When we created the issue tracker for
Project hosting on Google Code our goal was to keep things simple. We had found that most
issue trackers include too many fields and options that aren't applicable to a given issue. As
a result, we intentionally did not implement issue relationships like is-blocked-on and
is-duplicate-of. For most of the projects that we host, simply adding a comment that mentions
the other issue is enough information to get the job done.
Now we host
more large projects, and some projects that started small with us have grown large. So,
starting today, we are offering a formal 'Blocked on' field. And, when you close an issue as
'Duplicate', you can merge it into the original issue. For more information, take a look at
our issue tracker
documentation.
For projects that regularly triage issues, you
can now pick where to go after you have finished updating an issue.
We
hope that these changes help make the issue tracker as easy to use on larger projects as it is
for smaller ones.
