Last modified: 2013-11-16 00:13:50 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #42447 +++ Currently, to create a new poll, it's required to: # write an XML file # import it through a CLI command It would be interesting to allow the poll creation directly on wiki, or to enable there the possibility to locally import an XML configuration file.
I'm not sure why XML was ever involved. A proper UI would be ideal. As a second choice, I'd take the current scenario (requiring shell access). I don't think supporting user-generated XML (locally importing XML configuration files) is a viable option, unless the goal is to try to punish users. XML sucks.
Actually, when the bug 42447 were opened, it were opened with an XML configuration file, so I thought you were familiar with that. So this bug should be "Add an interface to setup a poll".
(In reply to comment #2) > Actually, when the bug 42447 were opened, it were opened with an XML > configuration file, so I thought you were familiar with that. > > So this bug should be "Add an interface to setup a poll". *I* am familiar with it, because I've done the config for the election for the past four years now. That doesn't make it a good idea; XML is horrible. Adding a config interface is pretty complicated thanks to SecurePoll's pluggable architecture. But it's definitely something that should be done.
Dupe of bug 26960?
This is biting us in the posterior enough that I'm ceremoniously upping the priority to "Normal" (hold your horses there).
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 26960 ***