July 2010 - Koha-devel - lists.koha-community.org

koha-3.00.00 make fails
by Rick Welykochy 28 Dec '13

28 Dec '13

Hi all, I have downloaded http://download.koha.org/koha-3.00.00.tar.gz and began installing it on Debian/etch (in a Linux vserver environment). 0. FINE: cd koha-3.00.00 1. FINE: perl Makefile.PL 2. FAIL: make : : : Manifying blib/man3/C4::UploadedFile.3pm Manifying blib/man3/C4::BackgroundJob.3pm Manifying blib/man3/opac::opac-dictionary.3pm Manifying blib/man3/serials::member-search.3pm /usr/bin/perl "-Iblib/arch" "-Iblib/lib" fix-perl-path.PL blib /usr/bin/perl "-Iblib/arch" "-Iblib/lib" rewrite-config.PL blib/KOHA_CONF_DIR/koha-conf.xml Bad arg length for Socket::inet_ntoa, length is 0, should be 4 at rewrite-config.PL line 67. make: *** [blib/KOHA_CONF_DIR/koha-conf.xml] Error 255 Any ideas what went wrong and how to fix? Aside: there were a couple of other problems with this "out of the box" debian based install of Koha 3.0 which had to be fixed along the way, e.g. seven missing perl modules and libgd not found. I'll report on the entire process from unpacking to a running Koha/3.00.00 once I get to the end. cheers rickw -- ________________________________________________________________ Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services || Internet Driving Instructor The manual said Windows XP/SP2 or better so I installed Linux.

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Release Manager : how long (open question)
by Paul Poulain 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

Hi koha-devel, Chris announced that he planned to release a version every 6 months. I'm for a "time based" release management, that's the same thing. Chris has been elected as RM for Koha 3.4 but what will happend in "6 months" when 3.4 is released ? Will we elect a new RM immediatly for 3.6, that will be RM only for 6 months as well. I don't think it would be a good idea to change the RM every 6 months... So, shouldn't the RM be elected for a duration instead of for a version ? it's an open question, so let's start the thread about that... Some ideas : - 2 years or 3 major releases, the 1st that happend - 2 years - 1 year, that can be continued once (ie : after 1 year : vote to confirm the RM. If not confirmed, then, new elections) - unlimited duration, confirmed every year - ... -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08

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Proposal to change phone and email language on patron
by Nicole Engard 25 Sep '10

25 Sep '10

Hi all, I was talking with some librarians today and they were wondering if we could change the language on the patron record. Instead of saying Phone (home) could it read Phone (primary)? This suggestion came from the fact that many people now have only a cell phone and if you enter that number in the Phone (cell) box you don't see it on the transit slips or the patron record quick view on the left. This suggestion carries over to the email addresses as well. I recommend we use Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary instead of Home, Work, Cell so that the librarians and patrons can decide what's most important for the patron. What do you all think? Anyone have any strong feelings either way? I will gladly make the change if others think this makes sense, but I wanted to bring the question to you all first. Thanks Nicole C. Engard

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August Koha Newsletter: Call for Articles
by Nicole Engard 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

It's that time again, the next newsletter will be published in 15 days. I need any and all announcements/tips/tricks/news/koha events sent to me by the 12th of August if I'm to get the newsletter out on time. Articles should be short and if you have a lot to say then send along a link to the full article. Remember you don't have to write a whole lot, just a short 2 liner is A-OK! Thanks in advance, Nicole C. Engard

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Is There A Way To Request Data Via Another Web App
by Alex Jurgensen 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

Hi All, I am a new developer. I have a web application that requires to be able to query Koha for a list of books that are checked out to a particular user,. Is this exposed via an interface, or is reading it dirrectly from the database my best bet? If reading the data that I need dirrectly from the database is the best solution, is there documentation that describes the layout of the databases? Any help is greatly appreciated. Hopefully I can contribute here. Regards, Alex,

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Re: [Koha-devel] Building Debian packages
by Robin Sheat 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

