[Koha-devel] Updating priorities

[Mason James]

On 2012-11-3, at 1:54 AM, Paul Poulain wrote:

> Le 24/10/2012 11:47, Paul Poulain a écrit :
> 
> As I've suggested last week, I tried to think of updating the priority
> flag to use it for "complexity" :
>> * Change the priority flag use on bugzilla. Currently, this flag is not
>> really used by anyone. We would like to change it's content to the
>> following values, to reflect the complexity of a patch:
>> 1- trivial patch template/doc only
>> 2- trivial patch - minor Perl code
>> 3- low risk of side-effect
>> 4- medium risk of side effect, but don't underestimate it
>> 5- High risk of side effect, be very careful !
>> We would also add a wiki page explaining how to choose the value.
>> The value can be set by anyone (patch submitter, sign-offer, QA team,
>> RM), and will just be a helper when someone want to pick up a patch for
>> testing or QAing.
> 
> The problem is that, on lists, this flag is reduced to 7 characters.
> That's small...
> I see 2 options:
> * find a very short description for the 5 complexity proposed. I tried,
> but could not. If someone else has an idea ?
> * create a new custom field "Complexity", with those 5 values. I've
> checked, and, in lists, custom fields are not truncated, so we could have:
> - 1-Triv TT/doc
> - 2-Triv Perl
> - 3-Small patch
> - 4-Medium patch
> - 5-Large patch
> 
> Does somone have another idea ? I do this one ?


hmmm, 7 chars is too small for easy descriptions


2 other ideas...

1/ change the code in bugzilla to not truncate the priority string to 7 chars
2/ increase the priority dropbox-list width from 80px to 160px


(i think 2/ may not work)