February 2007 - Koha-devel - lists.koha-community.org

A Survey on Defect Management Practices in Free/Open Source Software
by Anu Gupta DCSA 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

Sir/Madam I seek help from designers, developers, testers,defect fixers,project managers or playing any other key role in Free/Open Source software development or maintenence in carrying out a study to identify practices and problems of defect management in various Free/Open Source Software projects. The insights gained from the study can further help us to extract publicly accessible defect data and determine impact of defect management practices on software quality. Please spend a few minutes of your precious time to fill up the Questionnaire. The most of the questions follow multiple choice formats and are quite easy to answer. To have the Online Questionnaire, please visit: http://anu.puchd.ac.in/phpESP/public/survey.php?name=FOSS_Defect_Survey (You can also copy and paste this link into your browser, and hit the 'Return' key.) I hope you will find all the questions interesting and thought-provoking. Your answers will be kept anonymous.The data thus collected will only be used for research purpose.It would be nice if you may further refer this mail to others actively engaged with Free/Open Source Software development. If you have any query or suggestions then feel free to contact. Thank You With regards, Anu Gupta Senior Lecturer Department of Computer Science and Applications, Panjab University, Chandigarh. INDIA In case of any problem in accessing/using the above mentioned link please contact: E-mail: anugupta(a)pu.ac.in anugupta98(a)gmail.com

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Koha 3.0 no zebra (aka 30NZ)
by Paul POULAIN 16 Feb '07

16 Feb '07

Hi, I've writte a page with my first thoughts about koha 3.0 without zebra on the wiki : http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=nozebra30 Please read, comment, complete, ask (here or on the wiki) -- Paul POULAIN et Henri Damien LAURENT Consultants indépendants en logiciels libres et bibliothéconomie (http://www.koha-fr.org) Tel : 04 91 31 45 19

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koha 3.0 & zebra
by long_sam.tw 16 Feb '07

16 Feb '07

hi,programers i set up rel_3_0 and use zebra(unimarc), my opac operl script & opac_tmpl(prog) use rel_3_0. database execute updatedatabase. koha.xml --------------------------------------------- <yazgfs> <listen id="biblioserver" >tcp:@:9900</listen> <server id="biblioserver" listenref="biblioserver"> <directory>/home/zebra/zebradb/biblios</directory> <config>/home/laxendion/tools/cvs/dev_week/koha/zebraplugin/etc/zebra.cfg</config> <cql2rpn>/home/laxendion/tools/cvs/dev_week/koha/zebraplugin/etc/pqf.properties</cql2rpn> </server> <config> <database>Koha</database> ------------------------------------------- it means mysql database name or zebra databae name. i can't sure which that? -------------------------------------------- <hostname>localhost</hostname> <user>koha</user> <pass>dion0104</pass> <biblioserver>default</biblioserver> <biblioservershadow>0</biblioservershadow> <authorityserver>default</authorityserver> <authorityservershadow>0</authorityservershadow> <intranetdir>/usr/loca/koha/intranet</intranetdir> <opacdir>/usr/local/koha/opac</opacdir> <opachtdocs>/usr/local/koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl</opachtdocs> <intrahtdocs>/usr/local/koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl</intrahtdocs> <includes>/usr/local/koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl/default/en/includes/</includes> </config> </yazgfs> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- i import some biblios. i use yaz-client root@laxendion:~# yaz-client @:9900/biblios Connecting...OK. Sent initrequest. Connection accepted by v3 target. ID : 81 Name : Zebra Information Server/GFS/YAZ Version: Zebra 2.0.6/1.108/2.1.46 Options: search present delSet triggerResourceCtrl scan sort extendedServices namedResultSets Elapsed: 0.052761 Z> find @attr 1=1016 perl Sent searchRequest. Received SearchResponse. Search was a success. Number of hits: 1, setno 1 SearchResult-1: term=perl cnt=1 records returned: 0 Elapsed: 0.208630 ---------------------------------------------------- show 1 Z> show 1 Sent presentRequest (1+1). Records: 1 [biblios]Record type: USmarc 01051 2200217 4500 010 $a 96007074 //r96 020 $a 1571690581 082 $a 005.13/3 090 $c 15 $d 15 100 1 $a Glover, Mike. 245 10 $a Perl 5 how-to / $c Mike Glover, Aidan Humphreys, Ed Weiss. 260 $a Corte Madera, Calif. : $b Waite Group Press, $c c1996. 300 $a xxiii, 860 p. : $b ill. ; $c 23 cm. + $e 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.) 500 $a "The definitive perl programming problem-solver."--Cover. 538 $a System requirements for accompanying computer disc: IBM PC or UNIX workstation; DOS 3.3 or greater; Windows 3.1 or greater; Windows 95; UNIX-compatible operating system with Perl port; recommended: CD-ROM drive and Internet access. 650 0 $a Perl (Computer program language) 650 0 $a Object-oriented programming (Computer science) 700 1 $a Humphreys, Aidan. 700 1 $a Weiss, Ed. 942 $c BOOK 995 $b 輔仁大學圖書資訊學系資訊組織 $c 輔仁大學圖書資訊學系資訊組織 $e 西文書庫 $f 11 $j 11 $k 123.34 $o 0 $9 12 nextResultSetPosition = 2 Elapsed: 0.052356 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- and then my koha.conf zebradb=localhost:9900/biblios database=Koha hostname=localhost user=koha pass=dion0104 intranetdir=/usr/local/koha/intranet opacdir=/usr/local/koha/opac kohalogdir=/usr/local/koha/log kohaversion=3.0 httpduser=www-data intrahtdocs=/usr/local/koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl opachtdocs=/usr/local/koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl ----------------------------------------------------- i run opac-search.pl but it can't work error log -------------------------------------------- error : Can't call method "_conn" on an undefined value at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.7/ZOOM.pm line 123. [Fri Feb 16 09:43:10 2007] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Start tag expected, '<' not found at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.7/XML/LibXML/SAX.pm line 64 [Fri Feb 16 09:43:10 2007] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.7/XML/Simple.pm line 291 ----------------------------------------------------- laxendion ___________________________________________________ 您的生活即時通－溝通、娛樂、生活、工作一次搞定！ http://messenger.yahoo.com.tw/

