Calendar 2.5 released

[russellhltn]

And on top of that, what they describe as a "reservation" sounds like behavior that can only be attributed to an actual event; that's certainly not how reservations/restrictions have ever worked.

I think they were describing how people thought reservations worked but failed to say that it's not an accurate representation on how reservations in the calender worked - hence the name change.

My suggestion:

An important change for the 2.5 release is Restrictions (formerly Reservations). A "Restriction" is a block of time where a building/location is assigned to a unit. During that time, only the assigned unit may schedule events in that building. Use of the word "reservation" was giving a false impression that the building/location was reserved for a specific organization or event.

There's no point in describing what a reservation is when the calendar "reservation" system doesn't, and never has, done it.

[aebrown]

My suggestion:

An important change for the 2.5 release is Restrictions (formerly Reservations). A "Restriction" is a block of time where a building/location is assigned to a unit. During that time, only the assigned unit may schedule events in that building. Use of the word "reservation" was giving a false impression that the building/location was reserved for a specific organization or event.

That's a great start. I would adjust it slightly to avoid giving the false impression that a restriction applies only to an entire location (it can apply to a set of rooms or a location):

An important change for the 2.5 release is Restrictions (formerly Reservations). A "Restriction" is a block of time where a location/room is assigned to a unit. During that time, only the assigned unit may schedule events in that location/room. Use of the word "reservation" was giving a false impression that the location/room was reserved for a specific organization or event.

[russellhltn]

That's a great start. I would adjust it slightly to avoid giving the false impression that a restriction applies only to an entire location (it can apply to a set of rooms or a location):

An important change for the 2.5 release is Restrictions (formerly Reservations). A "Restriction" is a block of time where a location/room is assigned to a unit. During that time, only the assigned unit may schedule events in that location/room. Use of the word "reservation" was giving a false impression that the location/room was reserved for a specific organization or event.

Works for me.