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JourFixe-2024-01-22

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Date and place

Monday, 22 January from 13:00 – 17:05 at VC meeting in BBB.

If you like to participate at the Jour Fixe, please join our BigBlueButton-based Jour Fixe VC!
We recommend to use BBB in Chrome (or Firefox).

Participant

Joined VC

Abijuru, Jephte [Jephte]

Amstutz, Timon [amstutz]

x

Auerswald, Kristina [kauerswald]

Becker, Matthias [matthias.becker]

x

Becker, Maximilian [mbecker]

x

Bechtold, Patrick [pbe]

Beym, Marvin [mBeym]

Bongers, Tim [tbongers-cat]

x

Brauns, Johanna [jbrauns]

Copado, Jesús [jcop]

Detemple, Konstanze [kdetemple]

Dyhr, Sven

x

Engländer, Ferdinand [fenglaender]

Falkenstein, Rob [rob]

Famula, Thomas [tfamula]

x

Fischer, Yvonne [yvonne.fischer]

Fuhrer, Thibeau [tfuhrer]

x

Giebeler, Ina [igiebel1]

Glaubitz, Marko [mglaubitz]

Gribchenko, Kseniia [ksgrie]

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Großkopf, Katrin [katrin.grosskopf]

Grotz, Kendra [kgrotz]

x

Gruber, Ann-Christin [acgruber]

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Günther, Andre

Haagen, Nils [nlz]

Halm, Linda

Helfer, Fabian [fhelfer]

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Heim, Johannes [jheim]

Houssi, Dhouha

Jacobs, Maximilian [m.jacobs]

Jäggi, Damian [fajaeggi]

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Jansen, Kelly [kjansen]

Jansen, Michael [mjansen]

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Kaufmann, Olivia [o.kaufmann]

Kergomard, Stephan [skergomard]

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Killing, Alexander [alex]

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Klees, Richard [rklees]

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Knof, Christian [cknof]

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Koch, Karola [kkoch]

Kohnle, Uwe [ukohnle]

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Kruse, Fabian [Fabian]

Kunkel, Matthias [mkunkel] (Minutes)

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Lorenz, Katharina [klorenz]

x

Lowe, Simon [simon.lowe]

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Ludolf, Christoph [cludolf]

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Meyer, Stefan [smeyer]

Mix, Eva [emix]

Saxler, Tobias [Tobias246810]

Neumann, Fred [fneumann]

Nishino, Kenji

Potter, Chris

Rabah, Rachid [rabah]

Riebe, Katharina [kriebe]

Roeser, Nico [nicoroeser]

Rüping, Stefan

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Samoila, Oliver [oliver.samoila]

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Scharmer, Lukas [lscharmer]

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Schmid, Fabian [fschmid]

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Schmidt-Sielex, Wolfgang

Schmitz, Tim [tschmitz]

Seeland, Per Pascal [PerPascalSeeland]

Seibt, Alina [alina.seibt]

Seidel, Elyesa

Seiler, Yvonne [yvseiler]

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Sesterhenn, Fabian [sesterhenn]

Solzbacher, Bettina [BettinaSolzbacher]

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Spirou, Ilias [ispirou]

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Stake, Sebastian [sstake]

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Stepper, Christian [christian.stepper]

Strassner, Denis [dstrassner]

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Szmais, Ingmar [iszmais]

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Tesche, Uwe [utesche]

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Tödt, Alexandra [atoedt]

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Vollbach, Guido [gvollbach]

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Vejda, Stefan

Weber, Jens

Wischniak, Stanislav

Wolf, Fabian [fwolf]

Yadel, Simon

Zehnder, Lukas [lzehnder]

Zenzen, Enrico [ezenzen]

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1 Appointments

Workshops / Working GroupS

If you want to participate at one of the above mentioned workshops, please register for the related session. This helps to organise the workshop. Thanks!

Jour Fixe

  • Monday, 05 February 2024, 13.00 - 17.00
  • Monday, 19 February 2024, 13.00 - 17.00
  • Monday, 04 March 2024, 13.00 - 17.00
  • Monday, 18 March 2024, 13.00 - 17.00

DevConf Karlsruhe

41st ILIAS Development Conference takes place at 14 MAR 2024 at DHBW Karlsruhe.

