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| ====== VuFind® Newsletter: April, 2024 ====== | ====== VuFind® Newsletter: April, 2024 ====== | ||
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| - | :!: This document is currently a draft and is subject to change. | ||
| ===== Development Highlights and Project News ===== | ===== Development Highlights and Project News ===== | ||
| ==== Development Progress ==== | ==== Development Progress ==== | ||
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| + | The release date for VuFind® 10.0 has been set: June 24, 2024. A minor bug fix release (9.1.2) will also be released ahead of 10.0. | ||
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| + | Leading up to the release, work continues on finalizing the new Bootstrap 5 theme and modernizing the database abstraction architecture. While this has not yielded a lot of changes visible to end users, the reduction of technical debt and clarification of code will benefit future development work. | ||
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| + | April development also added some new settings (support for Solr direct spell checking and HTTP reporting-related headers), introduced some performance and tooling improvements, | ||
| ==== Project Management Committee Report ==== | ==== Project Management Committee Report ==== | ||
| + | At their April meeting, the PMC agreed to publish the first version of the [[community: | ||
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| + | The group also continued to discuss some of the implications and possibilities of artificial intelligence, | ||
| ==== Conference News ==== | ==== Conference News ==== | ||
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| + | The [[https:// | ||
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| + | For those who missed the WOLFcon CFP or cannot attend that event, a separate call for papers has now opened for the [[https:// | ||
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| + | Please consider participating in one or both of these events -- the programming is designed to be complementary, | ||
| ===== Recently Completed / Resolved Issues ===== | ===== Recently Completed / Resolved Issues ===== | ||
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| * Fix channel popovers: [[https:// | * Fix channel popovers: [[https:// | ||
| * Fix OAI-PMH server date validation on PHP 8.1: [[https:// | * Fix OAI-PMH server date validation on PHP 8.1: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Fix Solr highlighting in Blender: [[https:// | ||
| * Fix: turn mobile drop-ups into drop-downs: [[https:// | * Fix: turn mobile drop-ups into drop-downs: [[https:// | ||
| * Fix unwanted hiding of checkboxes on user account pages: [[https:// | * Fix unwanted hiding of checkboxes on user account pages: [[https:// | ||
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| * AccessTokenEntityInterface: | * AccessTokenEntityInterface: | ||
| * Add an option to specify sort order conditions for extra params in searchspecs: | * Add an option to specify sort order conditions for extra params in searchspecs: | ||
| - | * Add and use VuFind\Db\Service\TagServiceInterface: | + | * Add and use VuFind\Db\Service\TagServiceInterface |
| * Add confirm button component: [[https:// | * Add confirm button component: [[https:// | ||
| * Add database services for comments and resource tables: [[https:// | * Add database services for comments and resource tables: [[https:// | ||
| * Add menu button support for target and lightbox: [[https:// | * Add menu button support for target and lightbox: [[https:// | ||
| * Add more database entity interfaces: [[https:// | * Add more database entity interfaces: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Add Ratings database service: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Allow directly specifying Solr dictionaries: | ||
| * Allow specifying MySQL root user connection type in Phing: [[https:// | * Allow specifying MySQL root user connection type in Phing: [[https:// | ||
| * Change advanced search tips to ul/li: [[https:// | * Change advanced search tips to ul/li: [[https:// | ||
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| * EDS: Handle missing ebook URL: [[https:// | * EDS: Handle missing ebook URL: [[https:// | ||
| * Eliminate submit inputs named " | * Eliminate submit inputs named " | ||
| + | * Expand use of UserEntityInterface in AJAX handlers: [[https:// | ||
| * Fix broken combined AJAX DOI functionality: | * Fix broken combined AJAX DOI functionality: | ||
| + | * Fix CSS variable handling in lessToSass conversion: [[https:// | ||
| * Fix ILS exception handling when editing holds: [[https:// | * Fix ILS exception handling when editing holds: [[https:// | ||
| * Fix search result links losing sid when e.g. sort is changed multiple times: [[https:// | * Fix search result links losing sid when e.g. sort is changed multiple times: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Fix Solr highlighting in Blender: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Fix type handling/ | ||
