====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: November 21, 2017 ======

Attending: Leila Gonzales, Chris Hallberg, Demian Katz, Claas Kazzer, Jochen Lienhard, Ere Maijala, Tod Olson

===== Agenda =====

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

=== JIRA Tickets ===

  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1256|VUFIND-1256]] - Bug report related to visual view failing to use custom-configured fields properly. Demian has implemented a fix in [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1077|PR #1077]].
  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1257|VUFIND-1257]] - VuFind's default configs don't play well with php-fpm, which is now the default PHP integration in Fedora Linux 27. The easiest solution would be to stop using short tags, which we have previously discussed doing.
  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1258|VUFIND-1258]] - Koha ILS-DI driver bug report. A fix has been committed.

=== Pull Requests ===

  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1072|#1072]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1073|#1073]] - merged - Various changes to prepare for ServiceManager v3.
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1074|#1074]] - merged - Voyager driver bug fix
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1075|#1075]] - in progress - New channel for recently returned items
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1076|#1076]] - merged - Improvement to geographic indexing logic
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1077|#1077]] - in progress - Solution to [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1256|VUFIND-1256]]; awaiting testing/review.
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1078|#1078]] - in progress - Make VuFind use Solr's highlighter more effectively; feedback encouraged.
  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1079|#1079]] - merged - Translation typo fix.

=== 4.1.1 Release ===

The release went out on schedule; no problems reported yet. Upgrade is recommended if you're using 4.1 already -- changes are minor and address some bugs that users might notice.

A few more issues have been reported since the release (i.e. [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1258|VUFIND-1258]] and [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1079|#1079]]), so a 4.1.2 release will likely be justified sometime between now and the major 5.0 release.
==== 2. Development Planning ====

=== 5.0 Roadmap Progress ===

== Record Driver Hierarchy Refactoring ==

This has been merged to master.

== ServiceManager v3 Upgrade ==

[[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1067|PR #1067]] is now in a fully functional state (though more testing would be justified). However, it cannot be merged until three Zend Framework bugs are fixed -- Demian has opened pull requests for all of them and is now waiting for merging and new releases.

== What next? ==

Suggestions for next priorities from the [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/projects/1|roadmap]] are encouraged.

=== Image Metadata API ===

No news.

=== Front End Updates ===

No news.

=== Browse Handler Optimizations ===

Tod is in the process of developing a test to help with debugging the problems.
==== 3. Institutional Home ====

No news.
==== 4. Other Topics? ====

The 5.0 release date was briefly discussed -- too early to set, but probably Spring or Summer 2018.

Chris is currently working on ILS drivers; there was some discussion of FOLIO, though no major news yet -- we hope to have a more mature version to test against early next year.

National Library of Finland is rolling out a new theme soon, which features a repositioned active filter list (below the search box). This change was based on usability studies. May be a change worth considering in 5.0.
===== Next Call =====

The next call will be Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 9am Eastern Standard Time (14:00 GMT).