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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>That sounds reasonable. I don’t really have a solution in mind, but just wondered about it from a branding perspective. Maybe <a href="https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-offline-circulation">https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-offline-circulation</a>? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then again, maybe it’s worthwhile keeping it affiliated with Bywater, since it’s not part of Koha per se? I suppose the “Get Firefox add-on” isn’t really that different in that regard? Perhaps both should be put under a “Third-party” heading? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Admittedly, I’m not familiar with the KOC functionality. (Historically, we’ve used our own custom desktop application to fill this niche.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I don’t have a strong stance in any way. I’m just curious. As the REST API grows, I imagine more and more third-party tools will develop around Koha, and I wonder how those should be recommended to end users. (I suppose that’s a parallel line of thinking with how Koha plugins are published and shared amongst people.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m probably just overthinking it, but it’s something I ponder. Happy to let sleeping dogs lie too. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>David Cook<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Systems Librarian<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Prosentient Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>72/330 Wattle St<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ultimo, NSW 2007<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Australia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Office: 02 9212 0899<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Direct: 02 8005 0595<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Kyle Hall <kyle.m.hall@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 10 January 2020 4:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> David Cook <dcook@prosentient.com.au><br><b>Cc:</b> Koha Devel <koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Koha-devel] "Get desktop application" link<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>David, that is the canonical source for the offline circ desktop app. There is no community source for it, but I wouldn't be opposed to that if I can be given full rights to such a repo for bug fixes, releases and such.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kyle<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>---<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.kylehall.info" target="_blank">http://www.kylehall.info</a><br>ByWater Solutions ( <a href="http://bywatersolutions.com" target="_blank">http://bywatersolutions.com</a> )<br>Meadville Public Library ( <a href="http://www.meadvillelibrary.org" target="_blank">http://www.meadvillelibrary.org</a> )<br>Crawford County Federated Library System ( <a href="http://www.ccfls.org" target="_blank">http://www.ccfls.org</a> )<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 1:56 AM <<a href="mailto:dcook@prosentient.com.au">dcook@prosentient.com.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I’m just poking around on 19.11 and I notice the “Get desktop application” link on /cgi-bin/koha/circ/<a href="http://circulation-home.pl" target="_blank">circulation-home.pl</a> points to ByWater’s Github. Is that an optimal link or should it be pointing to a Koha Community resource? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>David Cook<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Systems Librarian<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Prosentient Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>72/330 Wattle St<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Ultimo, NSW 2007<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Australia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Office: 02 9212 0899<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Direct: 02 8005 0595<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Koha-devel mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org" target="_blank">Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel</a><br>website : <a href="http://www.koha-community.org/" target="_blank">http://www.koha-community.org/</a><br>git : <a href="http://git.koha-community.org/" target="_blank">http://git.koha-community.org/</a><br>bugs : <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/" target="_blank">http://bugs.koha-community.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>