VuFind® Newsletter: June, 2024
Development Highlights and Project News
Development Progress
The biggest news for June is the on-schedule release of VuFind® 10.0, a major release which sets solid foundations for the project's future in addition to adding several new features and many small enhancements and fixes. You can learn more about what's new in the Press Release or the VuFind® 10.0 - What's New / What's Changed video.
With this major milestone completed, parallel work will now begin on releases 10.0.1 (to fix any bugs or omissions discovered in 10.0), 10.1 (to add new features for the next minor release) and 11.0 (to continue major architectural changes).
Project Management Committee Report
The Project Management Committee finished a small project to improve accessibility and modernize styles on the vufind.org site. Work is also ongoing on documentation review and updates; with the 10.0 release behind us, that will become a greater focus of work for the remainder of the year.
Conference News
Planning continues for both WOLFcon 2024 (in London, September 24-26, with pre-conference workshops on September 23) and the 2024 VuFind® Summit (in Leipzig and online, September 30-October 1).
Please consider participating in either or both of these events!
Recently Completed / Resolved Issues
The following items were completed in the past month and are included in release 10.0:
Add AuthHashService; refactor code to use it:
#3714 Add convenience methods to replace getUserByField():
#3815-
Add integration test coverage for ListItems channel provider:
#3720 Add integration test for Email authentication; fix case-sensitivity bug:
#3778 Add markDeleted() to ChangeTrackerService:
#3776 Add missing dependency annotation to BulkTest:
#3767 Add stubs for remaining database services:
#3736 Add support for logging emails to a file:
#3729 Add testing of deleted records to OaiTest:
#3721 Added missing parameters college and major in user entity interface:
#3759 Allow the order of author groups to be configurable:
#3750-
Clarify and refactor tag logic related to linking/unlinking:
#3793 Clean up outdated row references in VuFind module:
#3805 DB services: Fix argument names for consistency:
#3766 Deprecate a few more User row methods:
#3773 Deprecate and replace findResource() method:
#3727 Deprecate record driver getComments() method:
#3777 Deprecate record driver getContainingLists() method:
#3730 Deprecate record driver getTags method; improve TagService; fix minor bugs:
#3771 Deprecate several obsolete User row methods:
#3728 Eliminate remaining controller references to getTable():
#3811 Eliminate tag table calls from InstallController:
#3789 Expand Auth hash entity interface:
#3712 Expand external session entity interface:
#3715-
Expand Record entity interface:
#3716 Expand Search entity interface:
#3747 Expand Short links entity interface:
#3737 Expand User resource entity interface:
#3743 Extract Solr directly to the vendor directory:
#3817 Feedback: expand test; improve error handling:
#3719 Finish porting expiration commands to use database services:
#3803 Finish updating SwitchDbHashCommand to use database services:
#3806 Fix: Always retrieve database services by interface:
#3781 Fix docs for ipRanges parameter in RateLimiter.yaml:
#3718 Fix external logout handler to process all sessions:
#3798 Fix facets JS issues:
#3685 Fix favorites multi-select-list storage cleanup after deleting items from lists:
#3790 Fix
HTML validation issues:
#3770 Fix incorrect capitalization of DateTime in comments:
#3753 Fix invalid argument in Record Driver test harness:
#3726 Fix issues with search database table and entity interface:
#3757-
Fix outdated comments to use UserEntityInterface:
#3733 Fix UserResource getters:
#3756-
FOLIO: Detect inactive location:
#3713 Improve AuthEmailNotVerified exception:
#3700 Improve method names/terminology – use record instead of resource:
#3780 Improve search table cleanup query:
#3795 Improve translation key escaping to improve Lokalise compatibility:
#3818 Increase error tolerance: Wikipedia outage shouldn't break author page:
#3779 Increase use of entity interfaces in unit tests:
#3704 Increase use of UserEntityInterface in MyResearchController:
#3702 Index email and verify_hash fields in user table:
#3814 Introduce and use RecordService:
#3735 Introduce and use ShortlinksService:
