[#SAK-7585] Reordering Resources changes the Modified date for all items

Sakai

Reordering Resources changes the Modified date for all items

Created: 09-Jan-2007 12:45 Updated: 13-Jun-2008 14:44

Component/s:

Resources

Affects Version/s:

2.3.0, 2.3.x, 2.3.1

Fix Version/s:

2.4.x

Time Tracking:

Not Specified

Environment:

Tested on qa1-us and Michigan instance (CTools)

2.4.x Status:	Resolved
2.5.x Status:	None

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When using the reorder widget within Resources, reordering items changes the modified date for all items within the folder in which the reorder is taking place.

Example:
Site PSYCH 101 W07 has 4 folders:
    Week 3 (modified 1/2/07)
    Week 4 (modified 1/4/07)
    Week 1 (modified (12/30/06)
    Week 2 (modified (1/3/07)

The user reorders the folders on 1/9/07 so that they appear in sequential order (week 1, week 2, etc.).
But when the reorder is complete, all of the folders have a modified date of 1/9/07

This is unexpected behavior. Just because a folder's order is changed does not change any of the permissions or it's contents.

THUS, the reorder widget should NOT change the modified date of the items it is reordering.

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Mike Osterman - 11-Jan-2007 10:52

Verified on Whitman instance (CLEo) running version 2.3.x (r20192)

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Yuji Shinozaki - 05-Jun-2007 13:51

Has this been patched?

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Kathy Moore - 19-Jul-2007 10:42

There was some discussion in the Resources group as to whether "anyone" uses the date column. Of 8 students and faculty whom I recently asked about use of these columns, 2 did use the date column; one was a professor who said he had to teach his students to do this. Two more of the eight volunteered that they might use the feature after being made aware of it by my questioning.

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Steve Lonn - 20-Jul-2007 10:26

I've done quite a bit of research on project sites. Project site users tend to use the date column more than course sites because it's more relevant to see when someone posted a resource, particularly if the group is working on multiple versions of a document or looking for the most recent version of data.

Until there's a versioning tool integrated with Resources, I think that project site users, in particular, still need the date column and REALLY need this bug fixed so that if they reorder their files or folders, their modified dates aren't affected.

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Jim Eng - 13-Aug-2007 21:36

This has been fixed in trunk. Please verify the fix on nightly2.sakaiproject.org (port 8082 or 8083). If it is verified fixed, please close the issue and assign to Mike Osterman so it can be merged into 2.4.x. If it is not fixed, please assign the ticket to me.

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