Add setting to set today as the start date for new issues. #355

Patch contributed by Bruno Medeiros on http://www.redmine.org/issues/2277

app/controllers/issues_controller.rb

@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ private
       render_error l(:error_no_tracker_in_project)
       return false
     end
-    @issue.start_date ||= User.current.today
+    @issue.start_date ||= User.current.today if Setting.issue_startdate_is_adddate?
     if params[:issue].is_a?(Hash)
       @issue.safe_attributes = params[:issue]
       if User.current.allowed_to?(:add_issue_watchers, @project) && @issue.new_record?

app/views/settings/_issues.rhtml

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 <p><%= setting_check_box :display_subprojects_issues %></p>
 
+<p><%= setting_check_box :issue_startdate_is_adddate %></p>
+
 <p><%= setting_select :issue_done_ratio, Issue::DONE_RATIO_OPTIONS.collect {|i| [l("setting_issue_done_ratio_#{i}"), i]} %></p>
 
 <p><%= setting_text_field :issues_export_limit, :size => 6 %></p>

config/locales/de.yml

@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ de:
   setting_start_of_week: Wochenanfang
   setting_rest_api_enabled: REST-Schnittstelle aktivieren
   setting_cache_formatted_text: Formatierten Text im Cache speichern
+  setting_issue_startdate_is_adddate: Neue Tickets haben "Heute" als Anfangsdatum
 
   permission_add_project: Projekt erstellen
   permission_add_subprojects: Unterprojekte erstellen

config/locales/en-GB.yml

@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ en-GB:
   setting_commit_logtime_enabled: Enable time logging
   setting_commit_logtime_activity_id: Activity for logged time
   setting_gantt_items_limit: Maximum number of items displayed on the gantt chart
+  setting_issue_startdate_is_adddate: Use current date as start date for new issues
 
   permission_add_project: Create project
   permission_add_subprojects: Create subprojects

config/locales/en.yml

@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ en:
   setting_commit_logtime_enabled: Enable time logging
   setting_commit_logtime_activity_id: Activity for logged time
   setting_gantt_items_limit: Maximum number of items displayed on the gantt chart
+  setting_issue_startdate_is_adddate: Use current date as start date for new issues
 
   permission_add_project: Create project
   permission_add_subprojects: Create subprojects

config/locales/fr.yml

@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ fr:
   setting_commit_logtime_enabled: Permettre la saisie de temps
   setting_commit_logtime_activity_id: Activité pour le temps saisi
   setting_gantt_items_limit: Nombre maximum d'éléments affichés sur le gantt
+  setting_issue_startdate_is_adddate: Utiliser "aujourd'hui" comme début pour les nouvelles demandes
 
   permission_add_project: Créer un projet
   permission_add_subprojects: Créer des sous-projets

config/locales/pt-BR.yml

@@ -909,6 +909,7 @@ pt-BR:
   setting_rest_api_enabled: Habilitar REST web service
   label_missing_api_access_key: Chave de acesso a API faltando
   label_missing_feeds_access_key: Chave de acesso ao RSS faltando
+  setting_issue_startdate_is_adddate: Usar data corrente como data inicial para novas tarefas
   text_line_separated: Múltiplos valores permitidos (uma linha para cada valor).
   setting_mail_handler_body_delimiters: Truncar e-mails após uma destas linhas
   permission_add_subprojects: Criar subprojetos

config/settings.yml

@@ -178,3 +178,5 @@ default_notification_option:
   default: 'only_my_events'
 emails_header:
   default: ''
+issue_startdate_is_adddate:
+  default: 1