From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christian Egli Subject: Re: depending TODOs, scheduling following TODOs automatically Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:44:24 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <6dbd4d000710080626i52f0f0t9354addc33c0efee@mail.gmail.com> <20071008134353.GA10774@odin.demosthenes.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IfBdt-0000bx-QN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:44:45 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IfBds-0000aE-8i for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:44:45 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IfBdr-0000a6-SL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:44:43 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IfBdr-0007YN-GC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:44:43 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IfBdg-0001Kn-1l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:44:32 +0000 Received: from www-gw3.credit-suisse.com ([198.240.212.25]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:44:32 +0000 Received: from christian.egli by www-gw3.credit-suisse.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:44:32 +0000 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Eddward DeVilla gmail.com> writes: > I've been waiting to see if org might develop something like todo > dependency ordering. Seems like one could use this with and estimated > time to complete a todo item to generate a milestone table or more > easily estimate how long a group of tasks will require to complete or > when the soonest a given step could begin. One of org-mode biggest strengths is its simplicity. I do not want it to turn into a feature ridden dinosaur that is impossible to maintain. I keep my projects simple. I plan not for the sake of planning but to get an overview. So for dependency tracking I usually just reorder my tasks. I don't want to fidget with my plan all day. I want to get things done :-) To that end my plea is to keep org mode simple. That's why John's proposal appeals to me. It is flexible and delegates the complexity to emacs lisp instead of inventing another micro language for dependency tracking. Christian