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--- community:newsletter:2022-10 [2022/10/21 15:44] – [Active Issues] demiankatz
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 ====== VuFind® Newsletter: October, 2022 ======
-:!: This document is a draft and still subject to change.
 ===== Highlights / Executive Summary =====
+In October, VuFind® development focused on completing outstanding work for the 9.0 release, and significant progress was made, including the completion of a significant new feature (optional star ratings), the removal of a number of obsolete/deprecated features, the expansion of the test suite, and the updating of some dependencies (most notably Solr). Additionally, a number of bugs were fixed, and some new security features were introduced (most significantly, the ability to disable user-initiated ILS login in situations where it is not needed -- [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2570|pull request #2570]]).
+The Project Management Committee continued to work on improving documentation (most notably by developing a new [[administration:production_checklist|Production Checklist]] wiki page), on-boarding new Registered Service Providers, managing the Community Call survey (for which results will be forthcoming) and investigating an improved platform for managing the project's internationalization.
 ===== Recently Completed / Resolved Issues =====
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   * Remove RecordLink View Helper: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2589|#2589]]
   * Remove support for Apache 2.2: [[https://openlibraryfoundation.atlassian.net/browse/VUFIND-1497|VUFIND-1497]] / [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2577|#2577]]
+  * Remove unused language string: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2599|#2599]]
   * Removed the author_fuller / author2_fuller Solr index fields: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2579|#2579]]
   * Smarter initialization in PunctuationContainer.java: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2597|#2597]]
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 ==== Code in Progress ====
-  * Add new VuFind Observer to replace hunt: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2569|#2569]]
+  * Add new VuFind ObserverManager to replace hunt: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2569|#2569]]
   * Authority module: improve record routing: [[https://openlibraryfoundation.atlassian.net/browse/VUFIND-1552|VUFIND-1552]] / [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2595|#2595]]
   * Browse handler: Use Marc4j normalizers; streamline/update build process: [[https://openlibraryfoundation.atlassian.net/browse/VUFIND-1525|VUFIND-1525]] / [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind-browse-handler/pull/39|vufind-browse-handler#39]]
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   * Handle relator URIs during indexing: [[https://openlibraryfoundation.atlassian.net/browse/VUFIND-1556|VUFIND-1556]] / [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2596|#2596]]
   * Remove configuration settings deprecated in Solr 8: [[https://openlibraryfoundation.atlassian.net/browse/VUFIND-1571|VUFIND-1571]] / [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2587|#2587]]
-  * Remove unused language string: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2599|#2599]]
   * Upgrade to Solr 9: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2580|#2580]] / [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind-browse-handler/pull/40|vufind-browse-handler#40]]
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 The following items saw significant progress / activity during the past month:
+  * Adds explanatory text to filters (facets) for more accessibility: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2493|#2493]]
   * Ajax Status Standardize and Modernize: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2447|#2447]]
   * Composer package javascript resolving: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2287|#2287]]