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 ====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: April 28, 2015 ======
-Attending:
+Attending: Filipe Bento, Chris Delis, Chris Hallberg, Demian Katz, Tod Olson
 ===== Agenda =====
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   * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-299|VUFIND-299]] - Thanks to Chris' efforts, the advanced search screen now works without Javascript enabled in the Bootstrap3 theme.
   * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-905|VUFIND-905]] - Chris' improved tagging interface has been merged to master, which resolves this ticket -- users are now able to delete their own tags.
-  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1105|VUFIND-1105]] - This ticket contains some discussion of a possible alphabrowse/call number issue; Tod is currently investigating.
+  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1105|VUFIND-1105]] - This ticket contains some discussion of a possible alphabrowse/call number issue; Tod eventually determined it was a local problem.
   * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1106|VUFIND-1106]] / [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1107|VUFIND-1107]] - These tickets share a makefile for compiling LESS files in a different way; this may be useful for some people. [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1106|VUFIND-1106]] is an accidental duplicate and has been closed.
   * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1108|VUFIND-1108]] - This ticket reports a bug in the TranslatorAwareTrait that was addressed by PR [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/336|#336]].
-  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1109|VUFIND-1109]] - This ticket reports an edge case where changing ChoiceAuth configuration while a user session is active causes error messages. Demian has put together a proposed solution as PR [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/351|#351]].
+  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1109|VUFIND-1109]] - This ticket reports an edge case where changing ChoiceAuth configuration while a user session is active causes error messages. Demian put together a proposed solution as PR [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/351|#351]] and later merged it.
+  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1110|VUFIND-1110]] - This reports a small bug in the Bootstrap3 theme's login flow for placing holds when not yet logged in; Chris has fixed it and the fix will be included in release 2.4.1.
 === Pull Requests ===
+  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/275|#275]] - merged - This older PR, adding [[https://github.com/googlei18n/libphonenumber|libphonenumber]] validation to SMS dialogs, has finally been merged.
   * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/341|#341]] - in progress - Demian has done some preliminary work on checked out item pagination ([[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1094|VUFIND-1094]]) here.
   * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/342|#342]] - merged - Adds embargo information to SFX resolver driver output.
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   * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/346|#346]] - in progress - Demian has done some preliminary work on advanced combined search recommendation configuration ([[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1095|VUFIND-1095]]) here.
   * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/347|#347]] - closed - Incorrect PR opened by accident.
-  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/348|#348]] - in progress - A new listener to allow conditional filters to be applied to Solr based on user permissions.
+  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/348|#348]] - merged - A new listener to allow conditional filters to be applied to Solr based on user permissions.
   * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/349|#349]] - merged - DAIA ILS driver bug fix
   * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/350|#350]] - merged - Fixes for JSTree hierarchy renderer to properly escape HTML code.
   * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/353|#353]] - merged - A "strict standards" compliance tweak.
+  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/354|#354]] - in progress - This contains Demian's initial work on porting [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-542|VUFIND-542]] (improved author indexing) to VuFind 2.
 ==== 2. Development Planning ====
 === Call Number Normalization ===
+No news this week. Tod is still doing testing on his end, but he is hoping the project will be completed soon.
+=== Improved Author Indexing ===
+Demian has been reviewing [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-542|VUFIND-542]], the JIRA ticket addressing more flexible representation of authors in VuFind. He has begun a PR for VuFind 2 ([[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/354|#354]]) to bring it up to date and make it easier to discuss. There is still much to do! Input from others would be appreciated.
+Some discussion of SolrMarc internals needed to make the custom indexing logic more straightforward (Demian and Tod will discuss in more detail after the call).
+Some discussion of Demian's changes to facet functionality -- suggestion: change authorStr to author_facet for clarity.
+Tangent: discussion of tables of contents (somewhat inconsistent indexing; naming not ideal).
 === Solr Upgrade? ===
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 === VuFind Solutions GitHub ===
+Chris set up a proof of concept branch for keeping features in GitHub: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/tree/feature/offcanvas-menu|offcanvas menu branch]]. Naming convention: create a branch prefixed with "feature/".
+Still to do: build a wiki to document existing feature branches.
+Tod's suggestion: add a feature-specific README.md to the repo.
 === Permissions ===
-Demian sent a proposal to the mailing list but has received no feedback yet.
+Demian sent a proposal to the mailing list but has received minimal feedback.
 ==== 3. Other Topics? ====
+Demian upgraded the wiki to improve security; he also reset most of the user accounts due to the high number of spammer accounts present in the system. Please re-register if you find yourself unable to log in.
+We ran a test of WebEx (generously offered by Filipe) as a possible future venue for the call. We may attempt to run the next call on WebEx if BigBlueButton is not able to be resurrected.
 ===== Next Call =====