VuFind® Newsletter: July, 2022

July development was largely focused on completing the VuFind® 8.1 release, which came out on schedule. Additionally, further progress was made on remaining issues scheduled for 9.0. A compatibility issue was discovered between VuFind® and OpenSSL 3.0, which is being included in many new Linux distributions; a workaround has been discovered (see VUFIND-1563), but further work will need to be done to ensure ongoing support of appropriate encryption in VuFind®.

The Project Management Committee has continued work on developing the Registered Service Provider Program and has also begun planning to improve maintenance/currency of the documentation.

The 2022 Virtual VuFind® Summit schedule has been finalized, and registration remains open. Please consider joining the VuFind® community on September 7-8 for the event!

The following items were completed in the past month:

• Add !default flags to accessibility.scss: #2483
• Add ability to process feedback forms in more ways: #2399
• Add ingest settings for InTech Open: #2467
• Add makeLink and makeTag view helpers: #1695
• Adjust InstallController to verify PHP version based on composer.json: #2489
• Aleph: set Holds config defaults without erasing other settings: #2491
• Confirm functionality to renewals: #2480
• FOLIO driver: improve date handling: VUFIND-1564 / #2484, #2486, #2490
• Handle empty index related dates in admin module: #2485
• Implement TranslatorAwareInterface in AbstractBase controller: #2494
• Remove no-JS support from cart add/remove: #2477
• Rename EZB resolver driver to JOP, and improve code: #2455
• Show request counts in MyResearch menu: #2481
• Tag admin improvements: #2487
• Translation updates: VUFIND-149, #2482

The following items were reported / begun in the past month, but are not yet completed:

• Add UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) support: #2488
• Adds explanatory text to filters (facets) for more accessibility: #2493
• Adds refresh buttons to jumpMenu select boxes: #2492

• Allow email features to be disabled via configuration: VUFIND-1565
• Clean up/standardize Javascript lib directory: VUFIND-1566
• Update language translation files for release 9.0: VUFIND-1567

The following items saw significant progress / activity during the past month:

• Blowfish encryption fails under Ubuntu 22 and Fedora 36: VUFIND-1563
• Convert from Laminas\Db to Doctrine: #2233
• Create generic mechanism for loading content with caching support: VUFIND-1554 / #2422
• Utilize icon helper: #1962
• Wrapped link elements should not have space between the lines: VUFIND-1533 / #2400