Re: [yaco-liaison-tool] The liaison tool: Status Update

[Stephanie McCammon <[e-mail]>]

Hi Emilio,

Thank you for doing this, however I don't see the editable field for submission date in the tool.  Could you please look into why this field isn't visible?

Thank you,

Stephanie


On Apr 27, 2011, at 4:50 AM, Emilio A. Sánchez wrote:

>   Hi all,
> 
>   I have done the changes needed to add the new field. See http://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/ticket/653
> 
>   Now the user can enter the submission date when sending a new liaison (or when editing an existing one).
> 
>   If the date enter is more than 30 days different than now a warning will be displayed when submitting the form.
> 
>   Best,
> 
> El 25/04/11 21:58, Russ Housley escribió:
>> You might want to pop up a warning if the date is seriously different than now, just to confirm that the person means to use the provided date.
>> 
>> Russ
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 25, 2011, at 12:19 PM, Emilio A. Sánchez wrote:
>> 
>>>   It seems that anyone allowed to send liaisons (incoming or outgoing) may need to change the submission date.
>>> 
>>>   So, I think the best option is to add a submission date field into the form (prepopulated with the current date but editable).
>>> 
>>>   In that case anyone allowed to send liaisons will be able to falsify the submission date. If that's right I can do the appropriate changes in the code to add this field.
>>> 
>>>   Best,
>>> 
>>> El 21/04/11 21:30, Russ Housley escribió:
>>>> Yes there should be an option -- for two reasons.
>>>> 
>>>> (1) Incoming Liaison Statements - sometimes other SDOs send them to
>>>> Chairs or ADs, which then get forwarded at some later point for posting.
>>>> They should reflect the date that they were originally received.
>>>> 
>>>> (2) Outgoing Liaison Statements - again, mistakes happen. If the tool is
>>>> not used to send it in the first place, when it is posted it should
>>>> reflect the date it was actually sent to the recipient SDO.
>>>> 
>>>> Russ
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Apr 21, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Alexa Morris wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Adrian:
>>>>> 
>>>>> When you post a liaison, it will show the date it was posted -- there
>>>>> is no option (at least for us) to change the date to make it show the
>>>>> original submission date.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Henrik, Emilio:
>>>>> is there an option -- or should there be -- to update the date so that
>>>>> it reflects the actual submission date and not the (now very delayed)
>>>>> date that it will be posted? There is another liaison in the queue
>>>>> that Stephanie could not post, but now can, that will be similarly
>>>>> impacted.
>>>>> 
>>>>> And to Adrian's other question, when the Secretariat posts a liaison,
>>>>> we have the option to "post only" or "post and send". Does a regular
>>>>> liaison manager have the ability to make such a distinction as well?
>>>>> It sounds as if Adrian might want to avoid a duplicate announcement
>>>>> since he already copied a bunch of folks on his initial attempt at
>>>>> posting the liaison.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Alexa
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Apr 15, 2011, at 2:07 PM, Adrian Farrel wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks Stephanie,
>>>>>> Do you know whether if *I* post it, it will show all the dates right
>>>>>> and not send another copy?
>>>>>> There is no really great urgency to getting a copy of the LS into the
>>>>>> tracker, but I would like to avoid any snafus with what is ultimately
>>>>>> recorded and what might get sent.
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Adrian
>>>>>> PS - Tanks to all for working on the tool!
>>>>>> *From:*Stephanie McCammon [mailto:[e-mail]]
>>>>>> *Sent:*15 April 2011 21:24
>>>>>> *To:*Emilio A. Sánchez
>>>>>> *Cc:*Henrik Levkowetz; Patrik Fältström; Alexa Morris; Russ Housley;
>>>>>> Eliot Lear; Ray Pelletier; Barney Glen;[e-mail]
>>>>>> <mailto:[e-mail]>;[e-mail]
>>>>>> <mailto:[e-mail]>
>>>>>> *Subject:*Re: The liaison tool: Status Update
>>>>>> Hello everyone
>>>>>> Henrik was able to do the merge, however the tool is still not
>>>>>> functioning properly. It still tells me that I am not allowed to send
>>>>>> a liaison to the ITU-T SG 15. Please look into this as soon as you
>>>>>> have a chance.
>>>>>> Adrian,
>>>>>> The new liaison tool will not let me post the response liaison to the
>>>>>> ITU-T SG 15 regarding COM15-LS293-E, and while we are working this
>>>>>> out you may want to try posting it for yourself. The CC field should
>>>>>> now be editable for you. Please let me know if you have any questions.
>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>> Stephanie
>>>>>> On Apr 12, 2011, at 8:28 AM, Emilio A. Sánchez wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Stephanie.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The last fix is applied in a repository branch, it needs to be merged
>>>>>> into trunk and then update the code of the production server.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Henrik, could you do the merge?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> El 12/04/11 17:24, Stephanie McCammon escribió:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>    Hi Emilio,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>    I have just tried to post the liaison on behalf of Adrian Farrel
>>>>>>    and it
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>    still says that I am not allowed to send it and reverts the form
>>>>>>    back to
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>    saying that it is from me. Could you please look into this again?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>    Thank you,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>    Stephanie
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>    On Apr 11, 2011, at 2:33 AM, Emilio A. Sánchez wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>        Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>        I have fixed this issue in
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>        http://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/ticket/648
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>        Now the tool takes into account which user are you
>>>>>>        imporsonating in
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>        order to check if he/she is allowed to send a liaison to an
>>>>>>        specific SDO.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>        Regards,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>        El 08/04/11 19:58, Stephanie McCammon escribió:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>            Hello Everyone,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>            I just tried to post an outgoing liaison and received an
>>>>>>            error that said
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>            I was not allowed to send an outgoing liaison to ITU-T
>>>>>>            SG15. I was