2 Miscellaneous

2.1 UI Clinic

Our UI/UX/A11y experts Yvonne Seiler, Kristina Auerswald and Kendra Grotz are offering bi-weekly UI clinic consultation hours for UI/UX and accessibility topics. The consultation hours are open for all users that need or are interested in related help for their ILIAS development activities. The UI Clinic consultation hours take place every Tuesday before Jour Fixe from 14h30 to 15h00.

If you are interested in discussing an issue, please register here!.

2.2 Style Guide for English Language

Our expert for English language, Chris Potter, has created a Style Guide for English Language in ILIAS to help developers when writing English labels and bylines. Major aim is to improve the quality and the consistence of the English language file. We kindly please all developers to have a look at this style guide and follow its recommendations!

In addition, Chris is currently revising the entire ilias_en.lang for ILIAS 9 and corrects and streamline the texts. This already came with a couple of commits in the last weeks (and still will go on).

In case of questions to the style guide or the correct use of English language in ILIAS, please feel free to contact Chris.

2.3 Maintainerships

2.3.1 Maintainerships to be Handed Over

The following maintainerships are offered for takeover by another developer:

  • Administration: 1st maintainer Killing, Alexander [alex] and 2nd maintainer Meyer, Stefan [smeyer] would like to hand over maintainership of components/ILIAS/Administration to an interested developer. Code is in good state and the service ready to be used with PHP 8.
  • Learning Module SCORM: 1st maintainer Kohnle, Uwe [ukohnle] would like to hand over maintainership for components/ILIAS/Scorm2004 and components/ILIAS/ScormAicc to an interested developer. In view of some upcoming and funded refactorings, Uwe believes the time is right for a new developer to get involved in the maintenance of the component.
  • LTI: 1st maintainer Kohnle, Uwe [ukohnle] would like to hand over maintainership for components/ILIAS/LTI and components/ILIAS/LTIConsumer to an interested developer. 2nd maintainership is kept by Meyer, Stefan [smeyer].

Developers willing to take over a maintainership are highly appreciated. Please contact the Technical Board if you are interested in taking over the maintainership.

2.3.2 New or Changed Maintainerships

  • none

3 Maintained Versions

At the time being, we are maintaining ILIAS version 7 and Version 8.

3.1 Roadmap

LAST RELEASES

  • ILIAS 9.0 beta2 has been published at 12 DEC 2023
  • ILIAS 8.8 has been published at 17 JAN 2024
  • ILIAS 7.27 has been published at 12 DEC 2023

NEXT RELEASES

  • ILIAS 9.0 beta3 is planned for 23 JAN 2024
  • ILIAS 8.9 is planned for end of February 2024
  • ILIAS 7.28 is planned for February 2024

Lifecycles of maintained versions

  • ILIAS 7 : end of maintenance of ILIAS 7 is expected for April 2024 when we hopefully have a stable ILIAS 9 release. Otherwise, the maintenance of 7 is extended accordingly.
  • ILIAS 8 : end of full maintenance at 31 DEC 2024, security bug fixes (only) until 31 DEC 2025.

3.2 Mantis Reports

The following Mantis reports have been tagged with 'Needs Jour Fixe Decision' and were therfore be discussed in detail:

  1. #39472: SCORM/GlobalTemplate: Disabled `Template` and `Html` usage in \ilContextScorm can result in PHP errors (depending on call stack): We discussed the issue and follow Michael's suggestion:  In `\ilContextScorm`, return `true` instead of `false` for `hasHTML` and `usesTemplate`. In addition, we suggest to remove the usage of the global template in \ilAdvancedMDFieldDefinitionSelect::__construct. Michael is willing to offer related PRs.

Postponed to next Jour Fixe:

  • none

3.3 Mantis Statistic

3.3.1 General Statistic

Current information from Mantis:

                        * … Issues with status 'open' and 'fix.acc.prio.' are recorded.

3.3.2 Statistic per Developer

Due to reported inconsistencies of the presented data from Mantis, the presentation of the statistic per developer is postponed to a later JF. First, we have to assure the correctness of the data generated by our script.