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releasing a 2.9.0 ?
by Paul POULAIN 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Hi Joshua & al, I have some contacts in France that would like to install the future koha 3.0, to give it some tests. What about releasing a 2.9.0 (unstable) ? -- Paul POULAIN et Henri Damien LAURENT Consultants indépendants en logiciels libres et bibliothéconomie (http://www.koha-fr.org) Tel : 04 91 31 45 19

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is there currently a perltidy/formatting policy for koha?
by Mason James 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

hi everyone is there currently a perltidy/formatting policy for koha? i cant find any info on the web, except this page http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:tools&s=perltidy what is everyones opinion about using a standardised perltidy style on Koha commits? what perltidy style shall we standardise on?, any ideas? is there any reason not to use perltidy before committing? at Katipo we have been simply been using the default style Joshua mentioned that the french team had been playing with some different perltidy styles does anyone have any prefered options? FYI: i have recently discovered 'perltidy -sob foo.pl', which seems to chomp up (and add) extra blanks lines between code too, this option would be helpful for having consistent line spacing too i have found using perltidy helps alot to reduce false 'cvs diff' lines any ideas?? -- Mason James Katipo Communications www.katipo.co.nz +64 4 934 1285

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Zebra server Daemon
by btoumi 12 Feb '07

12 Feb '07

Hi all , I create a file to launch zebra server in daemon mod it's a service in linux mandriva . I join this file with this message #!/bin/bash #include <unistd.h> #all path u need especially for the koha.xml file PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/etc/koha/:/bin #path to zebarsrv DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/zebrasrv #just for diplay NAME=zebrasrv DESC="Serveur Zebra" test -x $DAEMON || exit 0 # case case "$1" in #case who start the zebra daemon start) echo -n "XXxStarting $DESC: $NAME" #-D launch zebra like a daemon zebrasrv -l /path/to/zebralog/ -D -f /path/to/koha.xml echo "." ;; #case who stop the zebra daemon stop) echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME" #linux command to stop server killall -9 zebrasrv echo "." ;; #case who retstart the zebra daemon restart) echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME" if [ -z "$(ps ax | egrep zebrasrv)" ]; then echo " zebra isn't running, so not killed" ; else killall -9 zebarsrv >& /dev/null ; fi sleep 1 #-D launch zebra like a daemon zebrasrv -l /path/to/zebralog/ -D -f /path/to/koha.xml echo "." ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME start|stop|restart" >&2 exit 1 ;; esac exit 0 ## End of script !

