====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: April 15, 2014 ======

Attending: Chris, Ben, Tod, Filipe

===== Agenda =====

==== 1. Development Updates ====

=== JIRA Tickets ===

  * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-135|VUFIND-135]] / [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-687|VUFIND-687]] / [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-688|VUFIND-688]] / [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-689|VUFIND-689]] - Social features (tags/favorites/comments) can now be toggled on or off via configuration files.
  * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-272|VUFIND-272]] - Users can now change their passwords when the Database auth method is in use; infrastructure exists to support this for other methods as well (if appropriate).
  * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-296|VUFIND-296]] - Users can now reset forgotten passwords when the Database auth method is in use; infrastructure exists to support this for other methods as well (if appropriate).
  * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-919|VUFIND-919]] - More flexible ranged facets are now available.
  * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-960|VUFIND-960]] - It is now possible to create an account within a lightbox in the Bootstrap theme.
  * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-967|VUFIND-967]] - Bootstrap theme tablet support has been finalized.
  * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-970|VUFIND-970]] - This is a support request that is most likely a configuration problem; Demian will close as soon as he resolves it with the user.
  * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-971|VUFIND-971]] - This ticket proposes a new Horizon ILS driver that is entirely API-based (rather than using direct database access).
  * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-972|VUFIND-972]] - This ticket proposes a change to the signature of getHolding in the ILS driver interface. See also [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/129|PR #129]].
  * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-973|VUFIND-973]] - This ticket requests more configuration options for combined view. Demian has implemented them.
  * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-974|VUFIND-974]] - This ticket was opened for discussion of the (relatively) new [[http://www.loc.gov/marc/nonsorting.html|"non-sorting characters"]] feature of MARC21.
  * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-975|VUFIND-975]] - This ticket proposes an improvement to the new LibGuides backend; Demian plans to implement it upon returning.

=== Pull Requests ===

  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/123|#123]] - Password recovery functionality by Chris has been merged in. We tested heavily for security, but please do hammer away.
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/125|#125]] - Expanded holds functionality (mentioned last call) has now been merged.
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/126|#126]] - The long-ignored thumbnail field in the Solr schema is now used thanks to this PR.
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/127|#127]] - This PR (still work in progress) contains some proposed changes to date handling to accommodate RDA changes.
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/128|#128]] - This merged PR fixes minor Bootstrap theme issues.
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/130|#130]] - This merged PR resolves some login workflow problems.
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/131|#131]] - This merged PR improves sorting of holdings groups in the Voyager drivers.
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/132|#132]] - This merged PR fixes a bug in the deduplication listener.

=== Additional Developments ===

Thanks to the help of Chelsea Lobdell from Tri-Colleges, VuFind now has Primo Central and LibGuides search backends.

==== 2. Development Planning ====

=== Performance Testing ===

They ran tests with the default 1024 solr options
Got a high hit ratio of .98
This will probably be the recommended setting
He ran a test with their larger index and (what sounded like) a 512 solr cache
He wants to do another week or two of testing and wants us to test on the Villanova index.
If we get a hit ratio in the .8-.9 range, they'll be very happy.

=== Call Number Normalization ===

No news,
==== 3. Marketing ====

Ben has run a survey for a tagline (with the winner "Search. Discover. Share.") and has made further refinements to his new logo, which has been pushed to Git master. We should now discuss whether/how to adjust the vufind.org website to match.
==== 4. Other Topics? ====

People seem pleased with a logo, Chris will have a VuFind.org design for the next call.
===== Next Call =====

The next call will be Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 10am Eastern Daylight Time (14:00 GMT).