How to get a turnin enabled repository

First a user will need to visit Apply and create a subversion repository. After the repository has been created, the user can revisit Apply and tie the repository to one or more courses. This will turnin enable the subversion repository and a nightly process will automatically update the repository access_file and turnin folder structure.

Turnin

This page will contain a list of issues/questions that need to be addressed before moving forward with any changes to the Turnin process.

Step me through exactly what they are expecting.

Assumptions

Repository Layout

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• SemesterCode is F, S, Su plus the last two digits of the year by default;

Constraints

• Repositories ARE They want repositories tied to a full course (eg COMP412). This means ALL sections of a course are included for access to the repository.They
• DO Repositories ARE NOT want repositories tied to specific sections of a course. There will be no support for having two sections of the same course with different turnin repositories.
• They want ALL users of a repository to will retain access to the repository for up to a minimum of 3 semesters

  This means that after three semesters, anyone no longer listed in an active Grouper group for the repository will become unmanaged. The access file permissions blocks for any deprecated users will be removed. The user's turnin folders will NOT be touched. If an instructor is no longer listed in one of the active instructor groups, their netid will be removed from the instructor group but any other permissions they have in the access file will be uneffected.

Usage

• They will create a repository 'courseXXX'
• They will mark this as a turnin capable repository and assign it to a specific course by subject and course number, eg COMP 412.
• The automatic turnin process will then use the members of the course as defined in Grouper to do the following:
  • Create the user folders /turnin/netid within the repository
  • Create a permissions block in the access file for each user folder

Questions

• semesters; Currently implemented as three active semesters that the course is taught. If the course is only taught in the Fall of each year, then the full repository would be accessible by a user for 3 years. If the course is taught every semester, then the repository would be fully accessible for a year. On the 4th active semester, the oldest semester will be dropped from general access to the repository. This means that students will no longer be able to access any repository folders protected by the student group. However, until the student data is removed or they lose access to their netId, they will retain read/write access to their specific turnin folder.
• Except for the one small controlled section of the access_file, all other user changes to the access_file should be carried forward.
• The one exception to user changes being carried forward is that user permission blocks for active users can not be deleted by the user without them coming back automatically the next time the automatic process run.

Data changes controlled by the automatic turnin process

• Repository data will never be deleted
• General access to the repository will be controlled by updating the access_file turnin group list. The section of the access_file that is rewritten will be surrounded by comments and user changes are not allowed.
• As new semesters (and students) are cycled into the turnin group list, the permission blocks for these new semesters and students will be added to the access_file.
• As new semesters (and students) are cycled into the turnin group list, new repository folders will be added for the semesters and students.
• The access_file turnin group list will be updated when new course groups are automatically created within Grouper. This means that a new semester may force an old semester out of the turnin group list before any new students have been added to the new course group.

Enhancements

• I've added a special comment to the access file that will allow the owner of the repository to turn OFF the automatic processing of the access_file and repository. When the automatic process sees this comment, it will abort any changes to this repository and will move to the next repository.

  Code Block
  ### TURNIN AUTOMATIC PROCESSING: OFF

access_file format

[groups]

### TURNIN MAINTAINED VALUES: BEGIN ###
### DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING BETWEEN THESE TAGS ###
turnin_admin =      @general.IT.ARC.custom.turnin_admin
turnin_instructor = @auto.courses.COMP422.Fa10.instructor, \
                    @auto.courses.COMP422.Sp10.instructor, \
                    @auto.courses.COMP422.Fa11.instructor
turnin_ta =         @auto.courses.COMP422.Fa10.TA, \
                    @auto.courses.COMP422.Sp10.TA, \
                    @auto.courses.COMP422.Fa11.TA
turnin_student =    @auto.courses.COMP422.Sp10.student, \
                    @auto.courses.COMP422.Sp10.student, \
                    @auto.courses.COMP422.Sp10.student
turnin_test_student = xxxtuu1,xxxtgu1,xxxtuu2,xxxtgu2
### TURNIN MAINTAINED VALUES: END ###

admin =      @turnin_admin
instructor = @turnin_instructor
ta =         @turnin_ta
student =    @turnin_student,@turnin_test_student

[/]
@admin = rw
@instructor = rw
@ta = rw
@student = r

[/rice_config]
@admin = rw
@instructor = rw
@ta = rw
* =

[/course]
@admin = rw
@instructor = rw
@ta = rw
@student = r
* = 

[/staff]
@admin = rw
@instructor = rw
@ta = tw
* = 

[/turnin]
@admin = rw
@instructor = rw
@ta = rw
@student = r
* = 

[/turnin/F10/netId1]
@admin = rw
@instructor = rw
@ta = rw
netId1 = rw
* = 

[/turnin/F10/netId2]
@admin = rw
@instructor = rw
@ta = rw
netId2 = rw
* = 

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[/turnin/S10/netId1]
@admin = rw
@instructor = rw
@ta = rw
netId1 = rw
* = 

[/turnin/S10/netId2]
@admin = rw
@instructor = rw
@ta = rw
netId2 = rw
* = 

... 

[/turnin/F11/netId1]
@admin = rw
@instructor = rw
@ta = rw
netId1 = rw
* = 

[/turnin/F11/netId2]
@admin = rw
@instructor = rw
@ta = rw
netId2 = rw
* = 

...

[/turnin/test/xxxtuu1]
@admin = rw
@instructor = rw
@ta = rw
xxxtuu1 = rw
* = 

[/turnin/test/xxxtgu1]
@admin = rw
@instructor = rw
@ta = rw
xxxtgu1 = rw
* = 

[/turnin/test/xxxtuu2]
@admin = rw
@instructor = rw
@ta = rw
xxxtuu2 = rw
* = 

[/turnin/test/xxxtgu2]
@admin = rw
@instructor = rw
@ta = rw
xxxtgu2 = rw
* = 

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