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[Izidor Matušov <izidor.matusov@xxxxxxxxx>]

Automatic extension would be problematic in some cases, projects with
fixed due dates for instance. Creating subtask and setting later due
date by accident would discard fixed due date and confuse user.

However, planning the project from scratch would be very comfortable.

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Extend parent task due date to match subtask
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343058
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Status in Getting Things GNOME!: Confirmed

Bug description:
Actions to reproduce:

1. Create a task. Set a due date.
2. Create a subtask. Observe the due date is the same as in #1.
3. Set the subtask date to some date *after* the date in #1.
4. Observe the subtask date is *still* the date from #1.

I don't know what the expected behaviour should be, but I was surprised by this, and I had to do some thinking before I realized what was happening.

I think if the user tries to extend the due date of a subtask past the due date of its parent, it is *possible* they also want to extend the parent's due date.

Some fixes would be:
 * Yes/No dialog saying "Would you like to extend the date of the parent task 'Parent Task Name' to YYYY/MM/DD?"
 * Automatically extend the date of the parent task if the subtask is the only subtask.