Added a warning to the draft submission page about upcoming submission cut-offs. Added a value in settings.py for the number of days before the first cut-off to display the waring.

 - Legacy-Id: 7233

Author: levkowetz

ietf/settings.py

@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@
 FIRST_CUTOFF_DAYS = 19 # Days from meeting to cut off dates on submit
 SECOND_CUTOFF_DAYS = 12
 CUTOFF_HOUR = 00                        # midnight UTC
+CUTOFF_WARNING_DAYS = 21                # Number of days before cutoff to start showing the cutoff date
+
 SUBMISSION_START_DAYS = -90
 SUBMISSION_CUTOFF_DAYS = 33
 SUBMISSION_CORRECTION_DAYS = 52

ietf/submit/forms.py

@@ -42,12 +42,16 @@ def __init__(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         self.parsed_draft = None
 
     def set_cutoff_warnings(self):
+        from datetime import timedelta
         now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
         first_cut_off = Meeting.get_first_cut_off()
         second_cut_off = Meeting.get_second_cut_off()
         ietf_monday = Meeting.get_ietf_monday()
 
-        if now.date() >= first_cut_off and now.date() < second_cut_off:  # We are in the first_cut_off
+        if now.date() >= (first_cut_off-timedelta(days=settings.CUTOFF_WARNING_DAYS)) and now.date() < first_cut_off:
+            self.cutoff_warning = ( 'The pre-meeting cut-off date for new documents (i.e., version -00 Internet-Drafts) is %s at %02sh UTC.<br/>' % (first_cut_off, settings.CUTOFF_HOUR) +
+                                    'The pre-meeting cut-off date for revisions to existing documents is %s at %02sh UTC.<br/>' % (second_cut_off, settings.CUTOFF_HOUR) )
+        elif now.date() >= first_cut_off and now.date() < second_cut_off:  # We are in the first_cut_off
             if now.date() == first_cut_off and now.hour < settings.CUTOFF_HOUR:
                 self.cutoff_warning = 'The pre-meeting cut-off date for new documents (i.e., version -00 Internet-Drafts) is %s, at %02sh UTC. After that, you will not be able to submit a new document until %s, at %sh UTC' % (first_cut_off, settings.CUTOFF_HOUR, ietf_monday, settings.CUTOFF_HOUR, )
             else:  # No 00 version allowed