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 ====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: January 7, 2014 ====== ====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: January 7, 2014 ======
  
-Attending: +Attending: Chris Hallberg, Anna Headley, Demian Katz, David Maus, Tod Olson, Sean Purcell, Ben Wiens
  
 ===== Agenda ===== ===== Agenda =====
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   * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-221|VUFIND-221]] - Book cover caching behavior is now configurable.   * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-221|VUFIND-221]] - Book cover caching behavior is now configurable.
   * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-339|VUFIND-339]] - This ticket, suggesting more access points to the "create list" functionality, was resolved some time ago and was just now closed.   * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-339|VUFIND-339]] - This ticket, suggesting more access points to the "create list" functionality, was resolved some time ago and was just now closed.
 +  * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-372|VUFIND-372]] - Confirm dialogs have been standardized, as per this ticket.
   * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-563|VUFIND-563]] - The Bootstrap theme now uses the <mark> tag for highlighting to better make use of the HTML5 standard.   * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-563|VUFIND-563]] - The Bootstrap theme now uses the <mark> tag for highlighting to better make use of the HTML5 standard.
   * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-598|VUFIND-598]] - The indexing routine for obtaining normalized call numbers from this ticket has been committed; we still need to discuss how this should be used in relation to [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-657|VUFIND-657]], which adds Solr-native normalization.   * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-598|VUFIND-598]] - The indexing routine for obtaining normalized call numbers from this ticket has been committed; we still need to discuss how this should be used in relation to [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-657|VUFIND-657]], which adds Solr-native normalization.
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 === Pull Requests === === Pull Requests ===
  
-  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/58|#58]] - This merged PR makes adjustments to the MyResearch menu system, resolving [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-939|VUFIND-939]].+Some recent pull requests are related to tickets resolved above; they are not listed below to avoid redundancy. 
 + 
 +  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/60|#60]] - This PR cleans up some inconsistent use of translation helpers in the view templates -- merged. 
 +  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/61|#61]] - This PR refactors the admin module and adds Luke's tag management functions -- merged. 
 +  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/62|#62]] This PR makes place hold functionality more stable by fixing a problem with ILS drivers lacking getDefaultPickUpLocation() support. 
 +  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/63|#63]] This PR points out obsolete CVS $ID lines in some of the SolrMarc files; however, since SolrMarc files are loaded as vendor files from an external project, changing them here would not be helpful, and the PR has been closed without resolution. 
 +  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/65|#65]] - This PR makes some improvements to searchspecs.yaml -- ISBN/ISSN are now searched in AllFields, a small typo has been fixed, and it is possible to set up different settings for use with phrase searches vs. non-phrase searches. Merged.
  
 ==== 2. Development Planning ==== ==== 2. Development Planning ====
  
 === Admin Refactoring === === Admin Refactoring ===
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 +The admin code has been refactored to its own module. Right now, this is hard-coded to be on in config/application.config.php, but we may eventually want to turn it off by default and require it to be activated through Apache configuration.
 +
 +In addition to refactoring, the admin module has been expanded to include tag management functionality courtesy of Luke O'Sullivan. If you have a chance, please give this a try and report bugs prior to the 2.2 release!
  
 === Bootstrap Theme === === Bootstrap Theme ===
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 +Some lightbox adjustments have been made, but this is getting fairly stable -- please test one more time so we can release a good base version in 2.2!
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 +The lightbox.js file has been updated with extensive documentation.
  
 === Performance Testing === === Performance Testing ===
 +
 +A functioning test environment is set up at Keystone Library Network. The Boston College Library Records have been imported (after changing 004 to 001 with MarcEdit). These modified records can be shared if anyone else wants them (ask Ben Wiens via vufind-tech). The test index now has 2,114,167 records. filterCache testing will begin soon to see if we can reduce the huge size of the cache in our default configuration (it may be causing some problems).
  
 === 2.2 Release === === 2.2 Release ===
 +
 +The code is frozen (bug fixes only) for now so we don't introduce new bugs prior to the release. Language file updates are in progress. Demian is working on expanding test coverage. Unresolved tickets have been pushed forward to 2.3.
  
 === Call Number Normalization === === Call Number Normalization ===
  
-We should discuss [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-598|VUFIND-598]] (normalize at index-time for improved sorting) vs. [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-657|VUFIND-657]] (add custom Solr analyzer for LC call numbers).+There are a couple of JIRA tickets related to call number normalization: [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-598|VUFIND-598]] (normalize at index-time for improved sorting) and [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-657|VUFIND-657]] (add custom Solr analyzer for LC call numbers). The base indexing logic from [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-598|VUFIND-598]] will be available as of release 2.2; it is unclear whether it's a good idea to make [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-657|VUFIND-657]] part of the mainline code. 
 + 
 +Tod is working on adding more flexible normalization logic to the AlphaBrowse code. There is currently a single hard-coded normalizer, but Tod is working on making this overrideable for unusual fields (like call numbers). 
 + 
 +The next step in Tod's work is to build custom normalizers for Dewey Decimal and LC call numbers. 
 + 
 +Question: where does the normalization logic go? Currently lives in SolrMarc, could also live in Solr plug-in, now we're also looking at adding it to AlphaBrowse. 
 + 
 +Starting point: Tod will talk to the solrmarc-tech list about interest in spinning off a call number library and/or rearranging the call number code in SolrMarc. Depending on feedback, he may look into building browse normalizers using code imported from SolrMarc to avoid redundancy.
  
 +Next step: create a Git project for [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-657|VUFIND-657]] code after decisions about normalization library are made.
 ==== 3. Other Topics? ==== ==== 3. Other Topics? ====
  
 +David is still working on a couple of tickets and hopes to complete them for 2.3 or 2.4.
 ===== Next Call ===== ===== Next Call =====
  
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