May 2003 - Koha-devel - lists.koha-community.org

Some thoughts heading to 2.0
by Mike Mylonas 26 May '03

26 May '03

As we head towards to 2.0 release, I have a couple of thoughts and ideas that I wanted to share. These thoughts were based around doing an install of 1.9.3 (many thanks to all especially Paul and Mike Hansen for the effort they have put in). Templates & Translations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Currently the distribution comes with a few different templates, and hopefully as we finialise 2.0 more translations. One thought that I had was to seperate out the different Templates and Translations into seperate installable files, so that Koha itself is only distributed with the default templates in english. If we can make subsequent files available ie default-fr-1.9.3.tar.gz for the french default etc (please note that I am not picking on the French, I am just using it as an example), etc then people can install and configure the translations as they need them, this would also allow the translation teams a little more time to get the translations complete without holding up the main releases. The same could also be done for new templates ie. vanilla-en-1.9.3.tar.gz. This may encourage people to add new Templates, to the point of we could possible have a themes.koha.org etc. I am intested in peoples comments and opinions, please refrain from flaming the list, but all flames will be accepted via private mail. Cheers Mike M

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Changes to borrowers table in 1.9.3
by Stephen Hedges 25 May '03

25 May '03

I notice that the borrowers table in ver. 1.9.3 has been altered to include columns for postal codes. But the old columns (ver. 1.9.2) for password, flags and userid are gone. How do we save passwords from our old system to allow people to login to Koha? (In other words, where does Koha now store the userid and password?) Stephen Hedges Director, Nelsonville Public Library 95 W. Washington St., Nels.,OH 45764 (740) 753-2118 fax (740) 753-3543

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More about templates
by Owen Leonard 25 May '03

25 May '03

I've been working on an NPL version of the intranet template for a couple weeks now, and I'm faced with a conundrum now that 1.9.3 is out: What's the best way to 'upgrade' the custom templates I've got? Am I simply faced with the tedious job of going through and comparing the new files to my custom files? Is this a problem that can only be addressed in the future, making these upgrades easier? Either way, I'd love to hear any suggestions anyone has. -- Owen ---- Nelsonville Public Library Koha 1.9.3

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submit.x, logout.x
by Thien Ho 25 May '03

25 May '03

Hello, In some script there are variable names ending with ".x", ".y". Is there any special meaning for that? It's quite unusual to name a variable that way. Please don't take offense. I just try to understand... Thanks a lot, Thien ctho(a)sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

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Re: [Koha] Introduction and qustions
by Pat Eyler 25 May '03

25 May '03

On Thu, 15 May 2003, Andrew Koebrick wrote: > Greetings, > Hi Andrew, > I am attempting to migrate a @10,000 item catalog into Koha 1.9.2 and > would greatly appreciate a little help. I'm CC:ing this to the koha-devel list ... you're more likely to get answers to technical questions about 1.9.2 there. > > This migration is neccessary due to budget cuts here in Minnesota. Our > state agency library was "cut" (i.e. no funding for our previous catalog > system, PALS; our full time librarian layed off; books to be distributed > to work teams). Rather than just throw out what was a quality catalog, > my plan is to load the records into Koha and attempt to maintain basic > collection management on the subset of books kept. > > I have a fair amout of Library/Perl/Mysql/Apache experience (I moved > from Agency librarian to Web Coordinator/Developer a few years back: > www.mnplan.state.mn.us) and hope to reach a point where I understand > Koha well enough to contribue code. It sounds like you'll be able to start contributing fairly quickly. > > But first I have to get up and running... I've not worked enough with 1.9.2 to help with this, so I'll leave these to some of the other developers to help with. > > As a test I have uploaded a collection of MARC records to the breeding > farm (the LOC MarcMaker/Breaker test files). It notes that 8 records > were successfully uploaded. However, I am not able to get them into the > catalog either by ISBN or title. Is this feature functional yet? > > When I click on " Add biblio without ISBN/ISSN" I get a list of the > numbers 1-10. Clicking on all available links appear to do nothing. > What should this page do/display? > > Has anyone tweeked bulkmarcimport.pl yet for the 1.9 series? Or are > the tables structures betwen the 1.2 and 1.9 series different enought > that the most efficient way to proceed with mass import would be to > create a new script based around the NEWnewbibilio() function? > > Finally, if Koha 2.0 would solve any/many of these issues I can wait. > Is there an estimated data of release? Koha 2.0.0 should solve most/all of your problems ... we don't have a firm release date for it yet, but we certainly do have a lot of motivation to get it out the door quickly. There are 81 bug reports left in the queue (thought more might be added if we find them along the way), most of those need to be closed before 2.0.0 goes out the door. (I'll leave the divination of a release date to Paul, the 2.0 release manager.) I do expect 1.9.3 to be released next week, and this should help smooth out some of your issues. > > Thank you for any assistance in adopting Koha. > Thanks for getting involved. Welcome to the team, -pate > > > Andrew Koebrick > Web Coordinator/Librarian > MN-Planning (Office of Strategic and Long Range Planning) > 658 Cedar St., Suite 300 > St. Paul, MN 55155 > > 651-296-4156 phone > 651-296-3698 fax > > www.mnplan.state.mn.us > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >

