[MDL-32125] Auto subscription mode change not reflecting subscribers - Moodle Tracker

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Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: Minor
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 2.0.7, 2.2.1, 2.2.7, 2.3.4, 2.4.1
Fix Version/s: 2.3.5, 2.4.2
Component/s: Forum
Labels:
- gsoc2012
- patch
- triaged

Affected Branches:
MOODLE_20_STABLE, MOODLE_22_STABLE, MOODLE_23_STABLE, MOODLE_24_STABLE
Fixed Branches:
MOODLE_23_STABLE, MOODLE_24_STABLE
Pull from Repository:
git://github.com/StudiUM/moodle.git
Pull Main Branch:
~~MDL-32125~~-master
Pull Main Diff URL:
https://github.com/StudiUM/moodle/compare/master...MDL-32125-master
Workaround:

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Ensure you create the forum with 'Auto subscription' mode as all students are added as subscribers if this is selected when the forum is created.

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Ensure you create the forum with 'Auto subscription' mode as all students are added as subscribers if this is selected when the forum is created.
Testing Instructions:
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Create a forum with Optional subscription

Check the subscribers (should be none)

In "Forum administration", click on "Edit settings"

Change the subscription mode to "Auto subscription", then click on "Save and display"

Check the subscribers (should be all there)

Turn editing on

Remove all members manually

In "Forum administration", click on "Edit settings"

Change the subscription mode to "Optional subscription", then click on "Save and display"

In "Forum administration". change the subscription mode to "Auto subscription" - a message is displayed "Everyone is now subscribed to this forum"

Check the subscribers (should be all there)

Enrol a student in the course

Check the subscribers (Should be all there, including the new enrolled student)
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Create a forum with Optional subscription Check the subscribers (should be none) In "Forum administration", click on "Edit settings" Change the subscription mode to "Auto subscription", then click on "Save and display" Check the subscribers (should be all there) Turn editing on Remove all members manually In "Forum administration", click on "Edit settings" Change the subscription mode to "Optional subscription", then click on "Save and display" In "Forum administration". change the subscription mode to "Auto subscription" - a message is displayed "Everyone is now subscribed to this forum" Check the subscribers (should be all there) Enrol a student in the course Check the subscribers (Should be all there, including the new enrolled student)

Description

Forum subscribers are not updated when a forum with 'Optional subscription' mode is changed to 'Auto subscription'. The Subscribers do not appear to be updated on a forum update but are subscribed on a forum add.
Refer forum post http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=198257#p866755

Attachments

Issue Links

caused a regression

MDL-48291 Warn teachers/admins when changing a forum's subscription mode

Closed

has a non-specific relationship to

MDL-35425 Forum auto subscribe doesn't auto-subscribe when duplicating/restoring a forum

Closed

has been marked as being related by

MDL-38224 Changing forum subscription mode from Forced to other mode is incoherent

Closed

is duplicated by

MDL-32856 Changing Forum subscription setting from Forced to Auto switches student user settings to 'Not subscribed'

Closed

Activity

People

Assignee:: Gilles-Philippe Leblanc

Reporter:: Teresa Gibbison

Peer reviewer:: Adrian Greeve

Integrator:: Sam Hemelryk

Tester:: Frédéric Massart

Participants:: Adrian Greeve, Annick , Aparup Banerjee, Carl Hodkinson, CiBoT, Dan Marsden, Eloy Lafuente (stronk7), Frédéric Massart, Gilles-Philippe Leblanc, Helen Foster, James Cracknell, Kanika Goyal, Klaus Steitz, Michael de Raadt, Paul Masson, Pavel Sokolov, Sam Hemelryk, Teresa Gibbison

Votes:: 11 Vote for this issue

Watchers:: 24 Start watching this issue

Dates

Created:: 21/Mar/12 4:53 PM

Updated:: 30/Sep/15 12:00 AM

Resolved:: 08/Mar/13 12:20 AM

Fix Release Date:: 11/Mar/13