Awesome images Bertrand! I'll make the structure as per the images and Izidor's start date suggestion
Nimit Shah, B Tech 3rd year, Computer Engineering Department, SVNIT Surat Secretary ACM-NIT Surat www.dude-says.blogspot.com On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Bertrand Rousseau < [email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Izidor Matušov <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Bertrand, > > > > Nice pics! I would just say, that moving start date shouldn't update > other > > start dates. We want from subtasks to be rather steps you have to > accomplish > > before working on the main task than a "container" for subtasks. In other > > words, when I have planned a trip (14.6. - 20. 6.) and I have a subtask > "Buy > > ticket" which should be done between 10.6. - 12. 6., according to you > trip > > has to have start date 10.6. > > > > IMHO the only constrain for start date should be that start date < due > date. > > In the current GTG it is more a planning mechanism (way how to hide task > in > > workview) than something rigidly set. > > All right, I'll update the drawing accordingly. That should help to > get a clear documentation on this behaviour. > > > > > Izidor > > > > > > > > On 06/03/2012 10:33 PM, Bertrand Rousseau wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> In order to (hopefully) make this stuff clearer, I've made an > >> illustration showing how I perceive the different situations happening > >> when changing the due date or the start date of a task. The > >> illustration is available here (in png and svg): > >> > >> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0KMTVA0nZXUdEVFNDB2akcydTg > >> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0KMTVA0nZXUVVY5eHlVYUpvckE > >> > >> For each kind of parent/children configurations, I tried to identify > >> how I think the parents and children dates should be affected when the > >> start/due dates of a task is changed. > >> > >> I think it's a good way to maintain consistency when changing dates, > >> mostly because it corresponds to how a visually-oriented > >> representation such as the one used in the illustration should behave. > >> Indeed, I think this visual representation corresponds to the natural > >> way of representing tasks in a timeline, which makes it interesting > >> and could maybe be used sometimes in GTG (this would make sense IMHO, > >> even though I have no idea about where or when we could use it). > >> > >> Please note that in this proposition, I think that only dates that are > >> explicitely set should be updated when necessary, other should be left > >> unset. Indeed, IMHO, setting no date implicetly means that this date > >> actually extends to all permitted time (take look at the illustration > >> to get a clearer idea about this), and this meaning should not be > >> altered by setting a specific date. > >> > >> > >> Bertrand > >> > >> > >> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Nimit Shah<[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> Hey! > >>> While working on the date structure. I got this doubt: > >>> consider a structure A (due next month) > >>> -- B (due tomorrow) > >>> Now suppose, the user tries to set the start date of B to some later > >>> date than next month. What should I do? As of now. I am shifting B's > >>> start_date and due_date to the due date of A. > >>> Izidor gave these suggestions:not change the start_date of B. > >>> push the change of > >>> start_date and due_date over the whole structure (up and down). > >>> > >>> Any suggestions, which of the approaches should I go ahead with? > >>> > >>> Nimit Shah, > >>> B Tech 3rd year, > >>> Computer Engineering Department, > >>> SVNIT Surat > >>> Secretary ACM-NIT Surat > >>> www.dude-says.blogspot.com > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gtg-contributors > >>> Post to : [email protected] > >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gtg-contributors > >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Bertrand Rousseau > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gtg-contributors > >> Post to : [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gtg-contributors > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > -- > Bertrand Rousseau >
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