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developers_call:minutes20151110 [2015/11/10 14:30] – [3. VuFind 3 Roadmapping] demiankatz | developers_call:minutes20151110 [2015/11/10 15:02] – [Next Call] demiankatz | ||
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Demian has been doing some research into docValues. See comments on [[https:// | Demian has been doing some research into docValues. See comments on [[https:// | ||
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+ | Ere mentioned that National Library of Finland is using docvalues on dynamic fields currently without obvious performance problems. However, they are experiencing some problems on their development instance which they hope will be resolved by the release of Solr 5.4. Demian suggested that it may be wise to wait on merging Solr 5 to master until 5.4 is released so that we can confirm that it helps with performance. | ||
=== Javascript Reorganization === | === Javascript Reorganization === | ||
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These goals should be approached incrementally. First step: spend two or three months gathering information, | These goals should be approached incrementally. First step: spend two or three months gathering information, | ||
- | One example: factoring out covers to a separate module. | + | One example: factoring out covers to a separate module. (Challenge: refactoring while still potentially allowing hooks to other VuFind components like the theme system for retrieving images or the search system for retrieving image-specific metadata). |
- | Another: | + | Another |
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+ | For next year, Markus | ||
Guenter has built a search API prototype using APIgility. Ere is also working on an API prototype (see [[https:// | Guenter has built a search API prototype using APIgility. Ere is also working on an API prototype (see [[https:// | ||
- | Demian favored initially searching for "low hanging fruit" to factor out to make the core smaller | + | Demian favored initially searching for "low hanging fruit" to factor out in simple ways (just reusable code, not ZF2 modules). This should |
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- | André pointed out that components may help spread out maintenance responsibility for the project. | + | |
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- | These items were noted down at the VuFind Summit; we should determine which should move to the ongoing development discussion, which should become JIRA tickets, who should work on what, etc. | + | |
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- | Refactoring of Modules | + | |
- | * Separate modules for search backends? | + | |
- | * How much is too much? | + | |
- | * ILS drivers to a module with DAIA/PAIA interface | + | |
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- | API | + | |
- | * Where? How? | + | |
- | * Simple extension of existing RSS feed? What else? | + | |
- | * Consider on a per-module basis for organization | + | |
- | * Needs to be extendable | + | |
- | Permissions | + | André pointed out that components may help spread out maintenance responsibility for the project (i.e. different people could focus on maintaining different components). |
- | * Move forward with Demian' | + | |
- | Language Namespacing | + | We also briefly discussed the other items from the [[..: |
- | * Tokenize more, chunk less | + | |
- | * API strings are a problem (EDS) | + | |
- | * Move towards | + | |
- | Minimum system requirements | + | Demian will try to find time to move forward on the permissions discussed in an email earlier in the year. |
- | * Solr 5? | + | |
- | * PHP 5.5? | + | |
- | * Compare | + | |
- | Should we continue | + | We still need volunteers |
- | * Leaning towards no | + | |
- | * Install package would be fine | + | |
- | * Git hooks | + | |
- | More asynchronous loading of inline elements | + | Demian has made progress on de-bundling the vendor directory (see [[https:// |
- | * Holdings Tab | + | |
- | * More Like This | + | |
- | Investigate new Solr spelling options | + | Ere is working on asynchronous loading of the holding tab. |
- | Support | + | New Solr spelling options are on André' |
- | Revisit binary availability status in ILS interface. | + | Demian will investigate Solr date range fields. |
- | Cover generator options | + | André mentioned that his discussions with Oliver about overcoming limitations of displaying ILS data in VuFind may help inspire improvements to the currently limited and possibly overcomplicated interface for dealing with availability status. |
- | * Cache proxied urls | + | |
- | * Pattern-based image retrieval from local file system | + | |
- | Better documentation about command line tools, LESS, etc. | + | Demian will investigate the cover generator feature requests discussed at the Summit. |
+ | Demian will work on documenting command line tools. | ||
==== 4. Next Call Date/ | ==== 4. Next Call Date/ | ||
- | There has been some renewed discussion about the call platform; there may be a need to find a more Linux-friendly call mechanism without the 10-person limitation of Google Hangouts. | + | There has been some renewed discussion about the call platform; there may be a need to find a more Linux-friendly call mechanism without the 10-person limitation of Google Hangouts. We attempted a demo of [[https:// |
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, November 24 is not going to be a good date for a call. Instead, we will wait for December 8. | Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, November 24 is not going to be a good date for a call. Instead, we will wait for December 8. | ||
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==== 5. Other Topics? ==== | ==== 5. Other Topics? ==== | ||
+ | None this time. | ||
===== Next Call ===== | ===== Next Call ===== | ||
- | The next call will be Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 10am Eastern Standard Time (15:00 GMT). | + | The next call will be Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 9am Eastern Standard Time (14:00 GMT). |
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