Diff for /loncom/TODO between versions 1.110 and 1.143

version 1.110, 2001/08/10 14:51:16 version 1.143, 2001/11/28 22:00:07
Line 5  TODO list Line 5  TODO list
 * bug  * bug
 ! Priority  ! Priority
 ? Questionable/unverified  ? Questionable/unverified
 c Continual  c Continual and currently in an okay status
   C Continual and in need of a lot of work right now
   
 G=Gerd  G=Gerd
 A=Alex  A=Alex
 S=Scott  S=Scott
 B=Ben  
 Y=Guy  Y=Guy
 N=Hon-Kie  N=Hon-Kie
 I=Issac  I=Isaac
   M=Matthew
   ?=not yet assigned
   
 XMLPARSE  XMLPARSE
     + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)      + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)
Line 23  XMLPARSE Line 25  XMLPARSE
     + deregister()      + deregister()
     + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload      + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload
     + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem      + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
         (<or> done <rbr> <ir> <nr> <sr> <fr> TODO)
     * <m> tag needs to do variable evaluation before tth-ing the string, also       * <m> tag needs to do variable evaluation before tth-ing the string, also 
   add eval="nothing" to turn this off.    add eval="nothing" to turn this off.
   
Line 35  RUN.pm Line 38  RUN.pm
   
 EDIT INTERFACE  EDIT INTERFACE
     * insert (getting there) (Y)      * insert (getting there) (Y)
       + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
     c add more tags (Y)      c add more tags (Y)
     + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in       + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
  the parserlib textfiled (Y)   the parserlib textfiled (Y)
     + make default setup prettier      + make default setup prettier
     + more templates for different homework types      + more templates for different homework types
       + <rbresponse> editing works
       * testing problems in construction space, need someway to reset 
          store/restore data
   
 HOMEWORK  HOMEWORK
     + need to support /OR (Y)      + need to support /OR (do _OR_ in answer="" fields) (Y)
    !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)     !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)
    !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)     !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)
     + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)      + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
     * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible      * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
     + view problem as specific student (Y)  
     + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple      + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely          clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
     * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output      * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
     + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)  
     * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also       * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
  <part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the    <part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
  <part> will be done poorly.   <part> will be done poorly.
     * sigfigs are poorly supported (metadata needs to be better)  
     * multiple response in a multipart question are screwing up  
     * input areas need to hide after correct      * input areas need to hide after correct
     * <randomlist> needs to be stable      + view problem as specific student (Y)
     * previous answers need to be ignored      + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
     * id in parameter_... (see tol on mmp resources, s10)  
     + be able to view homework as another user, see variables      + be able to view homework as another user, see variables
       (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)        (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)
       &?intelligently react if answerdate incorrectly set before duedate
       + <rbresponse> and <optionresponse> flip back on display to the last 
         student entry when re-visiting a problem
       & run student parser over instructor specified physical units
       + <formularesponse>
       + metadata parsing for "stores" of .libraries
   
 /ADM/GRADES  /ADM/GRADES
     * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)      * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
     + handle ambiguous case (Y)      + handle ambiguous case (Y)
     + back to homework link (Y)  
     + handle extra fields (Y)      + handle extra fields (Y)
     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)      + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
     + show only a subset of students (Y)      + show only a subset of students (Y)
Line 82  NUMERICALRESPONSE Line 89  NUMERICALRESPONSE
 RANDOMLABEL  RANDOMLABEL
     * Applet runs cross-platform, goes into library location /res/adm/pages      * Applet runs cross-platform, goes into library location /res/adm/pages
     + template      + template
       + TEST: randomlabel
       & GLabel needs to better support image specifications that aren't URLs
       & GLabel needs to be in the install process
       + <label> needs to use descriiption args
       * web render of image labels is broken
   
 GOODIES  GOODIES
     * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)  
     & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)      & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
     + messaging (G)  
     + chatroom, etc      + chatroom, etc
     + annotations can be localized and published      + annotations can be localized and published
     + PURLs      + PURLs
       + chart allows sorting/filtering by section
       & chart handles multipart problems
       & statistics handles multipart problems
       + statistics link to problem
       + "You've got mail!"
       + navmaps shows new discussion postings
       + LectureOnline converter handles optionresponse correctly
   
 TEX/TTH/TTM  TEX/TTH/TTM
     * Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G)     !* Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G) - get new versions
   
   SYSTEM MONITORING
       c update rpm lists and rpm monitoring (S)
       & improve output of 'make status(post)' target in loncom/build (S)
   
 BUILD  BUILD
     * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers (S)      c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
     + intelligently handle updating of configuration files (S)      + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
     c test code (S)        installation well pioneered (S)
     + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation (S)      c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)
     + match lpml_parse.pl output to be similar to parse.pl (S)      c build and distribute CD-ROMs, upgrades, and installation/upgrade docs (S)
       c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)
   
