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[Lionel Dricot <ploum@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Summary changed:

- Extend parent task due date to match subtask
+ Extend child due date will not work if parent due date is set earlier (feedback needed)

** Description changed:

+ Short : if you have a parent with a due date, the child due date cannot
+ be set after the parent due date (on purpose, for logical reason.)
+ 
+ Problem is that it simply silently fail and it's not discoverable when
+ using workview. People believe that this is a bug and don't understand.
+ We need to give the user a feedback about why the due date cannot be
+ set.
+ 
+ 
+ Original report:
+ 
  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.
+  * 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.

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Extend child due date will not work if parent due date is set earlier (feedback needed)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343058
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Bug description:
Short : if you have a parent with a due date, the child due date cannot be set after the parent due date (on purpose, for logical reason.)

Problem is that it simply silently fail and it's not discoverable when using workview. People believe that this is a bug and don't understand. We need to give the user a feedback about why the due date cannot be set.



Original report:

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.