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[Izidor Matušov <izidor.matusov@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/17/2012 11:37 PM, Bertrand Rousseau wrote:
> About task prioritization, we could offer automatic sorting through
> several criterion, even using advanced sorting algorithm (I don't know
> what you have exactly in mind, Izidor), but I think we should also
> simply allow people to rearrange subtasks as they like by hand.
> However, even if this last option can be easily implemented using
> drag&drop in the task list, it is a real challenge when it comes to
> maintaining the task's text up-to-date and not make it a mess once
> subtasks are rearranged.

Hi,

I would like to do it this way:

Each task has a score (a.k.a weight) which consists of 3 sub-scores:
  1, due_date score - <how many days are left to do this tasks> * 100 000
  2, start_date score - max(0, <how many days are left to start working 
on this task>) * 1000
  3, user score - allow the user to reorganize tasks as she wants

All those scores are summed together and then sorted. The first subscore 
should take the minimal due_date score of all children. (if I have an 
urgent subtask, it should be up)

How would look DnD? I would drag a task between two another tasks. GTG 
computes theirs scores and update the dragged score to have the right 
position between them by updating the third subscore value.

Using an ordering like this one would allow user to have automatically 
organized tasks by "time" priority and correct the problem cases manually.

It might not be a perfect description (still thinking about it) but I 
hope you get the gist.

Izidor