[WWdevel] Re: [WWcvs] webwork2: Allow reordering to succeed even if some UserProblems are

[John J. <jj...@as...>]

Sam Hathaway via activitymail wrote:

>Lingering questions:
>
>(1) When multiple problems are assigned the same number, this results in 
>the last one ending up first in the new ordering. I think it would be 
>more natural for the first one to end up first. This would be an easy 
>fix.
>  
>
It depends.  If the only change the user makes is to set number 5 to 
number 2 (so he leaves number 2 as number 2), then the old number 5 
should become the new number 2 even though it started with the higher 
number.

>(2) $force always gets set if reordering needs to be done, so we aren't 
>able to delete a problem, reorder some other problems, and end up with a 
>hole where where the deleted problem was. We can either fix this by 
>mentioning this next to the force checkbox, or change it so that 
>particular holes (i.e. those left by deleted problems) are allowed when 
>reordering.
>  
>
The only reason for leaving holes that I know of is if an assignment is 
already out to students and you want to remove a bad problem without 
changing the other problem numbers.  It is hard to imagine someone who 
wants to do that and change the order of some of the problems.  So, I 
would suggest documenting it rather than providing a means for leaving a 
hole in the numbering.

John