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Re: [Koha] 1.2.0 Problems
by Pat Eyler 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 COURYHOUSE(a)aol.com wrote: > I think there needs to be tighter Quality control on the releases. This sounds like a good challenge for us to take up. We're working on quality control, believe it or not ;). the 1.2 release series mark the first non-katipo releases, which mean that there will be a bit of a learning curve for us all. Hopefully as we crest theat curve, you'll be seeing things improve (note for example the 1.2.1 release, coming soon, that is undergoing additional testing prior to its release). Beyond this, it would be nice if people who where willing to test pre-releases would sign up on the devel list. We announce the releases and make release candidate (RC) tarballs to that list (The 1.2.0 release had three RC tarballs before we got to the release.) If anyone else has thoughts about how we can improve the quality of upcoming releases, I'd love to hear them. -pate > > Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC > > > > Subj:Re: [Koha] 1.2.0 Problems > > Date:6/20/2002 4:34:41 PM US Mountain Standard Time > > From:<A HREF="mailto:pate@eylerfamily.org">pate(a)eylerfamily.org</A> > > To:<A HREF="mailto:broot@gslis.utexas.edu">broot(a)gslis.utexas.edu</A> > > CC:<A HREF="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz</A>, <A HREF="mailto:Koha-devel@lists.sourceforge.net">Koha-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net</A> > > Sent from the Internet > > > > > > > > On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Shane Williams wrote: > > > > > I've been watching Koha's progress for a couple of years now. I tried > > > 1.04, had some install troubles (with CDK in particular) and put it on > > > the backburner. > > > > Thanks for sticking with Koha. > > > > > > > > In any case, I decided 1.20 was a good point to reassess things. > > > Things are looking much better (thank you so much for the web > > > interface, now I don't have to monkey with CDK). That said, I've had > > > a number of problems with 1.20 as well. Looking at the recent list > > > archive I can see that others are having trouble with 1.2.0 as well. > > > > > > > Yep, there are some issues with 1.2.0, a 1.2.1 release to fix the things > > we've seen should be out shortly. > > > > > I just wanted to lay out a few of the problems I've had (some may be > > > repititions of other's posts). > > > > > > 1) Several links to koha.some.where/cgi-bin/koha/etc. that failed > > > based on the example <VirtualHost> entries. My solution was to change > > > my ScriptAlias entry in httpd.conf to: > > > > > > ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/koha/ /home/httpd/koha/cgi-bin/ > > > instead of: > > > ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/httpd/koha/cgi-bin/ > > > > > > > > > 2) On the members/index.html there's a link to members/results-add.html, > > > but no such file exists. > > > > > > > > > 3) The other problem, which Pete mentioned in his "koha install problems > > > on RH 7.2 MORE DATA" is that all but one of the scripts in > > > koha/cgi-bin/admin/ have compilation problems. For instance, running > > > perl -cw branches.pl leads to: > > > > > > Scalar value @biblioitems[$x] better written as $biblioitems[$x] at > > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/C4/Reserves2.pm line 189, > > > <KC> line 6. > > > "my" variable $sth masks earlier declaration in same scope at > > > branches.pl line 192, <KC> line 6. > > > Too many arguments for C4::Output::mklink at branches.pl line 262, > > > near "'')" > > > branches.pl had compilation errors. > > > > > > > > > 4) A few other notes. In the INSTALL file, there are a few confusing > > > spots. One is that database name in all the mysql commands is Koha, > > > but in the sample koha.conf file it's koha. Also, at least with perl > > > 5.005 the -I option must come before the script name, so the command: > > > > > > perl scripts/updater/updatedatabase -I /pathtoC4 > > > should probably read (and why not point to the pathtoC4 dir): > > > > > > perl -I modules/ scripts/updater/updatedatabase > > > > > > > > > All in all though, things are looking good. Once the admin scripts > > > get fixed up, I'll start showing it off to the folks here at the > > > Library and Information Science School. Thanks for all the hard work. > > > > > > > Great! Please let us know how things go. And what we can do to help make > > the presentation go more smoothly. > > > > -pate > > > > > > >

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Re: [Koha] 1.2.0 Problems
by Pat Eyler 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Pete Dubler wrote: > Pat, > > That sounds great. I am picking up a new computer today to load 1.2.1 > on. I am going to put it on a dedicated virgin system. excellent! Just for my edification, what distribution will you be running things on. > > Here is a very important question for me. If I go with the pre-release, > how hard is it to update to subsequent releases? I can't afford a 5 or > 6 hour ordeal each time... Subsequent upgrades should be pretty painless within a given release cycle. Going from 1.2 to 1.4 will involve some DB changes, and will take a bit more work the first time. A good set of upgrade tools will be important to making this transition wrk. > > Many thanks for your good work and great support, > > Pete > -pate

