Plan the future of Maniphest task relationships
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	epriestley
	Dec 22 2015, 12:33 AM

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Umbrella task for planning how tasks will be related in the future.

Broadly, we've seen requests for:

Expanding current relationships (blocking/blocks, mentions, merged) with new types of relationships (T8345/T4207): parent/child, related / see also, follower/follows.
Dependency trees instead of (or perhaps in addition to) dependency graphs (T4207).
Many new ways to search and view these relationships (T6638, T8126, etc).
Many new ways to edit these relationships (T8152, T5450, etc).
Complex changes between relationships (e.g., merging should merge dependencies in T3287).
Frequent confusion about which direction merges work in.
Frequent confusion about which direction "Edit Blocking Tasks" works in.

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Status	Assigned	Task
Resolved	epriestley	T10034 Plan the future of Maniphest task relationships
Open	blc	T3287 Merging duplicate tasks doesn't migrate dependencies
Resolved	epriestley	T4207 Implement (tree) subtasks, as distinct from (graph) task dependencies
Resolved	epriestley	T4788 Allow "Edit Dependencies" both ways (blocking and depending)
Resolved	epriestley	T11179 Figure out what to do with "Edit Blocking Tasks", "Edit Differential Revisions" and "Edit Pholio Mocks"
Resolved	None	T11240 Expandable menus are not greyed out, even if all options are not useable
Open	None	T5270 Allow creation of a Parent task (new task with a preset dependency)
Open	None	T5353 Add visual hint to tasks that are blocked by others
Open	epriestley	T418 Integrate CustomField into more interfaces
		Restricted Maniphest Task
		Restricted Maniphest Task
Resolved	epriestley	T655 Integrate CustomField into Herald
		Restricted Maniphest Task
Resolved	epriestley	T8726 Modularize Herald fields and actions
Resolved	epriestley	T8920 'Another Herald rule matches' is being displayed as a raw PHID
Resolved	epriestley	T9055 Weird Herald spacing
Resolved	epriestley	T9054 Undefined class constant ACTION_BLOCK
Wontfix	epriestley	T5450 Add support for adding / removing dependent tasks when batch editing tasks
		Restricted Maniphest Task
Resolved	epriestley	T6638 Be able to find tasks by "is a blocker to task Y" or "is blocked by task Y" in the search interface
Resolved	None	T7820 Add "Closed, Duplicate" option to Status Action in Maniphest
Open	None	T7805 Use ApplicationSearch in the ObjectSelector dialog
Resolved	None	T10703 Merge Duplicate Tasks should maybe default to All Open
Resolved	epriestley	T9132 Build an ApplicationEditor abstraction
Resolved	epriestley	T5752 Navigation menus should work correctly on mobile by default
Resolved	chad	T8099 Mid-2015 Phabricator Redesign
Resolved	chad	T8338 Unable to re-arrange Maniphest tasks into 1st row when dragging (redesign branch)
Resolved	chad	T8339 Allow setting of icons in maniphest.status
Resolved	chad	T8341 Identify anywhere we didn't use icons where barColor was used
Resolved	chad	T8342 Design a new PHUIPagerView, allow setting to objects
Resolved	chad	T8549 Feedback on 2015 Redesign
Open	None	T9690 Remove calls to methods deprecated by newPage()
Resolved	None	T9871 Some PHUI form controls do not have identifiable "disabled" states
Duplicate	None	T9913 ApplicationEditor stacked comment actions can't be removed on mobile
Resolved	epriestley	T8126 Issue with using the filter "Blocked: Show Tasks Not Blocked By Other Tasks" in Queries
Invalid	chad	T8127 Test Subtask 1
Invalid	• quinyx_martin	T8128 Test Subtask 2
Resolved	epriestley	T8152 Allow Batch Edit of Blocking Task Field
Resolved	epriestley	T8345 Add task tabs for "Mentions" and "Merged"
Duplicate	None	T9151 Search for Task by parent
Resolved	chad	T10187 hard to understand status of sub-tasks from parent

