Re: [Bodington-developers] Bodington and WebLearn code

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Jon

We have our own repository in FBS at Leeds, but we sync it periodically =
with
Bodington HEAD. At the end of each academic year, we download HEAD and =
then
merge the code with our current stuff. Very occasionally, we have a =
mooch
through the Oxford repository, but it's now so far out of sync with the =
SF
stuff...

At the moment, as you know, I'm writing Bodington code, but not in Java. =
I
use the Bodington HEAD as a reference.

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-----Original Message-----
From: bod...@li...
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Jon
Maber
Sent: 18 July 2007 01:16
To: Bodington developers
Subject: Re: [Bodington-developers] Bodington and WebLearn code

O.K. I hadn't realised it was quite that far out of synch.  In which=20
case it might be better for me to work out what has changed in=20
sourceforge since the divergence and patch that onto the Oxford version=20
to produce a new svn archive for my use.  It would be helpful if you=20
could answer two questions;

1) What was the approximate date that your svn started to diverge from=20
sourceforge's cvs?  If I know that, I can examine checked in changes to=20
Sourceforge from that date to the present and produce some patches that=20
can be applied to the current Oxford version to produce a merged =
version.
2) Do you think there are any things that you added to the Oxford=20
localized version that are intended for use only at Oxford and which=20
might cause problems for others?  For example, you have an=20
authentication system that is linked into the Oxford webauth - is that=20
done as a nice friendly module which can be configured in or out or is=20
it hardwired in? That's the sort of thing I'm thinking about.

Are there other cvs/svn trees out there with even more source code in?   =

Aggie?  Sean?

Aggie, are you producing new code that you want to check into=20
Sourceforge?  Is that why you would prefer me not to check stuff in at=20
the moment?

Lastly, a question for anyone who knows Sourceforge:  if I set up an svn =

repository can the cvs one keep going in parallel?  I think that might=20
be ideal: I'd leave the cvs tree alone but import the Oxford svn into=20
sourceforge and work on that - first applying patches one by one from=20
the cvs tree and then working on changes that I need.  If that isn't=20
possible then I suppose I could create a new SourceForge project for=20
this purpose:  Boxingford,  Oxbod, TheContinuityBOD, KNob =3D Knob is =
NOt=20
Bodington.

Some examples of things I want to add:
*) Configurable sysadmin option for new user names to be anything you=20
want (when not using administrative zones) or prefixed with a code for=20
the admin zone or suffixed with @domain.ac.uk per admin zone.
*) Option for use of multiple virtual host names at the top level -=20
requires work on resource menus and the addition of a new type of=20
resource 'network' at the root with 'site' at the next level down.
*) New optional authentication module: provide email address and=20
password.  Depending on which site the URL refers to the form will=20
assume the second half of the email address.  Option for user to request =

new password - which will be sent to their email address.
*) Addition of another cookie as part of the authentication with wider=20
scope - the whole of the domain.  This is to provide single sign on for=20
users who access more than one virtual host name - i.e. navigate between =

the sites of different colleges.
*) Option for user creation tool to send email to each new user with=20
their password in.
*) Improved management of aliases.
*) Addition of a new resource which is just a 'folder' - folders will be =

allowed anywhere from sites down so that a site can be built just out of =

folders if the users aren't interested in the building metaphor.
*) WebDAV functionality so that users can drag and drop files to and=20
from Bodington using any WebDAV compliant tool.  I think this might also =

require some restructuring of the way uploaded files are stored.

Jon

Paul Davis wrote:
> If it was an hour or two, or a day or two we'd have synched =
frequently,
but
> I believe we'd be talking months of work and that wouldn't give us any
> benefit I'm afraid.
>
> Adam's suggestion of using Weblearn code as your new core seems =
reasonable
> to me - it's been updated, has bug fixes, has a reasonable level of =
user
> testing - which is probably well ahead of any other version currently
>
> Paul
>
> =
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>
> % -----Original Message-----
> % From: bod...@li...
> % [mailto:bod...@li...] On =
Behalf Of
> % Jon Maber
> % Sent: 17 July 2007 13:41
> % To: Bodington developers
> % Subject: Re: [Bodington-developers] Bodington and WebLearn code
> %=20
> % What I had in mind was to put Oxford bug fixes into the sourceforge =
CVS
> % at HEAD and to work on new features in my own file store.  As I =
complete
> % each new feature I can make a Bodington build available for approval =
for
> % inclusion into the official source tree.
> %=20
> % Adam, do you think you could devote an hour or two to reviewing your =
own
> % code repository to reassess the option that you might find time to
> % commit it yourselves?  I will work on it if that's the only option =
but I
> % can't help thinking that the authors of the code might find the job
> % easier.  Maybe Paul Davis could fund some overtime....   ;-)
> %=20
> % Jon
> %=20
> % Alexis O'Connor wrote:
> % > Matthew Buckett wrote:
> % >
> % >> In message
> % <510...@HE...>
> % >> a.g...@le..., Bodington developers
> % >> <bod...@li...> writes:
> % >>
> % >>
> % >>> Just to let you know that in FBS at Leeds we are still using the
code
> % from
> % >>> SourceForge, so anything that beaks that would be bad news for =
us.
> % >>>
> % >>> Jon - it might be best for you to set up your own CVS =
repository, at
> % least
> % >>> initially.
> % >>>
> % >>>
> % >> Could you just work on a branch in the SF CVS, at least then most =
of
> % the code
> % >> remains in the same place rather than getting more fragmented.
> % >>
> % >>
> % >>
> % >
> % > Another branch certainly. It may even be an opportune time to =
switch
to
> % > using svn at sourceforge?
> % >
> % > Alexis
> % >
> % >
> % >
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