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Sam Hathaway - WeBWorK 2.1 Released

Sam Hathaway - WeBWorK 2.1 Released

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inactiveTopicWeBWorK 2.1 Released topic started 11/4/2004; 10:56:03 AM
last post 1/14/2005; 8:37:09 AM
userSam Hathaway - WeBWorK 2.1 Released  blueArrow
11/4/2004; 10:56:03 AM (reads: 7269, responses: 6)
WeBWorK 2.1 Released
The WeBWorKTeam is pleased to announce the release of WeBWorK 2.1. This release includes new functionality and enhancements to the user interface, database system, and PG language:

  • New sql_single database layout, for more efficient access to SQL databases.
  • New mathematical-expression parser (for use in writing PG problems).
  • New File Manager module provides full access to course files. (Will replace File Xfer module in a future release.)
  • New Problem Set Detail module allows editing of set data (dates, headers), editing of problems (source file, value, etc.), and reordering of problems.
  • Time zone support.
  • Improvements to jsMath display mode.
  • Many usability and cosmetic improvements.
  • Many bugfixes.

WeBWorK 2.1 requires PGLanguageRelease2pt1. Both WeBWorK and PG are available on our SourceForge project page. Installation directly from CVS is also possible.

Documentation on installing and configuring WeBWorK is available in the InstallationManualV2pt1. If you are upgrading an existing installation, be sure to read the section Upgrading an existing WeBWorK installation.

Full release notes are available: WeBWorKRelease2pt1 and PGLanguageRelease2pt1
Posted by Sam Hathaway on 11/4/04; 11:05:16 AM
from the dept.

 

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userZbigniew Fiedorowicz - Re: WeBWorK 2.1 Released  blueArrow
11/4/2004; 6:32:49 PM (reads: 4378, responses: 0)
I get the following error when I create the admin course and try to log in as admin:

Activity 'change_password' not found in %permissionLevels. Can't continue.

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userSam Hathaway - Re: WeBWorK 2.1 Released  blueArrow
11/4/2004; 8:10:17 PM (reads: 4469, responses: 0)
If you're upgrading, make sure to update your global.conf and database.conf files from the versions of global.conf.dist and database.conf.dist distributed with WeBWorK 2.1? Several changes have been made (including the addition of change_password to %permissionLevels).

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userBoyd Duffee - WeBWorK 2.1 module dependancy  blueArrow
1/6/2005; 12:07:38 PM (reads: 3955, responses: 0)
I've got snagged while installing the perl modules Apache::Request that WebWork depends on. Running under Fedora Core 3 with mod_perl_1.99_16 installed, I used cpan to install Apache::Request 1.33, but it died with

CPAN.pm: Going to build S/ST/STAS/libapreq-1.33.tar.gz mod_perl 1.x ( < 1.99) is required at Makefile.PL line 34.

Now there is a developement version of libapreq2 at http://httpd.apache.org/apreq/ which might work with the latest mod_perl, but it hasn't been released to CPAN yet; or I could downgrade mod_perl so that Apache::Request is happy; or I could just hack the makefile to skip the test.

What's my best course of action? thanks, Boyd

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userMichael Gage - Re: WeBWorK 2.1 Released  blueArrow
1/6/2005; 5:03:52 PM (reads: 3978, responses: 0)
I had to install Apache::Request object by hand on the Mac --- see notes at http://devel.webwork.rochester.edu/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/MacInstall

Sometimes installing by hand (make, make test, make install cycle) will work or at least give you more details about what the problem is. Sorry I can't help more.

Has anyone had experience installing on Fedora Core 3?

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userBoyd Duffee - Re: WeBWorK 2.1 Released  blueArrow
1/14/2005; 7:01:03 AM (reads: 3862, responses: 0)
I've worked out how to get all the dependancies onto Fedora Core 3, but the biggest problem, I think, is that the mod_perl that ships with the latest Fedora is version 1.99 which is mod_perl 2 in all but name. They have a compatibility mode as detailed in http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/porting/compat.html Is WebWork scheduled to migrate to mod_perl 2 anytime soon?

cheers,

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userMichael Gage - Re: WeBWorK 2.1 Released  blueArrow
1/14/2005; 8:37:09 AM (reads: 3828, responses: 0)
Most of the difficulty in migrating to mod_perl2 would be in migrating the CPAN modules that WeBWorK uses. At the moment we're concentrating on settling a few new features of WeBWorK, such as gateway testing, but if we know that the CPAN modules are compatible with mod_perl2 it should be feasible to migrate WeBWorK. The biggest concern so far has been the compatibility of Safe.pm and mod_perl2. Do you have any knowledge about that?

A partial list of modules from CPAN (ones that aren't always included in distibutions) is at http://devel.webwork.rochester.edu/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/InstallationManualV2pt1#Perl_modules

-- Mike

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