Change the numbering order in the proposal list page

[cnu]

Fixes a minor annoyance in the proposal listing page, where the number next to the proposal title is numbered from the top. When a new proposal is submitted, the old proposals are shifted down and the entire numbering is changed.

By using a revcounter in the forloop, we can show that the first talk submitted is always displayed the number 1 even if it is pushed to the bottom and the latest talk submitted will always be displayed the highest number.

[coveralls]

Coverage remained the same at 70.695% when pulling c4184a227d80e94eb0ef8ac273d154ca67407da9 on cnu:master into 7dd648bcfd0a995eb21926e2503a0a9a5b45376c on pythonindia:master.

[kracekumar]

Could you show a screenshot ?

[theskumar]

btw. instead of reversing the numbering i'm more in favour of removing it all together, what's the purpose of displaying that counter anyways? If we really need to total number of proposals it can be displayed at meta info, something like Total Proposals: X

thoughts?

[sivaa]

@theskumar Agree. Except that it will help us identify when did the Xth(Ex:10th, 100th) proposal is submitted.

[ananyo2012]

Sounds legit. Older proposals should be at top. What do you think @palnabarun @pradyunsg

[palnabarun]

Oh yeah. This is a needed change.

Wonder why it was never merged in.

[palnabarun]

But, wait this looks a little odd to me.

[ananyo2012]

But, wait this would look very odd.

Why so ?

[pradyunsg]

Do we plan to have voting on the proposals?

If we do, we should drop the numbers and have it show up in a shuffled order.

[ananyo2012]

But, wait this looks a little odd to me.

Ah I see the proposal order is not reversed rather the numberings are reversed.

[ananyo2012]

Do we plan to have voting on the proposals?

If we do, we should drop the numbers and have it show up in a shuffled order.

Votes are rarely used for proposal selection. Last year's CFP disabled voting and did not have voting promotions as well. Voting is usually used to break ties when deciding between 2 very competitive proposals.

[ananyo2012]

@palnabarun @pradyunsg On a deeper thought recent proposals should actually come on top so that it will be accessible for reviewers and visitors to see newer proposals rather than scrolling all the way down.

This change reverses the numbering so that numbers are in descending order. There is a earlier comment which suggests removing numbering all together. Except that will not allow to see when Xth proposal was submitted which I guess isn't required anyway? What do you think ?