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VuFind Newsletter: March, 2020
This document is a draft and is subject to change.
Highlights / Executive Summary
Recently Completed / Resolved Issues
The following items were completed in the past month:
- Add @depends annotation to PHPUnit tests where appropriate: #1556
- Bug fix – bad variable name in scheduled search error message: #1567
- Bug fix – spaces in paths caused problems with Windows MARC import: VUFIND-1387
- Configuration setting for default record fields retrieved by Solr: #1568
- Feedback form improvements/fixes: #1585
- Improved EndNoteWeb export for Summon: #1572
- Improved OpenURL view helper unit test: VUFIND-1384 / #1570
- Improved short link privacy/security: #1549
- Improvements to custom feedback forms: #1565
- Improvements to schema.org implementation: #1555
- Laminas migration: #1537
- Language file typo fixes: #1591
- Make holdings retrieval preserve any custom array elements: #1590
- Remove unused constructor parameter from Formats RecordTab: #1580
- Slot view helper: #1454
- Support for a separate Gruntfile for local tasks: #1535
- Use helper method instead of direct service locator call in HierarchyController: #1557
- Voyager ILS driver improvement (configurable username field for login): #1559
New Issues
The following items were reported / begun in the past month, but are not yet completed:
Code in Progress
- Allow configuration of multiple DOI handlers: #1560
- Alternatives to ReCaptcha: VUFIND-1379 / #1574
- API access to secondary search index: #1593
- Direct linking (instead of proxying) for cover image URLs: #1566
- Improved code generators: #1573
- Record “versions” / FRBR support: VUFIND-120 / #1581
- Refactoring language-aware content loading for better reusability: #1594
- Test suite improvements (take screen shots of Mink test failures): #1562
Issue Report / Discussion Only
- FOLIO ILS driver improvements (renewal support, checkRequestIsValid support, cancelHolds support, configurable availability status): VUFIND-1388, VUFIND-1389, VUFIND-1390, VUFIND-1391
- Regression of PostgreSQL search backslash bug: VUFIND-1385
- Reminder to backport accessibility-related translations: VUFIND-1386
Active Issues
The following items saw significant progress / activity during the past month:
- Evaluate moving alphabetical browse into Solr: VUFIND-1363
- FOLIO driver improvement (filter transactions to exclude historical ones): #1579
- Migrate away from laminas-mvc-console to Symfony/Console: VUFIND-1273 / #1571
(Additionally, many pre-existing pull requests were updated to account for the recent Laminas migration work).
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