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community:newsletter:2022-09

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VuFind® Newsletter: September, 2022

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Highlights / Executive Summary

Recently Completed / Resolved Issues

The following items were completed in the past month:

  • Add an option to display the index record also for MARC records: #2540
  • Add aria-selected attribute to record tabs for accessibility: #2501
  • Add sodium to dependency check in installer: #2534
  • Add status-available and status-unavailable to js-icons: #2544
  • Add support for cookie consent dialog and conditional services (plus some subsequent fixes): #2519, #2549, #2550
  • Add support for OAuth2 and OpenID Connect providers (with some follow-up improvements and dependency/test fixes): #2470, #2524, #2525, #2526, #2527, #2528, #2529, #2531, #2532, #2533
  • Avoid calling urlencode() with null: #2536
  • Begin using RDA fields in format calculator: #2497
  • Clean up MyResearch menu style rules: #2506
  • Default filters should not be applied when clicking on an alphabetic search result: VUFIND-1577 / #2538
  • Fix loading of FacetList content block: #2521
  • Fix MarcReaderTrait::getFirstFieldValue when field does not exist: #2539
  • FOLIO: Added check for patron login failure: VUFIND-1578 / #2545
  • Generator sometimes skips updates to module.config.php: VUFIND-1576 / #2541
  • Make it possible to add HTTP options in Solr Connector: #2535
  • MultiBackend: Skip null values when adding or removing prefixes: #2547
  • Phing: display non-empty exception log on shutdown: #2530
  • Translation improvements: #2542
  • Update VuFindHttp to version 3.2.0: #2537
  • Upgrade sqlite-jdbc from 3.27.2 to 3.39.3.0 for improved platform support: #2523
  • Use a gray badge for count of requests with other status: #2508
  • VuFindCode: Update tools and dependencies to align more closely with VuFind 9.0: vufindcode#8
  • VuFindDate: Update tools, dependencies and styles to align more closely with VuFind 9.0: vufinddate#4
  • VuFindHarvest: Update tools, dependencies and styles to align more closely with VuFind 9.0: vufindharvest#9
  • VuFindHttp: Avoid calling isLocal with null: vufindhttp#18
  • VuFindHttp: Update tools, dependencies and styles to align more closely with VuFind 9.0: vufindhttp#19

New Issues

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

Code in Progress

  • Display “No Selection” as Preferred Library if no selection: #2546
  • Improved interface for active filter removal: #2522
  • Optimize use of iterators in custom SolrMarc methods: #2520
  • ThemeInfo: Fix getMergedConfig: #2543

Issue Report / Discussion Only

  • Make AbstractApi::makeRequest more generic/safe/flexible: VUFIND-1579
  • Reserves - make Course/Instructor data visible in catalog records: VUFIND-1575

Active Issues

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

  • Add support for star ratings: VUFIND-1550 / #2417
  • Adding configurable ignoreFilterReasons in Alma Resolver: #2498
  • Adds explanatory text to filters (facets) for more accessibility: #2493
  • Adds refresh buttons to jumpMenu select boxes: #2492
  • Ajax Status Standardize and Modernize: #2447
  • Anonymous tags: VUFIND-691
  • FOLIO: consider making availability status configurable: VUFIND-1391
  • Make MenuButton Component: #2378
  • Remove password check in PAIA patronLogin() if client_credentials is used as grant_type: #2513
  • Utilize icon helper: #1962
  • VuFindHarvest: Fix last_harvest.txt datestamp incorrectly updated when OAI-PMH response is not chronological: vufindharvest#7, vufindharvest#8
community/newsletter/2022-09.1664195219.txt.gz · Last modified: 2022/09/26 12:26 by demiankatz