3.4 Development Issues of Maintained Versions

The following development issues concern one or more maintained versions. Issues related to upcoming versions have to be added in chapter 4.

  • none

3.5 Pull Requests to be Discussed

The following pull requests in the ILIAS repository on GitHub were marked with 'Jour Fixe':

  • No PRs to discuss today.

3.6 Continuous Integration

  • Unit Tests:
    • As of today, there are (executed with PHP 8.2)
      • 10393
      • 25213 assertions (depends on the order of tests being executed / not stably determinable)
    • 4 Ignored Tests:
      • \ilSessionTest::testPasswordAssisstanceSession
        • Reason: Marked as incomplete
        • There is a new PR to solve this issue.
      • \TagInputTest::testUserCreatedNotAllowed
        • Reason: Marked as skipped
      • \ILIAS\Cache\CacheTest::testMemcachedAdapter
        • Reason: Memcached is not available (although the PHP extension is installed)
      • \ilSkinFactoryTest::testImportSkin
        • Reason: This test is skipped, because it is not possible to create a zip file, which can be unzipped at the moment in Test-Context. The test is violating thr policy to access only directories which are known to the LegacyPathHelper.

4 Preparing ILIAS 9

4.1 Timeline for ILIAS 9

Due to the changed timeline of ILIAS 8 we had to fundamentally change the schedule for ILIAS 9. The aim was to secure sufficient resources for the completion of ILIAS 8 and to take away the time pressure for the programming of ILIAS 9. In short, the release plan for ILIAS 9 has been postponed by one year.

  • Feature freeze at April 30, 2023: deadline to suggest new features for this version ✓
  • Coding completed: all features implemented and test cases finished until October 27, 2023 ✓
  • Release 9.0 beta1 and release-9 branch planned for October 30, 2023 ✓
  • Begin of testing phase scheduled for October 31, 2023 ✓
  • End of testing phase planned for Februar 02, 2024
  • First stable 9.0 release planned for March 15, 2024
  • Full maintenance support for version 9: until December 31, 2025
  • Security bug fixes only: until December 31, 2026

4.2 Software Requirements for ILIAS 9

The required and supported software for ILIAS 9 is as follows:

  1. PHP:
    • ILIAS 9 will support PHP 8.1 and 8.2.
    • Support for PHP 7.4 and 8.0 will be dropped.
  2. PHPUnit: 10.x
  3. Composer: Composer 2
  4. DBMS:
    • MariaDB: 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 (we recommend to use MariaDB)
    • MySQL:  8.0
  5. HTTP:
    • nginx:
      • Supported: 1.12.x  - 1.18.x
      • Recommended: 1.18.x
    • Apache >= 2.4.x
  6. JAVA:
    • JAVA 8 when using ilServer.jar
    • JAVA 11 when installing Maven (see related feature request)
  7. NodeJS:
    • 20 (LTS), 21
    • Recommended: 20 (LTS)
  8. Other Software:
    • Ghostscript:
      • Supported/Recommended: 9.51
    • MathJax (optional): Supported 2.7 and >=3.2, Recommended: 2.7
    • ImageMagick
      • Support/Recommended: 6.9.x / 6.9.11-60 Q16

4.3 Important Changes

/images directory : the subdirectory structure of /templates/default/images has been changed and more subdirectories have been introduced to to provide a faster and better overview of the existing image files. In addition, it will fix Mantis issue #35768.

In case of lost images (broken pathes), please create a Mantis report and assign it to CSS component.

4.4 Developement Issues ILIAS 9

  • none

4.5 Status of Development

This is the status of the development of ILIAS ILIAS 9 after Coding Completed at 27 OCT 2023:

Status

Number of features

Implemented and published in trunk

140

Abandoned and removed from code

28

Scheduled but not implemented/abondoned

24

4.6 Testing ILIAS 9

4.6.1 Roadmap

  • Testing phase of ILIAS 9 starts at October 31, 2023 on test9.ilias.de
    • Pretests from October 31 until November 10, 2023
    • Community testing starts at November 13, 2023
  • All test cases have to be run at least once until Februar 02, 2024
  • Retests have to be finished until March 11.
  • First stable release of ILIAS 9 is scheduled for March 15, 2024.

