Tweak the 'load balancing' algorithm
In order to reduce contention we randomly skipped jobs, but this
caused many jobs to end up stopping early. Now instead we keep on
going until we time out (also increased the chance of doing work).
Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier
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"""This module contains the comment Model."""
__authors__ = [
'"Matthew Wilkes" <matthew@matthewwilkes.co.uk>',
]
from google.appengine.ext import db
import soc.models.work
import soc.models.user
import soc.models.linkable
from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
class Comment(soc.models.linkable.Linkable):
"""Model of a comment on a work.
A comment is usually associated with a Work or a Proposal,
for example a Document or a Student Proposal, and with a user, the author.
There are two types of comment, public (i.e. visible to the student),
or private (i.e. visible to programme/club staff). Neither type are
visible to people who are not connected to the work being commented on.
"""
#: A required many:1 relationship with a comment entity indicating
#: the user who provided that comment.
author = db.ReferenceProperty(reference_class=soc.models.user.User,
required=True, collection_name="commented")
#: The rich textual content of this comment
content = db.TextProperty(verbose_name=_('Content'))
#: Indicated if the comment should be visible to the appropriate student
is_public = db.BooleanProperty(verbose_name=_('Public comment'))
#: Date when the comment was added
created = db.DateTimeProperty(auto_now_add=True)
#: date when the work was last modified
modified = db.DateTimeProperty(auto_now=True)
# indicating wich user last modified the work. Used in displaying Work
modified_by = db.ReferenceProperty(reference_class=soc.models.user.User,
required=False,
collection_name="modified_comments",
verbose_name=_('Modified by'))