Most of the work in August was focused in two main areas: community building and preparation for release 7.0.1.
As discussed in recent Community Calls, Demian has established a new default “dev” branch in GitHub to replace the “master” branch and clarify the branch's role. The “master” branch will be maintained in parallel with “dev” until GitHub supports redirection so that it can be eliminated without breaking outstanding links.
Other community building progress includes the creation of some commonly-used files in our Git repository: a CONTRIBUTING.md file to point new contributors to important wiki resources, and a CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md file containing a formal Code of Conduct for the community. It should be emphasized that the Code of Conduct is not being published in reaction to any specific problem; the VuFind community has a long history of friendliness and inclusiveness. However, by introducing formal standards and a mechanism for anonymously reporting incidents, we better align ourselves with peer projects and protect against future problems.
Release 7.0.1 will be released before the end of the month and will address a few bugs and issues identified in the 7.0 release (most significantly, some display issues impacting the “combined search” functionality).
The focus on 7.0.1 and the community did not prevent progress in other areas as well, including some improvements to ILS drivers and a new feature (to be included in release 7.1) for tagging user lists.
Also note that the Call for Papers for the Virtual VuFind Summit 2020 has been extended until the end of the month. Please consider contributing to the event if you have not already!
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