[LON-CAPA-admin] New Release Version 0.5.1

[Guy Albertelli II]

New Version 0.5.1

Notable Bugfixes:
- CHRT properly updates
- STAT works as expected
- Multipart problems prentending studenta can get Part 0 correct
- multiple printing issues fixed
- <import> problems getting parms correctly now
- simple RAT bugfixes


To install this update:

1) Please have 0.5 installed.



2) Make sure you have dvips installed

For Readht 7.3 this is in the RPM
tetex-dvips-1.0.7-47.i386.rpm

For Redhat 7.2 this is in the RPM
tetex-dvips-1.0.7-30.i386.rpm

For Redhat 6.2 this is in the RPM
tetex-dvips-1.0.6-11.1.i386.rpm



2) Download the new LON-CAPA tarball from
wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-0.5.1.tar.gz

and untar it

tar xzvf loncapa-0.5.1.tar.gz






3) Run the UPDATE script as root
cd loncapa-0.5.1
su
./UPDATE






4) restart the system services
/etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol start
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start



----NOTES
1) Many questions are answered at http://help.lon-capa.org
2) Defects reports, and enhancements requests can be entered at
   http://bugs.lon-capa.org
3) Mailing lists can be joined and left at http://mail.lon-capa.org



---- Complete list  of fixes
Things to fix in a new stable

- part 0 problems in spreadsheet
    - backport lonnet 1.274
    - backport lonparmset 1.65

- printing issues
    - optionresponse 1.46
    - caparesponse 1.53-5
    - structuretags 1.104-9
    - randomlabel 1.35/6

- STAT works as expected
    - backport mydesk.tab 1.29

- <import> not retrieving settings
    - backport lonnet 1.276,7

- cusr errors
    - loncreateuser 1.42
    - backport lonnet 1.272
    - fixed backport of loncreateuser 1.42

- <library> editability
   - insertlist.tab 1.29
   - structuretags 1.104-9

- more printing
    - lonxml (Comment/tex symbol fixes) 1.188/9
    - londefdef 1.86

- simple rat fix
   - lonratedt backport 1.33

- after editing, can't hit publish in either RAT
   - browser issue

- <library> tag editing disfunctional
    - structuretags 1.110

- navmaps, not looking at finish sequences
    - lonnavmaps backport 1.44
    - lonpage.pm 1.45

- chrt screwups
    - loncoursedata 1.21-9
    - lonstudentassessment 1.9-11
    - backport lonnet 1.275
    - lonstatistics 1.47 + backport 1.50
    - lonproblemstatistics 1.31-2

- lond connections
    - backport lond 1.93

- <randomlist> prints properl
    - structuretags.pm 1.111

- prining sequences with blanks in them fails
    - lonprintout.pm 1.53 backport

- RAT fixes
   - backport lonratedt 1.34 part of

- more printing fixes
   - lonxml 1.190-2
   - caparesponse 1.56-7

- printing from CSTR broke
   - structuretags.pm 1.112

- text gets big when printed
   - londefdef 1.87

- SUBM get correct status info now
   - grades.pm 1.47

- spreadsheet caching errors
   - lonspreadsheet external patch from Matthew

- menu fxes, to enable ->CTR functionality, and to fix location having symbs
   - backport menu.html 1.67 and 1.69

- some tags aren't always checking for target tex when they should
   - structuretags.pm 1.113
-- 
guy at albertelli.com
Guy Albertelli