openwebwork-devel

[WWdevel] Re: webwork/gateway testing

[Michael E. G. <ga...@ma...>]

Hi everyone,

I'd like to fold Gavin's gateway quiz into the main CVS build within a 
couple of weeks.  I'd first
like to have some some smaller user interface and cosmetic details 
fixed -- Arnie has done
several fixes to the scoring module for example.  Once that is done 
we'll label that
2.1.2  and add Gavin's modules in.

I've been adding items that allow interconnection of moodle to webwork 
using SOAP, but
that's pretty independent of the rest of the code, so I've been adding 
it directly to HEAD.  It
won't affect anything unless you actually use the SOAP interface.

If everyone else is ok with this, let's plan to stamp the current HEAD 
as 2.1.2 next Monday (June 6).
Meantime get any small changes or stability issues into HEAD and hold 
off any
potentially unstable changes.  Once 2.1.2 is released we'll start 
folding in Gateway testing
and anything else that is ready.

Sound ok?

Take care,

Mike

On May 31, 2005, at 11:45 AM, P Gavin LaRose wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I got a call from Jeff Holt the other day asking about the gateway/quiz
> module that I've been working on for WeBWorK.  I'm hoping to have the 
> bugs
> that I found when testing it this spring fixed in the next couple of
> weeks.  This inspires me to ask if it's something that we should be
> thinking about eventually folding back into the main WeBWorK code.  
> This
> is mostly a self-serving thought---if it's there I don't have to 
> maintain
> two installs of the software.  And if we're thinking of that, what 
> steps
> are needed and what time-line is realistic.
>
> This may boil down to the question "how bug-free is the testing 
> module,"
> which I don't have a good answer for.  I know there are a couple of 
> things
> that I need to fix, obviously, and once those are dealt with don't 
> know of
> anything else.
>
> Thanks,
> Gavin
>
> -- 
> P. Gavin LaRose, Ph.D.  Program Manager (Instructional Tech.)
> Math Dept., University of Michigan
> gl...@um...                        "There's no use in trying," 
> [Alice]
> 734.764.6454                             said. "One Can't believe 
> impossible
> http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~glarose/  things." "I daresay you 
> haven't had
>                                          much practice," said the 
> Queen.
>                                                               - Lewis 
> Carrol
>

[WWdevel] Re: webwork/gateway testing

[P G. L. <gl...@um...>]

Hi Mike,

Sounds great to me.  My target for ironing out the bugs I've got left is
the 10th.  That might slip to the following week depending on how some
other things fall out this week.

Thanks,
Gavin

On Tue, 31 May 2005 at 11:58 Michael E. Gage wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'd like to fold Gavin's gateway quiz into the main CVS build within a
> couple of weeks.  I'd first like to have some some smaller user
> interface and cosmetic details fixed -- Arnie has done several fixes to
> the scoring module for example.  Once that is done we'll label that
> 2.1.2 and add Gavin's modules in.
>
> I've been adding items that allow interconnection of moodle to webwork
> using SOAP, but that's pretty independent of the rest of the code, so
> I've been adding it directly to HEAD.  It won't affect anything unless
> you actually use the SOAP interface.
>
> If everyone else is ok with this, let's plan to stamp the current HEAD
> as 2.1.2 next Monday (June 6). Meantime get any small changes or
> stability issues into HEAD and hold off any potentially unstable
> changes.  Once 2.1.2 is released we'll start folding in Gateway testing
> and anything else that is ready.
>
> Sound ok?
>
> Take care,
>
> Mike

-- 
P. Gavin LaRose, Ph.D.  Program Manager (Instructional Tech.)
Math Dept., University of Michigan
gl...@um...                        "There's no use in trying," [Alice]
734.764.6454                             said. "One Can't believe impossible
http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~glarose/  things." "I daresay you haven't had
                                         much practice," said the Queen.
                                                              - Lewis Carrol

Re: [WWdevel] Re: webwork/gateway testing

[Samuel H. <sh...@ma...>]

