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[RFC 3.2] Adding some options to item display in OPAC
by Paul POULAIN 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

(http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:rfcs3.2:display_item) On large networks, a given biblio can have multiple items. For a given patron, it's sometimes hard to see at 1st glance if a book is available at his own branch. This RFP want to improve the display of items. * highlighting : if a patron is logged in, or if the branchip of the computer the patron queries is at a known branch, we can highlight all items owned by the branch. * hiding : some libraries may also want to hide completly items that are not in the branch of the patron (or branchip). A syspref could be added to activate this feature. If activated : in the result list, only the patron branch (or branchip) would be displayed. In the biblio detail same thing, but a click let the user see other items. -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc NOUVEAU TELEPHONE : 04 91 81 35 08

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[RFC 3.2]PQF search when xpath enabled
by Paul POULAIN 03 Aug '08

03 Aug '08

Hi, When the library has enabled xpath in record.abs (zebra mode), then the librarian can enter a PQF to query a given MARC subfield. In Koha 2.2 the possibility to query any MARC subfield was enjoyed by librarians. It has to be reintroduced. Note : the code has been already written, it has to be a little bit tweaked, but I can git-send-email anyone who want to test it. -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc NOUVEAU TELEPHONE : 04 91 81 35 08

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Tipo fix - 2 (unimarc templates).
by Zeno Tajoli 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

Hi to all, I write here same others tipo fix about english template for Unimarc. The dir is /koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/cataloguing/value_builder/ --file unimarc_field_116.tmpl row 77 m- Master/option> , to fix in: m- Master</option> -- file unimarc_field_700-4.tmpl row 14 Code date publication, to fix in: Relator Code Cheers Zeno Tajoli Zeno Tajoli CILEA - Segrate (MI) tajoliAT_SPAM_no_prendiATcilea.it (Indirizzo mascherato anti-spam; sostituisci quanto tra AT con @)

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About setting z3950 client daemon pazpar2 in koha 3.0 RC1
by Daniel Alejandro Benavides D. 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Dear all: We have been installing koha in a kubuntu 8.04 i386 machine and until now we have working the Opac and Intranet interfaces (zebra is not enabled). But we can't search in z3950 servers to retrieve records of other libraries, first because we're behind a proxy (we need to investigate the IP and ports fo the servers listed in the search z3950 script page and ask our proxy server to allow them). However even with that problem solved in our koha server we have observed there is an indication in the user guide about adding z3950 records from z3950 servers on: http://sites.google.com/a/liblime.com/koha-manual/Home/Table-of-Contents/ad… It says at the bottom of the web page in red: IMPORTANT: The z3950search will NOT work until your system administrator has activated the z3950 client daemon on your server. The daemon is in KohaDirectory/script/z3950daemon. It should be added to rc.d to be launched during server boot. I couldn't find the mentioned script, but I do found this one (I supossed is the one refered above) and when running it with start: /usr/share/koha/bin/koha-pazpar2-ctl.sh start and when looking at the log (file /var/log/koha/koha-pazpar2daemon-output.log ) of the pazpar2 I got: 14:16:31-01/08 pazpar2 [log] Pazpar2 1.0.9 started 14:16:31-01/08 pazpar2 [log] HTTP listener 14:16:31-01/08 pazpar2 [fatal] __PAZPAR2_CONF_DIR__/koha-biblios.xml [No such file or directory] 14:16:31-01/08 pazpar2 [log] Exit 256 from child 10478 I found in the lists that when running the script is important rememeber to export PERL5LIB and KOHA_CONF variables, I also do that, but we got the same results. Besides If I type sudo /usr/share/koha/bin/koha-pazpar2-ctl.sh restart I got in the terminal: Restarting the PazPar2 Server daemon: fatal: failed to find pid for koha-pazpar2-ctl.koha: No existe el fichero ó directorio Can you please told us what we are doing wrong here? I may say that here has not been set up the Library (a message is show in the intrabet interface): (NO_LIBRARY_SET) And even more, is there any port we should have open in our server to external for the conenction (of pazpar2) to be able to retrieve records from the internet (I found something about the port 8004) ? Thanks in advance ______________________________________________ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! La bandeja de entrada más inteligente.