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epriestley created this task.Dec 22 2015, 12:33 AM

epriestley added subtasks: T3287: Merging duplicate tasks doesn't migrate dependencies, T4207: Implement (tree) subtasks, as distinct from (graph) task dependencies, T4788: Allow "Edit Dependencies" both ways (blocking and depending), T5270: Allow creation of a Parent task (new task with a preset dependency), T5353: Add visual hint to tasks that are blocked by others, T5450: Add support for adding / removing dependent tasks when batch editing tasks, T3577: Web UI can only create "reference" relationships between Revisions and Tasks, not "close" relationships, Restricted Maniphest Task, T6638: Be able to find tasks by "is a blocker to task Y" or "is blocked by task Y" in the search interface, T7820: Add "Closed, Duplicate" option to Status Action in Maniphest, T8126: Issue with using the filter "Blocked: Show Tasks Not Blocked By Other Tasks" in Queries, T8152: Allow Batch Edit of Blocking Task Field, T8345: Add task tabs for "Mentions" and "Merged", T9151: Search for Task by parent.Dec 22 2015, 12:36 AM

epriestley updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 22 2015, 12:42 AM

epriestley mentioned this in T6943: Create "basic" and "advanced" modes in Maniphest Search UI.Dec 22 2015, 12:50 AM

epriestley moved this task from Backlog to Task Relationships on the Maniphest board.Dec 22 2015, 12:58 AM

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epriestley merged a task: T10041: Improve the language in the "Edit Blocking Tasks" link.Dec 22 2015, 4:43 PM

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epriestley mentioned this in T4863: Allow Workboard Cards to be customized for display.Jan 9 2016, 8:11 PM

epriestley mentioned this in T10120: Uncaught Error: JX.initBehavior(map): behavior(s) not registered: phabricator-object-selector.Jan 11 2016, 5:15 PM

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cburroughs created subtask T10187: hard to understand status of sub-tasks from parent.Jan 20 2016, 5:37 PM

chad mentioned this in P1094 ExampleCustomField.php.Jan 22 2016, 2:46 AM

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epriestley mentioned this in T4788: Allow "Edit Dependencies" both ways (blocking and depending).Jun 20 2016, 3:41 PM

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epriestley closed subtask T7820: Add "Closed, Duplicate" option to Status Action in Maniphest as Resolved.Jun 30 2016, 3:35 PM

epriestley closed subtask T4207: Implement (tree) subtasks, as distinct from (graph) task dependencies as Resolved.Jul 1 2016, 8:01 PM

epriestley closed subtask T5450: Add support for adding / removing dependent tasks when batch editing tasks as Wontfix.Jul 1 2016, 8:07 PM

epriestley closed subtask T8152: Allow Batch Edit of Blocking Task Field as Resolved.

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epriestley closed subtask T8126: Issue with using the filter "Blocked: Show Tasks Not Blocked By Other Tasks" in Queries as Resolved.Jul 28 2016, 6:03 PM

epriestley mentioned this in T8345: Add task tabs for "Mentions" and "Merged".Jul 28 2016, 9:39 PM

epriestley closed subtask T6638: Be able to find tasks by "is a blocker to task Y" or "is blocked by task Y" in the search interface as Resolved.Jul 28 2016, 9:43 PM

I think we pretty much have clarity on stuff this task was tracking:

Expanding current relationships (blocking/blocks, mentions, merged) with new types of relationships (T8345/T4207): parent/child, related / see also, follower/follows.

No plans to add new relationships since there don't really seem to be any strong use cases and proposed relationships are very similar to existing relationships. We've slightly generalized "blocking / blocks" into "parent / subtask". We'll make mentions a little more formal in T8345.

Dependency trees instead of (or perhaps in addition to) dependency graphs (T4207).

We seem to have found a reasonable compromise for rendering graphs.

Many new ways to search and view these relationships (T6638, T8126, etc).

These specific issues are fixed. No plans to build some more general mega-graph-query thing at this time.

Many new ways to edit these relationships (T8152, T5450, etc).

Editing is a bit more powerful and consistent now.

Complex changes between relationships (e.g., merging should merge dependencies in T3287).

No changes here, that task can stay open for the moment. Possibly see also T10719, discussing which fields are copied when subtasks are created.

Frequent confusion about which direction merges work in.

I tried to clarify language here, and we also now present you with two options ("Merge Duplicates In", "Close As Duplicate") and force you to select the one you mean, which hopefully makes this less confusing. I haven't seen confusion since this change, although I wouldn't necessarily expect to know if it was fixed or not since it hasn't been all that long.