 SCOTT STUFF  CODE QUALITY
     c code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put      C code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
       on back-burner till 2002) (S)        on back-burner till 2002) (S)
     c xhtmlize output from perl modules (S)      C xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
     c work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)      C work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
     + cause groupsort handler to work with group search import (S)      & fix handling of web browser windows (S)
       C add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)
   
 SQL DATABASE  SQL DATABASE
     * need to show status of library server retrieval (S)      + have result capping (S)
     & change number of lonsql daemon processes      + scroll results page (S)
     & metadata partly hidden from non-advanced users       + enable abort button (S)
       (use $ENV{'user.adv'}, see lonmeta for example) (S)      & restrict search fields to viewable fields (based on ENV{user.adv}) (S)
       & update user-viewable metadata database documentation (S)
       & restrict searching to browseable domain (S)
       C monitor speed and performance of metadata database (S)
       + prepare for and upgrade to the much superior MySQL version 4 (S)
   
   PUBLISHING
       + handle big text documents (?)
   
 GERD STUFF  GERD STUFF
     + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)  
     + londropadd does XML      + londropadd does XML
     +?TAs can open and close assignments      +?TAs can open and close assignments
     +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification      +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
Line 123  GERD STUFF Line 152  GERD STUFF
     + replication hinting/prediction       + replication hinting/prediction 
     + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable      + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
     + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)      + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
     * weird error "illegal URL method reload .gif" in menu.html  
     * Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out      * Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
     + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)      + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
     & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)      & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)
     * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk       * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
     + lonstatistics stores info with metadata of problem      + lonstatistics stores info with metadata of problem
     + hide remark feature on discussion  
     + implement initial questionaire      + implement initial questionaire
     + do "evaluate this"      + do "evaluate this"
     + mail from upload  
     + summary on top of spreadsheet      + summary on top of spreadsheet
     * lonpage.pm doesn't properly handle applet codebase arg, needs to use      + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
       Apache::lonnet::dirlocation  
     * londefdef <applet> tag doesn't use codebase to generate extlinks entries  
     & parameter package has explicit parms override package ones  
     + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme      + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
     + CAT button in menu      + fix Applet codebase on .page
     + display sections/choose by section in broadcast      & pages do not register with remote if not on map
     + send/forward, additional recipients      * navmaps deals correctly with multiple path maps
       * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
       + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
       + "do you want to be a tutor"?
       + logging support for all transactions, interface for checking logs
       + critical messages too agressive with sending receipt back 
         (too many - make optional)
       + mass deleting of messages from inbox
   
 RAT  RAT
     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G)       *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
Line 149  RAT Line 179  RAT
     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate      + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)      + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
     + simple RAT server-side interface      + simple RAT server-side interface
     + mass import of files, sorting (S)  
     + "Browse" works (S/N)  
     * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"      * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart)       * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode      * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
Line 158  RAT Line 186  RAT
   
 PUBLISHER  PUBLISHER
     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)      * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
     +?does HTML to XHTML cleanup job      * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
     + deals with Micros*** files      + deals with Micros*** files
     + public resources - /pub/domain space  
     *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a       *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
       spurious error message (G)        spurious error message (G)
     *?Diffs of construct versus publication space as a co-author don't work      c TEST: deal with absolute links
     + deal with absolute links      c TEST: deal with <allow>
     + deal with <allow>      + write dependencies to metadata
       + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
   
   
 Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:  Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
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 - Messaging  - Messaging
  - email gateways into/out of the system   - email gateways into/out of the system
  - handle more types of communication   - handle more types of communication
        - ins -> section  
        - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet         - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
        - chat / whiteboard / bbs         - chat / whiteboard
        - "round robin" feedback handling         - "round robin" feedback handling
                  - "mailing lists"
   
 - Grading  - Grading
  - simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)   - simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
Line 201  Large Chunks of funtionality that need w Line 229  Large Chunks of funtionality that need w
  - peer suggest grade   - peer suggest grade
   
 - homework engine  - homework engine
  - new parm - mode -> homework/exam/survey controls response  
   renderings / awards and solved status  
  - edit interface / clone other problem  
  - math stuff   - math stuff
  - validating <part> and multiple <*response> works as  
   advertised  
  - CAPA problems    - CAPA problems 
  - <imageresponse> need Java applet   - <imageresponse> need Java applet
  - <randomlabel>   
   
   - Exams
   
 - RAT  - RAT
  - choose parts   - choose parts
  - set conditions   - set conditions
  - language for conditions   - language for conditions
  - browse link  
  - some kind of non-anti-save   - some kind of non-anti-save
   
 - Publish  - Publish
Line 226  Large Chunks of funtionality that need w Line 248  Large Chunks of funtionality that need w
   
 - printing  - printing
  - tex target (CGI / daemon?)   - tex target (CGI / daemon?)
   

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