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[Koha] 1.2.0 Problems
by Pat Eyler 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Pete Dubler wrote: > Pat, > > I am very excited about Koha as a user solution. I like the design and > the end-user interface. I'm glad that there is an upside to this email. ;) Given the problems that you've had, you're being remarkably patient with us. Thanks. > > At this point, based on my experience so far of spending over 40 hours > on it and hitting so many walls, I cannot use the current version to > accomplish my goals. I am going on-line in just two weeks with a major > move of inventory into a new building. At that point I need to > inventory everything and have a check-in/check-out system. You see, I > was planning to use Koha to track my science resources across our K-12 > campus, THEN use it for our new library. This would give the teachers > only one, simple-to-use interface for finding resources and books. The > vision is that the inventory floats around the campus with the teachers > using their web-based computers to find and check out/in materials. > This sounds like an excellent plan. > All that said, what is the timing for a more stable (ie tested, ready to > run) release? All of the problems that have been found (and reported) so far are fixed in the 1.2.1 version (a pre-release is available at <www.koha.org/download/>, I'd love to hear that it fixes your problems. We're hoping to release it officially in the next several days. The 1.2 series is focused on improving stability usability (and adding some small feature sets as they become ready). We're planning on running an aggressive release cycle (as often as every 2-3 weeks), so (with continued feedback) I expect that things will get better quite soon. thanks, -pate > > Thanks again, > > Pete > >

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Hey Nick... Documentation Proofreader available...
by McCoy, Brig C. 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

Saw the notice from Pat Eyler that you need some proofreading done. I've done that job professionally before and am willing to volunteer to do it for Koha. ...brig -- Brig C. McCoy | <http://www.theworld.com/~brigc> 4722 Oak St, Apt 1033 | 816 885-2700 Kansas City, MO 64112 | <BRIGC(a)WORLD.STD.COM> PGP Public Key: <http://www.theworld.com/~brigc/pgp/>

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From The Kaitiaki
by Pat Eyler 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

14 June, 2002 To the Koha community; Howdy, We've been busy this last week, both within the project and in the wider scope of library software in general. 1.2.1 is out (see below), more people are getting involved in the MARC work for 1.4, people are popping up with offers to translate Koha, discussions are now underway with a number of other Free Software developers about pooling resources, and a couple of more libraries are starting to move towards Koha as a production system. Koha is looking very healthy. 1.2 1.2.1 is undergoing a final review before its release, and contains fixes to all the known bugs that crept into 1.2.0. We're looking forward to a 1.2.2 release soon. Chris is hinting that it will include branch transfers and extended options for OPAC. 1.4 Paul has published some information about his 1.4 plans[1], included in his To Do list is a call for volunteers, please take him up on it. The biggest thing that Paul wants to get done is to test the MARC API. For this to work, the old module code needs to be rewritten to use the new API. If you're looking for a place to put your hard earned Perl skills to good use, this would be it. Note that only the modules (representing the API) will be changing. It is our intent that scripts will still call the old functions, using the same parameters. The big win here is that for most programmers, there will be no extra work to use the new code within existing code. A new MARC acquistion system should be written to fully exploit the new capabilities Translations Wow! Thanks to volunteers in the community, we've got people working on (or getting ready to): Spanish French Portuguese Bengali Hindi We're also trying to come up with some standards and tools to help make this whole process easier. The program itself isn't quite ready for easy translation (the templates mentioned above will turn the trick here), but there are a number of things that could be translated. If you're interested, we'd love to have the INSTALL document, the Manual, and these notes[2] translated into as many languages as possible. Documentation Nick has done a wonderful job in putting this together, and now Rosalie Blake and some of her staff at HLT are hard at work on a users manual to expand what's available. If you've been using Koha and have thoughts about what needs to go into the documentation, or are willing to volunteer to help write, proofread, mark up, etc. -- please, contact Nick on the koha-devel mailing list[3]. IRC Meeting In all of the work and excitement surrounding the 1.2.0 release, we managed to miss our regularly scheduled IRC meeting. I apologize to any who planned on attending. Let's try again on June 27th at 2200 GMT. A preliminary agenda includes: 1.2 schedule 1.4 plans thoughts on templating translations community (Koha, and the larger OSS4lib, and the larger library community) cross referencing Community Nick has put together a great Request For Comments and sent it out to many of the project leaders working on Open Source projects related to libraries. So far the results are encouraging. At the same time, I've put together a mailing list to discuss providing commercial support for Koha[4]. Katipo[5] is already doing a wonderful job of this, and has been very supportive of others stepping up to start doing so as well. I believe very strongly that a deep pool of commercial support providers around the world will help to strengthen the Koha community, and provide greater incentive for libraries to consider using Koha. Even with as much as we've done, I'm excited to see what the future holds. It certainly looks rosy to me. Ya'll come back now, -pate Pat Eyler Kaitiaki of the Koha Project [1] Please see <http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/wiki/index.php?page=ToDoMARC>. [2] If you're interested in translating these notes, please contact me and I'll get you a draft copy early, then send you the final the day before I send it out generally. I ask that you do two things in return, post the translation to any suitable mailing list or web site in your native language, and please send me a copy for archiving at my website <http://pate.eylerfamily.org>. [3] subscribe at <http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=16466> [4] You can subscribe by sending an email to <kohabiz-subscribe(a)eylerfamily.org> and following the directions you receive. [5] <www.katipo.co.nz>

