Abandon Settings-Templates for Surveys

1 Reasons to Abandon Feature

The Settings-Templates are not well maintained, new options are not always integrated. The settings-templates cause a lot of ugly if-thingies. They should go.

Additionally settings Templates comes with technical limitations that restrict the possible settings that can be involved in the templates to that ones, that are managed on the first settings nesting level. Sub settings are simply not supported as pre defined field in settings templates. They should go.

The code base will be reduced and its complexity will be reduced.

2 Technical Information

Killing, Alexander [alex]: No technical issues.

3 Contact

• Author of the Request: Tödt, Alexandra [atoedt]
• Maintainer: Killing, Alexander [alex]
• Implementation of the feature is done by: {The maintainer must add the name of the implementing developer.}

4 Funding

Removing the feature from the ILIAS code base might need funding. If you are interest in funding this request, please add your name and institution to this list.

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5 Discussion

Use the following discussion section to express your objections against this request or your consent to get rid of this feature.

Killing, Alexander [alex], 4.7.2020, I support the idea.

Klees, Richard [rklees] 2021-07-12: Sounds very reasonable, I definitely support this. Thanks!

Kruse, Fabian [Fabian], 12.07.2021: There are only two test cases to test the templates (C1626 and C1628) – not enough to properly access the functionality. So from me also support to remove this feature.

If this is done, please also delete the mentioned test cases. Thanks!

Kergomard, Stephan [skergomard], 2021 July 12: Full support from me, too.

JourFixe, ILIAS [jourfixe], 12 JUL 2021 : We highly appreciate Alexander's suggestion and accept the removal of survey setting templates with ILIAS 8.

6 Implementation

Tödt, Alexandra [atoedt] 2021-09-06: Testcases were deleted.

Approval

Approved at 10 Dec 2021, Killing, Alexander [alex].