#3749 Introduce ExternalSessionService:
#3732 Introduce RecordIdUpdater service:
#3804 Introduce ResourcePopulator service:
#3725 Introduce UserList service:
#3701 KohaRest: fix bug – incorrect config key (should be ItemTypeRenewalBlockMappings):
#3754 Make tag case-sensitivity a parameter in database service methods:
#3797 Make tag faceting test pass in PostgreSQL as well as MySQL:
#3808 Make unique tag sort unambiguous:
#3785 Migrate more methods to ResourceService:
#3708-
Minor improvements to FavoritesService:
#3810 Minor improvements to MockContainerTrait:
#3764 Minor improvements to UpgradeController:
#3801 More UserEntityInterface improvements to AlmaController:
#3813 Move bootstrapper activities to event handlers:
#3722 Move catalog credential saving to ILSAuthenticator:
#3752 Move source renaming to ResourceService:
#3794 OverDrive: Fix incorrect translation string in status-full.phtml:
#3799 OverDrive: Load availability via OverDrive ID:
#3691 OverDrive: Support disabled patron
API:
#3693 PHPUnit: turn on displayDetailsOnTestsThatTriggerDeprecations:
#3717 Refactor admin FeedbackController to use FeedbackService:
#3709 Refactor and replace User row's getLists() method:
#3763 Refactor Auth modules to use UserEntityInterface/UserServiceInterface:
#3625,
#3787 Refactor BrowseController tag search to TagService:
#3788 Refactor createOrUpdateLink() to UserResourceService:
#3784 Refactor favorite and user list tag unlinking:
#3807 Refactor Favorites search results to use database service:
#3783 Refactor more favorites and list logic into FavoritesService:
#3769 Refactor more methods to the SearchService:
#3775 Refactor ResourceTags createLink method to database service:
#3765 Refactor tag administration to use database services:
#3703 Refactor User and UserList tag methods to FavoritesService:
#3772 Refactor user purging to new UserAccountService:
#3774 Refactor User::updateEmail to UserServiceInterface::updateUserEmail:
#3723 Remove unnecessary timezone from Comments class:
#3705 Rename \VuFind\Tags to \VuFind\Tags\TagsService:
#3791 Replace deprecated method calls in Favorites search Results class:
#3802 Replace getSavedData() with getFavoritesForRecord():
#3751 Resource tags entity interface:
#3741 Simplify <br> tags in Javascript code:
#3742 Simplify return type of \VuFind\Controller\AbstractBase::getUser():
#3768 Support root
URL path for test instance:
#3755 Update feedback admin template to use FeedbackEntityInterface:
#3731 Update GitHub branch protection rules when creating release-10.0 branch:
VUFIND-1659 Update setupJumpMenus from jQuery to Javascript:
#3681 Upgrade Phing to version 3.0.0:
#3809 Upgrade PHPUnit to 10.5.20; fix deprecation warnings:
#3786 Use database services in ListItems channel provider:
#3782 Use different debug formatting string on console vs. web:
#3707 Use UserEntityInterface in email-related MyResearchController methods:
#3734 Use UserEntityInterface on new password form:
#3812
The following items were completed in the last month and will be included in release 10.1:
Define two example ILL strings in en.ini:
#3744 KohaRest: Show recalled message if a recall is blocking renewal:
#3422
These changes impacted the vufind.org website:
Update website footer (moving some content to about page):
#3692
This item was closed as “no longer needed:”
New DevTool: dump out current user:
#3658
New Issues
The following items were reported / begun in the past month, but are not yet completed:
Code in Progress
Configurable check item status behavior:
#3748 Display status of item locations by status priority:
#3758 Facets allow for multiple selections to be made before reloading page:
#3761 Support extra status information in availability status handling:
#3740 Treat MARC 240 as a uniform title field:
#3760
Issue Report / Discussion Only
Enable
HTML validation in ListViewsTest after bootstrap3 is dropped:
VUFIND-1692-
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Update language translation files for release 10.1:
VUFIND-1695 Update language translation files for release 11.0:
VUFIND-1696
Active Issues
The following items saw significant progress / activity during the past month:
Adding the option to make html elements sticky:
#3226 Convert from Laminas\Db to Doctrine:
#2233 Fetch Koha shelving locations for every Koha item:
#3435 Use Koha REST
API endpoint to pull recalls into patron holds page:
#3421