7. Return authorization file (link_dvp)

These files are located in the /aster/astest/vers directory where vers refers to the associated version.

AGLA makes it possible to take into account grouped feedback for dependent developments. By default, each developer is the only one authorized to submit his developments. When developments are linked, one of the developers must centralize the returns. The other developers will then have to delegate their right to submit their developments to him. Until the beneficiary of this delegation (or the administrator) has given back their rights to the other developers, they will not be able to make a refund.

With each new version the rights are reset (each developer is then the only one authorized to submit his developments).

The link_dvp file only contains the return delegations (not the rights by default). It consists of four fields per record:

• UserCray from the developer delegating his right of return,

• UserCray of the beneficiary of this delegation,

• version concerned by the delegation (NEW1 or NEW2 or NEW3),

• dd/mm/yy date of the delegation,

• (caller_developer_name -> recipient_developer_name) determined from the ident file.

Example:

For reasons of consistency, prior to the construction of the new version,

• UserCray must exist in the ident file,

• a developer who has benefited from at least one delegation will not be able to delegate his own right of return to another developer,

• a developer can only delegate his right to return once.