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Possible IRC tutorial nginx and FastCGI
by Brendan Gallagher 07 May '10

07 May '10

Hi All - Friday evening here (west coast USA), Saturday evening in New Zealand. Chris Cormack was showing quite a few of the developers that hang out in the IRC #koha channel - his testing database of koha - fed through nginx and FastCGI. I was absolutely amazed at the speed that pages from the opac were being delivered and watching some of the tests with speed comparisons between apache and nginx. I want to learn more. So, I would like to propose or maybe ask chris - if he would schedule a time that he could demo or even give a tutorial on nginx and FastCGI on the IRC channel (which is a good medium because those who can't make it will be able to read the logs). I am hoping that others get encouraged and want to investigate the possibilities. So, If you're interested in this please let me/the list know and I'll bug chris to set up a time to give a tutorial. Cheers, Brendan Of course I'd like to encourage as many people to attend (it's surprising how much I've learned through osmosis) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan A. Gallagher ByWater Solutions CEO, Director of Innovation Support and Consulting for Open Source Software Installation, Data Migration, Training, Customization, Hosting and Complete Support Packages Headquarters: Santa Barbara, CA - Office: West Haven, CT Phone # (888) 900-8944 http://bywatersolutions.com info(a)bywatersolutions.com See us at ALA : BOOTH # 817 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Patron Identification and Authorisation
by Patrick Andrew Jansen 06 May '10

06 May '10

Good day. This is my first post to the mailing list, so please bear with me if I tend to be a bit off on the culture of the mailing list. I am a database administrator at the National food technology Research centre in Botswana, www.naftec.org. I have installed and did a bit of customisations to the LMS , library.naftec.org for the centre. I have a few libraries that have since requested the installation of Koha, but there is always a question of identification and non-repudiation. To solve problems of repudiation and authentication I have thought of introducing Biometric identification during check out and enrolment. Being new to both Koha and Perl, I have difficulties of where to start and where to introduce these customisations. I am a Java programmer, and in Java there are a few facilities such as AJAX and webservices that I could use to solve this problem. Please assist on this regard. Maybe I should share my thoughts: If possible, I am thinking of form submission to throw a picture picked somehow from the Finger print scanner and authenticate the Patron through Koha on the staff client. I am also thinking of a standalone GUI application to authenticate and authorise checkout but that clatters the workflow. Please assist. Patrick Andrew Jansen -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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force install DBD::mysql problem
by bariki.kamara＠out.ac.tz 06 May '10

06 May '10

Hi, I want to install perl module DBD::mysql on the Ubuntu v9.04(Server Edition) but I face the following problem below, cpan>force install DBD::mysql CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.18) Going to read /home/kohaadmin/.cpan/Metadata Database was generated on Wed, 05 May 2010 14:28:31 GMT CPAN: YAML loaded ok (v0.66) Going to read /home/kohaadmin/.cpan/build/ ............................................................................DONE Found 11 old builds, restored the state of 11 Running install for module 'DBD::mysql' Running make for C/CA/CAPTTOFU/DBD-mysql-4.014.tar.gz Has already been unwrapped into directory /home/kohaadmin/.cpan/build/DBD-mysql-4.014-SzWBCO '/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site' returned status 512, won't make Running make test Make had some problems, won't test Running make install Make had some problems, won't install Can any one help to solve the problem. Regards, Bariki G. Kamara ---------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE -------------------------------- PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS E-MAIL This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that you may not use, distribute or copy this document in any manner whatsoever. Kindly also notify the sender by email and/or delete this e-mail. Any views or opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender and do not necessarily coincide with those of the Open University of Tanzania. --------------------THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA--------------------------

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Installation of Koha on Ubuntu 9.04 (Server Edition)
by bariki.kamara＠out.ac.tz 06 May '10

06 May '10

Hi all, I would like to install Koha System on the said subject above. Can any one help on where to get installation manual for this version of Ubuntu. Thank u. Bariki G. Kamara Computer Programmer Institute of Educational Technology(IET) Open University of Tanzania(OUT) ---------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE -------------------------------- PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS E-MAIL This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that you may not use, distribute or copy this document in any manner whatsoever. Kindly also notify the sender by email and/or delete this e-mail. Any views or opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender and do not necessarily coincide with those of the Open University of Tanzania. --------------------THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA--------------------------

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bugs.koha-community.org
by Chris Cormack 05 May '10

05 May '10

Hi All At todays community meeting http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/index.php/Meetingnotes10may04 one of the topics of discussion was bugzilla http://stats.workbuffer.org/irclog/koha/2010-05-04#i_433541. There is a new bugzilla set up at http://bugs.koha-community.org it is running bugzilla 3.6 and has some nice new features and a nicer UI than the older bugzilla. What we need people to do is register there, with the same email address they used on the old bugzilla. That way when the bugs are imported they get assigned to the right users. So please if you have a couple of minutes, head over to http://bugs.koha-community.org and register as a user. Chris