Op woensdag 28-07-2010 om 10:17 uur [tijdzone -0300], schreef Tiago Murakami: > I install beta version of koha 3.2 in a Debian Squeeze as described in > "Koha 3.2 on Debian Squeeze" - > http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Debian , but zebra don´t work. I > tried on Ubuntu Lucid, as a described in Koha on Lucid using Koha > packages and don´t work too. > > Its necessary any other configuration for zebra? Which package did you install? 'koha' contains a standard configuration and is useful to get a single instance up and running quickly, and 'koha-common' (which contains all the code and support scripts) allows a more complex setup, at the expense of not giving you one up front. If you use the 'koha' package, you'll need to set up the zebra-related cron jobs and launch scripts yourself, as the site that it gives you isn't hooked into the Koha site management system that koha-common on its own uses. My recommendation at the moment would be to just install koha-common, and use the koha-create script to generate a single instance. What I might do in the future when I get time is make the 'koha' package install its default site in such a way that it gets managed by the koha-common tools. This would mean that the koha-rebuild-zebra cron job and such like magically happen. In fact, I've created a bug: http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5071 so that this doesn't fall off my radar. I've also edited the wiki page at http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.2_on_Debian_Squeeze to hopefully clarify this. -- Robin Sheat Catalyst IT Ltd. ✆ +64 4 803 2204 GPG: 5957 6D23 8B16 EFAB FEF8 7175 14D3 6485 A99C EB6D

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Re: [Koha-devel] Deprecated System Preferences
by Nicole Engard 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:46 AM, Zeno Tajoli <tajoli(a)cilea.it> wrote: >> Version [section "Admin"] > > This preference is used in C4/Installer.pm an C4/Context.pm > It record the exact version of Koha. We need it to update Koha between > different version. Is not deprecated, as I know. > I don'r know it useful to not show it. This one (if it must show) makes sense to show on Local Use or Admin. Nicole

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Deprecated System Preferences
by Nicole Engard 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

Hello all, There is a discussion going on on this bug report: http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3756 regarding deprecated preferences and the fact that they still show in Koha. I want to submit a patch (as is suggested) to remove these preferences, but I need confirmation that they are in fact deprecated. Below is the list of preferences can you all chip in and tell me which are really deprecated so that I don't delete something important? Some of these I think we do need but never made it to the new sys prefs interface ... others I remember reading were deprecated. acquisitions AnonymousPatron AutoEmailPrimaryAddress BakerTaylorPassword BranchTransferLimitsType defaultSortOrder FrameworksLoaded holdCancelLength ILS-DI:AuthorizedIPs kohaspsuggest libraryAddress marc MIME OAI-PMH:Set OAI-PMH:Subset OpacCloud OPACdefaultSortOrder OPACDisplayExtendedSubInfo OPACNoResultsFound OPACRerunSearch OPACSubscriptionDisplay OrderPdfTemplate pdfformat PINESISBN printcirculationslips RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight sortbynonfiling SyndeticsCoverImageSize TemplateEncoding Version z3950AuthorAuthFields Thanks a ton, Nicole C. Engard

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Re: [Koha-devel] Deprecated System Preferences
by Zeno Tajoli 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

At 19.09 26/07/2010, Nicole Engard wrote: >Hello all, > >There is a discussion going on on this bug report: >http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3756 >regarding deprecated preferences and the fact that they still show in >Koha. I want to submit a patch (as is suggested) to remove these >preferences, but I need confirmation that they are in fact deprecated. > Below is the list of preferences >Version [section "Admin"] This preference is used in C4/Installer.pm an C4/Context.pm It record the exact version of Koha. We need it to update Koha between different version. Is not deprecated, as I know. I don'r know it useful to not show it. >z3950AuthorAuthFields [section "Cataloguing"] It is used in cataloguing/addbiblio.pl and in acqui/neworderempty.pl. Those scripts use the system preferences in two subroutines called "MARCfindbreeding". Is a list of marc tags about authors. This list is different in Unimarc and in Marc21. I think we need to keep it. Bye Zeno Tajoli CILEA - Segrate (MI) tajoliAT_SPAM_no_prendiATcilea.it (Indirizzo mascherato anti-spam; sostituisci quanto tra AT con @)

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Building Debian packages
by Robin Sheat 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

As I mentioned a little while back, I've started maintaining the Koha Debian packages. It occurred to me that some of you may want to make your own for internal use or whatever, so I've put the process I use to make them up on the wiki: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Building_Debian_Packages It'll need a fair bit of adaptation, as currently it's pretty customised to my configuration, and deployment of the debian.koha-community.org packages, but all the important steps are there. -- Robin Sheat Catalyst IT Ltd. ✆ +64 4 803 2204 GPG: 5957 6D23 8B16 EFAB FEF8 7175 14D3 6485 A99C EB6D

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