Testcase deadline

[jan]

For us it is a requirement that we have deadlines for testcase execution.
I think this feature isn´t implemented yet in testlink.
But I saw that in the user_assignements table a deadline dield is available.
Is this feature planned in future?
At the moment I started to write a "plugin" to add deadlines to testcases.
The database table user_assignments has a field feature_id. Can anyone tell me how this field is linked to a testcase or testcase version?

[fman]

surely feature is planned by any help will be ok.

For the other part of question, best thing to do 99% is testcase id,
but due to you are developing, doing a couple of tests and seeing what if wrote to db is not difficult

[jan]

So i cruised a bit throgh the project and Database structure and wrote a little "plugin" for assigning deadlines to testcases and and a "timesheet" view for testers, where testcases are sorted by deadline timestamp.
At the moment it is for sure alpha version.
I wrote it as a "plugin" with extra table for deadlines and all functions in separate new classes (of course a lot of copy of existing files). This is just to easily plug it to a new version of testlink.
If there is any place for plugins i could contribute the functions to the project when the functions have prooved to be stable.

[fman]

0. thanks for your help

1. please create issue for feature request on mantis
2. attach your code for Code Review (your code must be compliant with our standards)
3. any DB change / new table must be NOT MYSQL SPECIFIC, but cross DBMS compatible (no enum fields, just as example)


regards

[havlatm]

The feature was already implemented in TL 1.0.4 - 1.6. It was milestones. However it was not redesigned for 1.7. There is
http://www.testlink.org/mantis/view.php?id=1114

Use the issue as discussion point. Your description before development is really appreciate. We can offer a valuable review.