4.6.2 Testing Performance

We are now in week 11 of the community testing – still two weeks to go!!! This is our current performance:

  • Number of test cases to test for ILIAS 9: 4958
  • Number of weeks to test: 11  [2]
  • Average per week (SHOULD): 451
  • Current performance (IS): 409
    • We now need to test the remaining 1270 cases in just two weeks.
  • Two more Live Testings:
    • Thursday, 25-JAN 11:00-12:00
    • Tuesday, 30-JAN 12:00-13:00

Test suites with over 50% untested test cases:

  1. Category and Repository  (36|59%)
  2. cmi5/xAPI  (38|95%)
  3. Cron Service (72|95%)
  4. Export (143|93%)
  5. Learning Progress (266|58%)
  6. LTI (57|95%)
  7. Notification Center (6|100%)
  8. Online Help (13|81%)
  9. Setup (18|100%)
  10. Staff (35|41%)
  11. Study Programme (189|85%)
  12. User Service (56|88%)
  13. Virus Scanner (1|100%)
  14. ¥ Object (3|100%)

4.6.3 Mantis Statistic

Current information from Mantis:

                        * … Issues with status 'open' and 'fix.acc.prio.' are recorded.

5 Developing ILIAS 10

5.1 Timeline for ILIAS 10

  • Big Projects Jour Fixe at November 27, 2023 ✓
  • Feature freeze at April 30, 2024
  • Coding completed: all features implemented and test cases finished until October 25, 2024
  • Release 10.0 beta1 and release-10 branch planned for October 28, 2024
  • Beginn of testing phase scheduled for October 30, 2024
  • End of testing phase planned for Februar 05, 2025
  • First stable 10.0 release planned for March 13, 2025
  • Full maintenance support for version 10: until December 31, 2026
  • Security bug fixes only: until December 31, 2027

5.2 Software Requirements for ILIAS 10

The required and supported software for ILIAS 10 is as follows:

  1. PHP:
  2. PHPUnit: 10.x
  3. Composer: Composer 2
  4. DBMS:
    • MariaDB: … (we recommend to use MariaDB)
    • MySQL:  …
  5. HTTP:
    • nginx:
      • Supported: …
      • Recommended: …
    • Apache >= …
  6. JAVA:
    • …
  7. NodeJS:
    • Supported: 20 (LTS, 21)
    • Recommended: 20 (LTS)
  8. Other Software:
    • Ghostscript: …
    • MathJax (optional): …
    • ImageMagick: …

5.3 Dependencies

44 pull requests have been tagged with dependencies and were already discussed at 11 DEC 2023. 41 dependencies have already been accepted for ILIAS 10, 3 were rejected (see below).

The following are discussed today:

