Re: [Debconf-team] penta foo
>> i just created DC11 entry in our production pentabarf, with a set of
>> days for it. No rooms or anything else, no logo. But any pentabarf admin
>> can now easily modify that conference entry (dont press "Delete" :) ).
>> You most probably want to put a logo there, change names of days, add
>> rooms, modify css.
> Yay \o/
> Now, where should I do this same thing in Cletus, straight in the DB?
> I'd think so, but according to what you wrote, I'd think it involved
> some files as well.
No, the thing is done via the webinterface.
Dont ask me for user/pass on cletus, its randomized. So THAT you get
yourself by modifying the user table on cletus.
But you dont do such a thing on skinner.
>> - I disagree with plainly removing fields from the pentabarf rxml files.
>> If you don't want them in one conference, do set an "if" around them
>> and check for conference_id. If you plainly delete them you break the
>> display of prior conferences.
>> Moving them would be fine, but plain delete is bad. (What happens is
>> that, when someone visits a prior debconf entry and hits save, the
>> data for that field would be lost. And we do allow people to see their
>> last year entry. And admins anyways.)
> Perfect. Updated to a saner way, please comment.
Very quick look only, but if you set @thisconf == :argentina that up
somewhere, fine.
>> - The submission_controller save_person has a hack that enables to block
>> certain changes. Which is what we want after the apply deadline. But
>> right now this needs to be deactivated. Comment it out. You will see
>> what i mean when you check for a if/elsif chain involving lots of
>> numbers right at the beginning of def save_person
>> Its a set of multiple blocked things, you may want to allow them all
>> for now. down until POPE.user.person_id.
> Ufff, this is far from beautiful. Well, at least that means I should
> not aim at writing the most beautiful hacks ever :-}
Not beautiful but works.
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