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Bug 428138

Summary:

[pmi] Add a "create a release" link on or near the releases table

Product:

Community

Reporter:

Konstantin Komissarchik <konstantin>

Component:

Project Management & Portal

Assignee:

Portal Bugzilla Dummy Inbox <portal-inbox>

Status:

RESOLVED FIXED

QA Contact:

Severity:

major

Priority:

CC:

wayne.beaton

Version:

unspecified

Target Milestone:

2014-Q1

Hardware:

All

OS:

All

Whiteboard:

Attachments:

Description	Flags
Link above the table	none

Description Konstantin Komissarchik

2014-02-13 14:56:52 EST

I cannot find any means to create a new release in PMI. I can edit a release, but I don't see any means to create one.

Comment 1 Wayne Beaton

2014-02-13 16:45:04 EST

There is a tray at the bottom of the window with an item labeled "Sapphire committers"

https://wiki.eclipse.org/Project_Management_Infrastructure/Release_Metadata#Creating_Releases

Comment 2 Konstantin Komissarchik

2014-02-13 17:03:08 EST

Ok. I see it now. This functionality would be more discoverable if the add a release link was located next to the table of releases instead of in a completely separate menu.

Comment 3 Wayne Beaton

2014-02-13 17:05:22 EST

Good idea. Reopened.

Comment 4 Wayne Beaton

2014-02-13 17:33:42 EST

Created attachment 239921 [details]
Link above the table

I think that the link needs to go above the table. I'm not happy with the look, but I think that the position makes it very obvious.

Comment 5 Wayne Beaton

2014-02-13 17:36:01 EST

Let's run with this for now. As part of an overall look-and-feel improvement exercise later, we'll see if we can do a better job. Having something will at least give us an opportunity to gather feedback.

FWIW, the link is only shown for project committers.

It will appear in the next rollout (early next week).

Comment 6 Konstantin Komissarchik

2014-02-13 17:37:01 EST

Either above or below the table would be easy to find.

Comment 7 Wayne Beaton

2014-02-13 17:43:56 EST

(In reply to Konstantin Komissarchik from comment #6)
> Either above or below the table would be easy to find.

Below the table is easier to miss. You have to scroll, for one, for projects with many entries. Further, to my eye, it seems to blend in at the bottom.

Let's leave it at the top for now. I'll experiment a bit more with placement when I work on Bug 426287.

Comment 8 Konstantin Komissarchik

2014-02-13 17:52:02 EST

From discoverability standpoint, you'd be safe anywhere around the table. From ease of access, top or right side would be better than bottom, especially since the latest releases are at the top. When actions are placed on top, it often works better if they are aligned to the right so as not to clash with labels and headings. A good approach is to use a single line for the table label on the left and actions on the right. If you end up with more than one action, you would likely need to switch to image links.