  1. PR6887: NPM: Add jQuery
    • jQuery is actively maintained and has an existing security policy. Used in many components (2414 occurences). Michael Jansen will take care of the dependency.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  2. PR6952: NPM: Add moment
    • Dependency is actively maintained. Used in calendar component and in chat, too.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  3. PR6893: NPM: Add linkifyjs
    • Dependency is actively maintained. Used in COPage, LearningModule and OnScreenChat to make links clickable.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  4. PR6945: NPM: Add jest
    • Dependency is actively maintained. 
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  5. PR6946: NPM: add @uppy/tus and  PR6947: NPM: add @uppy/core
    • Dependencies are actively maintained.
    • Dependencies are accepted for trunk.
  6. PR6949: Composer: Add firebase/php-jwt as dependency
    • Dependency is actively maintained.
    • Uwe Kohnle will call a meeting to check if this lib is used by others, too. Or if it could be removed from trunk. Decision postponed after meeting.
  7. PR6950: Composer: Add celtic/lti as dependency
    • Not too many but requently commits. Could probably be replaced by lib-lti1p3-core
    • Decision about dependency is postponed. First, it should be tested if lib-lti1p3-core could replace celtic/lti and if LTI 1.1 should be dropped with ILIAS 10. 
  1. NPM/Chatroom: Add uuid:
    • Library is well maintained.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  2. NPM/Chatroom: Add mysql:
    • Lot of contributions but last activity from 2022 which could be a potential risk. Library has to be monitored, forked if necessary and maintained by ourselves.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  3. NPM/Chatroom: Add node-mysql:
    • Library has only one maintainer and last activity from 2015. Could be a risk for new releases of Node.js.
    • Dependency is rejected for security reasons. node-mysql lib should not be used in ILIAS 10. Necessary functions have to be adapted by Chatroom component.
  4. NPM/Chatroom: Add async:
    • async is a well maintained package with a lot of contributions and recent activities.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  5. NPM/Chatroom: Add node-schedule:
    • node-schedule is a well maintained package with a lot of contributions. However, there were only few commits in the last months.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  6. NPM/Chatroom: Add express:
    • express is a well maintained package with a lot of contributions. However, there were only few commits in the last months. 
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  7. NPM/Chatroom: Add winston:
    • winston is a well maintained package with major releases every few years. It is an active project, the latest changes are from November.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk with version 3.
  8. NPM/Chatroom: Add socket.io and socket.io-client:
    • socket.io is a well maintained package with major releases every few years and recent activities.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk. Please update to version 4.7.
  9. Composer: Add jumbojett/openid-connect-php as dependency:
    • Not to many commits in the last years, but there are automatic tests for php up to 8.2. There are several people contributing to the software.
    • Dependency rejected for security reasons. Library has a certain risk for us. We should try to substitute this dependency by another one with similar functions but better maintenance.
  10. Composer: Add apereo/phpcas as dependency:
    • Library needed to enable CAS authentication in ILIAS. Not to many commits in the last years, but there are automatic tests for php up to 8.2. Security issues are always fixed in a timely manner followed by new releases.
  11. NPM: Add chart.js as dependency:
    • chart.js is actively maintained by multiple contributors. New releases are published every few weeks/months.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  12. NPM: Add rollup as dependency:
    • The package is actively maintained.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk. Please update to latest major release.
  13. NPM: Add @rollup/plugin-terser as dependency:
    • The package is actively maintained.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk. Please update to latest major release.
  14. NPM: Add @rollup/plugin-node-resolve as dependency:
    • The package is actively maintained.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  15. NPM: Add mocha as dependenc:
    • The package is no longer maintained actively. Last release was made in 2022.
    • Dependency rejected for security reasons. We should try to substitute this dependency by another one with similar functions but better maintenance.
  16. Composer: Add league/commonmark as dependency:
    • The package is actively maintained.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  17. NPM: Add eslint as dependency:
    • The package is actively maintained.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  18. NPM: Add eslint-plugin-import as dependency:
    • The package is actively maintained.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  19. NPM: Add eslint-config-airbnb-base as dependency:
    • The package is not actively maintained (last release 2021). But as it is only a configuration for the eslint package there is no need for an update as long as the configuration is not changed.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  20. NPM: Add dropzone as dependency:
    • The package is NOT actively maintained anymore (last release 2021). Lib is helpful as file upload is a complex subject that should not be handled by the file service itself.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk. But we have to look for alternatives in case security problems arise.
  21. NPM: Add chai as dependency:
    • The package is actively maintained.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  22. Composer: Add ramsey/uuid as dependency:
    • ramsey/uuid is actively maintained by multiple contributors. 
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  23. NPM: Lib tinymce:
    • Version 5 used by page editor for text editing. No need of current fork additions. Library well maintained, has commercial background and is still widely used and integrated.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  24. Composer: geshi lib:
    • Very few parts of the lib needed for syntax highlighting in page editor. Little maintenance in the last years. Risk is considered low.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk. In case of an emergency, we deactivate syntax highlighting in the page editor.
  25. Composer: getid3 lib:
    • Used to determine the length of media files. The lib is on github since > 10 years, always got maintenance.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  26. NPM: Add @yaireo/tagify as dependency
    • The library has 58 contributors and got its last release in August '23. It seems to be feature complete.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  27. Composer: Add friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer as dependency
    • The library is under active maintenance. It would be non-critical (although quite sad...) to lose this lib.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  28. Composer: Add phpunit/phpunit as dependency #6733 
    • Won't go away any time soon.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  29. Composer: Add mustache/mustache as dependency
    • The library is widely used by many PHP projects. It has 41 contributors, but the most contributions have been made by one person. 
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  30. Composer: Add ifsnop/mysqldump-php as dependency
    • Needed to create release packages. The package is actively maintained.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  31. Composer: Add seld/jsonlint as dependency dependencies:
    • The library receiced its last update in May '23. The maintainer Jordi Boggiano works on packagist and composer and is a well known person in the PHP community.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  32. Composer: Add symfony/console as dependency #6733:
    • Needed for Setup. The library is under active development and part of the Symfony framework.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  33. Composer: Add pimple/pimple as dependency #6733:
    • The library has been stable for a long time and didn't receive updates since 2021. The actual code is only about 150 LOC and hence could be easily maintained by us, if necessary.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  34. Composer: Add filp/whoops as dependency:
    • Library is stable for a long time now. Maintenance seems to be stable. There is a corporate sponsor of this library.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  35. Composer: Add phpstan/phpstan as dependency:
    • PHPStan is a very active project. The risk of relying on this library is relatively small. It is a development dependency and our production code does not rely on this library. But: The project mainly relies on one contributor and there might be funding issues in future.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  36. Composer: Add mikey179/vfsstream as dependency:
    • Not much development activity, so it might occur that there will be issues with upcoming PHP versions. The risk of relying on this library is small. It is a development dependency and only a small number of unit tests rely on a mocked file system. With the increased use of the IRSS, the number of unit tests will decrease and the lib will no longer be needed.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  37. Composer: Add captainhook/captainhook and `captainhook/plugin-composer as dependency:
    • CaptainHook is well maintained. Risk is small as it is only a development dependency.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  38. Composer: Add cweagans/composer-patches as dependency:
    • Composer Patches is still maintained,
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk but should be monitored.
  39. Composer: Add ezyang/htmlpurifier as dependency
    • HTMLPurifier is actively maintained by multiple contributors. Security issues are always fixed in a timely manner followed by new releases. In case of problems in the future, Symfony is offering a similar library that can be used instead.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  40. Composer: Add simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp as dependency:
    • SimpleSAMLphp is actively maintained by multiple contributors. Security issues are always fixed in a timely manner followed by new releases. A proper security process is implemented.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk. An update to version 2.0 might be done with PR6725.
  41. Composer: Add phpmailer/phpmailer as dependency:
    • Library is needed to create mails from ILIAS. PHPMailer is actively maintained by multiple contributors. Security issues are always fixed in a timely manner followed by new releases.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  42. Add sabre/dav as dependency:
    • Actively maintained.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  43. Composer: add symfony/yaml as dependency:
    • The library receives updates and new releases and is part of the symfony framework.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.
  44. Composer: Add guzzlehttp/psr7 as dependency:
    • Is actively maintained. Needed by nearly every GUI class in ILIAS.
    • Dependency is accepted for trunk.