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Zebra Daemonization Techniques
by Joshua M. Ferraro 12 Feb '07

12 Feb '07

Hi all, This is a note mainly for those of you running Zebra. How are you handling daemonization of the server? Do you manage it with init scripts? I know there are a few options, I just wanted to find out what y'all are doing and get copies of the scripts, etc., then figure out what the best 'official' route should be. So if you have a moment, send me your daemonization scripts, etc., and I'll compile, and report back. Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE President, Technology migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS jmf(a)liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS

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web installer committed
by Henri-Damien LAURENT 09 Feb '07

09 Feb '07

Web installer is committed in installer directory. I would have rather use install dir. But I couldnot (I don't know why). The commit concerns : + Adding a script to list ALL modules used in Koha Scripts and provide user with a list of the scripts using these modules. + kohastructure.sql is the structure of my database for koha3.0 (could be used as a ground before update.) + list of language as ISO-639-2 + Adding a new InstallAuth.pm which should only be used for install. Since I could not suppose that there was a database, this authentication could not match with a borrower. It still relies on cookies but Only super superlibrarian (the one described in koha.xml) can acheive this. + Adding Web Installer 3 steps : step 1: checking database exists and access (table creation insert....) Step 2: checking database structure and updating database if need be. Step 3: importing datasets which are supposed to be in misc/sql-datas/<language>/<level> where <language> is international abbreviation of a language. and <level> is to qualify the criticity of the import : required : necessary for Koha to work. recommended : very helpful. additionals : would be to "ease the pain" in configuring Koha. each <level> directory contains a list of sql files which have meaningful names. and the same list txt files which contains a little description in the <language> to explain what sql file is aimed at. This can be VERY helpfull if we put there some normalised data such as position authorised values, code5 authorised value, frameworks, language authorised value list, CDU or CDD description, depending on which one is "free"... We still can go further : - We could allow people to get only subsets of international normalised set of datas. - this installer doesnot help people in creating their zebra configuration files. But this would be a BIG tricky part. There is on refresh on a selection list change. MJ Ray told me not to do it but I can't figure out how to do otherwise. frameworks could be XML files containing descriptions for zebra, output(s) format, input wizard or type, tabs, default values + eventually some correspondances. There is still some "pretty"fication work to use css classes. But this is the spirit. -- Henri-Damien LAURENT

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Problems committing
by Henri-Damien LAURENT 09 Feb '07

09 Feb '07

Anyone can tell me what I can do about it ? cvs [commit aborted]: cannot make directory `/cvsroot/koha/koha/install/Attic': No such file or directory And my commit on installer doesnot work. Was there an install directory once ? Is there something I can do about it ? I will try and commit a new directory. But I find it quite weird. -- Henri-Damien LAURENT

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(big) security hole...
by Paul POULAIN 09 Feb '07

09 Feb '07

Hello world, Kyle has found (without searching) a big security hole in fine management. Koha checks that a user can access a page when calling get_template_and_user sub. That's why this sub should always be at the beginning of every page. right, BUT : on pay.pl, we record the payement before checking the template & user permission. wow... big bug for libraries that uses fines, as anyone that can access librarian interface can "pay" fines in koha without problem... This bug should affect every version I'm afraid (2.2, dev_week, tumer, rel_3_0) I'll fix 2.2 & rel_3_0 asap (toins 1st job on monday probably ;-) ). It probably means just moving the get_template_and_user at the beginning of the script. -- Paul POULAIN et Henri Damien LAURENT Consultants indépendants en logiciels libres et bibliothéconomie (http://www.koha-fr.org) Tel : 04 91 31 45 19

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