On Tue, 31 May 2005, Michael E. Gage wrote:

> I'd like to fold Gavin's gateway quiz into the main CVS build within a 
> couple of weeks.  I'd first like to have some some smaller user 
> interface and cosmetic details fixed -- Arnie has done several fixes to 
> the scoring module for example.  Once that is done we'll label that 
> 2.1.2 and add Gavin's modules in.
>
> I've been adding items that allow interconnection of moodle to webwork 
> using SOAP, but that's pretty independent of the rest of the code, so 
> I've been adding it directly to HEAD.  It won't affect anything unless 
> you actually use the SOAP interface.
>
> If everyone else is ok with this, let's plan to stamp the current HEAD 
> as 2.1.2 next Monday (June 6). Meantime get any small changes or 
> stability issues into HEAD and hold off any potentially unstable 
> changes.  Once 2.1.2 is released we'll start folding in Gateway testing 
> and anything else that is ready.
>
> Sound ok?

Sounds great!
-sam

Re: [WWdevel] Re: webwork/gateway testing

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

Michael E. Gage wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'd like to fold Gavin's gateway quiz into the main CVS build within a 
> couple of weeks.  I'd first
> like to have some some smaller user interface and cosmetic details 
> fixed -- Arnie has done
> several fixes to the scoring module for example.  Once that is done 
> we'll label that
> 2.1.2  and add Gavin's modules in.
>
> I've been adding items that allow interconnection of moodle to webwork 
> using SOAP, but
> that's pretty independent of the rest of the code, so I've been adding 
> it directly to HEAD.  It
> won't affect anything unless you actually use the SOAP interface.
>
> If everyone else is ok with this, let's plan to stamp the current HEAD 
> as 2.1.2 next Monday (June 6).
> Meantime get any small changes or stability issues into HEAD and hold 
> off any
> potentially unstable changes.  Once 2.1.2 is released we'll start 
> folding in Gateway testing
> and anything else that is ready.
>
> Sound ok?

Hi Mike,

If you recall, there was a problem with webwork being slow for big 
courses.  I had put in the innocuous part of the fix before, but that 
part doesn't actually do anything (which is why it is innocuous).  
Classes got busy before I could complete the fix.

I have the rest of the changes now, but they are only lightly tested.  
It affects the creation of mysql tables, so in principle, mistakes could 
cause all sorts of headaches.  Should I commit and let others test it, 
or wait until Tuesday?

John

Re: [WWdevel] Re: webwork/gateway testing

[Michael E. G. <ga...@ma...>]

Hi John,

Let's put it in Tuesday.  If someone with a production course starts 
using the new mysql setup it might
be hard to back out if there are problems.  Thanks for following up on 
this -- improving the database speed is
a pretty important part of what I want to have available for my own 
courses this fall.  I think we'll have
enough usage over the summer to get the bugs out by then.

Talk to you soon.

Take care,

Mike

On Jun 5, 2005, at 4:31 PM, John Jones wrote:

> Michael E. Gage wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'd like to fold Gavin's gateway quiz into the main CVS build within 
>> a couple of weeks.  I'd first
>> like to have some some smaller user interface and cosmetic details 
>> fixed -- Arnie has done
>> several fixes to the scoring module for example.  Once that is done 
>> we'll label that
>> 2.1.2  and add Gavin's modules in.
>>
>> I've been adding items that allow interconnection of moodle to 
>> webwork using SOAP, but
>> that's pretty independent of the rest of the code, so I've been 
>> adding it directly to HEAD.  It
>> won't affect anything unless you actually use the SOAP interface.
>>
>> If everyone else is ok with this, let's plan to stamp the current 
>> HEAD as 2.1.2 next Monday (June 6).
>> Meantime get any small changes or stability issues into HEAD and hold 
>> off any
>> potentially unstable changes.  Once 2.1.2 is released we'll start 
>> folding in Gateway testing
>> and anything else that is ready.
>>
>> Sound ok?
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> If you recall, there was a problem with webwork being slow for big 
> courses.  I had put in the innocuous part of the fix before, but that 
> part doesn't actually do anything (which is why it is innocuous).  
> Classes got busy before I could complete the fix.
>
> I have the rest of the changes now, but they are only lightly tested.  
> It affects the creation of mysql tables, so in principle, mistakes 
> could cause all sorts of headaches.  Should I commit and let others 
> test it, or wait until Tuesday?
>
> John
>
>
>
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Re: [WWdevel] WeBWorK 2.1.3 released

