Comment 7 for bug 501228

On 28 June 2010 17:54, Paul Harrison <email address hidden> wrote:
> Darton now displays correctly. Bachuss Wood does not have an end date
> for its time as a canton.

Yes, I think this is a major design problem - that the interface
assumes absolute dates can be researched, and really I'm not convinced
they are. In most cases it's a case of the data has been lost due to
lack of recordeing, but in some cases, I think it the ceremonial
process may have been insufficiently formal that no clear date can be
determined.

I suspect the group history dates bit needs complete rethinking. This
sounds like a big job to me, and I suspect one no-one is willing to do
right now. (and I'd prefer the gratian awards dialog redesign was
implemented earlier anyway)

Is there an easy way to make Bacchus Wood (or any other entry with a
former status with no details, or only fuzzy date details) display
only it's shire status for now as a temporary fix?

This page:
http://www.sca.org.au/canon/branch.php?show=subs&id=3
does something funky to determine the current status of groups, and as
far as I can tell, gets them all correct except perhaps Krae Glas (not
on the list - wonder if any other shires are missing too?)

If it's not quick then, I'll just have to not enter branch statuses
with fuzzy dates until I know firm dates. (which is how the majority
of the database is).

Teffania
p.s. My non-programmer brain says the solution to this is to have a
current group status tickbox/tag in gratian and let the smart human
decide which is hte current status, rather than the very linear
computer. but I think I might be thinking to literally.