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community:newsletter:2021-05

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VuFind Newsletter: May, 2021

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

Highlights / Executive Summary

Recently Completed / Resolved Issues

The following items were completed in the past month:

  • Add a new cover image provider: Orb: #1948, #1949
  • Add getBuildings() method to retrieve building field: #1941
  • Add ID to MARC subject heading data: #1947
  • Add \Memcached support to Memcache session handler: VUFIND-1464 / #1945
  • Add test for public list functionality: #1939
  • Allow use of non-cursorMark-based hierarchy generation: #1935
  • Alma: Return pickup location fields as strings: #1944
  • Deprecate PHP-based LESS compiler: #1925
  • Do not code various non-Book formats as Book: #1921
  • Enable overriding variables from bootstrap accessibility plugin: #1933
  • Fix bug in loading custom notification schedule config: #1957
  • Fix spinners to actually spin in request screens: #1953
  • Fix Stamen tile URLs for SSL compatibility: #1950
  • Improve the comment in KohaRest.ini regarding 401 errors: #1936
  • More flexible Solr update support: #1952
  • Tests: Replace deprecated setMethods() with onlyMethods(): #1942
  • Update dependencies (including many PHP 8 fixes): #1954
  • Update dev tools plus related dependencies/configs: #1940
  • Updated translations: #1938, #1955
  • Use GitHub Actions for CI tasks: #1946

Additionally, pull request #1888 (MARC 880 Support) was closed, since it was superseded by pull request #1895, which was merged last month, and pull request #1469 (ArchivesSpace Support) was closed, since it was superseded by #1623 and is no longer needed.

New Issues

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

Code in Progress

  • Add call number prefixes to templates: #1951
  • Add Matomo view helper for Matomo 4.x: #1943
  • Add Solr-based reserves support to Demo driver: #1958
  • Add support for hold start date and hold modification: #1956
  • Enable split-on-whitespace in Solr: #1937
  • FOLIO: Add callnumber_prefix to the output of getHolding: #1934

Issue Report / Discussion Only

Active Issues

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

  • Add search backend QueryAnalysisInterface feature: #1886
  • Improved accessibility for results / favorites lists: #1931
  • XCNCIP ILS driver agency and patron id handling improvement: #1835
community/newsletter/2021-05.1621351828.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/05/18 15:30 by demiankatz