Cleanup of the Feature Request Section

[primeval_god]

Considering posts like the above, maybe at some point the Feature Requests forum deserves a cleanup. It would make it easier for people, especially new users and those coming in from searches, to know what feature requests are still valid. Can moderators mark a topic as Solved or is it only the original poster? Or maybe there should be another subforum called completed?

[JonathanM]

Feel free to report topic posts that are complete, or reference duplicate requests where the threads should be merged.

 

@SpencerJ, if you could please create the "Completed" subforum along with unscheduled and boneyard , it would provide a good destination.

[SpencerJ]

On 11/19/2023 at 6:46 PM, JonathanM said:

Feel free to report topic posts that are complete, or reference duplicate requests where the threads should be merged.

 

@SpencerJ, if you could please create the "Completed" subforum along with unscheduled and boneyard , it would provide a good destination.

 

Good idea, thanks. Here you go!

 

https://forums.unraid.net/forum/109-completed/

[JonathanM]

Thanks!

@primeval_god, when you have the time and inclination, feel free to report posts that should be moved or merged, and us moderators will work through your reports whenever we can.

[primeval_god]

@JonathanM Just to be clear when you say report, do you mean using the forum report function or ping a mod from the thread?

[JonathanM]

1 minute ago, primeval_god said:

@JonathanM Just to be clear when you say report, do you mean using the forum report function or ping a mod from the thread?

forum report.

top right of first post, three dots, "Report"

reason, "Please move to completed"

or, "Please merge with http://forums.unraid.net/topic/(blahblahblah)"

[primeval_god]

Thats what i thought just wanted to make sure

 

[JonathanM]

2 hours ago, SpencerJ said:

Here you go!

Currently moderators are not able to move threads to subforums. I didn't realize that when I made the request. Could you please investigate?

 

Thanks!

[SpencerJ]

51 minutes ago, JonathanM said:

Currently moderators are not able to move threads to subforums. I didn't realize that when I made the request. Could you please investigate?

 

Thanks!

Will do. I’m traveling today but will adjust tomorrow am. 

[SpencerJ]

21 hours ago, JonathanM said:

Currently moderators are not able to move threads to subforums. I didn't realize that when I made the request. Could you please investigate?

 

Thanks!

 

Should be good now but please let me know if other permissions need to be adjusted.

[JonathanM]

4 minutes ago, SpencerJ said:

 

Should be good now but please let me know if other permissions need to be adjusted.

Can you confirm we are allowed to merge threads in both feature requests and completed?

[SpencerJ]

12 minutes ago, JonathanM said:

Can you confirm we are allowed to merge threads in both feature requests and completed?

 

Yes, I just tested both Move and Merge as a Mod

[JonathanM]

Awesome, thanks!

 

@primeval_god, queu up some more!

[primeval_god]

@JonathanM @SpencerJ Bit of a semantics question here, what should i do with "Feature Requests" that are solved by functionality available in a plugin? My thought would be move them to completed unless the request is specifically to integrate the functionality (or plugin) into unRAID itself.

Also what about requests that weren't really completed so much as they already existed and the user just needed to be pointed to the functionality?

 

p.s. Happy Thanksgiving

[JonathanM]

7 hours ago, primeval_god said:

what should i do with "Feature Requests" that are solved by functionality available in a plugin?

Considering that Community Apps was an optional plugin until just recently, I'd say a maintained plugin fulfills the feature request. If the plugin isn't kept compatible with new versions of Unraid, then the feature request would be unfulfilled.

 

Yeah, I know I didn't answer the question.

 

Requests that already existed should definitely be moved to the completed section, that way an intelligent reader should be able to infer that the listed feature is already available. Newly posted feature requests for the same item can just be merged into the existing completed thread.