AVTS 3.13.1 testing and deployment

["Ken Clark" <ken@gesn.com>]

Couple of comments on AVTS 3.13 that was released Tuesday. 

 

The voting logic was one of the last of the untouched IMARK code -- administration, loading, results, etc have all been largely rewritten, but the ballot voting was left mostly alone.  Not any more.  In order to implement the PA certification stuff, the code that handles the actual ballot voting logic had to be rewritten.  This is pretty sensitive code.  It needs serious testing before it runs in any real election.

 

As for deploying 3.13, I suggest Gaston and the El Pasos hold off for a bit.  They don't need color, right ovals, nor the PA stuff.  We are going to have to do another major release with the new super-administrator stuff, so wait for that unless you need the 3.13 features.  Putting off 3.13 deployment should not diminish the urgency of 3.13 testing however, since the 3.14 will of course be based on 3.13.

 

Ken

 

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