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community:newsletter:2020-01

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VuFind Newsletter: January, 2020

:!: This document is a draft and still subject to change.

Highlights / Executive Summary

Recently Completed / Resolved Issues

The following items were completed in the past month:

  • Fix form feedback message initialization bug: #1534
  • PHP 7.4 testing support: #1532
  • Support for Google Scholar meta tags: #1529 / VUFIND-951
  • Update dependencies: #1531

This ticket was closed as “won't fix” because of the deprecation of Zend Framework in favor of Laminas, and a long lack of activity:

  • Use Zend\AuthenticationService for VuFind's authentication: VUFIND-757

New Issues

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

Code in Progress

  • Aleph driver improvements: #1540
  • Alma driver improvements: #1530, #1536
  • Clarified error messages for email authentication: #1539
  • Improved local configuration of Grunt tasks: #1535
  • Migrate from Zend Framework to Laminas: #1537
  • More flexible short link redirection, for better compatibility with php-fpm header length limits: #1533
  • PHP-based SCSS compiler: #1538

Issue Report / Discussion Only

none this month.

Active Issues

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

  • Add print button to record toolbar: #1507
  • Change library for managing console actions (discussion only): VUFIND-1273
  • Create abstract base class for search listeners (discussion only): VUFIND-878
  • Eliminate use of ZendService_Amazon (discussion only): VUFIND-1284
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