Attending:

The May, 2023 Newsletter was discussed.

The following pull requests and tickets are scheduled for inclusion in release 9.1:

• #2271 - Ajax facets - fetch only requested facets from Solr
  • Status: awaiting input from PR creator (@xrosecky)
• #2659 - Use CachingDownloader for Covers
  • Status: awaiting input from PR creator (@mtrojan-ub)
• #2688 - Announce number of search results in title
  • Status: awaiting input from PR creator (@stephanieleary)
• #2697 - Semantics for saved search table
  • Status: awaiting final testing
• #2702 - Replace Slick Carousel with accessible-slick
  • Status: discussion suggests we might want to close this and start over with Splide instead.
• #2723 - Component: confirmation menu
  • Status: needs significant work; might be reprioritized to 10.0
• #2763 - SetupThemeResources: Ensure 'Content-Type' is never escaped
  • Status: awaiting input from PR creator (@mtrojan-ub)
• #2814 - Replace jumpMenu controls with menu-button components
  • Status: needs significant work, including conflict resolution and accessibility review.
• #2850 - Change route type for Help/Home from Static to Segment
  • Status: requires further discussion
• #2852 - Add header and h2 for title and author
  • Status: awaiting final consensus about approach; requires significant conflict resolution
• #2857 - Add support for “uncertain” item availability status
  • Status: in review
• #2860 - Add LibGuidesAZ backend for Databases A-Z list
  • Status: in review
• #2914 - Turn my account menu into ul, because it is a list
  • Status: in review

Quite a few minor issues have been fixed in the month since the release of 9.0.1, but the pace of fixes is slowing down and open tickets should be resolved soon. Demian proposes scheduling a 9.0.2 release for June 26, 2023 to mark the approximately two-month anniversary of the initial 9.x releases.

Demian has been talking with Bob Haschart, the lead developer of SolrMarc, about improving the sustainability of the project, since it has not seen a new release in some time. Bob is receptive to expanding involvement in SolrMarc; if you are interested in being more involved in that project or in helping to review open issues and pull requests, please let Demian know.

The July meeting would normally fall on July 4, but since this is a holiday in the United States, Demian proposes pushing the meeting forward a week to July 11.

None this month.

The next call will be Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 9am Eastern Daylight Time (13:00 GMT).