[GitHub] alficles commented on issue #2502: The description is required for profiles

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alficles commented on issue #2502: The description is required for profiles
URL: https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/issues/2502#issuecomment-403605495
 
 
   Apparently, we're talking about not enough caffeine before writing bug tickets, cause you're right, that's totally not enough info. :)
   
   In Traffic Portal, the Description field is required for profiles. (I think it may also be marked unique, which is somewhat confusing.) In general, it's desirable for profiles to have descriptions, but there's not solid technical reason users should be required to put something in the box.
   
   Users already tend to put quite a bit of "information" in the name of the profile itself. In the wild, I've observed a tendency for the description to just be an unpacked version of the information in the name. That's fine, of course, but users should be free to choose whether they want to put something there.
   
   If we don't fix this, then we should probably fix the fact that when you copy a profile, the description is cleared, but the copy is successful. This means you don't need a description until you go to edit the profile for the second time.

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