--- loncom/TODO	2001/08/06 09:56:50	1.106
+++ loncom/TODO	2001/11/28 21:41:33	1.139
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ c Continual
 G=Gerd
 A=Alex
 S=Scott
-B=Ben
 Y=Guy
 N=Hon-Kie
 I=Issac
+?=not yet assigned
 
 XMLPARSE
     + support text_TAG functionality (Y/A)
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ XMLPARSE
     + deregister()
     + register need to take care of overloading, and deregister needs to unload
     + answer target - for simple display of correct answer for a problem
+      (<or> done <rbr> <ir> <nr> <sr> <fr> TODO)
     * <m> tag needs to do variable evaluation before tth-ing the string, also 
  	add eval="nothing" to turn this off.
 
@@ -35,37 +36,43 @@ RUN.pm
 
 EDIT INTERFACE
     * insert (getting there) (Y)
+    + have inserts at bottom of page (Y)
     c add more tags (Y)
     + have textfield style entries protect against bad data (</parserlib> in 
 	the parserlib textfiled (Y)
     + make default setup prettier
     + more templates for different homework types
+    + <rbresponse> editing works
+    * testing problems in construction space, need someway to reset 
+       store/restore data
 
 HOMEWORK
-    + need to support /OR (Y)
+    + need to support /OR (do _OR_ in answer="" fields) (Y)
    !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)
    !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)
     + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
     * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
-    + view problem as specific student (Y)
     + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
     * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
-    + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
     * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
 	<part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
 	<part> will be done poorly.
-    * sigfigs are poorly supported (metadata needs to be better)
-    * multiple response in a multipart question are screwing up
     * input areas need to hide after correct
-    * <randomlist> needs to be stable
-    * previous answers need to be ignored
-    * id in parameter_... (see tol on mmp resources, s10)
+    + view problem as specific student (Y)
+    + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
+    + be able to view homework as another user, see variables
+      (possibly coupled with /adm/grades, prev. submission)
+    &?intelligently react if answerdate incorrectly set before duedate
+    + <rbresponse> and <optionresponse> flip back on display to the last 
+      student entry when re-visiting a problem
+    & run student parser over instructor specified physical units
+    + <formularesponse>
+    + metadata parsing for "stores" of .libraries
 
 /ADM/GRADES
     * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
     + handle ambiguous case (Y)
-    + back to homework link (Y)
     + handle extra fields (Y)
     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
     + show only a subset of students (Y)
@@ -80,67 +87,91 @@ NUMERICALRESPONSE
 RANDOMLABEL
     * Applet runs cross-platform, goes into library location /res/adm/pages
     + template
+    + TEST: randomlabel
+    & GLabel needs to better support image specifications that aren't URLs
+    & GLabel needs to be in the install process
+    + <label> needs to use descriiption args
+    * web render of image labels is broken
 
 GOODIES
-    * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)
     & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
-    + messaging (G)
     + chatroom, etc
     + annotations can be localized and published
     + PURLs
+    + chart allows sorting/filtering by section
+    & chart handles multipart problems
+    & statistics handles multipart problems
+    + statistics link to problem
+    + "You've got mail!"
+    + navmaps shows new discussion postings
+    + LectureOnline converter handles optionresponse correctly
 
 TEX/TTH/TTM
-    * Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G)
+   !* Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G) - get new versions
+
+SYSTEM MONITORING
+    c update rpm lists and rpm monitoring (S)
+    & improve output of 'make status(post)' target in loncom/build (S)
 
 BUILD
     * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers (S)
-    + intelligently handle updating of configuration files (S)
-    c test code (S)
-    + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation (S)
-    + implement the "LPML" standard (S)
-
-SCOTT STUFF
-    c code lines less than 80 characters (S)
-    c xhtmlize output from perl modules (S)
-    * fix bookmarks (S)
+    c test code... up to date with latest CPAN modules (S)
+    + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation... redhat 7.1
+      installation well pioneered (S)
+    c add in new perl modules and update old ones (S)
+    c build and distribute CD-ROMs, upgrades, and installation/upgrade docs (S)
+    c document and reasonably automate aspects of source-to-build procedure (S)
+
+CODE QUALITY
+    c code lines less than 80 characters (somewhat done, but now put
+      on back-burner till 2002) (S)
+    c xhtml-ize output from perl modules (S)
     c work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
-    * fix browser incompatibility problems with IE (S)
-    c start to actually use this TODO list (S)
-    * layout in lonindexer, cols lost (Guy knows what's wrong) (S)
-    + sort resources after mass import/select into RAT
+    & fix handling of web browser windows (S)
+    c add in CPAN and POD conventions into modules and scripts (S)
 
