[Building Sakai] SAK-800

[Nicolas Lupien]

Hi, i want to test SAK-800 during lunch time but i'm not familiar with the
Sakai source. Which branche should i checkout and how should i apply the
patch (is it already commited or i use the diff files). Thank you.

Nicolas Lupien



On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Adrian Fish <a.fish at lancaster.ac.uk>wrote:

>  It works fine with uploaded Wimba Create sites. Just upload the zip,
> expand it and check the html box at the expanded root.
>
> What I'm trying to do is get LessonBuilder uploading the zip, unzipping it
> applying the html switch and then linking to the relevant index file,  which
> varies between packages. If you are also up for a bit of LessonBuilder +
> Wimba testing, then extra cool.
>
> Cheers,
> Adrian.
>
>
> On 17/03/2011 15:39, Nicolas Lupien wrote:
>
> Hi there
> Many of our teachers use Wimba Create too, and some other content
> generation tools like articulate.
>
>  I'll be glad to test the patch and give you some feedback later on this
> afternoon.
>
>  I can test it with real scenarios of ours next week.
>
> Nicolas Lupien
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Bryan Holladay <holladay at longsight.com>wrote:
>
>> Yes, that is something I added in KNL-273
>>
>>  On Mar 17, 2011, at 8:53 AM, Adam Marshall wrote:
>>
>>   Can you zip from the root folder of resources? That was a big problem
>> in the past.
>>
>> adam
>>
>>   *From:* Adrian Fish [mailto:a.fish at lancaster.ac.uk]
>> *Sent:* 17 March 2011 12:49
>> *To:* Bryan Holladay
>> *Cc:* Adam Marshall; sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [Building Sakai] SAK-800
>>
>> The unzipping seems fine to me on my 2.7.x instance. The patch went on
>> smoothly too, which is always a bonus. I'll do some testing with some big
>> zip files.
>>
>> I we put a warning comment on the property pointing out the fact that
>> zipping up lots of material can slow Sakai down, then I see no reason why
>> this shouldn't be turned on.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Adrian.
>>
>> On 17/03/2011 12:12, Bryan Holladay wrote:
>> So reverting this back to SAK-800/KNL-273...
>>
>>   Are there any arguments not to allow unzipping now that there is a
>> configurable property to only allow X number of files in the zip as well as
>> the property to only allow unzipping and not zipping?
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Mar 17, 2011, at 8:03 AM, Adrian Fish wrote:
>>
>>
>>   Yes. Me being stupid. It all works when you check the allow html
>> content box. Doh!
>>
>> On 17/03/2011 12:00, Adam Marshall wrote:
>>  What do you mean when you say “write a base tag into every page2? Why
>> wouldn’t the website work as-is in Sakai?
>>
>>  We use Exe and Dreamweaver to create sites and they work just fine.
>>
>>  adam
>>
>>   *From:* sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [
>> mailto:sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org<sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org>
>> ] *On Behalf Of *Adrian Fish
>> *Sent:* 17 March 2011 11:00
>> *To:* sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [Building Sakai] SAK-800
>>
>> Initially, all is well with unzipping although I'm starting to realise
>> what I need to do to get stuff like Wimba Create packages uploaded. Wimba
>> Create produces a little website with  all the pages containing relative
>> links to each other. So, not only do I need to unzip the content, I probably
>> need to write a base tag into every page so the links work.
>>
>> Has this been done already, to anybody's knowledge?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Adrian.
>>
>> On 17/03/2011 03:08, Sam Ottenhoff wrote:
>>  If you are able to test the patch on a local install, any feedback would
>> be appreciated.  With just the unzip functionality enabled on a dev install,
>> I have not run into any issues with the new functionality.  I have tested
>> with very large ZIPs, zero-byte files, empty folders, etc.
>>
>> Please leave any testing feedback in JIRA: KNL-273.
>>
>> --Sam
>>
>> On 3/16/2011 7:33 PM, Nicolas Lupien wrote:
>>  I was looking at the same thing as you today. As a user, i can't wait to
>> see this in the main release.
