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 ====== VuFind Newsletter: August, 2021 ======
-:!: This document is a draft, and still subject to change.
 ===== Highlights / Executive Summary =====
+With a September 20, 2021 release date announced for VuFind 8.0, August's main focus has been finishing up all outstanding work pending for the release. This includes upgrades to Solr and SolrMarc (as well as many lesser dependencies), improvements to PHP 8 compatibility, support for 4-byte UTF-8 encoding in MySQL/MariaDB databases, and better handling of punctuation in author names during MARC indexing. Progress has been made on updating translations for the release, and the ongoing work of fixing bugs, improving accessibility, clarifying architecture and expanding ILS functionality has continued.
+The [[community:conferences:summit_2021:cfp|call for papers]] for the [[community:conferences:summit_2021|2021 Virtual VuFind Summit]] (being held online and free of cost from November 15-17) is now open. Please consider [[community:conferences:summit_2021:cfp|submitting a proposal]] and participating in the event.
 ===== Recently Completed / Resolved Issues =====
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   * Add ability to filte/reorder limiters on EDS advanced search form: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2044|#2044]]
   * Add link on publisher into detail record: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2040|#2040]]
+  * Add support for help text on the hold update form: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2074|#2074]]
   * Add use command into generated SQL in installer: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2041|#2041]]
   * Adjust dependencies for MARC Lint PHP 8 compatibility: [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1479|VUFIND-1479]] / [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2045|#2045]]
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   * Improved accessibility for results / favorites lists: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1931|#1931]]
   * KohaRest: Fix handling of frozenThrough/startDate hold parameter: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2071|#2071]]
+  * Make abstract search command truly abstract; improve tests: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2080|#2080]]
+  * Make CacheTrait generally available, use in HoldsController: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2079|#2079]]
   * Make QRCode loader validate params and handle errors better: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2063|#2063]]
   * MySQL 4-byte UTF-8 support: [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1007|VUFIND-1007]] / [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2019|#2019]]
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 ==== Code in Progress ====
-  * Add support for help text on the hold update form: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2074|#2074]]
   * DAIA driver improvements: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2059|#2059]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2060|#2060]]
   * Display info if no pickup locations are available: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2035|#2035]]
   * Do not circumvent search service: [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1483|VUFIND-1483]] / [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2036|#2036]]
+  * Fix limitOrderOverride: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2081|#2081]]
   * Improve escaping behavior of RecordLink helper: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2072|#2072]]
   * Improve XML batch-loading support: [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1458|VUFIND-1458]] / [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2034|#2034]]
-  * Make abstract search command truly abstract; improve tests: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2080|#2080]]
-  * Make CacheTrait generally available, use in HoldsController: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2079|#2079]]
   * Refactor sitemap generator to use search service more consistently: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2037|#2037]]
+  * SierraRest: Disable keepalive as it may cause trouble with Sierra: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2083|#2083]]
   * Update league/commonmark to 2.0: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2048|#2048]]
   * Upgrade to laminas-form version 3: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2051|#2051]]
+  * WorkKeys.java: Optimize caching behaviour: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2082|#2082]]
 ==== Issue Report / Discussion Only ====
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   * Improve visibility of scheduled search feature: [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1493|VUFIND-1493]]
   * Make description truncation configurable: [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1498|VUFIND-1498]]
+  * Overdrive Integration: support for API changes for checkouts: [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1499|VUFIND-1499]]
   * Remove support for Apache 2.2: [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1497|VUFIND-1497]]
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