* Betr.: " [tryton-dev] Fwd: Re: Add net months and division to payment terms" (Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:39:31 +0200):
> > First of all, let me say that for me it's perfectly ok to implement that
> with
> > a python expression and I'm ok with it. At the same time, however, I'm a
> > bit surprised that you expect end users to use those things. Maybe it's not
> > a problem for current Tryton audience but it certainly is for many of the
> users
> > I meet daily.
>
> I don't think it is too complicate to ask to the user to enter something like:
>
> months=2, days=15, day=-1
Besides the aspect, that this format doesn't seem to be user friendly to me,
it is from my experience far beyond the scope and error prone to expect such an
entry from the average end user.
> As soon as there is a good help message and/or a documentation (that could
> link to the dateutil one).
>
> > So my question is not so much about this feature but more on the line of
> what
> > is the target of Tryton, I think. At the same time the feature serves as a
> > good example. Do you expect end users (in this case the accounting
> > manager)
> to
> > write python expressions, for example?
>
> Why not in some cases it is the more generic and powerful way.
I think it is yet too straightforward to expect knowledge of *any*
programming language from the admin of a business application. The usage of an
application should never be tied to its underlying programming language.
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