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From: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: org-contrib: Taskjuggler effort calculated via org instead of
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Benjamin K=C3=A4stner <benjamin.kaestner@googlemail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On version 9.3 (9.3-elpaplus @
> $HOME/.emacs.d/elpa/org-plus-contrib-20191203/), `ox-taskjuggler'
> exports the :Effort: property calculated via
> `org-duration-to-minutes', e.g. 2d get exported as 48.0h instead of
> the literal 2d.
>
> This is unexpected and makes the Taskjuggler export unusable for me in
> the current form. Is there a rationale for this? Maybe I'm missing
> something and it's more reasonable to plan in working hours instead of
> working days. Otherwise, could that behaviour get changed or at least
> put behind a variable/customize interface?
>
> Regards,
> Benjamin

>From memory, I seem to recall that this had something to do with the
ambiguous understanding of what 2d really meant i.e. 48 hours, 16 hours
(assuming 8 hour work day).

I have no opinion regarding which is better, but I don't use taskjuggler
any more (due to other 'limitations' with the export/configuration which
I just cannot recall now - it was many years ago).

Tim
--=20
Tim Cross