What is the best way to add comments to track progress on projects and mark tasks as Canceled/Wont'do?

[trincadour]

I recently found out about Super Productivity while searching for an unrelated feature in TickTick (exporting comments). Right now, I'm checking it out as an open source alternative.

I like how the workflow is laid out, especially how scheduling is done. However, I am missing a feature: Comments!

This is more of a collaborative feature, found on some apps like TickTick, Trello, 2do, etc. However, it doubles as a way to log your progress as notes in a task. This use-case is alternatively called progress logging in org-mode (here's an example). There is an issue that mentions this as well (#2934).

While comments normally work at the task level, they are equally useful at the project level as well. In Super Productivity, the closest feature are Project Notes. They could be used, but since the editor takes the whole screen, they are more suited for longer notes rather than shorthand comments. Also, the current date and time need to be manually added to the title, and sorting manually may be needed.

Currently, tasks can mimic this functionality by tagging them with a #Log and marking them as done, since they will get shown as a comment when ending a day and at the Quick History view. However, manually adding the date and time to the task title is cumbersome, and reviewing previously done tasks is currently unwieldy (I think). The tag isn't shown as well. Am I missing some feature like a {today} date template or something like that?

Similarly, there isn't an option to mark tasks as Cancelled (a.k.a Won't Do) instead of Done. Since tags aren't shown in the quick history view or in the worklog, and this is only relevant when looking at previously done tasks for a project, I can't use them. Personally, I don't use this feature frequently, but once in a while it's a useful way to mark rejected ideas and such. Those tasks can be seen in a Kanban, however.

Also, adding a link to the subreddit in the README may be useful (although I couldn't find any related post there after I found it at another issue).

[OdeToOpenSource]

I think this is good idea. I still use Vikunja on top of super-productivity primarily due to the comments feature. Vikunja does commenting very well.

Use cases:
-Tracking of items/projects.

Example:
I ordered a teapot. I add it to Vikunja and wait for it to arrive. It is delayed, I add a comment saying - followed up on x date requesting update. Etcetera. Then have a log of the actions taken on what days, who the task is with. This is useful for recording keeping on progress made on a specific task.