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community:newsletter:2021-07

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VuFind Newsletter: July, 2021

:!: 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:

  • Account for previous exceptions in ILS drivers: VUFIND-1436 / #2018
  • Add ability to set samesite parameter for session cookie: #2010
  • Add Matomo view helper for Matomo 4.x: #1943
  • Add new ShowFacetExcept configurable filter option: #2013
  • CSV import tool: #1761
  • Fix format and record-versions commas: #2002
  • FOLIO: Add callnumber_prefix to the output of getHolding: #1934
  • Improve Lucene bracket/brace handling: VUFIND-1490 / #2021
  • Improve Solr Connector HTTP client behavior: VUFIND-1466 / #2011
  • KohaILSDI: driver improvements: #2025
  • KohaILSDI: fix handling requiredBy date in placeHold: #2023
  • League/Commonmark update to 1.6.5: #2006
  • Make UserIpReader mandatory: VUFIND-1410 / #2009
  • Move record driver traits into Feature namespace: VUFIND-1455 / #2008
  • Normalize display texts for “Favorites” and “Saved Items”: #2020
  • Remove code deprecated in VuFind 7.x and earlier: VUFIND-1415 / #2014
  • Run all tests on all PHP versions; Pin Composer version: #2012
  • SierraRest: Don't try to fetch items when there are no checkouts: #2005
  • Simplify explicit calls to __invoke(): VUFIND-1456 / #2016
  • VuFind Browse Handler: Switch from Travis to GitHub Actions: vufind-browse-handler#35
  • XCNCIP2 ILS driver: Agency and patron id handling improvement: #1835
  • XCNCIP2 ILS driver: Fix handling location level: #2007
  • XCNCIP2 ILS driver: Make method getLookupItemRequest more flexible: #2024

New Issues

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

Code in Progress

  • Add contentinfo role & aria label for screen readers in feedback form: #2022
  • Aleph driver: record ID can contain bibliographic base even if only one base is configured: #2027
  • Change UrlQueryHelper::setDefaultParameter override default to false: VUFIND-1434 / #2015
  • DAIA driver: correct use of limitations: #2026
  • MySQL 4-byte UTF-8 support: VUFIND-1007 / #2019
  • Normalize creator punctuation: VUFIND-1468 / #2028
  • Rename VuFind\Db\Table\Tags::getForUser: VUFIND-1426 / #2017

Issue Report / Discussion Only

  • Result counts in search tabs: VUFIND-1488
  • “See all” facet popup does not work in Firefox: VUFIND-1489 (possibly a local customization issue rather than a core VuFind bug)

Active Issues

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

  • Aleph driver: z304 mapping of address can be overriden for REST DLF API: #1994
  • Clean punctuation on MARC author names at index time: VUFIND-1468
  • Configurable truncation of subjects on full record display: #1791
  • Icon helper: #1926
  • Improved accessibility for results / favorites lists: #1931
  • Solr 8 upgrade: #1477
community/newsletter/2021-07.1626970458.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/07/22 16:14 by demiankatz