[LON-CAPA-dev] Draft of release notes for 2.8.1
Sean Wolf
lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org
Sun, 17 May 2009 15:29:18 -0600
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Hi Stuart,
Do we know when the bug where jsMath doesn't get rendered properly in
LON-CAPA <window>'s will be fixed? Just wondering if you got that bug fix
request or not.
Thanks,
Sean
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Stuart Raeburn <raeburn@msu.edu> wrote:
> Let me know if you see anything missing, or in need of changing, in the
> draft version of the 2.8.1 release notes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stuart Raeburn
> MSU LON-CAPA group
>
> *****
>
> New Version 2.8.1 Released
>
> This is primarily a bug fix release for version 2.8.0
> It is recommended to update 2.8.0 installations with 2.8.1
>
> Changes from 2.8.0
>
> Bug fixes for 2.8.0-specific bugs
>
> - Upload of files to bridgetasks is possible again when no allowed
> filetypes have been specified.
> - Information about student-scheduled slots is visible again to students.
> - The table view of resource parameters is available again for resources
> with author-specified parameter descriptions which contain [].
> - Formularesponse problems will permit the submission of non-vector answers
> including commas, if the required answer is a set, i.e., if the submission
> is of the form {a,b,c,d}.
> - Display of user lists, filtered by status, is possible again for
> languages besides English.
> - An external resource linking to a web page from a SSL web server again
> retains the https protocol in the stored link.
>
>
> Bug fixes for other general bugs
> - UPDATE used to install/update LON-CAPA now prompts for protocol in use
> (i.e., http or https) on the server.
> - Script to stop/start/restart LON-CAPA daemons is now customized for
> different distros for better reporting of firewall status of the port used
> for internal LON-CAPA communication between servers
> - E-mail address(es) for recipients of server status e-mail generated by
> nightly run of loncron.pl can be set via "Contacts" setting in DC's Domain
> Configuration menu.
> - Files linked to in an uploaded html file (and which a CC uploaded in the
> check for embedded objects/links) are now set to be viewable when the html
> file itself is accessed.
> - Verification of valid HTML no longer occurs when displaying style files
> in construction space.
> - The script used to a generate certificate signing request for SSL-enabled
> internal LON-CAPA communication runs within /home/httpd/lonCerts.
> - If a user needs to create a user account to self enroll in a course, the
> user's domain will be the domain of the course.
> - Faster collation of course roles and sections employed when generating
> options used in a Course Coordinator's inline course role selector.
> - TTH is always used to render a right arrow in the Reaction Editor pop-up
> (to circumvent jsMath issue).
> - Files accepted by default by DropBox now include additional MSOffice
> extensions: docx, xlsx, pptx
>
> Installation Notes:
>
> To use this release you need to have version 1-12 of LONCAPA-prerequisites
> installed (this is the same version as used with LON-CAPA 2.7). If updating
> directly from 2.7 you will need to update the version of perl-DateTime
> installed on your server to perl-DateTime-0.4304-1.
>
> To install this update:
>
> 1) You will need to be running Fedora Core 6, 7, 8, or 9, RHEL (AS|ES) 4 or
> 5, SUSE 10.1 10.2 or 10.3, SLES 9 or 10, CentOS 5, Scientific Linux 5
> .(Fedora Core 5 should continue to work but is deprecated.)
>
> 2) Update rpms:
>
> (a) Fedora
> yum update
>
> (b) RedHat Enterprise 4
>
> up2date -u perl-DateTime
>
> (c) Red Hat 5/Centos 5/Scientific Linux 5
>
> yum update
>
> (d) SuSE/SLES
>
> Use yast-> Installation Source to refresh the LON-CAPA repository
> Use yast->Software Management->Search to update perl-DateTime
>
> On all distributions, it is recommended that you check that you have
> the correct versions of LONCAPA-prerequisites and perl-DateTime
> installed before proceeding.