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perl: symbol lookup error:Koha 3
by Partha Mukhopadhyay 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Dear members I'm still in the middle of installation of Koha 3 (RC1) on Fedora 7 and facing the same error reporting. Let me tell you in details - 1. I installed Net::Z3950::ZOOM through CPAN utility. 2. Then after completion of all the required PERL modules, YAZ and Zebra, I started Koha installation by giving command Perl Makefile.PL in the /usr/share/Koha-3-xxx (where I unzipped the Koha RC1) 3. Koha installesr asked me a series of questions and I answered them all (as instructed in Koha on Fedora 7 installation guide packed with RC1, except I selected dom in place of grs1) 3. Koha installer gave me no waring interms of missing PERL and repored -- Checking if your kit is complete...> > Looks good 4. Then in the next line it reported perl: symbol lookup error: > > > /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/Net/Z3950/ZOOM/ZOOM.so: > > undefined symbol: > > yaz_version 5. It failed to create any Make file and thereby make, make test and make install commands what I issued one after another all failed. 6. Interestingly when I remove Net:Z3950:ZOOM (ver 1.24 instaleld through CPAN) perl module through an utility programme packed with Koha (under misc folder), the Koha installer reported that Net:Z3950:ZOOM module is missing but created make file. And I'm able to run subsequently the make, make test and make install commands. 7. But this created problem during starting of Zebra-daemon (again surprisingly zebrasrv started properly) by reporting the missing Yaz version. 8. I tried to overcome this problem by removing Net:Z3950:ZOOM version 1.24 and installing Net:Z3950:ZOOM ver 1.16 (as koha installer givemn warning that it requires Net:Z3950:ZOOM ver 1.16) but result is the same. 9. In this context I have another question that - are the steps of configuring apache as given in the installion guide on Fedora 7 sufficient. Thanks and regards, Partha Dr. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay Department of Library and Information Science University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India = -- _______________________________________________ Search for products and services at: http://search.mail.com

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Re: [Koha-devel] warnings (was: [Koha-patches] [PATCH] kohabug 2345: bad comparisons pervade reports)
by Andrew Moore 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Galen Charlton <galen.charlton(a)liblime.com> wrote: > Now imagine what would happen if we (as we should) turn on warnings in > Koha. I'll make a proper 3.2 RFC for it shortly, but IMO we really > need to start putting in 'use warnings' in a all scripts. Many bugs > have already been fixed that were based on undef scalars that should > have had a value, and many more undoubtedly lurk. Hi Galen - I'm looking forward to that RFC and hearing any resulting discussion. At the risk of opening up the discussion too early, I'll say that I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one with that opinion on 'use warnings' (and 'use strict'!). -Andy

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Spine Label Wrapping in 2.2.x
by Chris Nighswonger 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Hi all, Can anyone confirm or deny that the labels code in Koha 2.2.x had a decent, working algorithm for wrapping the text on spine labels? A quick look at the code seems to indicate that the text was just wrapped at 14 columns without consideration of where that might fall in the text. Kind Regards, -- Chris Nighswonger LibLime www.liblime.com chris.nighswonger(a)liblime.com

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Database Revision Tracking
by Jesse Weaver 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

As part of a process improvement effort we're doing at LibLime, I've created the following wiki proposal: http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:dbrevs:start Please read it and let me know what you think. This is intended as a simple replacement for IRC conversations like this: < random_dev> I'm pushing a patch with database version 105. Anybody else using that?

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RFC 3.2 - put item hold request flag in circulation policy matrix
by Galen Charlton 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

At present, if a patron is allowed to place hold requests, they can request any item that is not on loan or doesn't have the binding, lost, or notforloan statuses set. However, some LibLime customers to need more precisely control which items are available for hold requests. For example, a library may want to permit loans for certain item types but not hold requests. To meet this requirement, LibLime proposes to add a "holdability" flag to the circulation matrix (i.e., issuingrules). This would allow a library to specify for each branch which patron categories are allowed to place holds on which item types. This holdability flag would be the hold request equivalent of the recall flag proposed in the recalls RFC. Adding this setting will influence: * what item records are available to fill a title-level hold request * what items a patron is allowed to place an item-level hold request for During database upgrade, the holdability flag would be turned on for all existing issuingrules rows, thus preserving the current behavior of allowing all available items to be the target of hold requests. A copy of this RFC is available on the Koha wiki at http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:rfcs3.2:rfc32_holdability_f… Thanks in advance for comments. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Koha Application Developer LibLime galen.charlton(a)liblime.com p: 1-888-564-2457 x709 _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel

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