====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: January 5, 2016 ======

Attending: Chris Delis, Matthias Edel, Demian Katz, Claas Kazzer, André Lahmann, Jochen Lienhard, Brad Patton

===== Agenda =====

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

=== JIRA Tickets ===

  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1139|VUFIND-1139]] - This ticket was closed when the "VuFind source in database" issue was resolved after the previous call.

=== Pull Requests ===

  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/474|#474]] - merged - This older PR, containing a significant new feature -- record caching in the database -- has been merged.
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/550|#550]] - in progress - Improvements to the dynamic cover generator, based on recent mailing list discussion
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/551|#551]] - merged - Add greater flexibility to ILS authentication exception handling.
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/552|#552]] - merged - Minor HTML fix
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/553|#553]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/560|#560]] - merged - Translation improvements
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/554|#554]] - merged - Fixes to "hidden filters on search tabs" functionality
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/555|#555]] - merged - Fixes to autocomplete handler (not merged as-is, but inspired fixes to master)
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/556|#556]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/558|#558]] - merged - Minor Voyager ILS driver fixes/enhancements
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/557|#557]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/561|#561]] - merged - Primo Central fixes
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/559|#559]] - merged - PHP 7 compliance for session handlers
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/562|#562]] - in progress - A new recommendation module for suggesting the removal of filters when no search results are found; currently under discussion whether this should stand alone or be incorporated into SwitchQuery somehow
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/563|#563]] - closed - Some discussion of the ajaxTab config.ini setting is underway here; the original PR has been closed as it was based on a misunderstanding of the setting
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/564|#564]] - closed - Some improvements to vufind.sh; this has been closed as vufind.sh will be replaced with solr.sh when Solr 5 upgrading is complete, so it isn't worth putting a lot of effort into the current script
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/565|#565]] - merged - Updated links to DAIA specs in comments

=== Release 2.5.1 ===

The release went out on schedule; no problems have been reported.

=== Revised Dependency Management ===

[[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/501|PR #501]] has been merged, and [[development:recommended_tools:composer|documentation]] has been added to the wiki.

=== Eliminate "VuFind" source in Database ===

[[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/534|PR #534]] has been merged.

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

=== Improved Author Indexing ===

Demian has merged "author initials" functionality into the branch. All that remains are some outstanding translations and minting a new SolrMarc release. André will get latest translations, Demian will begin process of requesting SolrMarc release.

=== Delimited Facets ===

Ere offered some suggestions for improving this; the pull request ([[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/528|#528]]) is now on hold until Luke has a chance to respond to the feedback.

=== Solr Upgrade ===

Demian upgraded the solr5 branch to release 5.4.0, but unfortunately, a known bug in Solr prevents MoreLikeThis from working; we will probably have to wait for the next Solr release before proceeding. Demian has also made progress on fixing the bug described by [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-453|VUFIND-453]]; this can be resolved after the release of Solr 5.5.

=== Javascript Reorganization ===

Chris has been working on lightbox simplification and the "bootstrap3 list" pull request.

=== Cover Issues ===

No progress this week.

=== API ===

No progress this week.

=== Modularization ===

No progress this week.

=== Improved Use of Permissions ===

No progress this cycle.
==== 3. Other Topics? ====

None this week.
===== Next Call =====

The next call will be Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 9am Eastern Standard Time (14:00 GMT).