Merge branch 'release-1.2.1'

Author: tesar-stepan

README.md

@@ -331,6 +331,12 @@ update taxon set ordering = 7 where common_name = "yeast";
 update taxon set ordering = 8 where common_name = "e. coli";
 ```
 
+### New FAQs
+
+There are new categories talking about the now available privacy and sharing options. You can use our updated
+faq file (see the faq.properties file in our github repository), or add the new categories manually to your existing file.
+
+
 ### Start the application
 
 After finishing all the steps, you can start your RDMM application again and test if everything works as expected.

pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>ubc.pavlab</groupId>
     <artifactId>rdp</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0</version>
+    <version>1.2.1</version>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>

src/main/java/ubc/pavlab/rdp/services/UserServiceImpl.java

@@ -464,8 +464,6 @@ public List<String> getChars() {
         Set<String> chars = new HashSet<>();
         for ( User u : users ) {
             if ( checkCurrentUserCanSee( u ) ) {
-                if ( u.getProfile().getName() != null && !u.getProfile().getName().isEmpty() )
-                    chars.add( u.getProfile().getName().substring( 0, 1 ).toUpperCase() );
                 if ( u.getProfile().getLastName() != null && !u.getProfile().getLastName().isEmpty() )
                     chars.add( u.getProfile().getLastName().substring( 0, 1 ).toUpperCase() );
             }