[Building Sakai] Sakai 2.6.x Site Info Add Participants, change in work flow if add existing participant

[Zhen Qian]

Cynthia:

This is a regression that reported in SAK-5800 and fixed in r78083. It is
marked to merge into 2.6.x and 2.7.x, too. 

Thanks,

- Zhen

On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:41:41 -0400, "Walters, Cynthia (cmw6s)"
<cmw6s at eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> Our recent upgrade to 2.6.2 has uncovered another change in Site Info -
Add
> Participants from 2.5.x, and we prefer the 2.5.x work flow.  We wonder if
> this is a work flow design change, or perhaps an oversight in the 2.6.x
> migration to RSF code?
> 
> Description:
> If adding new users to a site and some of the users are already
> participants in the site, the UI correctly alerts that existing users are
> present, but forces you to remove them before proceeding to choose the
role
> for the valid new users -- In 2.5.3 the existing users were noted in the
> Alert and work flow was allowed to continue. 
> 
> 2.5.x behavior:
>     -- Add participant who is already a site member (add official
>     username), and add email address of non-official participant...
>         -- choose 'same role' and Continue
>             -- tool changes to next page: "Choose a Role for
Participants",
>             and displays "Alert" about not able to add already-existing
>             participant, and does allow user to continue to add other
>             participants not already members of the site
> 
>         The same work flow is true if choose 'individual role' choice.
> 
>         Comments: 
>             1) The tool correctly alerts the user if there are any
>             participants listed who are already members of the site.
>             2) The tool user is allowed to continue and the tool omits
the
>             invalid entries.
> 
> 
> 2.6.x behavior:
>     -- Add participant who is already a site member (add official
>     username), and add email address of non-official participant...
>         -- choose 'same role' and Continue
>             -- at this point the user is stopped on this "Add
Participants"
>             page and two alerts appear:
>                 !  The following participants are already members of this
>                 site and can not be re-added: 'cmw6s'
>                 !  You may continue adding the other participants by
>                 following the directions below.
> 
>         The same work flow is true if choose 'individual role' choice.
> 
>         Comments: 
>             1)  the 2.5.x behavior is more useful and preferred
>             2)  this second alert message is not valid for the page
>             3)  this behavior forces the user to delete the invalid entry
>             and select 'Continue' again, rather than the tool omitting it
>             and allowing the work flow to continue (as was the case in
>             2.5.x)
> 
> Thank you for any insight on this issue.
> Cynthia Walters
> University of Virginia
> 
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