 SQL DATABASE
-    * need to show status of library server retrieval (S)
-    & change number of lonsql daemon processes
-    & metadata partly hidden from non-advanced users
+    + have result capping (S)
+    + scroll results page (S)
+    + enable abort button (S)
+    + e-mail admins if their sql setup is bad (S)
+    & restrict search fields to viewable fields (based on ENV{user.adv}) (S)
+    & update user-viewable metadata database documentation (S)
+    & restrict searching to browseable domain (S)
+    c monitor speed and performance of metadata database (S)
+    + prepare for and upgrade to the much superior MySQL version 4 (S)
+
+PUBLISHING
+    + handle big text documents (?)
 
 GERD STUFF
-    + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)
-    + feedback, mailing and announcement mechanism finished
     + londropadd does XML
     +?TAs can open and close assignments
     +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
    !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
     + replication hinting/prediction 
     + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
-    + intelligent update of hosts.tab
-    * weird error "illegal URL method reload .gif" in menu.html
+    + intelligent update of hosts.tab (don't forget firewalls)
     * Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
     + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
     & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)
-    * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk
-    & roles allows re-init 
+    * straighten out co-author, author, coordinator junk 
     + lonstatistics stores info with metadata of problem
-    + hide remark feature on discussion
     + implement initial questionaire
     + do "evaluate this"
-    + mail from upload
     + summary on top of spreadsheet
-    * lonpage.pm doesn't properly handle applet codebase arg, needs to use
-      Apache::lonnet::dirlocation
-    * londefdef <applet> tag doesn't use codebase to generate extlinks entries
-    & metadata partly hidden from non-advanced users
-    & parameter package has explicit parms override package ones
+    + adjusts output in spreadsheet to type
+    + sort courses with same role in lonroles, color scheme
+    + fix Applet codebase on .page
+    & pages do not register with remote if not on map
+    * navmaps deals correctly with multiple path maps
+    * navmaps displays answerdates correctly (not due date instead)
+    + points for feedback, counts on feedback/discussion
+    + "do you want to be a tutor"?
+    + logging support for all transactions, interface for checking logs
+    + critical messages too agressive with sending receipt back 
+      (too many - make optional)
+    + mass deleting of messages from inbox
 
 RAT
     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
@@ -148,22 +179,21 @@ RAT
     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
     + simple RAT server-side interface
-    + mass import of files, sorting (S)
-    + "Browse" works (S/N)
     * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined"
     * bombs if inf-window closed by hand (needs browser restart) 
     * errors, lines 1118, 1119, 2153, 2310 after cutting link in table mode
+    + "insert resource in link" shows that it is busy working on it
 
 PUBLISHER
     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
-    +?does HTML to XHTML cleanup job
+    * need to clear metacache of old versions of metadata when publishing
     + deals with Micros*** files
-    + public resources - /pub/domain space
     *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
       spurious error message (G)
-    * Diffs of construct versus publication space as a co-author don't work
-    + deal with absolute links
-    + deal with <allow>
+    c TEST: deal with absolute links
+    c TEST: deal with <allow>
+    + write dependencies to metadata
+    + incorporate thesaurus/vocabulary
 
 
 Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
@@ -183,12 +213,10 @@ Large Chunks of funtionality that need w
 - Messaging
 	- email gateways into/out of the system
 	- handle more types of communication
-	       - stu <-> stu
-	       - ins <-> stu
-	       - ins -> class/section
 	       - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
-	       - chat / whiteboard / bbs
+	       - chat / whiteboard
 	       - "round robin" feedback handling
+               - "mailing lists"
 
 - Grading
 	- simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
@@ -201,22 +229,16 @@ Large Chunks of funtionality that need w
 		- peer suggest grade
 
 - homework engine
-	- new parm - mode -> homework/exam/survey controls response
-	  renderings / awards and solved status
-	- edit interface / clone other problem
 	- math stuff
-	- validating <part> and multiple <*response> works as
-	  advertised
 	- CAPA problems 
 	- <imageresponse> need Java applet
-	- <randomlabel> 
 
+- Exams
 
 - RAT
 	- choose parts
 	- set conditions
 	- language for conditions
-	- browse link
 	- some kind of non-anti-save
 
 - Publish
@@ -226,3 +248,4 @@ Large Chunks of funtionality that need w
 
 - printing
 	- tex target (CGI / daemon?)
+