====== VuFind Newsletter: December, 2020 ======


===== Highlights / Executive Summary =====

December is usually a quiet month for the project due to holiday breaks in many parts of the world, and this was no exception. Nonetheless, there was some development activity (mostly minor bug fixes/improvements, but also some initial work on new features), as well as a couple of significant events: VuFind 7.0.2 was released, fixing some more bugs, and a video about [[videos:xml_change_tracking_and_email_alerts|XML Change Tracking and Email Alerts]] was recorded outside of the regular [[:community_call|Community Call]] in response to a request.
===== Recently Completed / Resolved Issues =====

The following items were completed in the past month:

  * Account AJAX fixes: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1803|#1803]]
  * Filter out empty arrays when extracting author data in EDS record driver: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1802|#1802]]
  * KohaRest: Check that item_id is set before sending it to Koha: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1809|#1809]]
  * Make it possible to call renderTemplate for optional templates: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1806|#1806]]
  * Make the ISO2709 reader more robust: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1800|#1800]]
  * Update wikimedia/less.php to 3.1.0: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1808|#1808]]
  * Updated translations: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1801|#1801]]

===== New Issues =====

The following items were reported / begun in the past month, but are not yet completed:

==== Code in Progress ====

  * Add support for clearing account (fines) cache based on status information: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1804|#1804]]
  * Configurable top facet override of alphabetical sort for limits: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1807|#1807]]
  * Cover backlink to vendor: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1805|#1805]]
  * Enable ES6 in eslint: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1810|#1810]]
  * Review Javascript configuration options in theme.config.php: [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1437|VUFIND-1437]] / [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1799|#1799]]

==== Issue Report / Discussion Only ====

  * Add configurable change tracking to XSLT examples: [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1461|VUFIND-1461]]
  * Problem with Summon: [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1462|VUFIND-1462]]
===== Active Issues =====

The following items saw significant progress / activity during the past month:

  * Add support for record "versions" display: [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-120|VUFIND-120]] / [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1581|#1581]]