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[Matt Di Giuseppe <matthew.digiuseppe@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have something to add to Allie's feature request: there may need to be
some changes to the "export_process_queue" CRON task that archives
submissions before they are released.

All of our courses (groups) are configured to archive submissions before
release, so while the export_process_queue CRON task was processing
about 150 collections (600 pages), PHP encountered a max_run_time error,
and stopped the task partway through, so some were archived, but none
were released.

The export_process_queue task locks itself when it starts and cannot be
run again until it has finished, but if it crashes it does not unlock.

So for about 36 hours after this task crashed, anything that was flagged
for release just said "Pending release after archiving" and nothing
happened. I had to go into the config table in the database and deleted
the lock, and clear out the export queue.

So this potential error will need to be handled in some way, otherwise
it will probably happen a lot more often if an entire class can be
flagged for archiving & release all at once. 150 collections was only
1/4 of the class.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1549947

Title:
  Feature Request: "Release all submissions" button in groups

Status in Mahara:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  It would be very useful for group administrators and tutors to be able
  to press a "release all submissions" button within a group. Many
  instructors that I have spoken to prefer to grade all students'
  portfolios but wait to release them until they have had a chance to
  mark all portfolios. Right now what group admins and tutors end up
  doing is after marking all the portfolios in a group they have to go
  back into each portfolio individually to press the "Release" button.
  This is time consuming and a nuisance to have to do with larger
  classes.

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