Attending:

The September, 2022 Newsletter was discussed.

• #1962 - Utilize icon helper [in progress]
  • Next step: review/test - DK
• #2060 - DAIA driver service improvements [pending review; defer to 10.0?]
  • Next step: review needed by DAIA stakeholders
• #2378 - Make MenuButton component [under discussion]
  • Next step: reply to outstanding review comment (should we tolerate missing menuItems values?) - CH
• #2400 / VUFIND-1533 - Wrapped link elements should not have space between the lines [in progress]
  • Next step: reply to outstanding review comment (book bag link underlining) - CH
• #2417 / VUFIND-1550 - Add support for star ratings [in progress]
  • Next steps: answer outstanding question - CH ; review/test - DK
• #2447 - AJAX status standardization/modernization [in progress]
  • Next step: respond to latest review - CH
• #2492 - Add refresh buttons to jump menu controls [waiting on #2378]
• #2570 - Add setting to restrict ILS login by user [under discussion]
  • Next steps: finish discussion - AL/EM/DK ; write tests - DK

• VUFIND-1210 - Solr JSON Facet API [not started; defer to 10.0?]
• VUFIND-1474 - Remove deprecations from 8.x [not started; could be broken to smaller tasks; some easy assignments]
• VUFIND-1497 - Remove support for Apache 2.2 [not started; simple]
• VUFIND-1510 - Consider deprecating CspNonce view helper in favor of Csp helper [not started; simple; requires discussion]
• VUFIND-1514 - Modernize front end build environment [not started; defer to 10.0?]
• VUFIND-1525 - Update browse handler to use call number normalizers from org.marc4j.callnum package [not started; probably relatively simple if comfortable with Java]
• VUFIND-1563 - Blowfish encryption fails under Ubuntu 22 and Fedora 36 [not started; requires discussion]
• VUFIND-1568 - Make Solr port configurable during installation [not started; relatively simple]
• VUFIND-1573 - Upgrade Solr for release 9.0 [not started; requires discussion – Solr 8.x (minor update) vs. 9.x (major update)]
• VUFIND-1396 - Investigate possibility to deprecate the Context view helper [not started; requires discussion/research; defer to 10.0?]
• VUFIND-1529 - Configurable sort tie-breaker field [not started; probably relatively simple]
• VUFIND-1538 - Add retraction watch support to DOI lookup functionality [not started; requires design decisions; requires third-party service access]
• VUFIND-1541 - Add Mink test coverage for Markdown rendering [not started]
• VUFIND-1547 - Normalize search event namespace [not started; requires discussion/research]
• VUFIND-1552 - Authority module: improve record routing [not started; relatively simple]
• VUFIND-1556 - Handle relator URIs during indexing [not started; requires discussion; may be relatively simple]
• VUFIND-1571 - Remove configuration settings deprecated in Solr 8 [not started; requires research; may be relatively simple]
• VUFIND-1535 - Make search history labeling more consistent [not started; requires discussion; relatively simple]
• VUFIND-1560 - DeduplicationListener: add tests and clean up [not started]
• VUFIND-1566 - Clean up/standardize Javascript lib directory [not started; requires discussion]
• VUFIND-1570 - Update browse handler in release 9 [release preparation task; should begin after other browse handler and Solr changes]
• VUFIND-1567 - Update language translation files for release 9.0 [release preparation task; should begin after we freeze language file changes]

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