Re: depending TODOs, scheduling following TODOs automatically

From: "Sebastjan Trepca" <trepca@gmail.com>
To: pete phillips <pete@smtl.co.uk>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: depending TODOs, scheduling following TODOs automatically
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:22:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cd329af80710110922n189a94b1r4103f806d0825b0a@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18295.1192118022@lap1.smtl.co.uk>

Hey,

I'm new here but I have to say that I totally agree with Pete.

Why not just work on integration with popular project management
tools? e.g export to Jira, Trac, ...

(btw, syncing todos with Trac tickets would really come handy :)

Sebastjan

On 10/11/07, pete phillips <pete@smtl.co.uk> wrote:
> >>>>> "Carsten" == Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
>
>     Carsten> First, let me say that I was surprised that quite a few
>     Carsten> people are so keen to see this kind of features.  I myself
>     Carsten> would worry a lot about spending more time to set up and
>     Carsten> maintain these connections, than I would be saving by using
>     Carsten> them.  And I am not sure if Org-mode really scales up
>     Carsten> nicely when it comes to really large projects, large number
>     Carsten> of people interacting, keeping complex GANTT charts up to
>     Carsten> date etc.  Me, I have sometimes made these charts during an
>     Carsten> initial project setup, to get a feeling what amount of time
>     Carsten> and resources would be needed, but I have never kept these
>     Carsten> complex structures alive and up to date.
>
> I have to say that I'm a bit worried if org-mode goes in this direction.
>
> Just because Carsten may be able to beat it into shape to do this
> (albeit in very elegant lisp), it doesn't mean he should.
>
> org-mode developed as a means of maintaining lists, and it excels at
> this. Just because the GTD methodology uses the term Project doesn't
> mean that we should turn org-mode into a fully fledged project planning
> application. If you need project planning capability, then you probably
> need all the bells and whistles that go with it - GANT and PERT charts,
> critical path calculations, multi-user capabilities etc.
>
> My concern is that *very* few people need that type of functionality,
> and if you do, there are now some very good applications now under
> GNU/Linux to choose from.
>
> org-mode is a superb PIM and list manager (in my view, probably about
> the best there is). Just because we have one incredible hammer, let's
> not start seeing everything else as a nail!
>
> Just a personal viewpoint of course.  :-)
>
> Pete
>
>
>
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