There are some dependencies - including important ones - that have not been tagged yet and did therefore not appear on the list. All developers were asked to check if they have forgotten to list a needed dependency and to create related PRs. All these additional dependencies will be discussed today.

5.4 Deprecated for ILIAS 10

The following services, methods and UI elements are deprecated for ILIAS 10:

  • Services/Table
  • Services/UIComponent
    • Checkbox List Overlay
    • Confirmation & Confirmation Table
    • Explorer & Explorer2
    • Glyph
    • Grouped List
    • Lightbox (Has been removed from trunk while ILIAS 9 has being developed.)
    • Modal
    • Nested List
    • Overlay
    • Panel
    • Progress Bar
    • Split Button
    • Syntax Highlighter
    • Tabs
    • Text Highlighter
    • Toolbar
    • Tooltip
  • Services/FileSystem
    • ilFile
    • ilFileData
    • ilFileDataImport
    • ilFileSystemAbstractionStorage
    • ilFileSystemGUI
    • ilFileSystemTableGUI
    • ilUploadFiles
  • Services/Database
    • ilDBAnalyzer
    • ilDBGenerator
  • Services/FileDelivery (replacement will be done with PR)
    • ilFileDelivery
  • Services/PermanentLink (replacement will be done with PR)
    • ilLink
  • Services/Utilities (ongoing)
    • ilArrayUtil
    • ilLegacyFormElementsUtil
    • ilShellUtil
    • ilStr
    • ilUtil

