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0010662mantisbtsub-projectspublic2017-01-18 14:07
Reporterruslan Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version1.2.0rc1 
Summary0010662: We must have SUB-PROJECTS (AGGREGATION) vs CHILD-PROJECTS (INHERITANCE)
Description

Lets consider what we have right now in latest 1.2 build

1) Right now Mantis implements for sub-projects behavior of INHERITANCE.
We can see this in checkbox [x] Inherit Categories,

2) Right now Mantis shows project and sub-project in the menu using INHERITANCE way:

  VStudio
  >> VStudio PRO

3) Right now Mantis have bug in the list of ISSUES. See my issue 0010660.

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In my opinion, INHERITANCE is not best choice for project management !!!
I think that AGGREGATION == COMPOSITION is more natural way to keep projects.

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What ways I see here:

1) COOL way :)

  • we rename sub-project to child-projects -- see 0010659
  • Mantis supports both Child-projects (inheritance) and Sub-projects (aggregation)

2) more smooth evaluation way

  • We add into existed sub-projects one more checkbox
    [x] Use categories of sub-project.

    which will work in reverse way to checkbox
    [x] Inherit categories

Hmm, no, this is not enough,
because we must have also aggregation of issues.

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child of 0010658 closedgrangeway IDEAS From Ruslan HOW TO improve sub-projects in Mantis. 

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