Release notes for WeBWorK 2.19

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New WeBWorK Features

• The attempts table has been removed. Feedback for correct/incorrect answers is now associated directly with each answer blank.
• PGML native syntax for tables
• Add a PGML converter to the PG editor
• Rename the "Hmwk Sets Editor" and "Classlist Editor" to "Sets Manager" and "Accounts Manager"
• Links to file bugs now go to the appropriate GitHub page.
• File Manager updates
  • archive and unarchive zip files
  • editing problem files (pg) opens the problem editor.
• Improvements to the Instructor Tools
  • new sort options on users/sets
• Redesign of the PGML lab
  • All of the examples have been updated.
  • Now there are examples that include all PGML features.
  • Listing of references

Deprecated Functionality

• All versions of PGcompoundproblem have been deprecated. Problems should be migrated to scaffold.

Upgrade Notes and Cautions

• Update site.conf: need to define $admin_course_id
• Imagemagick configuration

Upgrade Instructions

• First update the webwork2 and pg code. For this run

  > cd /opt/webwork/webwork2

  > git fetch origin

  > git checkout develop

  > git pull

  > cd /opt/webwork/pg

  > git fetch origin

  > git checkout develop

  > git pull

• Update the javascript and css assets for webwork2 and pg with

  > cd /opt/webwork/webwork2/htdocs

  > npm ci

  > cd /opt/webwork/pg/htdocs

  > npm ci

• The following perl packages will need to be installed (run bin/check_modules.pl to ensure you have all programs/modules)
  • Archive::Zip::SimpleZip (on Ubuntu install from cpan)
  • File::Copy::Recursive (on Ubuntu install libfile-copy-recursive-perl)
  • GD::Barcode::QRcode (on Ubuntu install libgd-barcode-perl)
  • MIME::Base32 (on Ubuntu install libmime-base32-perl)
  • SQL::Abstract (on Ubuntu install libsql-abstract-perl)
• Compare your site.conf file to site.conf.dist, your localOverrides.conf file to localOverrides.conf.dist, your webwork2.mojolicious.yml file to webwork2.mojolicious.dist.yml and update as needed. Most importantly, make sure that the variable $admin_course_id is defined.
• Compare any other files in the /opt/webwork/webwork2/conf directory that have been copied from a .dist file and update as needed.
• Upgrade the admin course by executing the upgrade_admin_db.pl script.
• Make sure to upgrade courses from the admin course to relegate changes to the database.
• The imagemagick package may need special configuration for some operating systems. (On Ubuntu just make sure that you have installed the apt repository package, and not the snap.)