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====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: April 15, 2014 ====== | ====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: April 15, 2014 ====== |
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Attending: | Attending: Chris, Ben, Tod, Filipe |
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===== Agenda ===== | ===== Agenda ===== |
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* [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-135|VUFIND-135]] / [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-687|VUFIND-687]] / [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-688|VUFIND-688]] / [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-689|VUFIND-689]] - Social features (tags/favorites/comments) can now be toggled on or off via configuration files. | * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-135|VUFIND-135]] / [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-687|VUFIND-687]] / [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-688|VUFIND-688]] / [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-689|VUFIND-689]] - Social features (tags/favorites/comments) can now be toggled on or off via configuration files. |
| * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-272|VUFIND-272]] - Users can now change their passwords when the Database auth method is in use; infrastructure exists to support this for other methods as well (if appropriate). |
| * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-296|VUFIND-296]] - Users can now reset forgotten passwords when the Database auth method is in use; infrastructure exists to support this for other methods as well (if appropriate). |
* [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-919|VUFIND-919]] - More flexible ranged facets are now available. | * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-919|VUFIND-919]] - More flexible ranged facets are now available. |
* [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-960|VUFIND-960]] - It is now possible to create an account within a lightbox in the Bootstrap theme. | * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-960|VUFIND-960]] - It is now possible to create an account within a lightbox in the Bootstrap theme. |
* [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-971|VUFIND-971]] - This ticket proposes a new Horizon ILS driver that is entirely API-based (rather than using direct database access). | * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-971|VUFIND-971]] - This ticket proposes a new Horizon ILS driver that is entirely API-based (rather than using direct database access). |
* [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-972|VUFIND-972]] - This ticket proposes a change to the signature of getHolding in the ILS driver interface. See also [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/129|PR #129]]. | * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-972|VUFIND-972]] - This ticket proposes a change to the signature of getHolding in the ILS driver interface. See also [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/129|PR #129]]. |
* [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-973|VUFIND-973]] - This ticket requests more configuration options for combined view. Feel free to comment with further suggestions. | * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-973|VUFIND-973]] - This ticket requests more configuration options for combined view. Demian has implemented them. |
| * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-974|VUFIND-974]] - This ticket was opened for discussion of the (relatively) new [[http://www.loc.gov/marc/nonsorting.html|"non-sorting characters"]] feature of MARC21. |
| * [[http://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-975|VUFIND-975]] - This ticket proposes an improvement to the new LibGuides backend; Demian plans to implement it upon returning. |
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=== Pull Requests === | === Pull Requests === |
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| * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/123|#123]] - Password recovery functionality by Chris has been merged in. We tested heavily for security, but please do hammer away. |
* [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/125|#125]] - Expanded holds functionality (mentioned last call) has now been merged. | * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/125|#125]] - Expanded holds functionality (mentioned last call) has now been merged. |
* [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/126|#126]] - The long-ignored thumbnail field in the Solr schema is now used thanks to this PR. | * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/126|#126]] - The long-ignored thumbnail field in the Solr schema is now used thanks to this PR. |
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=== Performance Testing === | === Performance Testing === |
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| They ran tests with the default 1024 solr options |
| Got a high hit ratio of .98 |
| This will probably be the recommended setting |
| He ran a test with their larger index and (what sounded like) a 512 solr cache |
| He wants to do another week or two of testing and wants us to test on the Villanova index. |
| If we get a hit ratio in the .8-.9 range, they'll be very happy. |
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=== Call Number Normalization === | === Call Number Normalization === |
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| No news, |
==== 3. Marketing ==== | ==== 3. Marketing ==== |
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Ben has run a survey for a tagline (with the winner "Search. Discover. Share.") and has made further refinements to his new logo. We now need to come up with a strategy/timeline for updating the website and the master code. Do we need any additional website improvements (CSS/layout) in parallel with the logo change? | Ben has run a survey for a tagline (with the winner "Search. Discover. Share.") and has made further refinements to his new logo, which has been pushed to Git master. We should now discuss whether/how to adjust the vufind.org website to match. |
==== 4. Other Topics? ==== | ==== 4. Other Topics? ==== |
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| People seem pleased with a logo, Chris will have a VuFind.org design for the next call. |
===== Next Call ===== | ===== Next Call ===== |
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