[chandler-users] feature: task evolution

[Mimi Yin]

Hi Giuseppe,

There was a discussion on the list a while back about the kind of  
workflows you're describing. It was in the context of keeping track  
of "sub-tasks" or next actions in the Notes field of a particular item.

Grant had a suggestion for how he works around the lack of a "formal"  
way to track sub-tasks: http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/ 
chandler-users/2008-January/001071.html

We would however like to add built-in support for evolving tasks (or  
mini-projects). There have many discussions about this on both the  
users list and the dev-list as well as the now retired design list.  
There are a few bugs logged to track this functionality:
- https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11822
- https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12373

We haven't however had many people request to keep the item-creation  
data around. Although, I can see how that would be useful.

Best,
Mimi

On Oct 1, 2008, at 9:12 AM, Giuseppe Passino wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I'm currently using chandler to track my work and manage different  
> tasks. My idea was to have a flexible and more dynamic todo-list.  
> Unfortunately, apparently chandler is not very rich in terms of  
> details to add to the notes. Sure, you can change the status of the  
> note to "later", and add some details, but the evolution of the  
> task is not tracked. In particular, the most annoying thing is that  
> every time yuo change the note the date gets updated, so the date  
> in which the item was created is lost.
>
> Another example is when you close an item (mark it as "done"): the  
> date of closing is not saved, but only the last modification date  
> is. So, if you want to add some detail to a note once it has been  
> marked as "done", you'll lose the reference to when this has been  
> done.
>
> Is there any workaround for this? Maybe it would be a nice new  
> feature to add as well.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Giuseppe
>
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