Comment 1 for bug 666387

Hello Carlos Almeida,

I totally agree with you that field is redefined in hr_contract module.

Reason is : hr_contract adds more functionality to field "Marital Status" by setting it many2one so you can add more statuses if needed.

Installing hr module only, includes "Marital Status" as selection field. You cannot add new status in it.
hr_contract module comes with this facility.

However, this really needs improvement. As far as stable is concerned, we cannot add/remove fields so easily.
So, it has been improved in trunk.

You may check the RC1 release of OpenERP from http://www.openerp.com/downloads.

Hope this clears.
Thanks.