[Collaboa] time estimates

[Waldemar Kornewald]

Tom Clarke wrote:
> The time functionality is already in there, with billing soon to be
> added. Without it collaboa is pretty much useless for my purposes. if
> there's a general feeling that it bloats the app (although I really
> don't understand this line of argument, is linux bloated with it's
> support of many overlapping sets of requirements?) I'm happy to fork.
> 
> Thoughts?

Is that an invitation to a flame war? :)
Linux: it depends. If you're an administrator then it gives you the 
flexibility you need. If you're a simple desktop user who doesn't care 
about computers and just wants to get his work done then I think it 
distracts you from work because it's not maintenance-free and offers 
loads of options that complicate the search for the important settings 
and a normal users doesn't care about these options (they just take up 
time when reading through all of them).
This is a general observation I made with open-source projects. They 
begin to implement everything on earth to suit everyone. In the end they 
suit nobody because they do *everything*, but nothing *perfectly*. 
That's because they lose focus on what they are initially intended to do.

I don't want to split this project. Please don't fork. I very much 
prefer Robert's suggestion: create interoperable tools. That's like 
having add-ons. But I'm not sure how well both tools integrate if you 
separate them (strange sentence ;). In any case, I would be happy if it 
can be disabled by unchecking a simple checkbox. It's not that I don't 
see a need for billing. Maybe my project could even need this. Maybe 
your work can be combined with that of Robert?

My main concern is that this project is *already* losing focus. People 
start SVN integration, time estimates, billing, but at the same time the 
main purpose of this ticket tracker (managing tickets!) is lacking 
behind. It's an open-source project, yes. Everyone does what he 
likes/needs the most. But sometimes you have to get things right before 
you can go on with the next feature.
I will try to get my hands on the ticket part if nobody is against my 
planned (minimalistic) changes. Any help is appreciated.

Bye,
Waldemar