In the moodle bug tracker it is possible to link an issue with another. I do not understand the difference between:
has a non-specific relationship to:
has been marked as being related by
Example.- When I am editing BUG-001 and I link it as "has a non-specific relationship to: BUG-002", and then go & display BUG-002, I can see that it has been automatically linked as "This issue has been marked as being related by: BUG-001.
Any ideas?
It is a logical completeness thing that end up being illogical. All the links are directional, and there are separate names for the link in each direction. For example, Duplicates / is a duplicate of. That works for all types of links except the one you give.
I always think what matters is that the issues are linked - whether you choose has a non-specific relationship to: or has been marked as being related by is not important at all. At least that's my excuse for not knowing which to choose!
There is another strange pair of issue links, that often puzzles me: will help resolve and will be resolved by. I think if issue A will help resolve issue B, that doesn't necessary mean B would be completely resolved by A. A could just help resolve it, but don't go all the way, some additional work on B may be required.
So I'm perplexed, whether to set will help resolve link, if the issue will help, but not completely resolve another one.
Oh yes, that one irritates me a bit too.
The exact details of what each kind of link means is pretty unclear. To me at least. The main thing is that a link of some type is created so that the person who will ultimately resolve that issue knows about other related issues and can deal with them all at the same time.
