Notification sent to watcher upon moving file on submitted page (when not in submitted folder)

[Pete Potter]

If I submit a page to a group it becomes locked. The locked page can also be on another users watchlist. I've had an instance when users who have the locked page on their watchlist receive notifications of changes. This happens if artefacts are moved around into folders in the content area.

16.04
Linux
MySQL

Thanks

Pete

[Kristina Hoeppner (kris-hoeppner)]

Hi Pete. What behavior are you expecting? Should folder moves never be notified?

[Pete Potter (petepotter)]

Hi Kristina,

I was not expecting a notification of changes from a locked page.

If users move content around in their content area I would say no, there is
no reason for a notification in any circumstances as its no visible change
to the page and of no interest to the subscriber who as added it to their
watchlist.

Thanks

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 11:28 PM, Kristina Hoeppner <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Hi Pete. What behavior are you expecting? Should folder moves never be
> notified?
>
> ** Changed in: mahara
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Title:
> Notifications of changes on locked pages
>
> Status in Mahara:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> If I submit a page to a group it becomes locked. The locked page can
> also be on another users watchlist. I've had an instance when users
> who have the locked page on their watchlist receive notifications of
> changes. This happens if artefacts are moved around into folders in
> the content area.
>
>
> 16.04
> Linux
> MySQL
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Pete
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1620690/+subscriptions
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[Kristina Hoeppner (kris-hoeppner)]

I would say that a notification can be useful because a file being moved into a folder on a page should result in a notification so that the watcher knows that there is new evidence available in a folder / image gallery on a page they are watching.

A file that is submitted can only be moved if the folder in which it resides has not been submitted to a portfolio. In order to not have a notification, I guess, we'd have to check the conditions of the file and its submission status and then check if the submitted page is on anyone's watchlist and if all that matches, not send a notification of the move to the watchers of that page, but still send notifications to all the other watchers who have the same file on a different page in case that affects that page as well.

Does this scenario happen frequently? I'd class it as low here in Launchpad, i.e. to fix when it's convenient, since it doesn't impact the behavior of Mahara or breaks the submission.

[Pete Potter (petepotter)]

Thanks Kristina,

I agree this is low as it does not happen frequently. The confusion arose
when the user received a notification from a page which should have been
locked.

Pete

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 12:59 AM, Kristina Hoeppner <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> I would say that a notification can be useful because a file being moved
> into a folder on a page should result in a notification so that the
> watcher knows that there is new evidence available in a folder / image
> gallery on a page they are watching.
>
> A file that is submitted can only be moved if the folder in which it
> resides has not been submitted to a portfolio. In order to not have a
> notification, I guess, we'd have to check the conditions of the file and
> its submission status and then check if the submitted page is on
> anyone's watchlist and if all that matches, not send a notification of
> the move to the watchers of that page, but still send notifications to
> all the other watchers who have the same file on a different page in
> case that affects that page as well.
>
> Does this scenario happen frequently? I'd class it as low here in
> Launchpad, i.e. to fix when it's convenient, since it doesn't impact the
> behavior of Mahara or breaks the submission.
>
> ** Changed in: mahara
> Status: Incomplete => Triaged
>
> ** Changed in: mahara
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - Notifications of changes on locked pages
> + Notification sent to watcher upon moving file on submitted page (when
> not in submitted folder)
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
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>
> Title:
> Notification sent to watcher upon moving file on submitted page (when
> not in submitted folder)
>
> Status in Mahara:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> If I submit a page to a group it becomes locked. The locked page can
> also be on another users watchlist. I've had an instance when users
> who have the locked page on their watchlist receive notifications of
> changes. This happens if artefacts are moved around into folders in
> the content area.
>
>
> 16.04
> Linux
> MySQL
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Pete
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1620690/+subscriptions
>