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Zebra search error. Has anyone seen this?
by Scott Kushner 04 May '10

04 May '10

Koha error The following fatal error has occurred: Could not create file parser context for file "1": No such file or directory at /root/koha-3.00.06/C4/XSLT.pm line 168 Thanks, Scott Kushner Information Technologies Middletown Public Library

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Koha 3.2.0 alpha 2 released
by Galen Charlton 04 May '10

04 May '10

Hi, I am pleased to announce release of the second and final alpha of Koha 3.2.0. The package can be retrieved from http://download.koha.org/koha-3.02.00-alpha2.tar.gz Checksums and signatures are also available: http://download.koha.org/koha-3.02.00-alpha2.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha.org/koha-3.02.00-alpha2.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha.org/koha-3.02.00-alpha2.tar.gz.sig I will be mirroring these on Savannah shortly. The next two milestones for release are beta and general release. At this point, I am declaring a soft string freeze; template changes other than those to fix typos and structural problems will be deferred to 3.4. *Preliminary* and *draft* release notes for Koha 3.2 follow: RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.2.0 ======================================================================== New features ================== ACQUISITIONS * the acquisitions module has been significantly revamped: * support for hierarchical funds and budgets * budget planning by calendar and item type * vendor contract periods ADMINISTRATION * significant usability enhancements to the system preferences editor * many additional granular permissions CATALOGING * bulk item editing * revamped inventory/stocktaking * ability to export bibliographic information in CSV format from the staff cart * new quick spine lable print button * support for temporary location and in-process item statuses * usability enhancements to cataloging workflow: * can now choose whether to edit items after saving a bib record * option to move an item from one bib to another * option to delete all items attached to a bib * ability to clone an item CIRCULATION * ability to define library transfer limits * email checkout slips * option to enable alert sounds during checkin and checkout * improvements in Koha's ability to express circulation policies * option to charge fines using suspension days instead of money * hold policies are now on the branch/itemtype/categorycode level * renewal policies are now on the branch/itemtype/categorycode level * ability to specify an expiration date for a hold request when placing it via the staff interface or OPAC * daily batch job to cancel expired holds * improvements to interface to change the priority of hold requests for a bib in the staff interface * new messaging system for patron records, allowing an unlimited number of patron notes to be stored and managed OPAC * additional patron privacy options * numerious enhancements to the bib display XML templates * per-patron OPAC search history, with ability for patrons to manage the retention of their search history * support for Syndetics, LibraryThing, and Babeltheque enhanced content * support for RIS and BibTeX export REPORTS * guided reports can now take runtime parameters SERIALS * can now specify the subscription end date, library location, and grace periods * option to automatically place hold requests for members of a serials routing list * numerous bugfixes STAFF INTERFACE * the cart has been added to the staff interface * enhanced patron card and item label creator * support for XSLT templates in the staff bib details display WEB SERVICES AND INTERFACE * integration with SOPAC, including support for various web services defined by the ILS-DI recommendation * support for CAS single sign-on * improvements to OAI-PMH support Documentation ================== As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. Credits ================== We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.2: * Aix-Marseille Universities, France * BrailleNet (http://www.braillenet.org/) * BULAC, France (www.bulac.fr) * East Brunswick Public Library, East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA * Foundations Bible College & Seminary, Dunn, North Carolina, USA * Hochschule für Jüdische Studien, Heidelberg, Germany (www.hfjs.eu) - XSLT changes to display 880 fields * Howard County Library, Maryland, USA (http://www.hclibrary.org/) * MassCat, Massachussetts, USA * Middletown Township Public Library, Middletown, New Jersey, USA * Northeast Kansas Library System, Kansas, USA * Plano Independent School District, Plano, Texas, USA * SAN Ouest Provence, France * vokal (Vermont Association of Koha Automated Libraries), Vermont, USA * www.digital-loom.com Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton RM 3.2 gmcharlt(a)gmail.com

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Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Meetings next week for the community
by Chris Nighswonger 03 May '10

03 May '10

Agendas have been posted for both of these meetings. Please feel free to add items as you see fit. Here are the links: Handover Meeting: http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:events:meetings:irc_meetings:meetingnot… Community Meeting: http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:events:meetings:irc_meetings:meetingnot… Kind Regards, Chris On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 2:55 PM, David Schuster <dschust1(a)tx.rr.com> wrote: > > This is a reminder that there are 2 meetings next week on IRC. They are > both > at UTC 19:00 from what I can tell. > > Tuesday May 4th is a Handover meeting with the HLT committee. > > Wednesday May 5th is a General IRC community meeting. > > http://www.mibbit.com/chat/?server=irc.katipo.co.nz&channel=%23koha > > http://koha.org/cgi-bin/irc.cgi > > # > Time and Date.com converter for various local times. > > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2010&month=05&day… > > Wolfram time converter. > http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2010-05-04%2019:00%20UTC+0 > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Meetings-next-week-for-the-community-tp28415605p28415… > Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >

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