[sakai2-tcc] [WG: Sakai QA] sakai-2.8.0 update (IE9 issues)

[Sam Ottenhoff]

This is a simple and straightforward patch.  It works as expected in 
trunk.  +1 for getting it into 2.8.x before 2.8.0 official is cut.

--Sam

On 3/29/2011 4:47 PM, Matthew Jones wrote:
> I'm also +1.
>
> Noah, Alan and myself have tested this on a server while the network
> was up (local power outage). It's easy to disable or change it to
> emulate any other version of IE in the future so it will always be
> useful. I avoided complicating this patch, by allowing only this
> specific header to be defined rather than any arbitrary header. Only
> Internet Explorer will do anything with this specific header value,
> though other browsers are able to implement this (X-UA-Compatible) as
> well. It's really the most convenient fix for the moment.
>
> This was also basically the same patch used for 2.5.x, because that
> release was eventually incompatible with IE8. However this is settable
> via property, and the breakage under IE9 is worse this time around.
> I'm also guessing that future versions of Sakai will be incompatible
> with future versions of IE, so this will be good to just get in.
>
> At Michigan the IE9 usage is pretty low, but I'm expecting this to
> pick up over the summer at the labs and students upgrade.
>
> On 3/29/11, Speelmon, Lance<lance at indiana.edu>  wrote:
>> +1 for KNL-697 inclusion.  Thanks, L
>>
>>
>> On Mar 29, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Anthony Whyte wrote:
>>
>>> This is release prep week for sakai-2.8.0 but the recent release of
>>> Microsoft IE9 has intersected with our release timeline in a less than
>>> harmonious manner.  Preliminary testing reveals that both the FCKEditor
>>> and CKEditor need to be upgraded in order to address IE9
>>> incompatibilities.  IE9-related tickets have also been filed against tools
>>> such as Messages and Forums and Profile2.
>>>
>>> Matt Jones of Michigan has produced a kernel patch (KNL-697) that forces
>>> IE9 to emulate IE8 by enabling compatibility mode in the request filter.
>>> The patch can be enabled/disabled by the following sakai property:
>>>
>>> sakai.X-UA-Compatible=IE=EmulateIE8
>>>
>>> KNL-697 does not depend on CKEditor/FCKEditor upgrades or any other
>>> IE9-related fixes.  Noah Botimer plans to clean up, document, test and
>>> then commit both FCKeditor/CKeditor for 2.8.1.
>>>
>>> The question before us is whether or not we proceed with the release
>>> knowing that sakai-2.8.0 is currently incompatible with IE9 or instead
>>> produce a release candidate that includes the KNL-697 kernel fix?
>>>
>>> My own view is that we should cut another release candidate this week in
>>> order for QA to test the KNL-697 patch; releasing sakai-2.8.0 without a
>>> workaround for IE9 incompatibilities will doom it to an early grave (when
>>> users subject it to IE9) and consign a good deal of release work to the
>>> category of wasted effort.
>>>
>>> But what say you?  Proceed with the release as is or get the Jones patch
>>> in place and tested?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Anth
>>>
>>>
>>> IE9 tickets (so far)
>>>
>>> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/KNL-697 Create compatibility patch
>>> for IE9
>>>
>>> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-20296 upgrade FCkEditor to 3.5.2
>>> to support IE9
>>> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-20058 Upgrade CKeditor to 2.6.6
>>> to support IE9
>>>
>>> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/MSGCNTR-495 IE9 - Issue - Race
>>> condition can freeze browser when modifying Email address for forwarding
>>> in Messages - Settings
>>> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/PRFL-580 IE9 issue - HTML editor in
>>> Staff information does not allow you to add a return after writing a word
>>> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/PRFL-480
>>> direct/profile/{userid}/image sent without correct HTTP headers
>>> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-20284 IE 9 issue - Calendar
>>> widget does not pop up when trying to set Due date for Gradebook
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