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community:newsletter:2020-06

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VuFind Newsletter: June, 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 support for Markdown extensions: #1635
  • Alternatives to ReCaptcha: VUFIND-1379 / #1574
  • Apply is_holdable setting more consistently: VUFIND-1404 / #1637
  • Bug fix: change recordtype field to record_format in ojs-multirecord.xsl: #1633
  • Bug fix: update Bootstrap accessibility plugin for compatibility with recent jQuery upgrade: #1647
  • Change default Solr port from 8080 to 8983: VUFIND-1340 / #1632
  • Clean up deprecations from 6.x: VUFIND-1323 / #1631
  • EDS: Add COinS support: VUFIND-1401
  • EDS: Bug fix: timeout values were not applied correctly: VUFIND-1402
  • EDS: Configurable HTTP method for search calls: #1627
  • EDS: Work around intermittent API errors: VUFIND-1405 / #1641
  • EDS: Workaround for lack of direct deep paging: #1634
  • Explicitly specify log4j config file: #1480
  • Fix quoted booleans in .ini files: VUFIND-1398 / #1628
  • FOLIO driver: allow location-based hold restriction: #1638
  • FOLIO driver: better formatting of account expiration date: #1643
  • FOLIO driver: improved holds functionality (including cancel holds support): VUFIND-1390 / #1613, #1630
  • Improvements to unit tests: #1646
  • Make BrowZine DOI behavior more configurable with filters: #1625
  • Make display order of browse options configurable: VUFIND-1397 / #1629
  • New ILS driver: KohaRest (supporting Koha 20.05+ with the REST API plugin): #1016
  • Remove Amazon content functionality: VUFIND-1284 / #1642
  • SCSS PHP compiler: #1538
  • Translation updates (Brazilian Portuguese, Czech): #1640, #1644, #1648
  • Web accessibility improvements: #1609 (incorporating fixes from four earlier pull requests)

Additionally, VUFIND-1356, the ticket dealing with improving the format of the Community Call, has been marked as resolved since the new format seems to be working well. Of course, further feedback and suggestions will always be welcomed.

New Issues

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

Code in Progress

  • Allow tagging of records at the list level: #1645
  • FOLIO driver: support paginated API responses: #1636
  • Refactor Javascript to eliminate event attributes: #1639

Issue Report / Discussion Only

  • Refactor and test HierarchicalFacetListener: VUFIND-1403
  • Report forwarded IP addresses in exception log messages: VUFIND-1400
  • Visibility glitch on .collapse classes: VUFIND-1406

Active Issues

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

  • Add content security policy support: #1494
  • Enhancements to cover loading: VUFIND-1140 / #1566
  • Sample hierarchical facet configuration: #1626
  • ShibbolethWAYF support: #1617
community/newsletter/2020-06.1592919580.txt.gz · Last modified: 2020/06/23 13:39 by demiankatz