[Michael E. G. <ga...@ma...>]

Hi all,


I have tagged all of the files currently in the CVS at rel-2-1-3.  All 
of the changes
have also been placed in the rel-2-1-patches branch as well.  This 
instant
the HEAD branch and the rel-2-1-patches branch are the same, as best I 
can tell.

John and Gavin -- go ahead and your changes to the HEAD branch and 
we'll start
testing and refining from there.  Sorry for the delay in getting all 
the files in sync
in the CVS -- it took longer than I thought.

Those using WeBWorK for active classes should definitely not update 
from the HEAD branch
for a week or so while we get the bugs sorted out.

Take care,

Mike

Re: [WWdevel] WeBWorK 2.1.3 released

[Michael E. G. <ga...@ma...>]

Hi Gavin,

It's not stupid -- I had to relearn how to do it.

Check out a fresh copy of webwork2 using

cvs -d:ext:gl...@cv...:/webwork/cvs/system co -A 
webwork2

(I don't think you need the -A. but just in case.)

Then in the webwork2 directory do this:

cvs update -kk -j rel-2-1a

This will merge all of the 2.1a files with your copy of HEAD.  The -j 
means join and
keeps the HEAD files from just being over written.  The -kk means that 
certain
key variables at the top of the file are interpreted correctly so that 
you don't get
unnecessary collisions. (Without this EVERY file will appear to be 
changed, because
the version information has changed.)

Now you will have a number of files that need to be reconciled -- (they 
usually show up with a C
in front of them if you use   cvs -n update).  In these files you'll 
see sections like:

<<<<<<  UserList.pm
     old code
==========
    new code

 >>>>>>>>>> new version number

You need to check the changes you've made against changes that have 
been made by others and
reconcile them.  It can take some time I discovered. :-)

Once you are all done and if possible have been able to test the code 
locally you can use

cvs commit

to add all of these changed files back into the HEAD of webwork2.

Let me know if I can help.

Take care,

Mike

On Jun 10, 2005, at 4:14 PM, P Gavin LaRose wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
>> John and Gavin -- go ahead and make your changes to the HEAD branch 
>> and
>> we'll start refining from there...
>
> Stupid question: how can I merge the changes from the rel-2.1a branch I
> was working in, into HEAD?
>
> Thanks,
> Gavin
>
> On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 at 16:07 Michael E. Gage wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I have tagged all of the files currently in the CVS at rel-2-1-3.  All
>> of the changes have also been placed in the rel-2-1-patches branch as
>> well.  This instant the HEAD branch and the rel-2-1-patches branch are
>> the same, as best I can tell.
>>
>> John and Gavin -- go ahead and your changes to the HEAD branch and 
>> we'll
>> start testing and refining from there.  Sorry for the delay in getting
>> all the files in sync in the CVS -- it took longer than I thought.
>>
>> Those using WeBWorK for active classes should definitely not update 
>> from
>> the HEAD branch for a week or so while we get the bugs sorted out.
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Mike
>
> -- 
> P. Gavin LaRose, Ph.D.  Program Manager (Instructional Tech.)
> Math Dept., University of Michigan
> gl...@um...                        "There's no use in trying," 
> [Alice]
> 734.764.6454                             said. "One Can't believe 
> impossible
> http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~glarose/  things." "I daresay you 
> haven't had
>                                          much practice," said the 
> Queen.
>                                                               - Lewis 
> Carrol
>