>>
>>  We've just made the switch from Moodle to Sakai and this seems to be the
>> hardest part.
>>
>>
>> Nicolas Lupien
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Adrian Fish <a.fish at lancaster.ac.uk>
>> wrote:
>>  Hi Bryan,
>>
>> I'll attempt to apply the patch to my kernel and see how I get on. Thanks
>> for the info, I should have read the JIRA more closely ...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Adrian.
>>
>>
>> On 16/03/2011 21:33, Bryan Holladay wrote:
>> There has been some recent conversation lately about this... KNL-273 is an
>> extension of SAK-800... below are some of the threads:
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>   I went ahead and altered the patch for KNL-273.  I've added some new
>> properties that will limit the size of a zip file that you can expand.  This
>> is configurable and I feel that this is a good low tech approach to
>> preventing a DOS from large zip files.  Also, you can choose to only have
>> the ability to "Expand a zip" option and turn off the "Compress to zip"
>> option (or visa versa)
>>
>>   the new sakai.properties are:
>>
>>   //used to limit the size of a zip file it will try to expand
>>   resources.zip.expand.max=1000 (default)
>>
>>  //used to either turn on/off just expanding zips
>>  resources.zip.enable.expand=false  (default)
>>
>>   //used to either turn on/off just compressing zips
>> resources.zip.enable.compress=false  (default)
>>
>>  //also the prop to turn on both or default to the other props
>>  resources.zip.enable=false  (default)
>>
>>
>>
>>   The new patch is attached to the jira.  There is one for kernel1.1.x
>> and trunk
>>
>>  -Bryan
>>
>>
>>   On Mar 16, 2011, at 3:37 PM, Sam Ottenhoff wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>  last message in my inbox on this thread
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>>    *Subject:*
>>   Re: [Building Sakai] [maint] alternative to webdav in sakai
>>    *Date:*
>>   Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:21:42 +0000
>>    *From:*
>>   Adam Marshall <adam.marshall at oucs.ox.ac.uk><adam.marshall at oucs.ox.ac.uk>
>>   *To:*
>>  Nicola Monat-Jacobs <nicola at longsight.com> <nicola at longsight.com>, John
>> Bush <john.bush at rsmart.com> <john.bush at rsmart.com>
>>    *CC:*
>>   sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org <sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org><sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org>
>> , <mt at collab.sakaiproject.org> <mt at collab.sakaiproject.org>
>> <mt at collab.sakaiproject.org> <mt at collab.sakaiproject.org>
>>
>>
>>   I think an unzip (with no zip) would still be very useful ineed.
>>
>>   adam
>>
>>    *From:* sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [
>> mailto:sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org<sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org>
>> ] *On Behalf Of *Nicola Monat-Jacobs
>> *Sent:* 10 March 2011 16:54
>> *To:* John Bush
>> *Cc:* <mt at collab.sakaiproject.org> <mt at collab.sakaiproject.org>;
>> sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [Building Sakai] [maint] alternative to webdav in sakai
>>
>>  As far as I can tell from reading the JIRAs, the issues with SAK-800
>> were on the zipping side, rather than the unzipping side, right? Unless
>> there was an issue with the 'upload and unzip a zip into resources'
>> functionality that I'm not catching in the various JIRAs, what about just
>> implemented that part of the functionality? It seems a shame to reject a
>> feature because it's partner misbehaves.
>>
>>    Bulk uploading was the original use case that you were looking at,
>> right John?
>>
>>   - Nicola
>>
>>    On Mar 9, 2011, at  3:51 PM, John Bush wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> I spent a little time looking for an alternative today that doesn't
>> involve webdav or SAK-800 (you guys aren't making me feel fuzzy about that
>> idea).  I can't find a flash widget that will let you attach folders, and I
>> think that is key, for people who are uploading say a bunch of html content
>> that is all linked together.
>>
>> ...
>
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