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developers_call:minutes20180116 [2018/01/16 14:00] – [VuFind Developers Call Minutes: January 16, 2018] demiankatzdevelopers_call:minutes20180116 [2018/01/16 14:35] (current) – [4. Other Topics?] demiankatz
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 ====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: January 16, 2018 ====== ====== VuFind Developers Call Minutes: January 16, 2018 ======
  
-Attending: Leila Gonzales, Chris Hallberg, Demian Katz, Eoin Kilfeather, Conor Sheehan+Attending: Leila Gonzales, Chris Hallberg, Demian Katz, Eoin Kilfeather, Jochen Lienhard, Conor Sheehan
  
 ===== Agenda ===== ===== Agenda =====
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 === Image Metadata API === === Image Metadata API ===
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 +No news.
  
 === Front End Updates === === Front End Updates ===
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 +Chris wanted to explain a couple of things:
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 +- The new version of FontAwesome (5) is out. We use this library for our icons. Chris was disappointed by the compatibility of the new version; some icons have broken backward compatibility, and some new features of the new version don't work with VuFind. Right now, it looks like a lot of work for very little pay-off to upgrade, so this won't be happening too soon.
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 +- Chris is also planning on refactoring the dynamic cover image generator soon.
  
 === Browse Handler Optimizations === === Browse Handler Optimizations ===
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 ==== 3. Institutional Home ==== ==== 3. Institutional Home ====
  
 +No news.
 ==== 4. Other Topics? ==== ==== 4. Other Topics? ====
  
 +Leila is working on some geographic improvements -- PR #1086 is the first step toward migrating from OpenLayers to Leaflet by making base maps configurable. PR #1087 allows better logging during indexing of coordinates to help with troubleshooting. These are currently awaiting Demian's review.
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 +Leila has two more pull requests lined up to open after these are merged (character encoding indexing fixes; Leaflet conversion). Leaflet offers better clustering than OpenLayers. She will also update the wiki after merging.
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 +There was a question about whether there is a simple way to inject a configuration into a class without creating a factory. The short answer: it's probably best to use a factory given current VuFind conventions, but the new ServiceManager v3 refactor may make it easier to create a shared factory that injects configurations in a specific way, if such a pattern is useful, in order to avoid redundancy.
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 +There was also a discussion of the getRealTimeHoldings call in the holdings tab code, during which Demian may have misspoken about its purpose and history. You shouldn't always trust him first thing in the morning.
 ===== Next Call ===== ===== Next Call =====
  
 The next call will be Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 9am Eastern Standard Time (14:00 GMT). The next call will be Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 9am Eastern Standard Time (14:00 GMT).
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