Having a class named `Poll::Question::Answer` and another class named `Poll::Answer` was so confusing that no developer working on the project has ever been capable of remembering which is which for more than a few seconds. Furthermore, we're planning to add open answers to polls, and we might add a reference from the `poll_answers` table to the `poll_question_answers` table to property differentiate between open answers and closed answers. Having yet another thing named answer would be more than what our brains can handle (we know it because we did this once in a prototype). So we're renaming `Poll::Question::Answer` to `Poll::Question::Option`. Hopefully that'll make it easier to remember. The name is also (more or less) consistent with the `Legislation::QuestionOption` class, which is similar. We aren't changing the table or columns names for now in order to avoid possible issues when upgrading (old code running with the new database tables/columns after running the migrations but before deployment has finished, for instance). We might do it in the future. I've tried not to change the internationalization keys either so existing translations would still be valid. However, since we have to change the keys in `activerecord.yml` so methods like `human_attribute_name` keep working, I'm also changing them in places where similar keys were used (like `poll_question_answer` or `poll/question/answer`). Note that it isn't clear whether we should use `option` or `question_option` in some cases. In order to keep things simple, we're using `option` where we were using `answer` and `question_option` where we were using `question_answer`. Also note we're adding tests for the admin menu component, since at first I forgot to change the `answers` reference there and all tests passed.
CONSUL DEMOCRACY
Citizen Participation and Open Government Application
This is the opensource code repository of the eParticipation website CONSUL DEMOCRACY, originally developed for the Madrid City government eParticipation website, and currently maintained by the open source software community in collaboration with the CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation.
Documentation
Check the ongoing documentation to learn more about how to start your own CONSUL DEMOCRACY fork, install it, customize it and learn to use it as an administrator/maintainer.
CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation and project website
You can access the main website of the project at http://consuldemocracy.org where you can find information about the use of the platform, the CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation, the global community of users and local partners, news, and ways to get more support or get in touch.
Configuration for development and test environments
NOTE: For more detailed instructions check the docs
Prerequisites: install git, Ruby 3.2.3, CMake, pkg-config, shared-mime-info, Node.js 18.18.2 and PostgreSQL (>=9.5).
git clone https://github.com/consuldemocracy/consuldemocracy.git
cd consuldemocracy
bin/setup
bin/rake db:dev_seed
Run the app locally:
bin/rails s
You can run the tests with:
bin/rspec
Note: running the whole test suite on your machine might take more than an hour, so it's strongly recommended that you setup a Continuous Integration system in order to run them using parallel jobs every time you open or modify a pull request (if you use GitHub Actions or GitLab CI, this is already configured in .github/workflows/tests.yml and .gitlab-ci.yml) and only run tests related to your current task while developing on your machine. When you configure the application for the first time, it's recommended that you run at least one test in spec/models/ and one test in spec/system/ to check your machine is properly configured to run the tests.
You can use the default admin user from the seeds file:
user: admin@consul.dev pass: 12345678
But for some actions like voting, you will need a verified user, the seeds file also includes one:
user: verified@consul.dev pass: 12345678
Configuration for production environments
See installer
Current state
Development started on 2015 July 15th. Code was deployed to production on 2015 september 7th to decide.madrid.es. Since then new features are added often. You can take a look at the current features at the project's website and future features at the Roadmap and open issues list.
License
Code published under AFFERO GPL v3 (see LICENSE-AGPLv3.txt)
Contributions
See CONTRIBUTING.md