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>            attempting to post it on behalf of Adrian Farrel who is
>>>>>>            listed as the
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>            liaison manager for ITU-T SG 15. Can this be fixed?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>            Thank you,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>            Stephanie
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>            On Apr 7, 2011, at 4:36 AM, Henrik Levkowetz wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                On 2011-04-07 11:37 "Emilio A. Sánchez" said:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                    Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                    Right now the field person of the LiaisonDetail
>>>>>>                    model stores the
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                    PersonOrOrgInfo of the user that creates the
>>>>>>                    liaison. The real one
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                    so if
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                    the secretariat is sending a liaisons the person
>>>>>>                    field has the
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                    secretariat user person.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                    But this info is not used to grant any privilege
>>>>>>                    over the liaisons.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                Ah. So that field could more properly have been
>>>>>>                called 'creator'. Ok.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                Best,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                Henrik
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                    Best,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                    El 07/04/11 11:16, Henrik Levkowetz escribió:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                        Hi Emilio,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                        I'm not sure you, Patrik and myself are
>>>>>>                        talking about the same thing
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                        here. See more below.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                        On 2011-04-07 10:54 "Emilio A. Sánchez" said:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                            Hi.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                            El 07/04/11 10:25, Henrik Levkowetz escribió:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                                Hi Emilio,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                                On 2011-04-06 16:03 "Emilio A.
>>>>>>                                Sánchez" said:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                                ...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                                    I don't understand what data
>>>>>>                                    want's to edit Patrik when he say
>>>>>>                                    'who
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                                    holds the action item'. If he
>>>>>>                                    refers to the person who can 'take
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                                    care'
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                                    of a liaison, this person is
>>>>>>                                    selected automatically.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                                But if the SDO Liaison Manager is
>>>>>>                                changing, then liaisons which
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                                still
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                                need to be taken care of will need to
>>>>>>                                be updated, no?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                            I'm revising the code. The persons who
>>>>>>                            are allowed to 'take care' of
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                            a liaison are:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                            * The secretariat (always)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                            * Any person whose email is listed under
>>>>>>                            'cc', 'reply_to', 'poc',
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                            'response_contact', 'technical_contact'
>>>>>>                            and the submitter. Of course
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                            only if this person has an user in the
>>>>>>                            datatracker.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                            One option is edit one of this field (but
>>>>>>                            this is so ugly).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                            I think that the best option is allow to
>>>>>>                            the 'take care' a if the
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                            current user is allowed to edit the
>>>>>>                            liaison (This check is done
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                            on the
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                            fly and checks if the user is currently
>>>>>>                            an sdo manager of the
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                            liaison).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                        There's an entry in the LiaisonDetails class
>>>>>>                        which is 'person'.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                        This would be the person who holds the token
>>>>>>                        to handle a liaison,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                        maybe? If so, I think that's the entry Patrik
>>>>>>                        would like to update.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                        But if this entry isn't used anywhere, then
>>>>>>                        we need to figure out
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                        the distinction between the set of people who
>>>>>>                        'can take care of' a
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                        liaison, and the person who has the token.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                        Best,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>                        Henrik
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
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