From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Mon Jan 2 21:05:49 2006 From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Guy Albertelli II) Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 16:05:49 -0500 (EST) Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] For inclusion in 2.1.1 email me Message-ID: <200601022105.k02L5nC5010012@mileva.lite.msu.edu> Hi All, Now that a release is out. I'd really like it if when you make a change that should be iincluded/backported to the current release you send me an email. Thanks! -- guy@albertelli.com 0-7-1-8-27,137 From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Fri Jan 13 21:20:06 2006 From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Guy Albertelli II) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:20:06 -0500 (EST) Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] 2.1.1 pre announce Message-ID: <200601132120.k0DLK6aZ012231@mileva.lite.msu.edu> Hi All, let me know if you see any typos: New Version 2.1.1 Released - It's highly suggested to install this bugfix release. Notable Bug Fixes since 2.1.0: - doc,ppt etc. files switched back to 'showdoc' mode (rather than 'wrapper') - 'showdoc' files can be navigated now - "What's New" is available to IN and TA roles, and Custom Roles that are given the privledge - display of "What's New" can be configured on a per course basis - TA roles can no longer send broadcast messages or critical messages by default - Autoenroll now records a warning if a new username being added shares a student ID with a username already in the course in LON-CAPA, regardless - essay problems with no submissions provide useful feedback when in answer mode - the 'modify course documents' privledge is now need to modify simple problems - hidden resources no longer show up on the CLDR - CLDR items show up in time order - events that occur exactly at midnight were not showing up on the CLDR - problems occured when trying to view a COM message that had been sent by Lon-capa version 1.2 or older - some security updates to the COM screens - display of messages should be significantly faster for users with many roles - resources that have = in the filename, made it appear that other resources in the course were 'conditionally hidden' - directory publication of problems could, in some cases, cause problem to not end up with IDs assigned to s and <*response>s - printing improved - was defaulting to a width of 0 mm if one was unspecified - images inside of a table were shitfing to different cells - centering inside of a table cell was causing excess whitespace - the HTML Entites θ π ρ where beign treated as funtion calls - PGRD on a .problem in a .page was not working To install this update: 1) You will need to be running Fedora Core 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-2.1.1.tar.gz and untar it tar xzvf loncapa-2.1.1.tar.gz 4) Run the UPDATE script as root cd loncapa-2.1.1 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 From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Fri Jan 13 21:35:28 2006 From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Guy Albertelli II) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:35:28 -0500 (EST) Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] 2.1.1 pre-announce (now with fewer typos) Message-ID: <200601132135.k0DLZSEw012338@mileva.lite.msu.edu> Hi All, okay some typos eradicated. New Version 2.1.1 Released - It's highly suggested to install this bugfix release. Notable Bug Fixes since 2.1.0: - doc,ppt etc. files switched back to 'showdoc' mode (rather than 'wrapper') - 'showdoc' files can be navigated now - "What's New" is available to IN and TA roles, and Custom Roles that are given the privledge - display of "What's New" can be configured on a per course basis - "What's New" page display correct count of course messages again - TA roles can no longer send broadcast messages or critical messages by default - Autoenroll now records a warning if a new username that is being added shares a student ID with a username already in the course in LON-CAPA - essay problems with no submissions provide useful feedback when in answer mode - the 'modify course documents' privilege is now need to modify simple problems - hidden resources no longer show up on the CLDR - CLDR items show up in time order - events that occur exactly at midnight were not showing up on the CLDR - problems occured when trying to view a COM message that had been sent by Lon-capa version 1.2 or older - some security updates to the COM screens - display of messages should be significantly faster for users with many roles - resources that have = in the filename, made it appear that other resources in the course were 'conditionally hidden' - directory publication of problems could, in some cases, cause problem to not end up with IDs assigned to s and <*response>s -
printing improved - was defaulting to a width of 0 mm if one was unspecified - images inside of a table were shitfing to different cells - centering inside of a table cell was causing excess whitespace - the HTML Entites θ π ρ where beign treated as being function calls - PGRD on a .problem in a .page was not working To install this update: 1) You will need to be running Fedora Core 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-2.1.1.tar.gz and untar it tar xzvf loncapa-2.1.1.tar.gz 4) Run the UPDATE script as root cd loncapa-2.1.1 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 From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Tue Jan 17 17:49:24 2006 From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Guy Albertelli II) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:49:24 -0500 (EST) Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] Mmeetin Notes 1-17-2006 Message-ID: <200601171749.k0HHnOer016339@mileva.lite.msu.edu> 1/17/2006 Jeremy - LON-CAPA installed - machine hooked into the dev cluster A- take a look at bugs Mark - got nothin' A- grants and papers and bears oh my! Rick - figuring where and what to change for instructor file returns A- continuing work on instructor file returns Stuart - ticketing activity - whatsnnew - message counts not displayed - batchcourse create last/first naem info for new course owners unset - student photos fetcing from ais - add aggreement text to lonpopulate - some problems with an attempted install on SLES - conf reg form can specify you want to arrange own accom - FIE abstract A- student photos stuff - eliminate the SUSE errors - all in one CHECKRPMS - reverse proxy server - course groups - user account maintenance, missing IDs/names etc, roles that should expire etc Felicia - conference planning start - thedump meeting went well - new features course - accessibility on student first pass occurred on Gerd's course A- wrapping up stuff conf etc. - looking for more courses to do an accessibility pass on Guy - 2.1.1 went out yea! A- bugs bugs - cse101 - xml upload creation of parameters - lond - busy wait for lock of db files - lonc - look at making massively multi domain machines work more better - QTI - think about new features meeting Ron - some attempted cleanups to handling tables (

