====== VuFind Community Call Minutes: August 3, 2021 ======

Attending: Demian Katz, Bob Scheier

===== Agenda =====

==== 1. Development Planning ====

=== Newsletter Highlights ===

The [[community:newsletter:2021-07|July, 2021 Newsletter]] was discussed.

=== CSV Importer ===

The [[indexing:csv|CSV import tool]] has been merged and will be included in release 8.0. Please try it out and let Demian know if you have problems.

=== Future of JIRA ===

Demian has renewed the current JIRA license, so we are covered for a bit longer; the move to the cloud will be investigated further as progress on joining the Open Library Foundation proceeds.

=== Javascript Dependencies ===

Work still needs to resume on [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1799|pull request #1799]]; Demian has been focused on other, more urgent 8.0 PRs first.

=== Possible Laminas Deprecations ===

This will be a major focus of VuFind 9.0 development; Demian has opened JIRA tickets to track the most important elements (DB and HTTP).

=== Static Analysis Tools ===

No news.

=== utf8mb4 Database Encoding ===

Significant progress has been made in [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2019|pull request #2019]].

=== Release 8.0 ===

Demian has been focused on resolving open JIRA tickets and pull requests targeted to release 8.0. Significant progress has been made, but work is still outstanding. Demian hopes to set a target release date in consultation with the PMC at next week's PMC meeting. Any help with completing outstanding work in the meantime would be greatly appreciated.

==== 2. Video Tutorial: Introduction to ILS Drivers ====

This video was recorded and will be shared when editing is complete.

==== 3. Other Topics? ====

Bob and Demian discussed some functionality desired by the College of the Holy Cross for a possible VuFind/EDS implementation. These mostly consisted of informational search result widgets that could likely be implemented as Recommendation Modules. Demian will work with Bob to help get these implemented as needed.
===== Next Call =====

The next call will be Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 9am Eastern Daylight Time (13:00 GMT).