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developers_call:minutes20170117 [2017/01/17 13:45] – [3. VuFind Usage Survey] demiankatzdevelopers_call:minutes20170117 [2017/01/17 14:31] – [3. VuFind Usage Survey] demiankatz
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 ====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: January 17, 2017 ====== ====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: January 17, 2017 ======
  
-Attending: +Attending: Leila Gonzales, Chris Hallberg, Demian Katz, Claas Kazzer, Jochen Lienhard, Ere Maijala
  
 ===== Agenda ===== ===== Agenda =====
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 === Image Metadata API Revisited === === Image Metadata API Revisited ===
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 +Discussion continued on [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1140|VUFIND-1140]]. [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1137|VUFIND-1137]] was also mentioned.
  
 === Breaking Up Templates === === Breaking Up Templates ===
 +
 +Some discussion of which templates might justify further refactoring -- Chris suggested SideFacets.phtml as a candidate. Ere is also doing some work on supporting multiple images per record which may reveal further areas for improvement.
  
 === Channels === === Channels ===
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 +[[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/693|#693]] is very close to being ready for merging. Please test, and comment on whether the Channels name or general UI can be improved.
  
 === Modularization === === Modularization ===
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 +No news.
  
 === Next ZF Version === === Next ZF Version ===
 +
 +Demian is in the midst of configuring the last server at VU that is holding up the PHP version bump. There may be a brief disruption of vufind.org when this cuts over. More news soon.
  
 === Improved Use of Permissions === === Improved Use of Permissions ===
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 +No news.
  
 === Solr 6 === === Solr 6 ===
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 +Please test [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/869|#869]].
  
 === Deprecation Progress === === Deprecation Progress ===
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 +[[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/883|#883]] removes BeanShell scripts and improves Java code organization. Demian plans to merge after documenting best practices.
  
 === Other Front End Updates === === Other Front End Updates ===
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 +Search placeholder pull request ([[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/885|#885]]) has backend-based configuration -- let us know if greater flexibility is needed.
 +
 +Improved mobile search result view ([[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/881|#881]]) -- please suggest improvements here if you have any further ideas beyond what has been done here.
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 +New template/view helper for add/remove from cart button to make cart interface more flexible ([[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/884|#884]]).
 +
 +Please review language tokenization PR and let us know if we missed anything ([[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/860|#860]]).
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 +Loading performance improvements ([[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/882|#882]]) - Chris has been using [[https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse|Lighthouse]], a tool for measuring page performance, to collect some suggestions. Main change to discuss here: most scripts are loaded as "deferred" and a mechanism is introduced to support this. The details of that mechanism may merit further discussion. There was some discussion on how this could interact with the asset pipeline.
  
 == New Theme? == == New Theme? ==
  
 +For 4.0, Chris is considering developing a new default theme to provide a more modern appearance than the current bootprint theme.
 ==== 3. VuFind Usage Survey ==== ==== 3. VuFind Usage Survey ====
  
-Chris showed a [[https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Preview/?sm=LzmAIsnqv6TU8Nr8oT4geeEBIzHS6L5BViyJbGgS2rlBC7oFcC8LmpXsIoQg3u_2FNBjNvb_2B684zZpDQxf_2FZO_2B32LxnawDyS_2FXv7LjJb65PvNbUlJUJ9OOyCZhZ6tojJ_2Bq|preview]] of a VuFind usage survey.+Chris showed a [[https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Preview/?sm=LzmAIsnqv6TU8Nr8oT4geeEBIzHS6L5BViyJbGgS2rlBC7oFcC8LmpXsIoQg3u_2FNBjNvb_2B684zZpDQxf_2FZO_2B32LxnawDyS_2FXv7LjJb65PvNbUlJUJ9OOyCZhZ6tojJ_2Bq|preview]] of a VuFind usage survey. Please share any suggestions on additional questions, etc., via Slack or the vufind-tech mailing list. Chris plans to send the survey out in February and leave it open for a while.
 ==== 4. Institutional Home ==== ==== 4. Institutional Home ====
  
 +No news this time -- Demian expects to have another meeting on the subject soon.
 ==== 5. Other Topics? ==== ==== 5. Other Topics? ====
  
 +There is a new 'devcall' label on pull requests in GitHub; Chris will use this to highlight pull requests discussed in the dev call to encourage testing/discussion.
 ===== Next Call ===== ===== Next Call =====
  
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