in a table and preventing wrapfigure from being used) Gerd - wording updates to trackstudent -- guy@albertelli.com 0-7-1-8-27,137 From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Fri Jan 27 17:04:08 2006 From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Guy Albertelli II) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:04:08 -0500 (EST) Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] Anything else for 2.1.2 Message-ID: <200601271704.k0RH48TC030010@mileva.lite.msu.edu> Hi All, I haven't gotten many 'include this in 2.1.2' emails. Is there anything I should have included that's been committed? -- guy@albertelli.com 0-7-1-8-27,137 From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Fri Jan 27 20:01:50 2006 From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Guy Albertelli II) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:01:50 -0500 (EST) Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] heads up on lonnet.pm Message-ID: <200601272001.k0RK1o3o000362@mileva.lite.msu.edu> Just a heads up, If you try using the latest version of lonnet.pm You will also need to have the latest version of both loncnew, and LondConnection.pm installed. If you have any problems with these let me know. -- guy@albertelli.com 0-7-1-8-27,137 From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Fri Jan 27 21:33:44 2006 From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Jim Maxka) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:33:44 -0700 Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] heads up on lonnet.pm In-Reply-To: <200601272001.k0RK1o3o000362@mileva.lite.msu.edu> References: <200601272001.k0RK1o3o000362@mileva.lite.msu.edu> Message-ID: <43DA91B8.3090808@nau.edu> Hi Guy -- Where do we get the latest versions of these?  -- Jim

Guy Albertelli II wrote:

Just a heads up,

If you try using the latest version of lonnet.pm

You will also need to have the latest version of both loncnew, and
LondConnection.pm installed.

If you have any problems with these let me know.

  
From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Fri Jan 27 21:52:27 2006 From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Guy Albertelli II) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:52:27 -0500 (EST) Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] heads up on lonnet.pm In-Reply-To: <43DA91B8.3090808@nau.edu> Message-ID: <200601272152.k0RLqR60002803@mileva.lite.msu.edu> Hi Jim, > Where do we get the latest versions of these? Note that this email is on the -dev list for a reason. You don't want these changes on a production machine. If you are running a lon-capa software development server, you get these changes like all other dev changes, cvs. Let me know if you need any help using cvs. -- guy@albertelli.com 0-7-1-8-27,137 From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Sat Jan 28 01:13:24 2006 From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Guy Albertelli II) Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:13:24 -0500 (EST) Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] per-announce on 2.1.2 Message-ID: <200601280113.k0S1DOcl007153@mileva.lite.msu.edu> Let me know where my english has sucked New Version 2.1.2 Released - It's highly suggested to install this bugfix and security release. Notable Bug Fixes since 2.1.1: - no longer complain about missing lonnet.perm.log - on SuSE/SLES look for httpd.conf in the correct location - loncron now pokes lonc/d/apache to do a nightly reload to reinit the DNS lookup caches - metadata cahce wasn't being invalidate on republication of a resource - batch course creation - performance fixes to grading bridge tasks - portfolio and grading of portfolio submissions support files with zero or several . in their name - survey problems were polluting the grading queue - printing in closed problems could cause print failures - in a .sty environment was incorrectly randomizing - CLDR could blow up on some types of parameters - course cloning could decided to not move date paramters at all if a global problem open data wasn't set - fixed some security concerns with FDBK - ext resource ending in .html failed to print properly - mail counts really do show up on the What's New page - publishing a directory as 'mark everything obsolete' works To install this update: 1) You will need to be running Fedora Core 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-2.1.2.tar.gz and untar it tar xzvf loncapa-2.1.2.tar.gz 4) Run the UPDATE script as root cd loncapa-2.1.2 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