Levels of specialization

[Jason McWilliams]

I have implemented "sub-components" to a certain degree.
It involved adding a new table and a foriegn key.  Then
hacking up a bunch of code.  Its in a test environment,
and not sure if it will actually ever be used.

The problem is, it takes a lot of hacking and some major
UI changes.  I did not add it to the admin add product
or to the multiple edit screens.

Everywhere you something happens to component or product,
its likely you have to do the same.  I would not recommend
trying to do this.  Maybe someday it will be added.

I would think that Products -> Components -> Subs
would take care of most people.

Jason



> -----Original Message-----
> From: developers-owner at bugzilla.org
> [mailto:developers-owner at bugzilla.org]On Behalf Of Gervase Markham
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 3:51 PM
> To: developers at bugzilla.org
> Subject: Re: Levels of specialization
> 
> 
> Jordi S. Bunster wrote:
> > Greetings folks.
> > 
> > I'm new to the list. I've recently been hired to do some 
> small (and some
> > not so small) local changes to Bugzilla. Hopefully they'll 
> let me ship
> > them back, if there's any use for them outside the company.
> > 
> > Anyway, one of their biggest gripes with it, is the fact 
> that we need
> > more that just Programs-->components. What they've requested me is
> > infinite levels of "sub-components".
> 
> There is a bug on this; have a look in bugzilla.mozilla.org. No-one's 
> implemented it; but I seem to remember from last time that this was 
> discussed that the consensus was:
> 
> - infinite levels may be ultra-flexible, but are a nightmare to 
> administer and provide sane UI for within an HTML form environment. 
> Adding a third level would give you 95% of what infinite levels would.
> 
> - Said third level should probably be added above Products 
> rather than 
> below Components, for various data-integrity reasons. It 
> would have an 
> intermediate screen, like you get when you change products, if there 
> were field value mismatches.
> 
> Gerv
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