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error-log => bug/warning
by paul POULAIN 21 Jun '02

21 Jun '02

In the error log, there is a lot of the following warnings : Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /home/paul/koha.dev/koha/C4/Output.pm line 176, <KC> line 15. Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /home/paul/koha.dev/koha/C4/Output.pm line 182, <KC> line 15. How to solve it ? I think it's the array that's not defined. the problem is in 1.2 and main. -- Paul

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1.2.1
by Chris Cormack 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

Hi Guys 1.2.1 is up at http://developer.koha.org/ All the bugs spotted to date have been fixed. If anyone has the chance to take a quick look, and see if there is anything ive missed. And if not, ill copy it to www.koha.org/download/ and release it at sourceforge Chris -- Chris Cormack chris(a)katipo.co.nz Programmer 025 500 579 Katipo Communications www.katipo.co.nz

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Re: [Koha] 1.2.0 Problems
by Pat Eyler 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Shane Williams wrote: > I've been watching Koha's progress for a couple of years now. I tried > 1.04, had some install troubles (with CDK in particular) and put it on > the backburner. Thanks for sticking with Koha. > > In any case, I decided 1.20 was a good point to reassess things. > Things are looking much better (thank you so much for the web > interface, now I don't have to monkey with CDK). That said, I've had > a number of problems with 1.20 as well. Looking at the recent list > archive I can see that others are having trouble with 1.2.0 as well. > Yep, there are some issues with 1.2.0, a 1.2.1 release to fix the things we've seen should be out shortly. > I just wanted to lay out a few of the problems I've had (some may be > repititions of other's posts). > > 1) Several links to koha.some.where/cgi-bin/koha/etc. that failed > based on the example <VirtualHost> entries. My solution was to change > my ScriptAlias entry in httpd.conf to: > > ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/koha/ /home/httpd/koha/cgi-bin/ > instead of: > ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/httpd/koha/cgi-bin/ > > > 2) On the members/index.html there's a link to members/results-add.html, > but no such file exists. > > > 3) The other problem, which Pete mentioned in his "koha install problems > on RH 7.2 MORE DATA" is that all but one of the scripts in > koha/cgi-bin/admin/ have compilation problems. For instance, running > perl -cw branches.pl leads to: > > Scalar value @biblioitems[$x] better written as $biblioitems[$x] at > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/C4/Reserves2.pm line 189, > <KC> line 6. > "my" variable $sth masks earlier declaration in same scope at > branches.pl line 192, <KC> line 6. > Too many arguments for C4::Output::mklink at branches.pl line 262, > near "'')" > branches.pl had compilation errors. > > > 4) A few other notes. In the INSTALL file, there are a few confusing > spots. One is that database name in all the mysql commands is Koha, > but in the sample koha.conf file it's koha. Also, at least with perl > 5.005 the -I option must come before the script name, so the command: > > perl scripts/updater/updatedatabase -I /pathtoC4 > should probably read (and why not point to the pathtoC4 dir): > > perl -I modules/ scripts/updater/updatedatabase > > > All in all though, things are looking good. Once the admin scripts > get fixed up, I'll start showing it off to the folks here at the > Library and Information Science School. Thanks for all the hard work. > Great! Please let us know how things go. And what we can do to help make the presentation go more smoothly. -pate >

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Paul and Steve's Excellent Adventure
by Pat Eyler 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

