May was another very active month for VuFind development, with around thirty pull requests resolved. Highlights include more work on improving PHP 8 compatibility, support for a new cover image provider (Orb), a variety of improvements to ILS drivers, and various bug fixes and architectural improvements. Work was also begun on making VuFind's internal search service more flexible and easier to understand by applying the Command Pattern.
The Project Management Committee met to continue discussions about membership levels and benefits, sustainability, and WOLFcon planning (see PMC Meeting Minutes: May 10, 2021 for details).
Several VuFind-related panels will take place at this year's free, virtual WOLFcon, to be held June 1-3.
The following items were completed in the past month:
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Add getBuildings() method to retrieve building field:
#1941 Add HoldsController for holds-related functionality:
#1961 Add ID to MARC subject heading data:
#1947-
Add patron to getCancelHoldDetails. Use in MultiBackend:
#1960 Add Solr-based reserves support to Demo driver:
#1958 Add test for public list functionality:
#1939 Allow use of non-cursorMark-based hierarchy generation:
#1935 Alma: Return pickup location fields as strings:
#1944 Deprecate PHP-based LESS compiler:
#1925 Do not code various non-Book formats as Book:
#1921 Display an error flash message if canceling of any of the holds fails:
#1966 Enable overriding variables from bootstrap accessibility plugin:
#1933 Fix bug in loading custom notification schedule config:
#1957 Fix spinners to actually spin in request screens:
#1953 Fix Stamen tile URLs for SSL compatibility:
#1950 Improve the comment in KohaRest.ini regarding 401 errors:
#1936 KohaRest: Trim fine description before comparing with translation:
#1964 Make MultiBackend driver work better with the Demo driver:
#1965 More flexible Solr update support:
#1952 Patch chrome-mink-driver 2.8.0 on install for PHP 8 compatibility:
#1968 Tests: Replace deprecated setMethods() with onlyMethods():
#1942 Update dependencies (including many PHP 8 fixes):
#1954 Update dev tools plus related dependencies/configs:
#1940-
Use GitHub Actions for CI tasks:
#1946 Use window.location.href as fallback for form action:
#1959
Additionally, pull request #1888 (MARC 880 Support) was closed, since it was superseded by pull request #1895, which was merged last month, and pull request #1469 (ArchivesSpace Support) was closed, since it was superseded by #1623 and is no longer needed.