Simplify Target Version/Fixed in Version management for 1.3

[Roland B. <ro...@at...>]

> I realise that we possibly have one edge case here - users who desire
> to have target_version set but fix_in_version empty. However, I hope
> that's not really happening in practice.

This is exactly what's the plan for 1.3.x after the first release is out:
Set fixed_in_version empty where version is 1.3.0dev to exclude the regressions
from changelog.

> I would prefer this to happen in the core
Such kind of hidden data change will confuse users.

> Robert Munteanu <rob...@gm...> hat am 25. Oktober 2014 um 11:37
> geschrieben:
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Roland Becker <ro...@at...> wrote:
> >> Then automatically set the fixed_in_version to be equal to the
> >> target_version.
> > Do you want this to take place in the UI or in the core (bug_api.php)?
> 
> I would prefer this to happen in the core so that it's available to
> the SOAP API as well.
> 
> I realise that we possibly have one edge case here - users who desire
> to have target_version set but fix_in_version empty. However, I hope
> that's not really happening in practice.
> 
> Robert
> 
> >
> >> Robert Munteanu <rob...@gm...> hat am 25. Oktober 2014 um
> >> 11:24
> >> geschrieben:
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I was thinking that having two different version fields ( target
> >> version and fixed in version ) in a bug can be confusing for some
> >> users. I understand that there are some advanced use cases, but IMO we
> >> should also optimize for the simple workflow, where fix version should
> >> be the same as the target version.
> >>
> >> For that I suggest the following enhancement for 1.3:
> >>
> >> When modifying a bug such that
> >> - status >= bug_resolved_status_threshold
> >> - resolution >= bug_resolution_fixed_threshold
> >> - target_version exists
> >> - fixed_in_version is empty
> >>
> >> Then automatically set the fixed_in_version to be equal to the
> >> target_version.
> >>
> >> Thoughts?
> >>
> >> Robert
> >>
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