Replace meta issues with a solution

Description

Meta issues are normal issues that we use to organise ourselves. They are hard to maintain, require manual updating and little organised.

We should replace them with a native solution. This solution should (eventually) have the same benefits:

  • collects issues with metadata
  • allows for reordering, prioritization
  • allows for additional meta-data, in the form of a markdown field, for example
  • supports issues cross-projects
  • allows for comments

I have some obvious proposal below, I'm not sure what the best solution is.

Proposals

1: Wait for issue boards based on milestones

  • PRO: This allows us to see the categories in lists
  • MISS: no reordering on short term
  • MISS: no conversation possible on the issue board
  • MISS: no group level yet
  • MISS: no additional meta data to indicate overal priorities, other notes, links

2: Expand milestones

  • Mostly the same as above, but without the categorization and with the meta data.

3: New thing: Dynamic issue tables

Dynamic issue tables would allow you to have a table with a subset of issues inside of a markdown field. You'd only enter the issue links and it would make a table of those issues, allowing you to change their metadata and reorder them at will. Maybe even filter and sort.

  • PRO: No new abstractions
  • PRO: Can use existing issues for everything else
  • MISS: No additional benefits, still requires a single meta issue

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Edited May 19, 2022 by Coung Ngo
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