Paul and Steve have begun a Herculean merge of rel-1-2 stuff back into HEAD. This has been tremendously important, because they're getting ready to start in on the changes required for 1.4 and don't want to have to do a big merge backwards. If you're not working in rel-1-2, *please* do a cvs update before doing any more work. They're not done yet, and would probably welcom any help people can pitch there way. Please take a look at: <http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/wiki/index.php?page=CVSMerge> and see what *you* can do to help. Paul and Steve, thanks for taking on a bear of a job and doing such a wonderful job. -pate

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files remaining to be merged
by Tonnesen Steve 20 Jun '02

20 Jun '02

Here's a list of the remaining 39 files to be merged between rel-1-2 and main branches. They are sorted in order of increasing difference. The version numbers tell you if the file has been modified in both branches. For example, systempreferences.pl has never been modified in rel-1-2 (it is still at version 1.1), but has been modified in the main branch (up to version 1.3). The file modbibitem has been modified in both branches. It started at version 1.4 in the rel-1-2 branch, and has been modified once to become 1.4.2.1 (The number 2 signifies the rel-1-2 branch). In the main branch, the file has been modified 4 times since the branch was created to become version 1.8. ======================================================================== C4/InterfaceCDK.pm Lines: 3 Main 1.2 Branch1.1.1.1.2.1 C4/Stats.pm Lines: 5 Main 1.4 Branch 1.3.2.2 C4/Print.pm Lines: 7 Main 1.5 Branch 1.3.2.1 t/Input.t Lines: 8 Main 1.2 Branch 1.1.2.1 testKoha.pl Lines: 9 Main 1.5 Branch 1.1.2.7 modbibitem.pl Lines: 15 Main 1.8 Branch 1.4.2.1 admin/systempreferences.pl Lines: 40 Main 1.3 Branch 1.1 updater/updatedatabase2.pl Lines: 59 Main 1.2 Branch 1.1.2.1 acqui/addorder.pl Lines: 65 Main 1.7 Branch 1.3.2.1 database.mysql Lines: 65 Main 1.7 Branch 1.2.2.6 acqui/newbiblio.pl Lines: 68 Main 1.4 Branch 1.2.2.2 acqui/finishreceive.pl Lines: 71 Main 1.5 Branch1.1.1.1.2.1 acqui.simple/marcimport.pl Lines: 91 Main 1.11 Branch 1.6.2.23 C4/Input.pm Lines: 93 Main 1.1.1.1 Branch1.1.1.1.2.2 memberentry.pl Lines: 104 Main 1.6 Branch 1.6.2.1 updater/updatedatabase Lines: 121 Main 1.10 Branch 1.4.2.6 updatebiblio.pl Lines: 127 Main 1.2 Branch1.1.1.1.2.1 updatebibitem.pl Lines: 137 Main 1.6 Branch 1.4.2.1 search.pl Lines: 167 Main 1.9 Branch 1.6.2.1 acqui/newbasket2.pl Lines: 180 Main 1.2 Branch1.1.1.1.2.2 INSTALL Lines: 181 Main 1.2 Branch 1.1.2.7 modbib.pl Lines: 186 Main 1.4 Branch1.1.1.1.2.1 moredetail.pl Lines: 295 Main 1.7 Branch 1.4.2.1 C4/Reserves2.pm Lines: 314 Main 1.7 Branch 1.5.2.2 C4/Output.pm Lines: 330 Main 1.10 Branch 1.6.2.8 detail.pl Lines: 333 Main 1.9 Branch 1.3 circ/branchtransfers.pl Lines: 337 Main 1.9 Branch 1.3 request.pl Lines: 364 Main 1.3 Branch 1.2.2.2 acqui.simple/addbooks.pl Lines: 510 Main 1.9 Branch 1.5.2.1 installer.pl Lines: 558 Main 1.2 Branch 1.2.2.16 admin/branches.pl Lines: 648 Main 1.2 Branch 1.1 marc/marcschema.sql Lines: 649 Main 1.14 Branch 1.2 C4/Search.pm Lines: 805 Main 1.29 Branch 1.18.2.3 C4/Circulation/Circ2.pm Lines: 947 Main 1.28 Branch 1.21.2.1 C4/Acquisitions.pm Lines: 979 Main 1.18 Branch 1.5.2.10 ChangeLog Lines: 1256 Main 1.1 Branch 1.1.2.5 circ/circulation.pl Lines: 1386 Main 1.31 Branch 1.23 C4/Catalogue.pm Lines: 1748 Main 1.19 Branch 1.11.2.1 C4/Biblio.pm Lines: 1921 Main 1.1 Branch 1.1.2.1 ========================================================================

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