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Important patches waiting for love
by Jonathan Druart 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

Hi devs, We need to focus on some important bugs, here is the list: Needs signoff: Bug 17766 - Patron notification does not work with multi item holds Bug 16951 - Item search sorting not working properly for most columns Bug 17743 - Item search: indexes build on MARC do not work in item's search Bug 16914 - Export csv in item search, exports all items in one line Bug 17766 - Patron notification does not work with multi item holds Needs QA: Bug 17692 - Can't add library EAN under Plack Needs a patch: Bug 17775 - Add new user with LDAP not works under Plack Bug 17754 - MARCXML upload in Intranet is broken (encoding) Some are major, critical or blocker! I am going to QA 17692 and trying to fix 17754, I need help for others. I'd also like to see bug 17796 (Koha::Issues should be moved to Koha::Checkouts) pushed quickly to avoid conflicts and rebases. Cheers, Jonathan

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Re: [Koha-devel] Enabling Arabic and Kurdish Indexing
by Paul A 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

At 05:39 PM 12/20/2016 +0000, MHE I.T. Admin (DRR) wrote: >Hi,Â > >Our Koha is hosted on a dedicated server, Debian 8.6 and the installation >folder isÂ /etc/koha/zebradb/etc , I think as long as they are in the same >folder it should not be an issue. It says that (it can not load it) not >(it can not find it), Intriguing. If you're *not* publicly accessible, I might try resetting permissions; directory (probably needs 755) and files... work up from 644 ... or "bull in the chinashop" approach, set both to 777 and work back down to where it fails. If it fails for dir and file at 777, then path is wrong "somewhere?" Best -- P. >I did try with bot default and specific language in the file but still got >the same error. I thought if I get it work first then I can add more >language and see Â > > > >On 20 December 2016 at 17:15, Paul A ><<mailto:paul.a@navalmarinearchive.com>paul.a(a)navalmarinearchive.com> wrote: >At 04:11 PM 12/20/2016 +0000, MHE I.T. Admin (DRR) wrote: >>Than you for the prompt response, Yes they are in the same folder as >>(/etc/koha/zebradb/etc) and it is on 0644 > >Is there a typo? (it was suggested that this is crucial) > >Recommended: koha/zebradb/etc ... >Found: /etc/koha/zebradb/etc ... (our system confirmed, and happy with 644) >/---/ ><<http://www.indexdata.com/yaz/doc/yaz-icu.html>http://www.indexdata.com/yaz/doc/yaz-icu.html> >neither confirms nor denies that multiple lang options are possible, >rather than the default <icu_chain locale=""> -- if you can get your >server to find the file, have you tried both with and without the default? >Maybe putting the default below specifics? > >Best -- Paul > > >>Can you list several languages inÃ words-icu.xml likeÃ >> >> >> >>Â <icu_chain locale="ar"> >> >>. >> >> >> >>. >> >> >> >>. >> >> >> >>. >> >>Â </icu_chain> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Â <icu_chain locale="ku"> >> >>. >> >> >> >>. >> >> >> >>. >> >> >> >>. >> >>Â </icu_chain> >> >> >> >>On 20 December 2016 at 15:57, Barton Chittenden >><<mailto:barton@bywatersolutions.com>barton(a)bywatersolutions.com> wrote: >>On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 10:15 AM, MHE I.T. Admin (DRR) >><<mailto:admin@mhe-krg.org>admin(a)mhe-krg.org> wrote: >>15:58:14-20/12 zebraidx(9140) [warn] default.idx:13: Could not load >>icuchain config 'words-icu.xml' >> >> >>I see two unrelated issues in your logs. The most crucial was >> >>Could not load icuchain config 'words-icu.xml' >> >> >>This is what's causing the indexes to fail. >> >>words-icu.xml should be in the same directory asÃ >>koha/zebradb/etc/default.idx. Make sure that it's there, and that it's >>readable. >> >>See >> >><https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/ICU_chains_configuration>https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/ICU_chains_configuration >> >>The second issue is that you don't have item types for some of your >>items. That won't cause issues with searching, but it will cause errors >>when you try to check the items in or out. The item numbers are given in >>the error messages, and you can use sql to find the barcodes. >> >>--Barton >> >> >> >> >>-- I.T Admin (Dr. D.R. Roshani) >><http://www.mhe-krg.org>Ministry of Higher Education >>T. +964.XXX.XXX XXX | E. <mailto:admin@mhe-krg.org>admin(a)mhe-krg.org >>_______________________________________________ >>Koha-devel mailing list >><mailto:Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org>Koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org >>http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel >>website : <http://www.koha-community.org/>http://www.koha-community.org/ >>git : <http://git.koha-community.org/>http://git.koha-community.org/ >>bugs : <http://bugs.koha-community.org/>http://bugs.koha-community.org/ > >--- >Maritime heritage and history, preservation and conservation, >research and education through the written word and the arts. ><<http://navalmarinearchive.com/>http://NavalMarineArchive.com> and ><<http://ultramarine.ca/>http://UltraMarine.ca> > >_______________________________________________ >Koha-devel mailing list ><mailto:Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org>Koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org >http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel >website : <http://www.koha-community.org/>http://www.koha-community.org/ >git : <http://git.koha-community.org/>http://git.koha-community.org/ >bugs : <http://bugs.koha-community.org/>http://bugs.koha-community.org/ > > > > >-- > >I.T Admin (Dr. D.R. Roshani) ><http://www.mhe-krg.org>Ministry of Higher Education >T. +964.XXX.XXX XXX | E. <mailto:admin@mhe-krg.org>admin(a)mhe-krg.org --- Maritime heritage and history, preservation and conservation, research and education through the written word and the arts. <http://NavalMarineArchive.com> and <http://UltraMarine.ca>

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Fwd: RE: [Koha] Koha Community Newsletter:November 2016
by kohanews 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: RE: [Koha] Koha Community Newsletter:November 2016 Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 12:50:43 +0000 From: Rosalie Ndejuru <lapleni(a)hotmail.com> To: kohanews <kohanews(a)gmail.com> Hello Koha developers, How is it possible to release 2 different versions of Koha in the same time? * Koha 16.11 Released <https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-november-2016/#165> * Koha 3.22.13 Released <https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-november-2016/#322> Thanks a lot R. Ndejuru ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *De :* Koha <koha-bounces(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> de la part de kohanews <kohanews(a)gmail.com> *Envoyé :* 30 novembre 2016 17:48 *À :* koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org; koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz *Objet :* [Koha] Koha Community Newsletter:November 2016 Fellow Koha users: The Koha Community Newsletter for November 2016 is here: https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-november-2016/ Many thanks to the folks who submitted articles and news to this month's newsletter. Please feel free to email me with any corrections or suggestions. