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VuFind Developers Call Minutes: October 23, 2018
Attending: Demian Katz, Ere Maijala
Agenda
1. Development Updates
JIRA Tickets
- VUFIND-1305 - This is a feature request for more verbose bulk emails (i.e. title/author list instead of simply a link to many IDs).
- VUFIND-1306 - This reports an EDS facet list display bug that was fixed in release 5.0.1.
- VUFIND-1307 - This reports a MyResearch bulk action bug that was fixed in release 5.0.1.
- VUFIND-1308 - This ticket requests support in adding a new language to VuFind.
Pull Requests
- #1233 - merged - Use JSHint instead of JSLint in continuous integration.
- #1234 - merged - VoyagerRestful ILS driver bug fix.
- #1235 - merged - New unit tests contributed by a Villanova grad student.
- #1236 - merged - Aleph ILS driver bug fixes.
- #1237 - in progress - OAI-PMH server improvements (efficiency/extensibility/standards compliance).
- #1238 - merged - DSpace DIM metadata import example configuration.
- #1239 - in progress - Improvements to the import-marc-auth scripts.
- #1240 - merged - MultiBackend ILS driver bug fix.
- #1241 - in progress - New export format to use VuFind API output with OAI-PMH server.
- #1242 - merged - KohaILSDI ILS driver bug fix.
- #1243 - in progress - Switch to using HTTP-only cookies in most situations.
- #1244 - in progress - Style improvements to top facets.
- #1245 - in progress - New feature: configurable forms (extending the Feedback module).
- #1246 - in progress - SideFacetsDeferred, an AJAX-loaded alternative to the current SideFacets display.
- #1247 - in progress - New code generator for creating plug-ins.
- #1248 - merged - Bug fixes to issues detected by LGTM.
- #1249 - merged - Spelling corrections to comments.
- #1250 - merged - Increase size/consistency of password storage columns in database.
- #1251 - in progress - Adjustments to the display of user fees/fines.
- #1252 - merged - Style cleanup (fixed an unwanted PHP close tag not detected by php-cs-fixer).
Release 5.0.1
This was released in advance of the Summit so that all bug fixes to date could be available; the SolrMarc upgrade is still pending and will have to be addressed in release 5.1.
2. Development Planning
ILS Support Updates
Chris has continued work on the FOLIO pull request, with hold support currently in progress.
Browse Handler Optimizations
No news.
3. Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI)
4. LiveDVD Demo
5. Institutional Home
No news, though conversations are ongoing.
6. VuFind Summit 2018: Wrap-Up and Next Steps
Demian and Chris are still catching up following the Summit, but links to slides can be found on the Summit wiki page and video will be posted there as soon as it is available. As time permits, Chris and Demian will begin updating the GitHub project board to reflect roadmapping outcomes (and to fuel future dev call discussion).
7. Other Topics?
Next Call
The next call will be Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 9am Eastern Standard Time (14:00 GMT).
Please note the change from Daylight to Standard time and adjust your calendars accordingly!