====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: June 20, 2017 ======

Attending: Leila Gonzales, Chris Hallberg, Demian Katz, Claas Kazzer, Jochen Lienhard, Brad Patton

===== Agenda =====

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

=== JIRA Tickets ===

  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-218|VUFIND-218]] - Checkbox facets now use icons instead of real checkboxes, which simplifies markup and allows them to function without using Javascript.
  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1137|VUFIND-1137]] - Pattern-based file paths can now be used to load cover thumbnails.

=== Pull Requests ===

  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/980|#980]] - merged - minor hierarchy / sharding bug fix
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/981|#981]] - merged - eliminate a PHP notice
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/982|#982]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/994|#994]] - merged - translation updates
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/983|#983]] - merged - fix for [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-218|VUFIND-218]] (simplified checkbox facets)
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/984|#984]] - merged - fix for [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1137|VUFIND-1137]] (local cover image loading)
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/985|#985]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/986|#986]] - merged - improved EDS error handling and reporting
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/987|#987]] - merged - make favorites list more tolerant of backend exceptions
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/988|#988]] - merged - trailing newline standardization in templates
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/989|#989]] - merged - made ILS API for request checking more flexible (allow custom messages)
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/990|#990]] - merged - Voyager ILS driver fixes
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/991|#991]] - merged - changed default holdings_grouping setting for holdings tab for improved accuracy
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/992|#992]] - merged - improved handling of driver-generated purchase history
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/993|#993]] - merged - bug fix for advanced search editing in IE

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

=== VuFind w/ Docker ===

No news.

=== Image Metadata API Revisited ===

As noted above, [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1137|VUFIND-1137]] has been resolved. Next question: what about the metadata API? Leila has what she needs and will not be doing further work in this area (though she expressed willingness to review/provide feedback); Jochen will try to find time to revisit this after the 4.0 release.

=== Modularization and Theme Mixins ===

No news.

=== Next ZF Version ===

No news.

=== Improved Use of Permissions ===

No news.

=== Solr 6 ===

No news.

=== Deprecation Progress ===

No news.

=== Wiki Documentation Improvements? ===

No news.

=== 4.0 Release Progress ===

Nearly ready! Code freeze this week!

=== Front End Updates ===

Chris working hard on bootstrap reduce pull request to reduce hard-coded Bootstrap classes and dependencies on Bootstrap; moving dependencies from templates to LESS/CSS. We're almost ready to merge (will be starting today), so please provide feedback on PR [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/958|#958]] as soon as possible if you have input.

Other front end news: one Bootstrap branch note -- checkboxes can now be more easily styled to be replaced with icons, etc.

There is a public demo of the modern theme available [[http://nero.library.villanova.edu/bleedingedge/|here]]; please share feedback on PR [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/961|#961]] if you have any.
==== 3. VuFind Summit 2017 ====

No news yet. Demian will be meeting with Andrew Nagy next month to do some planning.
==== 4. Institutional Home ====

Demian is working on drafting a "Community Charter" to support the process of finding an institutional home.

==== 5. Next Call Date ====

The July 4 meeting will be skipped due to the American Independence Day holiday. The next call will be on July 18.

==== 6. Other Topics? ====

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

The next call will be Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 9am Eastern Daylight Time (13:00 GMT).