due_date_update_threshold not working as expected

[david_stephensen]

I am using Mantis 1.2.11 but will soon update to 1.2.15.

I have checked the changelogs since then but there is no mention of due date that apears relevant to my problem.

Question 1: There is talk in the Forums about Due Date plugins, but I have been using the one provided in the basic installation and it is working well. Is the talk about plugins from the old days before the Due Date field was available and people wrote plugins, or is there something I have missed?

Question 2:

$g_update_bug_threshold is currently set to MANAGER

We want DEVELOPERs to be able to adjust their due dates, but not reword the original issue.

I have set $g_due_date_update_threshold = DEVELOPER; in config.local.php and also (in desperation) due_date_update_threshold to 25 in the config pages

In spite of this there is no control for a DEVELOPER to adjust their due date. Is $g_update_bug_threshold overriding $g_due_date_update_threshold? If not, how can I get this to work?

[atrol]

config.local.php?
The right place is config_inc.php

[david_stephensen]

Sorry Atrol. It is indeed config_local.php and it is working properly in every other way.

I think the basic question is whether $g_due_date_update_threshold overrides $g_update_bug_threshold. Our $g_update_bug_threshold = MANAGER and our $g_due_date_update_threshold = DEVELOPER. Our Developers cannot change their due dates, so I conclude that the answer is No. Is my conclusion correct?

We like our Developers to be able to edit and show their likely completion dates, but we don't like them to change the original statement of the issue. Is there a way we can do this?

Is there some other plugin connected with due dates or is all the talk on the forum from before it became a normal part of Mantis?

[atrol]

Sorry Atrol. It is indeed config_local.php and it is working properly in every other way.

Probably no standard installation, good luck when trying to update to a newer version without having a file named config_inc.php.

I think the basic question is whether $g_due_date_update_threshold overrides $g_update_bug_threshold. Our $g_update_bug_threshold = MANAGER and our $g_due_date_update_threshold = DEVELOPER. Our Developers cannot change their due dates, so I conclude that the answer is No. Is my conclusion correct?

Yes. There is no override concept at this place. The first access check at the update page is to check for update_bug_threshold.

We like our Developers to be able to edit and show their likely completion dates, but we don't like them to change the original statement of the issue. Is there a way we can do this??

Not by using the available configuration options.

Is there some other plugin connected with due dates or is all the talk on the forum from before it became a normal part of Mantis?

Quite unspecified question. There are a lot of plugins at various places http://www.mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/m ... is_plugins
AFAIK some of them use the existing due date and add some more functionality around it, there are others adding a complete own concept.
I never used one of them myself, so I can't tell you more.

[david_stephensen]

Thanks for your answers and explanations, Atrol. Much appreciated!

[david_stephensen]

See http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=15766