>
> rpm -q LONCAPA-prerequisites
>
> should report:
> LONCAPA-prerequisites-1-12.X
>
> rpm -q perl-DateTime
>
> should report:
> perl-DateTime-0.4304-1.X
>
> (where X is a distro identifier e.g., fc7.lc)
>
> 3) Download the new LON-CAPA tarball from
> wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-2.8.1.tar.gz
>
> and untar it
>
> tar xzvf loncapa-2.8.1.tar.gz
>
>
> 4) stop the LON-CAPA system services
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol stop
>
>
> 5) stop the webserver:
>
> Fedora/RHEL/Centos/Scientific Linux
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop
>
> SLES 9:
> /etc/init.d/apache stop
>
> SUSE 10.1,2,3/SLES 10:
> /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
>
>
> 6) Run the UPDATE script as root
> cd loncapa-2.8.1
> su
> ./UPDATE
>
>
>
> 7) restart the LON-CAPA system services
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol start
>
>
> 8) restart the webserver:
>
> Fedora/RHEL/Centos/Scientific Linux
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start
>
> SLES 9:
> /etc/init.d/apache start
>
> SUSE 10.1,2,3/SLES 10:
> /etc/init.d/apache2 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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>
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Hi Stuart,<br><br>Do we know when the bug where jsMath doesn't get rend=
ered properly in LON-CAPA <window>'s will be fixed?=A0 Just wonde=
ring if you got that bug fix request or not.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Sean<br><br>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Stuart Raeburn =
<span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:raeburn@msu.edu">raeburn@msu.edu</a=
>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-le=
ft: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: =
1ex;">
Let me know if you see anything missing, or in need of changing, in the dra=
ft version of the 2.8.1 release notes.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Stuart Raeburn<br>
MSU LON-CAPA group<br>
<br>
*****<br>
<br>
New Version 2.8.1 Released<br>
<br>
This is primarily a bug fix release for version 2.8.0<br>
It is recommended to update 2.8.0 installations with 2.8.1<br>
<br>
Changes from 2.8.0<br>
<br>
Bug fixes for 2.8.0-specific bugs<br>
<br>
- Upload of files to bridgetasks is possible again when no allowed filetype=
s have been specified.<br>
- Information about student-scheduled slots is visible again to students.<b=
r>
- The table view of resource parameters is available again for resources wi=
th author-specified parameter descriptions which contain [].<br>
- Formularesponse problems will permit the submission of non-vector answers=
including commas, if the required answer is a set, i.e., if the submission=
is of the form {a,b,c,d}.<br>
- Display of user lists, filtered by status, is possible again for language=
s besides English.<br>
- An external resource linking to a web page from a SSL web server again re=
tains the https protocol in the stored link.<br>
<br>
<br>
Bug fixes for other general bugs<br>
- UPDATE used to install/update LON-CAPA now prompts for protocol in use (i=
.e., http or https) on the server.<br>
- Script to stop/start/restart LON-CAPA daemons is now customized for diffe=
rent distros for better reporting of firewall status of the port used for i=
nternal LON-CAPA communication between servers<br>
- E-mail address(es) for recipients of server status e-mail generated by ni=
ghtly run of loncron.pl can be set via "Contacts" setting in DC&#=
39;s Domain Configuration menu.<br>
- Files linked to in an uploaded html file (and which a CC uploaded in the =
check for embedded objects/links) are now set to be viewable when the html =
file itself is accessed.<br>
- Verification of valid HTML no longer occurs when displaying style files i=
n construction space.<br>
