* Betr.: " Re: [tryton-dev] Payment term changes" (Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:49:59
  +0100):

> On 29/11/11 11:25 +0100, Mathias Behrle wrote:
> > * Betr.: " [tryton-dev] Payment term changes" (Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:44:20
> > +0100):
> > 
> > > although at TUL we discussed a little bit about payment terms with the
> > > german guys, and it seems that is not much of a problem for them, I'd
> > > like to explain a little bit the improvements we're working on, and which
> > > we already discussed with B2CK.
> > > 
> > > The idea is to remove "PaymentTermLineDelay" (which lets the user choose 
> > > between netdays and end of the month). And replace it with three fields: 
> > > "months", "days" and "day". Note that months is not the same as 30 days
> > > as with months with more or less than exactly 30 days, the due date is
> > > different, and that is important in Spain. For the "day" it will be
> > > possible to set "31" as a replacement for "end of the month".
> > 
> > What do you think about options
> > 
> > month
> > fixed days
> > day of month
> > 
> > to be a little bit more clear about the meaning of the options?
> > 
> > end of month should rather be an option on month.
> 
> The idea is to be close to the API of dateutil [1]
> 
> [1]
> http://labix.org/python-dateutil#head-ba5ffd4df8111d1b83fc194b97ebecf837add454

I see. But APIs are for programmers, interfaces for users. 

"months", "days" and "day" for me is just a little bit confusing in this
short notation.

"day 31" as a replacement for "end of the month" will be a rather hidden
feature. I think the average user will search this option under month.

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