KRACOEUS-7402
Merge pull request #482 from anithapolus/KRACOEUS-7402

KRACOEUS-7402
KRACOEUS-7521: rice upgrade fix
Merge pull request #489 from leoherbie/rice_upgrade_fix

KRACOEUS-7521: rice upgrade fix
KRACOEUS-7199 : propdev copy function
KRACOEUS-7199 : propdev copy function -fix upon comments
Merge pull request #476 from yyuan1/07_24_copypropdev

KRACOEUS-7199 : propdev copy function