[LON-CAPA-dev] 2.1.3 pre-announce

[Guy Albertelli II]

Hi All,

2.1.3 pre announce, any typos? bad english?
New Version 2.1.3 Released


- It's highly suggested to install this bugfix release.


Notable Bug Fixes since 2.1.2:
- search database was not being correctly built, such that many resources
  were not being included
- 'View Student Activity' data processing is 30-60 times faster
- course with large numbers of map conditions are evaluated significantly
  faster
- lond supports highly contended files correctly
- connecting to institutional student photo support improved 
  and fully functional
- scantron grading, the Unique CODE checking is now actually running 
  when it option is selected


Minor Bug Fixes since 2.1.2:
- added student photos to the enrollment screen if enabled
- searching multidomain machines correctly return results for a specific
  domain on the machine
- bridgetask grading screen easier to use
- can now do a bridgetask regrading of a specific user
- bridgetask grading queue screen easier to read
- CSV grade upload correctly ignores blank lines in the uploaded file
- simple problems when printed had extra blank lines inserted
- slots now honor the 'Reservation allowed start time'
- some issues with Apache 2 have been fixed
- <instructorcomment>s are now hidden when print CODEd exams
- searching specific domain works correctly
- slot management can now only show slots whose names matches a substring
- slot reservation now correctly denies access to slots that have
  overlapping 'Unique Periods'
- slot reservation system no longer allows users to deregister for a slot
  that is closed
- slot management allows instructors to quickly 'Remove All' users from
  a slot
- display of users in slot screens and bridgetask grading screens includes
  both username and full name
- some external URLs were not being properly handled


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-2.1.3.tar.gz

and untar it

tar xzvf loncapa-2.1.3.tar.gz



4) Run the UPDATE script as root
cd loncapa-2.1.3
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

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