[LON-CAPA-dev] 2.0.99.1 pre-announce

[Guy Albertelli II]

Hi All,

Can people double check and make sure I ddin;t do anything stupid in
this announcement?

(I got the SLES mentions in, removed the SuSe 9.2 mentions and correct
the filename silliness from the 2.0.99.0 announce.)

New Release Candidate Version 2.0.99.1 Released

Things are starting to come together.

Couple of small changes are still planned, but this release will likely
be put on the MSU servers.

Notable Bug Fixes since 2.0.99.0:
- public access should get the desired language correct
- whats new faster for people with lots of discussion to read
- EditXML & Edit of problems in CSTR will warn you if you are about 
   to lose unsaved changes
- uploading scores from csv checks that storage succeeded
- <displayweight /> now correctly ignores hidden parts 
- csv upload of scores works better with blank records
- portfolio metadata editor more consistent, easier to use
- DC select course link works again
- answer only prints path correctly and no longer print the copyright line 
  over top the last answer
- student names sort case-insensitively in all STAT/CHRT/SPRS displays
- when retrieving sort file list into version number order
- <parse> was incorrectly outputting text in answer mode
- partially correct problem handle correct in GRDS screen 
  (in external or spreadsheet modes)

To install this update:

1) You will need to be running Fedora Core 2 or 3 or 4, RHEL ES 4, 
      SuSe 9.3, or SLES 9


2) If running Fedora, use yum to update your machine and then install the
      LONCAPA-prerequisites (if not already installed).

yum update
yum install LONCAPA-prerequisites

    If running SuSe or SLES, use you to update your machine.
    if running RHEL, use up2date to update your machine.



3) Download the new Lon-CAPA tarball from
wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-2.0.99.1.tar.gz

and untar it

tar xzvf loncapa-2.0.99.1.tar.gz



4) Run the UPDATE script as root
cd loncapa-2.0.99.1
su
./UPDATE



5) restart the Lon-CAPA system services
/etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol start

6) restart the webserver:

Fedora/Red Hat Enterprise:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start

SuSe / SLES:
/etc/init.d/apache stop
/etc/init.d/apache 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


-- 
guy@albertelli.com   0-7-1-8-27,137