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 ====== VuFind® Community Call Minutes: December 7, 2021 ======
-Attending:
+Attending: Chris Hallberg, Demian Katz, Ere Maijala, Bret Stiffler
 ===== Agenda =====
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 === Possible Laminas Deprecations ===
+Demian has begun experimenting with Doctrine; he successfully ported a different project from Laminas-DB to Doctrine as a proof of concept (see [[https://github.com/FalveyLibraryTechnology/VuOwma/pull/3|VuOwma pull request #3]]). He plans to open a VuFind PR to begin Doctrine conversion when time permits, but time is currently limited due to end-of-year activities.
+Ere asked about possible advantages of using Doctrine; Demian noted a few:
+  * Better separation of concerns -- data models are not tightly coupled to database-level implementation details; instead, model classes represent entities, and separate service classes do the work of persisting/retrieving data.
+  * Good project stability -- long history, huge user base, broad support for databases
+  * Potentially better database query modeling (a query builder somewhat similar to the Laminas DB approach of object-oriented query generation, but also the ability to write query strings in DQL, which may be more straightforward in many cases).
+  * Multiple layers of database interaction -- i.e. high-level abstraction where useful, but also the ability to do more direct database interactions where needed (e.g. for the database upgrade functionality in the installer).
+Demian is still doing research and experimentation and is open to alternatives, but Doctrine seems like the strongest contender due to the above and the fact that the laminas-db end of life note explicitly suggests it as a potential replacement.
+The Laminas HTTP replacement seems less urgent, though Demian still plans to investigate further if/when time permits.
 === Static Analysis Tools ===
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 ==== 2. Video Topic Brainstorming ====
+Demian plans to work on "Customizing Record Views" next, but can't think of many other topics to fill in.
+Ere suggested that we could consider re-recording some of the videos that have gotten out of date, rather than adding new videos and increasing the amount of content that needs to be maintained.
 ==== 3. Other Topics? ====
+None this month.
 ===== Next Call =====
-The next call will be Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 9am Eastern Standard Time (14:00 GMT).
+The next call will be Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 9am Eastern Standard Time (14:00 GMT).
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