Re: [Tails-dev] Redmine: possible usage clarification and im…

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Author: BitingBird
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To: The Tails public development discussion list
Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Redmine: possible usage clarification and improvements
intrigeri a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> sajolida@??? wrote (15 Sep 2014 14:32:15 GMT) :
>> intrigeri wrote:
>
>> Unless we decide to have only one axe in those categories, they are
>> bound to overlaps sometimes. When I have to choose between two things, I
>> choose the "tool" over the "field of expertise".
>
> I very well see what you mean, and I've seen BitingBird struggle with
> this too when triaging tickets.


Yep, I do, because it's quite arbitrary really, which category wins when
2 are concerned :)
>
>> The real solution would be to allow multiple values for Categories.
>> That's more like tag system with predefined value. Does this exist in
>> Redmine? The notion of "Category" is pretty bad anyway for picky people
>> like us...
>
> Nope, this is not possible in Redmine. However, custom fields (e.g.
> the one we're using for "Type of work") *can* have multiple values
> allowed, so we could possibly create another custom field and entirely
> replace our usage of categories with it. However, I couldn't find how
> one can fully disable the Category field, so it would be confusing.
>
> With this in mind, and my above note about the "field of expertise"
> (sic, IMO), I think the best we can do is to:
>
> 1. use the Category field for generic, transversal type of issues
>    (e.g. accessibility, i18n, hardware support, persistence);
> 2. create a dedicated custom field called "Subsystem" or "Affected
>    Tool" or similar.


I really, really love this solution and think it would improve the
situation :)

Cheers,

BitingBird