OLD - FET-7.4.5-snapshot available

[Liviu Lalescu]

I have put a snapshot for FET-7.4.5. From the ChangeLog:

  - Added a new type of constraint: teacher(s)/students (set) occupy max sets of time slots from selection (suggested by Sérgio Augusto Dias Castro). The maximum value can be chosen by the user to be 1 or 2. This constraint might be useful for instance to constrain the teachers to work only maximum 2 shifts out of 3 per day.

I really like this new constraint and just wait to release the final version!

Download link, as usual: https://lalescu.ro/liviu/fet/download/test/

Please let me know your opinion.

[YOUSSEF HOUIET]

Hi liviu

I just tried the new version, and I really liked the idea of simplifying the selection of sets of time slots by replacing the X marks with the time group number.
Keep up the creativity!

[Liviu Lalescu]

Thanks, Youssef! I am glad you like it!

Yes, indeed, if there were 2 or say 3 sets of selected time slots, things could have been made with 2 or 3 tables with X-s. But for more, it is much easier to use the current spin box table. And the code is much easier and nicer.

[YOUSSEF HOUIET]

Hi
I have an idea to help the user input sets of time slots by using colors for the fields,  all the fields of the same group having the same color.

[GUEFFAZ ABDELKRIM]

كنت قد طرحتها نت قبل

[Liviu Lalescu]

@GUEFFAZ ABDELKRIM , do you mean you suggested it in the past? I will add your name as a person who suggested, as well (GUEFFAZ REDA?)

@YOUSSEF HOUIET , I will think about it in the morning. Now I am very tired. I am not sure I can do this. If I cannot do it, I'll add your suggestion in the TODO.

[Benahmed Abdelkrim]

Can we say that this new constraint is not really new in the proper sense of the term since it is a generalization of the previous constraint (mutually exclusive)?

[Benahmed Abdelkrim]

Why is the choice of max occupancy limited to only 2 in this new constraint?
Why not leave the user the freedom to select the max number of occupancy according to their needs?

[Liviu Lalescu]

Yes, it is a generalization. It is an update of both "mutually exclusive" and "max activity tags per day/real day".

Unfortunately, as the "max activity tags per day/real day", allowing 3 or more as a limit is too complicated. But I hope it is not really needed.

[Liviu Lalescu]

I added a new snapshot, minor improvements.

[Benahmed Abdelkrim]

Yes, it is a generalization. It is an update of both "mutually exclusive" and "max activity tags per day/real day".

Unfortunately, as the "max activity tags per day/real day", allowing 3 or more as a limit is too complicated. But I hope it is not really needed.

Thank you for this explanation!

[Liviu Lalescu]

You are welcome!

Well, it is not exactly an update for max activity tags per day/real day, but more like something similar and complementing it.

[GUEFFAZ ABDELKRIM]

في حال استعملنا هذا القيد الجديد ماهي القيود التي يمكننا الاستغناء عنها

[Liviu Lalescu]

Teacher(s)/students (set) pair of mutually exclusive time slots and pair of mutually exclusive sets of time slots. But for clarity it is better to use this mentioned constraints when they are enough.

Also, the new constraint is similar to teacher(s)/students (set) max activity tags per day/real day. But the operation is different.

[Liviu Lalescu]

Hello, forum,

I plan and hope to release FET-7.4.5 final tomorrow very early, around 4-6 in the morning, in about 12-14 hours from now. I hope everything will be good.

Thanking the FET community for a great outcome!