The Road to custome fields [was 2.18]

[Gervase Markham]

Jon Wilmoth wrote:
> However, the user community here would greatly appreciate the ability to
> capture department specific information (i.e. by product/product group
> custom fields) that doesn't necessarily apply to other departments.  The
> only way I see that happening is if it is easy for an administrator to
> add fields. 

I don't think that's necessarily true - why can the admin not submit a 
request for a new field? That way, someone who understands the downsides 
of 40 fields per bug can evaluate the request.

Gerv