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    1: TODO list
    2: 
    3: + add functionality
    4: & change functionality
    5: * bug
    6: ! Priority
    7: ? Questionable/unverified
    8: c Continual
    9: 
   10: G=Gerd
   11: A=Alex
   12: S=Scott
   13: B=Ben
   14: Y=Guy
   15: N=Hon-Kie
   16: I=Issac
   17: 
   18: XMLPARSE
   19:     + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)
   20:    !* needs to fixup missing end tags in source (Y/A)
   21:     + add <options> tag (A)
   22:     + counters and output formats for counters (A/Y)   
   23:     + deregister()
   24:     + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload
   25:     + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
   26:     * <m> tag needs to do variable evaluation before tth-ing the string, also 
   27:  	add eval="nothing" to turn this off.
   28: 
   29: CAPARESPONSE.C
   30:    !+ pass back the reason (Y)
   31: 
   32: RUN.pm
   33:     & ->share() a var rather than pass a parameter? Maybe set 
   34:       a global in the safe enviroment using ->root()?
   35: 
   36: EDIT INTERFACE
   37:     * insert (getting there) (Y)
   38:     c add more tags (Y)
   39:     + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
   40: 	the parserlib textfiled (Y)
   41:     + make default setup prettier
   42:     + more templates for different homework types
   43: 
   44: HOMEWORK
   45:     + need to support /OR (Y)
   46:    !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)
   47:    !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)
   48:     + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
   49:     * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
   50:     + view problem as specific student (Y)
   51:     + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
   52:         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
   53:     * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
   54:     + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
   55:     * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
   56: 	<part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
   57: 	<part> will be done poorly.
   58:     * sigfigs are poorly supported (metadata needs to be better)
   59:     * multiple response in a multipart question are screwing up
   60:     * input areas need to hide after correct
   61:     * <randomlist> needs to be stable
   62:     * previous answers need to be ignored
   63:     * id in parameter_... (see tol on mmp resources, s10)
   64:     + be able to view homework as another user, see variables
   65:       (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)
   66: 
   67: /ADM/GRADES
   68:     * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
   69:     + handle ambiguous case (Y)
   70:     + back to homework link (Y)
   71:     + handle extra fields (Y)
   72:     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
   73:     + show only a subset of students (Y)
   74:     + set all to something (Y)
   75:     + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
   76:     + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working
   77: 
   78: NUMERICALRESPONSE
   79:    !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
   80:    !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
   81: 
   82: RANDOMLABEL
   83:     * Applet runs cross-platform, goes into library location /res/adm/pages
   84:     + template
   85: 
   86: GOODIES
   87:     * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)
   88:     & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
   89:     + messaging (G)
   90:     + chatroom, etc
   91:     + annotations can be localized and published
   92:     + PURLs
   93: 
   94: TEX/TTH/TTM
   95:     * Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G)
   96: 
   97: BUILD
   98:     * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers (S)
   99:     + intelligently handle updating of configuration files (S)
  100:     c test code (S)
  101:     + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation (S)
  102:     + implement the "LPML" standard (S)
  103: 
  104: SCOTT STUFF
  105:     c code lines less than 80 characters (S)
  106:     c xhtmlize output from perl modules (S)
  107:     * fix bookmarks (S)
  108:     c work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
  109:     * fix browser incompatibility problems with IE (S)
  110:     c start to actually use this TODO list (S)
  111:     * layout in lonindexer, cols lost (Guy knows what's wrong) (S)
  112:     + sort resources after mass import/select into RAT
  113: 
  114: SQL DATABASE
  115:     * need to show status of library server retrieval (S)
  116:     & change number of lonsql daemon processes
  117:     & metadata partly hidden from non-advanced users 
  118:       (use $ENV{'user.adv'}, see lonmeta for example) (S)
  119: 
  120: GERD STUFF
  121:     + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)
  122:     + londropadd does XML
  123:     +?TAs can open and close assignments
  124:     +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
  125:    !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
  126:     + replication hinting/prediction 
  127:     + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
  128:     + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
  129:     * weird error "illegal URL method reload .gif" in menu.html
  130:     * Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
  131:     + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
  132:     & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)
  133:     * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
  134:     + lonstatistics stores info with metadata of problem
  135:     + hide remark feature on discussion
  136:     + implement initial questionaire
  137:     + do "evaluate this"
  138:     + mail from upload
  139:     + summary on top of spreadsheet
  140:     * lonpage.pm doesn't properly handle applet codebase arg, needs to use
  141:       Apache::lonnet::dirlocation
  142:     * londefdef <applet> tag doesn't use codebase to generate extlinks entries
  143:     & parameter package has explicit parms override package ones
  144:     + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
  145:     + CAT button in menu
  146:     + display sections/choose by section in broadcast
  147:     + send/forward, additional recipients
  148: 
  149: RAT
  150:     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
  151:       (could not reproduce)
  152:     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
  153:     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
  154:     + simple RAT server-side interface
  155:     + mass import of files, sorting (S)
  156:     + "Browse" works (S/N)
  157:     * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
  158:     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
  159:     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
  160:     + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
  161: 
  162: PUBLISHER
  163:     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
  164:     +?does HTML to XHTML cleanup job
  165:     + deals with Micros*** files
  166:     + public resources - /pub/domain space
  167:     *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
  168:       spurious error message (G)
  169:     *?Diffs of construct versus publication space as a co-author don't work
  170:     + deal with absolute links
  171:     + deal with <allow>
  172: 
  173: 
  174: Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
  175: ============================================
  176: 
  177: - Statistics
  178: 	- Simple
  179: 		- resource analysis class/system wide
  180: 		- resource correlation course wide
  181: 		- other stats from CAPA
  182: 	- Complex
  183: 		- foil level analysis/correlation measures
  184: 		- derandomized foils analysis
  185: 		- have/view reason student selected a foil
  186: 	- resource quality, how good is a resource
  187: 
  188: - Messaging
  189: 	- email gateways into/out of the system
  190: 	- handle more types of communication
  191: 	       - ins -> section
  192: 	       - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
  193: 	       - chat / whiteboard / bbs
  194: 	       - "round robin" feedback handling
  195: 
  196: - Grading
  197: 	- simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
  198: 	- survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of
  199: 	  this)
  200: 	- essay / shortanswer
  201: 		- instructor / autoget all/none
  202: 		- team based submission
  203: 		- peer graded
  204: 		- peer suggest grade
  205: 
  206: - homework engine
  207: 	- new parm - mode -> homework/exam/survey controls response
  208: 	  renderings / awards and solved status
  209: 	- edit interface / clone other problem
  210: 	- math stuff
  211: 	- validating <part> and multiple <*response> works as
  212: 	  advertised
  213: 	- CAPA problems 
  214: 	- <imageresponse> need Java applet
  215: 	- <randomlabel> 
  216: 
  217: 
  218: - RAT
  219: 	- choose parts
  220: 	- set conditions
  221: 	- language for conditions
  222: 	- browse link
  223: 	- some kind of non-anti-save
  224: 
  225: - Publish
  226: 	- review step
  227: 	- co-author locking
  228: 	- auto thumbnail / convert images
  229: 
  230: - printing
  231: 	- tex target (CGI / daemon?)