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The December, 2023 Newsletter was discussed.

Discussion point: is it time to set a release date yet?

The following pull requests are scheduled for inclusion in release 10:

• #1680 - Display flash message on login
  • Status: Complex issue; may need to open one or more PRs in order to close this one.
• #2233 / VUFIND-1480 - Convert from Laminas\Db to Doctrine
  • Status: Work in progress continues; still much to do.
• #2612 / VUFIND-1588 - Add support for WorldCat Search v2 API
  • Status: Early work in progress; still needs somebody to take the lead on moving it forward.
• #2624 / VUFIND-1514 - Replace grunt with NPM scripts
  • Status: Work in progress; has some conflicts and failed checks.
• #2723 - Component: confirmation menu
  • Status: Needs conflict resolution; many outstanding TODO items.
• #2814 - Replace jumpMenu controls with menu-button components
  • Status: In review
    • ACTION ITEM: Chris should look at style/accessibility improvements
• #2934 - Switch to Splide Carousel Library
  • Status: In review
    • ACTION ITEM: Chris should resolve conflicts and work on latest review comments.
• #3039 - Accessibility: Moravian Library Report
  • Status: Work in progress; some checks were unsuccessful. This PR is an umbrella covering a number of topics, some of which have been split out as separate PRs.
• #3222 - Add bootstrap5 theme
  • Status: In progress.
    • ACTION ITEM: Ere should continue work; others should test as time permits.
• #3314 / VUFIND-1596 - Prepare for PHPUnit 10
  • Status: In progress.
    • ACTION ITEM: Demian should finish resolving backward-compatibility problems.

• #2991 - Add filtering capability to facet list pop-up
  • Status: Nearly done, but still needs some aesthetic fixes.
    • ACTION ITEM: Mario should work on latest review comments.
• #3103 - Add Notifications CMS functionality
  • Status: Currently in review.
    • ACTION ITEM: Johannes should work on conflict resolution and latest review comments.
• #3142 - Multi page selection in favorite list
  • Status: In progress.
    • ACTION ITEM: Thomas should finish up work as time permits.
• #3226 - Adding the option to make html elements sticky
  • Status: No longer on hold now that #3064 has been merged.
    • ACTION ITEM: Thomas should continue work as time permits.

• #2642 - Create view helper for translating EDS labels
  • Status: Early proof of concept; requires design discussion to move forward.
• #3279 - Small enhancements to the DefaultRecord class
  • Status: In review.
    • ACTION ITEM: Waiting for progress from @dmj.
• #3294 - Updated loadHTML from jQuery to native Javascript
  • Status: In review.
    • ACTION ITEM: Waiting for progress from @padmasreegade.

ACTION ITEM: as the section heading indicates, all of the PRs listed below currently await review resolution or comment responses from the users who created them.

• #2060 - makes the DAIA services which should be accepted configurable (etc.)
  • Status: In review/under discussion.
• #2688 - Announce number of search results in title
  • Status: Under discussion.
• #2763 - SetupThemeResources: Ensure 'Content-Type' is never escaped
  • Status: Discussion underway on GitHub; awaiting response from @mtrojan-ub.
• #2850 - Change route type for Help/Home from Static to Segment
  • Status: Work in progress; all checks have passed. PR needs review by @mtrojan-ub.
• #2999 - Get unique html element id from record view helper
  • Status: Only a bit more work is needed, now that PR 2982 has been merged. Ready for @elsenhans and @RLangeUni to revisit.
• #3025 - Add new Overdrive features
  • Status: Work in progress; @bpalme is in the process of making updates.

• VUFIND-1210 - Use Solr JSON APIs
• VUFIND-1510 - Consider deprecating CspNonce view helper in favor of Csp helper
• VUFIND-1547 - Normalize search event namespace
• VUFIND-1584 - Remove deprecations from 9.x.
• VUFIND-1601 - Improve CSS configuration in themes
• VUFIND-1614 - Modernize PubDateVisAjax recommendation module
• VUFIND-1618 - Investigate the need for setlocale in Bootstrapper
• VUFIND-1628 - Clean up record collection factories
• VUFIND-1633 - Replace email library
• VUFIND-1640 - Eliminate submit inputs named “submit”
• VUFIND-1652 - Add database support for storing session-specific data
• VUFIND-1653 - schema.org markup causes trouble when there are no holdings or reviews
• VUFIND-1657 - Disabling cache fails with EDS backend

• VUFIND-1521 - Add id validation to ILL requests and storage retrieval requests
• VUFIND-1583 - Any action using ILS credentials fails to display the account menu if credentials missing
• VUFIND-1592 - Clarify labeling of list menu
• VUFIND-1594 - Provide a direct link to an ILS login form when using ChoiceAuth plus Shibboleth
• VUFIND-1607 - Embedded records (in results list) have invalid aria and/or role attributes
• VUFIND-1632 - Improve install.php existing file handling
• VUFIND-1639 - Improve ILS error handling during installation process
• VUFIND-1651 - Address Java deprecation of finalize() method in UpdateDateTracker.java
• VUFIND-1658 - Sandal theme: applied filter contrast is too low on home page

• VUFIND-1351 - Create Mink tests for email verification functionality
• VUFIND-1560 - DeduplicationListener: Add tests and clean up

• VUFIND-1625 - Document access to advanced search capabilities through API
• VUFIND-1629 - Investigate changes in OpenAPI 3.1; implement for API if appropriate.

• VUFIND-1612 - Double check for “PHP version 7” in file comments
• VUFIND-1645 - Update dependencies for release 10.0
• VUFIND-1659 - Update GitHub branch protection rules when creating release-10.0 branch
• VUFIND-1649 - Update language translation files for release 10.0

The next call will be Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 9am Eastern Standard Time (14:00 GMT).