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tropheesdulibre.org competition results.
by paul POULAIN 25 May '03

25 May '03

Hi Guys, I'm back from Soissons, Tropheesdulibre. I'm sure you're interested to know who wins. So, here is the answer... In Game category, it's VegaStrike. In General Public category, it's Weasel Reader In Accessibility, it's Gok, In Educational, it's Gcompris In TodoManagement, it's Dolibarr, In Application Agencies. Hmm... let me remember... I think I forget... One minut, there was 3 candidates : Localis, from Mose, mm... no, that was not him. A nice guy anyway. CPS... ah, yes, i remember this guy. But I don't remember seeing it winning anything. Koha. Was Koha the winner ? Let me think a little second. hmmmm.... Ah, that's it, I remember : yes, Koha wins. :-D :-D Note : I just arrived at home. Some more information tomorrow morning for me (GMT+2) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Marc Table Description
by Lerenard Michel 21 May '03

21 May '03

hi We are finishing to convert an old database and we are currently trying to fill the marc table. I am currently having problem with two fields of the marc_word table: tagorder subfieldorder I have the idea that the two fields contain the number of the field and subfield entered when adding a biblio/item. The tagnumber tells if the tag is the first asked , or the second, and so on, in the form. The subfield number indicates if the field is the first field or the second (and so on) of the tag. For example, if i need to enter five fields to add a biblio : (215a,215b,400a,801a,995f, for example) each field will have a tag number, from 1 to 4 (1,1,2,3,4), and a subfield number, respectively 1,2,1,1,1. I hope you will understand, it is not that easy to explain ! :) My question is : do Koha need those fields (for researches or something else ) , or can i leave them empty ? Thanks in advance Michel LERENARD

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Inter Library Loan meeting
by Pat Eyler 21 May '03

21 May '03

the log from the meeting is at: http://www.haz.cmsd.bc.ca/cgi-bin/kohalog.pl?date=21May03&firstline=282&las… it looks like a good start. if you're interested, i'd recommend taking a look at the logs and jumping in. -pate

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table biblioanalysis
by paul POULAIN 21 May '03

21 May '03

Could katipo confirm that the table biblioanalysis is useless and can be dropped ? -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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IMPORTANT : migration tool arrived in CVS
by paul POULAIN 21 May '03

21 May '03

Hi everybody, The NEW bulkmarcimport script everybody was waiting for just arrived in CVS. It will be released with 1.9.3 (probably today ?) It's located (in CVS tree) at $koharoot/misc/bulkmarcimport.pl It loads an iso2709 file into the ACTIVE Database. My 1st tests on sample files shows it works quite fine. Feel free to try it. How it works ? enter ./bulkmarcimport in a console, and look. Note : i'm proud, because it's less than 100 lines long => 99 lines !!! Note to *NPL* : i didn't test this on the file you send to me, as my MARC parameters are UNIMARC at the moment. I release the 1.9.3, then I test it. It would be nice to you if you sended me you marc_tag_structure and marc_subfield_structure tables to have a working USMARC. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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