[Building Sakai] Merge request: Kernel API change (KNL-601)

[Steve Swinsburg]

+1 to trunk and I'd vote positively for a merge to the kernel for 2.8 since it's not out the door yet. 

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On 14/01/2011, at 20:23, David Horwitz <david.horwitz at uct.ac.za> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> This refers to https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/KNL-601 and the
> related provider updates in https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-19821
> 
> KNL-601 adds a new method the the groupProvider to check that a group
> exists. Prior to this change there was no way via the interfaces to
> distinguish between an empty group and a invalid groupId. At UCT this is
> currently giving us problems as lecturers try to setup courses ahead of
> the start of term next month.
> 
> Impact of merging: All deployers who have custom group providers will
> need to add 1 method to their group provider implementation.
> 
> Any objections?
> 
> D
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