[rt-users] Difference between Parent/Child and Depends on/Depended on by?

[Kenneth Crocker]

Richard,


	There is also another difference. In the LINKS table, the "TYPE" of 
link maintained for a ticket is also different. In a situation where 
there is a Parent/Child relationship, the type is defined as "MembersOf" 
and if it is a DependsOn relationship, then the type is defined as 
"DependsOn". This would be important when creating a search. Hope this 
helps.

Kenn
LBNL

On 9/22/2008 7:35 AM, Richard Hartmann wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 15:03, Stephen Turner <sturner at mit.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Parent/child simply describes a relationship between tickets (children
>> belong to parent). Depends on enforces a rule - the depended on ticket must
>> be resolved before its dependent tickets can be resolved.
> 
> So basically, parent/child sit between the strong Depend and the weak
> Refer. Not sure if that is useful in any application, but I now know
> that I don't need it for my workflows.
> 
> 
> Thanks :)
> Richard
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