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community:newsletter:2023-07

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VuFind® Newsletter: July, 2023

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

Highlights / Executive Summary

New Release

Development Progress

Project Management Committee Report

The PMC also voted to add Juha Luoma, a long-term contributor from the National Library of Finland, as a project committer. (Also note that if you or a developer you know is interested in gaining committer status, you can talk to an existing committer – including any current PMC member – about receiving a nomination).

VuFind® Summit 2023 / WOLFcon

Recently Completed / Resolved Issues

The following items were completed in the past month and will be included in release 9.0.3:

The following items were completed in the past month and will be included in release 9.1:

  • Add Northern Sami language: #2957
  • Add recommendation module for LibGuides Profiles: #2977, #2984
  • Add simulated single sign-on for testing purposes: #2987
  • Add support for Laminas 'Dumb' CAPTCHA: #2959
  • Browse: Use same localized number formats like in facets: #2968
  • Cleanup: remove outdated and unused CSS file: #2997
  • Create Mink tests for library card functionality: VUFIND-1585 / #2971
  • EPF: Add holdings list to record view: #2975
  • EPF: Add results recommendation module: #2973
  • Fix TranslatorAwareTrait comments: #2990
  • FOLIO: Remove empty holdings statements: #2983
  • Inheritance of local dirs for configuration files: #2947
  • LibGuides: Add results recommendation module: #2972
  • LibGuidesAZ: Add results recommendation module: #2964
  • Minor dependency updates: #2980
  • php-cs-fixer: Remove disabled braces rule configuration: #2963
  • Refactor account view record details to subtemplate: #2976
  • Refactor *Deferred recommendation modules: #2966
  • Remove confusing with_selected string: #2978
  • Remove unused use statements from Util Commands: #2960
  • Rename abstract SearchObject class to AbstractSearchObject: #2969
  • Shibboleth: clean up comments with use statement: #2986
  • Turn my account menu into ul, because it is a list: #2914
  • Use CachingDownloader for Google and Orb Covers: #2659
  • Whitespace/capitalization cleanup in comments and messages: #2988
  • Wrap h2 around title and author, add span around author: #2958

The following items were completed in the past month and will be included in release 10.0:

This item was completed some time ago, but the ticket was left open; it has now been resolved:

  • Create mink test for excluding hierarchical facets: VUFIND-1471

New Issues

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

Code in Progress

  • Add filtering capability to facet list pop-up: #2991
  • Add id-prefix option to util/deletes tool: VUFIND-1252 / #2961
  • Add translations to improve accessibility for account/list checkboxes: #2982
  • KohaRest: Add missing permission to .ini comment: #2985
  • Make Solr port configurable during installation: VUFIND-1568 / #2962
  • Optimized batch_import_marc: #2995
  • Quote autocomplete results for more accurate matches: #2979
  • Search form reset button: #2994

Issue Report / Discussion Only

  • Document access to advanced search capabilities through API: VUFIND-1625
  • WorldCatIdentities recommendation module fails, API is EOL: VUFIND-1624

Active Issues

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

  • Adding optional virtual keyboard to searchbox: #2952
  • Convert from Laminas\Db to Doctrine: VUFIND-1480 / #2233
  • Fetch only requested facets from Solr: #2271 / #2974
  • Language labels matching MARC standard: #2933
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