| * Fix visibility of off-canvas toggles: [[https:// | * Fix visibility of off-canvas toggles: [[https:// | ||
| * Fix widget type handling in LibGuides query builder: [[https:// | * Fix widget type handling in LibGuides query builder: [[https:// | ||
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| * Make user field for oauth subject configurable: | * Make user field for oauth subject configurable: | ||
| * ParamBag: Avoid duplicate parameters after merge: [[https:// | * ParamBag: Avoid duplicate parameters after merge: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Prevent/ | ||
| * Reflect possible null return from -> | * Reflect possible null return from -> | ||
| * Remove leading spaces from translation strings: [[https:// | * Remove leading spaces from translation strings: [[https:// | ||
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| * Sierra: Avoid error if a requested record is not found: [[https:// | * Sierra: Avoid error if a requested record is not found: [[https:// | ||
| * Sierra: Fix empty expiration date value in user profile: [[https:// | * Sierra: Fix empty expiration date value in user profile: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Sierra: Fix volume extraction and callnumber element in holdings: [[https:// | ||
| * Sierra: Use v6 API by default, optimize fields to retrieve: [[https:// | * Sierra: Use v6 API by default, optimize fields to retrieve: [[https:// | ||
| * Simplify createEmailViewModel; | * Simplify createEmailViewModel; | ||
| * Update CodeQL workflow configuration: | * Update CodeQL workflow configuration: | ||
| + | * Use -> | ||
| * Use UserEntityInterface in ExternalAuthController: | * Use UserEntityInterface in ExternalAuthController: | ||
| + | * Use UserEntityInterface in feedback forms: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Use UserEntityInterface in profile template (and related code): [[https:// | ||
| ===== New Issues ===== | ===== New Issues ===== | ||
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| * Accessibility improvements: | * Accessibility improvements: | ||
| - | * Add Ratings database service: [[https:// | + | * Add " |
| + | * Add optional formatString argument to SortFacetList helper: [[https:// | ||
| * Add result-scripts event to apply Javascript to search results: [[https:// | * Add result-scripts event to apply Javascript to search results: [[https:// | ||
| * Adding Javascript configuration: | * Adding Javascript configuration: | ||
| + | * Adjust pager buttons for mobile: [[https:// | ||
| * Aleph driver: improve ID and date processing: [[https:// | * Aleph driver: improve ID and date processing: [[https:// | ||
| - | * Allow directly specifying Solr dictionaries: [[https:// | + | * Change record media-body table layout on mobile: [[https:// |
| + | * Establish UserResourceService; | ||
| * Fix bug: incorrect author link hidden filter in combined search: [[https:// | * Fix bug: incorrect author link hidden filter in combined search: [[https:// | ||
| - | * Fix cover loader when cache disabled: [[https:// | + | * Fix overlapping media-left box on EDS records: [[https:// |
| * KohaRest driver: Enable the use of custom renewal block messages in .ini: [[https:// | * KohaRest driver: Enable the use of custom renewal block messages in .ini: [[https:// | ||
| * Modernize OAI server code and improve test coverage: [[https:// | * Modernize OAI server code and improve test coverage: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Refactor Auth modules to use UserEntityInterface/ | ||
| * Refactor availability and status to be better customizable: | * Refactor availability and status to be better customizable: | ||
| + | * Refactor libraryCardsEnabled method to AccountCapabilities class: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Remove mobile top margin from media-body: [[https:// | ||
| * Set unique labels for checkboxes: [[https:// | * Set unique labels for checkboxes: [[https:// | ||
| + | * Surround searchbox inputs with a div for styling: [[https:// | ||
| * Updated bulkFormHandler from jQuery to vanilla Javascript: [[https:// | * Updated bulkFormHandler from jQuery to vanilla Javascript: [[https:// | ||
| + | * VuFindTheme: | ||
| ==== Issue Report / Discussion Only ==== | ==== Issue Report / Discussion Only ==== | ||
| * Fix layout of " | * Fix layout of " | ||
| + | * Problem with facet highlighting when OR facets are enabled: [[https:// | ||
| * Requested improvements to confirmation menus: banner color and behavior: [[https:// | * Requested improvements to confirmation menus: banner color and behavior: [[https:// | ||
| * Requested improvements to confirmation menus: Book bag: [[https:// | * Requested improvements to confirmation menus: Book bag: [[https:// | ||
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