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Re: [Bodington-developers] Bodington and WebLearn code
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From: Alistair Y. <ali...@sm...> - 2007-07-18 06:57:22
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Jon, we use(d) bod head + cherry pick from ox + in house no use outside stuff. The only stuff we have that isn't in head is SRS integration and reporting. Alistair -------------- mov eax,1 mov ebx,0 int 80h On 18 Jul 2007, at 01:16, Jon Maber wrote: > O.K. I hadn't realised it was quite that far out of synch. In which > case it might be better for me to work out what has changed in > sourceforge since the divergence and patch that onto the Oxford > version > to produce a new svn archive for my use. It would be helpful if you > could answer two questions; > > 1) What was the approximate date that your svn started to diverge from > sourceforge's cvs? If I know that, I can examine checked in > changes to > Sourceforge from that date to the present and produce some patches > that > 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 > localized version that are intended for use only at Oxford and which > might cause problems for others? For example, you have an > authentication system that is linked into the Oxford webauth - is that > done as a nice friendly module which can be configured in or out or is > 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 > Sourceforge? Is that why you would prefer me not to check stuff in at > 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 > be ideal: I'd leave the cvs tree alone but import the Oxford svn into > sourceforge and work on that - first applying patches one by one from > the cvs tree and then working on changes that I need. If that isn't > possible then I suppose I could create a new SourceForge project for > this purpose: Boxingford, Oxbod, TheContinuityBOD, KNob = Knob is > NOt > Bodington. > > Some examples of things I want to add: > *) Configurable sysadmin option for new user names to be anything you > want (when not using administrative zones) or prefixed with a code for > the admin zone or suffixed with @domain.ac.uk per admin zone. > *) Option for use of multiple virtual host names at the top level - > requires work on resource menus and the addition of a new type of > resource 'network' at the root with 'site' at the next level down. > *) New optional authentication module: provide email address and > password. Depending on which site the URL refers to the form will > 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 > scope - the whole of the domain. This is to provide single sign on > for > 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 > 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 > 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 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> Dr Paul V Davis >> Acting Head, Learning Technologies Group >> Marketing coordinator, Bodington.org >> Oxford University Computing Services >> 13 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6NN >> Tel: 01865 283414 >> >> % -----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 >> % >> % 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. >> % >> % 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.... ;-) >> % >> % Jon >> % >> % 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 >> % > >> % > >> % > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> % - >> % > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >> % > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >> % > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >> % > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ >> % > _______________________________________________ >> % > Bodington-developers mailing list >> % > Bod...@li... >> % > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bodington-developers >> % > >> % > >> % >> % >> % >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> % This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >> % Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >> % control of your XML. No limits. Just data. 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