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[Michael Hope <michael.hope@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Michael Hope <michael.hope@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I mocked up a blueprint splitter.  The idea is to make it easier to
>> split new work out from a blueprint or make a new blueprint against a
>> TR.
>
> I called it the blueprint clone tool in a different thread, but yes
> this would be help a lot.
>
>> Start at the list of projects in the project groups:
>>  http://ex.seabright.co.nz/helpers/splitter/
>>
>> Pick a project to see the blueprints:
>>  http://ex.seabright.co.nz/helpers/splitter/linaro-toolchain-benchmarks
>>
>> Click on 'Split' to see:
>>  http://ex.seabright.co.nz/helpers/splitter/linaro-toolchain-benchmarks/linaro-toolchain-o-benchmarks/split
>>
>> You enter a title and summary.  The rest is filled in automatically:
>>  * implementation is set to 'Not started'
>>  * priority, approver, and series are copied from the original
>>  * milestone is set to 'backlog'
>>  * drafter is set to the logged in user
>>  * the new blueprint is attached to the original or the parent
>
> What happens to any work items in the existing blueprints? It isn't
> clear. I can imagine a checkbox list of all work items imported into
> the new blueprint that you could check to include in the new one.
> Everything left unchecked just stays in the old/parent blueprint. But
> there are people with much better UI sense that I do.

Yeah, I ran out of afternoon before playing with this.  A simple hack
is to make the original whiteboard an editable text area.  You can
then select items, cut them, paste them in below, and update both when
you click on 'Submit'.  Attached is an example.

-- Michael

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