dsccommunity / dsccommunity/ComputerManagementDsc
ScheduledTask: Consider removing default value for StartTime
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discussion
enhancement
help wanted
- Dominant language
- PowerShell
- Stars
- 338
- Forks
- 80
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Currently the StartTime parameter defaults to today's date. This requires some additional code to be included in Test-TargetResource to detect if a change is required or not.
It is also counter-intuitive given that some trigger types do not require a StartTime to be set and requires extra consideration.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the ScheduledTask resource's StartTime handling and the Test-TargetResource path mentioned in the issue. Check how trigger types behave when StartTime is omitted; done means the default-versus-optional behavior is decided and the resulting change-detection behavior is covered.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- devops, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100