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Difference between "blocks" and "precedes"

Added by Simon Brouwer at 2012-01-25 12:49 pm

Hi,

In the ChiliProject software you can indicate a time dependency between issues by adding a relation of (among others) "blocks" or "precedes".
Intuitively I would interpret "blocks" as "the next issue cannot start before the previous issue is finished" and "precedes" as "the next issue will not start before the previous issue is finished".

So they seem to mean about the same. I wonder what is the practical difference?

Best regards
Simon


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RE: Difference between "blocks" and "precedes" - Added by Felix Schäfer at 2012-01-25 01:08 pm

IIRC:

  • blocks: You won't be able to set the blocked issue to a "closed" status.
  • precedes: The start date of the following issue will always be the end date of the preceding issue +1.

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