VuFind® Newsletter: April, 2024
Development Highlights and Project News
Development Progress
The release date for VuFind® 10.0 has been set: June 24, 2024. A minor bug fix release (9.1.2) will also be released ahead of 10.0.
Leading up to the release, work continues on finalizing the new Bootstrap 5 theme and modernizing the database abstraction architecture. While this has not yielded a lot of changes visible to end users, the reduction of technical debt and clarification of code will benefit future development work.
April development also added some new settings (support for Solr direct spell checking and HTTP reporting-related headers), introduced some performance and tooling improvements, and fixed a significant number of bugs.
Project Management Committee Report
At their April meeting, the PMC agreed to publish the first version of the Documentation Maintenance page and discussed logistics for beginning to apply this year's updates to the wiki and website.
The group also continued to discuss some of the implications and possibilities of artificial intelligence, proceeded with fundraising and conference plans, and strategized about reduction of spam accounts on the wiki.
Conference News
The WOLFcon call for papers has closed; a significant number of VuFind®-related proposals were submitted, so the final program should be of interest to the community.
For those who missed the WOLFcon CFP or cannot attend that event, a separate call for papers has now opened for the 2024 VuFind® Summit, subtitled “Future Discoveries,” to be held in a hybrid format, with activities streaming online but also accessible in person in Leipzig, Germany.
Please consider participating in one or both of these events – the programming is designed to be complementary, and both should offer opportunities to directly engage with members of the VuFind® community.
Recently Completed / Resolved Issues
The following items were completed in the past month and will be included in release 9.1.2:
CSV importer: Inject dependencies into static callback classes:
#3515 Fix broken combined AJAX DOI functionality:
#3561-
Fix bug: Sandal theme: applied filter contrast is too low on home page:
VUFIND-1658 /
#3609-
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Fix OAI-PMH server date validation on PHP 8.1:
#3548,
#3549 Fix Solr highlighting in Blender:
#3614 Fix: turn mobile drop-ups into drop-downs:
#3583-
Hide bulk action buttons in mobile sizes:
#3565 KohaRest driver: Fix getDepartments for Koha 23.11+:
#3596-
The following items were completed in the past month and will be included in release 10.0:
AccessTokenEntityInterface: Replace setUserId with setUser:
#3554,
#3556 Add an option to specify sort order conditions for extra params in searchspecs:
#3590 Add and use VuFind\Db\Service\TagServiceInterface and expand TagsEntityInterface:
#3539,
#3615 Add confirm button component:
#3545 Add database services for comments and resource tables:
#3558,
#3594 Add menu button support for target and lightbox:
#3562-
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Allow specifying MySQL root user connection type in Phing:
#3608-
CSP: Generate current Report-To header:
#3591 Databases & ConsortialVuFind: Fix bug in advanced search:
#3544 EDS: Handle missing ebook
URL:
#3578-
Expand use of UserEntityInterface in AJAX handlers:
#3605 Fix broken combined AJAX DOI functionality:
#3534,
#3553 Fix
CSS variable handling in lessToSass conversion:
#3611 Fix ILS exception handling when editing holds:
#3574 Fix search result links losing sid when e.g. sort is changed multiple times:
#3582,
#3589 Fix Solr highlighting in Blender:
#3610 Fix type handling/annotation related to encrypted passwords:
#3620 Fix visibility of off-canvas toggles:
#3573 Fix widget type handling in LibGuides query builder:
#3592 Flash message update for purgeTransactionHistory:
#3595 FOLIO: Improve performance of loading bound-with titles:
#3543 Generate NEL (Network Error Logging) header:
#3593 Improve HttpRequestTrait for tests:
#3602-
Improve return type of getDbService() methods:
#3570 Improve return type of UserEntityInterface::getId():
#3599 Improve table layout and text wrapping on narrow screens:
#3542 Improve use of types in IdentityRepositoryTest:
#3569 Introduce SessionService and SessionEntityInterface:
#3555 LibraryCardController: use entity interfaces:
#3588 Make user field for oauth subject configurable:
#3486 ParamBag: Avoid duplicate parameters after merge:
#3368-
Reflect possible null return from →current():
#3559 Remove leading spaces from translation strings:
#3604 Remove unused service from OAuth2Controller:
#3601 Remove using PHP internal function print_r:
3563 Sierra: Avoid error if a requested record is not found:
#3577 Sierra: Fix empty expiration date value in user profile:
#3581 Sierra: Fix volume extraction and callnumber element in holdings:
#3619 Sierra: Use v6
API by default, optimize fields to retrieve:
#3575 Simplify createEmailViewModel; leverage UserEntityInterface:
#3586 Update CodeQL workflow configuration:
#3579 Use →getHomeLibrary() instead of →home_library:
#3618 Use UserEntityInterface in ExternalAuthController:
#3587 Use UserEntityInterface in feedback forms:
#3613 Use UserEntityInterface in profile template (and related code):
#3622
New Issues
The following items were reported / begun in the past month, but are not yet completed:
Code in Progress
Accessibility improvements:
#3546 Add “!default” flag to SASS variables for easier configuration:
#3623 Add optional formatString argument to SortFacetList helper:
#3621 Add result-scripts event to apply Javascript to search results:
#3584 Adding Javascript configuration:
#3598 Adjust pager buttons for mobile:
#3630 Aleph driver: improve ID and date processing:
#3576 Change record media-body table layout on mobile:
#3626 Establish UserResourceService; modernize SocialstatsController:
#3624 Fix bug: incorrect author link hidden filter in combined search:
#3557 Fix overlapping media-left box on EDS records:
#3628 KohaRest driver: Enable the use of custom renewal block messages in .ini:
#3568 Modernize OAI server code and improve test coverage:
#3597 Refactor Auth modules to use UserEntityInterface/UserServiceInterface:
#3625 Refactor availability and status to be better customizable:
#3585 Refactor libraryCardsEnabled method to AccountCapabilities class:
#3629 Remove mobile top margin from media-body:
#3627-
Surround searchbox inputs with a div for styling:
#3616 Updated bulkFormHandler from jQuery to vanilla Javascript:
#3571 VuFindTheme: Do not search for URLs/absolute paths inside themes:
#3617
Issue Report / Discussion Only
Fix layout of “Results per page” in narrow widths/on mobile:
VUFIND-1679 Problem with facet highlighting when OR facets are enabled:
VUFIND-1687 Requested improvements to confirmation menus: banner color and behavior:
VUFIND-1682 Requested improvements to confirmation menus: Book bag:
VUFIND-1681 Requested improvements to confirmation menus: Favorites and Library Cards:
VUFIND-1683
Active Issues
The following items saw significant progress / activity during the past month:
Add bootstrap5 theme:
#3222 Add Notifications
CMS functionality:
#3103 Adding the option to make html elements sticky:
#3226 Convert from Laminas\Db to Doctrine:
#2233