Index: app/models/issue.rb
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--- app/models/issue.rb	(revisão 1421)
+++ app/models/issue.rb	(cópia de trabalho)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
   acts_as_event :title => Proc.new {|o| "#{o.tracker.name} ##{o.id}: #{o.subject}"},
                 :url => Proc.new {|o| {:controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => o.id}}                
   
-  validates_presence_of :subject, :description, :priority, :project, :tracker, :author, :status
+  validates_presence_of :subject, :priority, :project, :tracker, :author, :status
   validates_length_of :subject, :maximum => 255
   validates_inclusion_of :done_ratio, :in => 0..100
   validates_numericality_of :estimated_hours, :allow_nil => true
Index: app/views/issues/_form.rhtml
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--- app/views/issues/_form.rhtml	(revisão 1421)
+++ app/views/issues/_form.rhtml	(cópia de trabalho)
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 <div id="issue_descr_fields" <%= 'style="display:none"' unless @issue.new_record? || @issue.errors.any? %>>
 <p><%= f.text_field :subject, :size => 80, :required => true %></p>
-<p><%= f.text_area :description, :required => true,
+<p><%= f.text_area :description,
                    :cols => 60,
                    :rows => (@issue.description.blank? ? 10 : [[10, @issue.description.length / 50].max, 100].min),
                    :accesskey => accesskey(:edit),
Index: test/unit/issue_test.rb
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--- test/unit/issue_test.rb	(revisão 1421)
+++ test/unit/issue_test.rb	(cópia de trabalho)
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ class IssueTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     issue.reload
     assert_equal 1.5, issue.estimated_hours
   end
+
+  def test_create_with_empty_description
+    issue = Issue.new(:project_id => 1, :tracker_id => 1, :author_id => 3, :status_id => 1, :priority => Enumeration.get_values('IPRI').first, :subject => 'test_create', :estimated_hours => '1:30')
+    assert issue.save
+  end
   
   def test_category_based_assignment
     issue = Issue.create(:project_id => 1, :tracker_id => 1, :author_id => 3, :status_id => 1, :priority => Enumeration.get_values('IPRI').first, :subject => 'Assignment test', :description => 'Assignment test', :category_id => 1)