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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: 
   43: HOMEWORK
   44:     + need to support /OR (Y)
   45:    !+ create <formularesponse>(Y)
   46:    !+ <rbresponse> <oresponse> need to restore last submitted response (Y)
   47:     + <rbresponse> <oresponse> hints need to work (Y)
   48:     * <rbresponse> breaks when no true foils are possible
   49:     + view problem as specific student (Y)
   50:     + <imageresponse> needs to be able to support multiple images and multiple
   51:         clicks on an image, need a Java applet most likely
   52:     * <essayresponse> needs to protect input / output
   53:     + show rendering of problem for another user in "view submissions" (please)
   54:     * if there are <*response> in a <problem> and there are also 
   55: 	<part>s defined the handling of the <*response> outside of the 
   56: 	<part> will be done poorly.
   57:  
   58: /ADM/GRADES
   59:     * show list of multiple students if multiple match (Y)
   60:     + handle ambiguous case (Y)
   61:     + back to homework link (Y)
   62:     + handle extra fields (Y)
   63:     + interface needs to be driven more by the type field (Y)
   64:     + show only a subset of students (Y)
   65:     + set all to something (Y)
   66:     + set grades aren't correctly rendered in student view (Y)
   67:     + have $r->flush so that user sees it is working
   68: 
   69: NUMERICALRESPONSE
   70:    !* doesn't throw error when #response > #answer (Y)
   71:    !* bad message when #response < #answer (Y)
   72: 
   73: GOODIES
   74:     * bookmarks don't work correctly (B)
   75:     & indexer needs to show location - bring back flip-open/close (N)
   76:     + messaging (G)
   77:     + chatroom, etc
   78:     + annotations can be localized and published
   79:     + PURLs
   80: 
   81: TEX/TTH/TTM
   82:     * Address bugs in tth/ttm (A,Y,G)
   83: 
   84: BUILD
   85:     * make sure that ssh is always allowed, even for run-time servers (S)
   86:     + intelligently handle updating of configuration files (S)
   87:     c test code (S)
   88:     + allow for debian and redhat 7.1 installation (S)
   89:     + implement the "LPML" standard (S)
   90: 
   91: SCOTT STUFF
   92:     c code lines less than 80 characters (S)
   93:     c xhtmlize output from perl modules (S)
   94:     * fix bookmarks (S)
   95:     c work on javascript library and modularizing code (S)
   96:     * fix browser incompatibility problems with IE (S)
   97:     c start to actually use this TODO list (S)
   98: 
   99: SQL DATABASE
  100:     * need to show status of library server retrieval (S)
  101:     & change number of lonsql daemon processes
  102: 
  103: GERD STUFF
  104:     + lond can add UNIX user and change UNIX password (G/S)
  105:     + feedback, mailing and announcement mechanism finished
  106:     + londropadd does XML
  107:     +?TAs can open and close assignments
  108:     +?Students can force-open assignments with instructor notification
  109:    !c tests interaction between parmset, problem handler and spreadsheet (G)
  110:     + replication hinting/prediction 
  111:     + replication, search local access servers if library is uncontactable
  112:     * lonpage.pm doesn't properly handle applet codebase arg, needs to use
  113:       Apache::lonnet::dirlocation
  114:     * londefdef <applet> tag doesn't use codebase to generate extlinks entries
  115:     + intelligent update of hosts.tab
  116:     * weird error "illegal URL method reload .gif" in menu.html
  117:     * Looks like no window status in IE 5.5 on Mac, Remote logs out
  118:     + change passwords (domain coordinator/users)
  119:     & stabilize lond (maybe not prefork)
  120: 
  121: RAT
  122:     *?RAT error line 1413 "insert resource into link" for recon link (G) 
  123:       (could not reproduce)
  124:     + need to be able to evaluate conditions in lonuserstate
  125:     + need to be able to set conditions in RAT client (G)
  126:     + simple RAT server-side interface
  127:     + mass import of files (S)
  128:     + "Browse" works (S/N)
  129:     * undefined "guff" - maps full of objects value="undefined" 
  130: 
  131: PUBLISHER
  132:     * needs to devalidate spreadsheets in problem publishing (G)
  133:     +?does HTML to XHTML cleanup job
  134:     + deals with Micros*** files
  135:     + public resources - /pub/domain space
  136:     *?entering construction space or a directory throws up a 
  137:       spurious error message (G)
  138:     * Diffs of construct versus publication space as a co-author don't work
  139: 
  140: 
  141: Large Chunks of funtionality that need work:
  142: ============================================
  143: 
  144: - Statistics
  145: 	- Simple
  146: 		- resource analysis class/system wide
  147: 		- resource correlation course wide
  148: 		- other stats from CAPA
  149: 	- Complex
  150: 		- foil level analysis/correlation measures
  151: 		- derandomized foils analysis
  152: 		- have/view reason student selected a foil
  153: 	- resource quality, how good is a resource
  154: 
  155: - Messaging
  156: 	- crtical messages
  157: 	- email gateways into/out of the system
  158: 	- handle more types of communication
  159: 	       - stu <-> stu
  160: 	       - ins <-> stu
  161: 	       - ins -> class/section
  162: 	       - messages seeded with data from spreadsheet
  163: 	       - chat / whiteboard / bbs
  164: 	       - "round robin" feedback handling
  165: 
  166: - Grading
  167: 	- simple grading needs cleaning up (see Guy's TODO list)
  168: 	- survey data extraction ( stat complex could handle most of
  169: 	  this)
  170: 	- essay / shortanswer
  171: 		- instructor / autoget all/none
  172: 		- team based submission
  173: 		- peer graded
  174: 		- peer suggest grade
  175: 
  176: - homework engine
  177: 	- new parm - mode -> homework/exam/survey controls response
  178: 	  renderings / awards and solved status
  179: 	- edit interface / clone other problem
  180: 	- math stuff
  181: 	- validating <part> and multiple <*response> works as
  182: 	  advertised
  183: 	- handling previous answers correctly
  184: 	- CAPA problems 
  185: 	- <imageresponse> need Java applet
  186: 	- <randomlabel> 
  187: 
  188: - metadata
  189: 	- implement new method of handling what a problem stores
  190: 
  191: - RAT
  192: 	- choose parts
  193: 	- set conditions
  194: 	- language for conditions
  195: 	- browse link
  196: 	- some kind of non-anti-save
  197: 
  198: - Publish
  199: 	- review step
  200: 	- co-author locking
  201: 	- auto thumbnail / convert images
  202: 
  203: - printing
  204: 	- tex target (CGI / daemon?)