I've just committed this change to the fas git repo that fixes a change
in the dump format from fas1 to fas2. In fas1, the role_type was
accurate when dumped from the account system. In fas2, role_type was
always "user" even if the person was a sponsor or administrator.
I'd like to have this applied to the production FAS so that the Package
Status Scripts can be run again.
Changes:
* Correct information which has been inaccurate since migration to FAS2.
* No longer check if the user is in the group their trying to dump as
they can retrieve the information by retrieving the list of all users
anyway.
* Speed up dumping when a groupname is specified (probably
significantly on app5) by making a single database query per call
instead of one db query per user in the group.
Risk:
* FAS is a major service. Many third-party apps consume this
particular page as it's an easy way for them to get username=>email
mappings.
* This adds a field to the data as retrieved via json. It adds a
field for role_type of the user to each record.
Mitigation:
* The format of the page isn't changing, just the accuracy of one of
the fields.
* The patch is very small and limited to this single method and one
line in its template.
* Tested when group name is unspecified, group name is specified, and
whether retrieving json or plain text.
Benefits:
* Allows Package Status Scripts to run once again
* Speedier
-Toshio