5.5 Important Changes

  • none

5.6 Development Issues

  • none

5.7 Project 'Removing of Legacy-UIComponents-Service and Table'

  • Status ILIAS 10
    • UI-Components in progress: e.g. UI Data Table, Ordering Table, Confirmation Modal, Resource Selector
    • TheDateTime-Picker to KS Filter is in Review » PR #6646
    • Additions to the UI Data Table required to progress the changeover.
    • Documentation to rearrange elements of the legacy toolbar.
  • Estimated funding needed to realise project for ILIAS 10: 500.000 - 600.000€ (350-400 Person Days)
  • Next appointments:
    • Bi-Weekly-Meeting : Monday, 29 January 2024, 14:30 - 16:00
    • Bi-Weekly-Meeting : Monday, 12 February 2024, 14:30 - 16:00

5.8 Suggested Features for 10

  1. Test: Add IP Ranges as Access Constraint to Test Settings: Suggestion is highly appreciated and feature scheduled for ILIAS 10. We keep the message in the byline (where it is already), mainly because it is already visible in the upper container (as known from 'offline' status)

  2. Split-Up Standard Fields Table and Move to DataTable: Suggestion is highly appreciated and feature scheduled for ILIAS 10. The current suggestion violates the guideline from the KS and the Guideline for presenting Actions buttons in tables. There might be good reasons to always have a dropdown (also when only one action is available). Stephan will discuss the issue with the KS coordinators and UI/UX experts and probably suggest a change of the guideline(s).

  3. Move Custom Fields Table to DataTable: Suggestion is highly appreciated and feature scheduled for ILIAS 10 incl. the suggestions by Oliver.

  4. Removing Legacy-UI » ilConfirmationGUI  » Interruptive Modal for Confirmation: Suggestion is highly appreciated and feature scheduled for ILIAS 10.

  5. Mail Attachments: Change from »Edit« to »Add«: We highly appreciate this suggestion and schedule the feature for ILIAS 10 with the following changes:

    1. Instead of using a ViewControl we prefer a two-step-workflow: first select the source of the file (New File | Attachments), then select the file(s).
    2. Files that have already been selected as attachments are no longer shown on screen 3 (‘From my Attachments‘).

  6. Abandon Consultation Hour Groups : Suggestion is highly appreciated, feature will be abandoned with ILIAS 10.

  7. Fuse tables «Consultation Hours Appointments» and «Bookings»: Suggestion is highly appreciated and feature scheduled for ILIAS 10.

  8. Improve Managing Consultation Hours in Agenda-Tab: Suggestion is highly appreciated and feature scheduled for ILIAS 10. Label on second mockup should be changed to ‘Close‘.

  9. Tutorial Support as Secondary Panel: Suggestion is highly appreciated and feature scheduled for ILIAS 10. We accept to present 'Send Mail' as an action (shy button) in the Standard Items like suggested. If the modal is activated, the option to contact this/these person/s easily. Placement of the setting is not in 'Additional Features' as it is no cross-sectional service but only exists in courses.

  10. Replace «Send Participantion Confirmation»-Button by Automatism: Suggestion is highly appreciated and feature scheduled for ILIAS 10.

  11. Configuring the availability of general purpose page elements  Suggestion is highly appreciated and feature scheduled for ILIAS 10. Only those page elements that are defined as 'General Purpose Page Elements' (see above) can be configured. Therefore, page element plugins won't be tackled. We prefer to have two new sub administration nodes in "Layout and Navigation". One for the ILIAS Page Editor, the other for the Tiny. Alexander will split up the existing node and create the two.

  12. Abandon «View given answers» in Survey: We highly appreciate this suggestion and abandon the feature with ILIAS 10.

    POSTPONED TO NEXT JOUR FIXE

  13.  Move «Results: Per Participant» to KS

[2] Testing planned from week 46 to 51 and 1 to 5 in 2024. We assume that there will be no testing in week 52 due to Xmas.

Last edited: 17. Apr 2025, 14:27, Kunkel, Matthias [mkunkel]