- The script used to a generate certificate signing request for SSL-enabled=
internal LON-CAPA communication runs within /home/httpd/lonCerts.<br>
- If a user needs to create a user account to self enroll in a course, the =
user's domain will be the domain of the course.<br>
- Faster collation of course roles and sections employed when generating op=
tions used in a Course Coordinator's inline course role selector.<br>
- TTH is always used to render a right arrow in the Reaction Editor pop-up =
(to circumvent jsMath issue).<br>
- Files accepted by default by DropBox now include additional MSOffice exte=
nsions: docx, xlsx, pptx<br>
<br>
Installation Notes:<br>
<br>
To use this release you need to have version 1-12 of LONCAPA-prerequisites<=
br>
installed (this is the same version as used with LON-CAPA 2.7). If updating=
directly from 2.7 you will need to update the version of perl-DateTime ins=
talled on your server to perl-DateTime-0.4304-1.<br>
<br>
To install this update:<br>
<br>
1) You will need to be running Fedora Core 6, 7, 8, or 9, RHEL (AS|ES) 4 or=
5, SUSE 10.1 10.2 or 10.3, SLES 9 or 10, CentOS 5, Scientific Linux 5 .(Fe=
dora Core 5 should continue to work but is deprecated.)<br>
<br>
2) Update rpms:<br>
<br>
(a) Fedora<br>
yum update<br>
<br>
(b) RedHat Enterprise 4<br>
<br>
up2date -u perl-DateTime<br>
<br>
(c) Red Hat 5/Centos 5/Scientific Linux 5<br>
<br>
yum update<br>
<br>
(d) SuSE/SLES<br>
<br>
Use yast-> Installation Source to refresh the LON-CAPA repository<br>
Use yast->Software Management->Search to update perl-DateTime<br>
<br>
On all distributions, it is recommended that you check that you have<br>
the correct versions of LONCAPA-prerequisites and perl-DateTime<br>
installed before proceeding.<br>
<br>
rpm -q LONCAPA-prerequisites<br>
<br>
should report:<br>
LONCAPA-prerequisites-1-12.X<br>
<br>
rpm -q perl-DateTime<br>
<br>
should report:<br>
perl-DateTime-0.4304-1.X<br>
<br>
(where X is a distro identifier e.g., <a href=3D"http://fc7.lc" target=3D"_=
blank">fc7.lc</a>)<br>
<br>
3) Download the new LON-CAPA tarball from<br>
wget <a href=3D"http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-2.8.1.tar.gz" =
target=3D"_blank">http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-2.8.1.tar.gz=
</a><br>
<br>
and untar it<br>
<br>
tar xzvf loncapa-2.8.1.tar.gz<br>
<br>
<br>
4) stop the LON-CAPA system services<br>
<br>
/etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol stop<br>
<br>
<br>
5) stop the webserver:<br>
<br>
Fedora/RHEL/Centos/Scientific Linux<br>
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop<br>
<br>
SLES 9:<br>
/etc/init.d/apache stop<br>
<br>
SUSE 10.1,2,3/SLES 10:<br>
/etc/init.d/apache2 stop<br>
<br>
<br>
6) Run the UPDATE script as root<br>
cd loncapa-2.8.1<br>
su<br>
./UPDATE<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
7) restart the LON-CAPA system services<br>
/etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol start<br>
<br>
<br>
8) restart the webserver:<br>
<br>
Fedora/RHEL/Centos/Scientific Linux<br>
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start<br>
<br>
SLES 9:<br>
/etc/init.d/apache start<br>
<br>
SUSE 10.1,2,3/SLES 10:<br>
/etc/init.d/apache2 start<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
----NOTES<br>
1) Many questions are answered at <a href=3D"http://help.lon-capa.org" targ=
et=3D"_blank">http://help.lon-capa.org</a><br>
2) Defects reports, and enhancements requests can be entered at<br>
=A0 =A0 <a href=3D"http://bugs.lon-capa.org" target=3D"_blank">http://bugs=
.lon-capa.org</a><br>
3) Mailing lists can be joined and left at <a href=3D"http://mail.lon-capa.=
org" target=3D"_blank">http://mail.lon-capa.org</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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St.<br>Golden, CO 80401<br>(720) 897-7763<br><br>
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