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 ====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: August 29, 2017 ====== ====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: August 29, 2017 ======
  
-Attending: +Attending: Leila Gonzales, Demian Katz, Claas Kazzer, Jochen Lienhard, Tod Olson
  
 ===== Agenda ===== ===== Agenda =====
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 === JIRA Tickets === === JIRA Tickets ===
  
-  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1240|VUFIND-1240]] - +  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1240|VUFIND-1240]] - This is a ticket to track discussion of refactoring of the record driver hierarchy (a possible goal for VuFind 5.0, to be discussed at the Summit). 
 +  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1241|VUFIND-1241]] - This is a ticket to track discussion of the idea of pluggable content modules for search home pages to replace the current hard-coded facet display. 
 +  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1242|VUFIND-1242]] - This ticket tracks a bug related to ILS drivers that require a link to a native OPAC to place holds (rather than VuFind's built-in support). The problem is fixed as of release 4.0.1. 
 +  * [[https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-1243|VUFIND-1243]] - This was a support request; no action is needed.
  
 === Pull Requests === === Pull Requests ===
  
-  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1012|#1012]] - +  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1012|#1012]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1013|#1013]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1014|#1014]] - merged - Minor geographic functionality updates/improvements. 
 +  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1015|#1015]] - merged - Minor fix to Voyager ILS drivers. 
 +  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1016|#1016]] - in progress - A new version of the KohaRest ILS driver. 
 +  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1017|#1017]] - in progress - A new SierraRest ILS driver to take advantage of Sierra's APIs (in place of direct database access). 
 +  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1018|#1018]] - in progress - Refactoring of search history handling for improved flexibility. 
 +  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1019|#1019]] - in progress - New option to display alphabrowse options as part of the main search drop-down; should be ready to merge if no one objects. 
 +  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1020|#1020]] - in progress - Support for the [[http://browzine.com|BrowZine]] API as a new search backend. 
 +  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1021|#1021]] - merged - KohaILSDI bug fixes. 
 +  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1022|#1022]] - closed - Translation improvements; these have been migrated to [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/413|#413]] and [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1023|#1023]]. 
 +  * [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/1023|#1023]] - in progress - This PR proposes turning on some facet translation by default when translations are available. Note that this may not be desirable due to certain side effects of facet translation (like unpredictable sort order).
  
 +=== VuFind 4.0.1 ===
 +
 +Released on time.
 ==== 2. Development Planning ==== ==== 2. Development Planning ====
  
 === Image Metadata API === === Image Metadata API ===
 +
 +No news.
  
 === Modularization and Theme Mixins === === Modularization and Theme Mixins ===
  
-The mix-in functionality has been merged to master.+The mix-in functionality has been merged to master. It will be included in release 4.1.
  
 === Improved Use of Permissions === === Improved Use of Permissions ===
 +
 +Demian has spent significant time bringing [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/608|#608]] up to date and polishing it; it should be ready to merged soon. Please review and comment now if you have opinions about configurable support for denied permission behavior.
  
 === Wiki Documentation Improvements? === === Wiki Documentation Improvements? ===
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 === Front End Updates === === Front End Updates ===
 +
 +Chris has just returned from vacation; more progress should be made in the coming month.
  
 === Browse Handler Optimizations === === Browse Handler Optimizations ===
  
 +Tod has continued work on this project. See the [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind-browse-handler/pull/23|pull request]] for discussion and progress.
 ==== 3. VuFind Summit 2017 ==== ==== 3. VuFind Summit 2017 ====
  
 +We're working on the registration form now.
 ==== 4. Institutional Home ==== ==== 4. Institutional Home ====
  
 +No news.
 ==== 5. Other Topics? ==== ==== 5. Other Topics? ====
  
 +None this time.
 ===== Next Call ===== ===== Next Call =====
  
 The next call will be Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 9am Eastern Daylight Time (13:00 GMT). The next call will be Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 9am Eastern Daylight Time (13:00 GMT).
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