[mantisbt-dev] #8435: Implement Global and Inheriting Categories Structure

[John R. <jr...@le...>]

I've completed the first step toward this goal by converting Mantis to 
use category ID's.  This is the biggest piece of the work, and the one 
that touchs everything, and therefore, the one most likely to break 
everything, or overlook some details.  Because of this, I would greatly 
appreciate all the developers to look over the patch attached to #8253, 
and test it as hard as you can, and find anything I may have missed.

Thank you

-- 
John Reese
LeetCode.net

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [mantisbt 0008435]: Implement Global and Inheriting Categories 
Structure
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:44:01 -0500
From: Mantis Bug Tracker <no...@ma...>
To: jr...@le...


A NOTE has been added to this issue.
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http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=8435
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Reported By:                jreese
Assigned To:                jreese
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Project:                    mantisbt
Issue ID:                   8435
Category:                   feature
Reproducibility:            N/A
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
Target Version:             1.2.0
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Date Submitted:             2007-10-02 14:22 EDT
Last Modified:              2007-11-10 15:42 EST
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Summary:                    Implement Global and Inheriting Categories 
Structure
Description:
Implement a set of features for the Mantis bugtracker that will enable a
simple and logical method of reducing and reusing project categories by:
- converting categories to use a category_id key
- creating global categories shared by all projects
- creating category inheritance between parent and child projects

The overall requirements outline for this planned feature has been posted
on the wiki:
http://www.mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:global_categories_requirements
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  (0016149) jreese (developer) - 2007-11-10 15:42
  http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=8435#16149
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I've attached a patch containing the first step in this process.  The patch
includes:
- Converts Mantis category system and API to use unique ID's for every
category.
- Updates/upgrades existing installations to the new category schema.
- Handles legacy category history entries alongside new style entries.
- Maintains all existing category functionality as visible to users.

This patch will require you to upgrade your database to work properly.
Make sure you backup data before upgrading so that you can revert when you
are done testing.

Issue History
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change 

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2007-10-02 14:22 jreese         New Issue 

2007-10-28 12:06 jreese         Status                   new => assigned 

2007-10-28 12:06 jreese         Assigned To               => jreese 

2007-11-06 05:52 brody          Issue Monitored: brody 

2007-11-10 15:35 jreese         File Added: 
mantis-categories-2007-11-10.patch

2007-11-10 15:42 jreese         Note Added: 0016149 

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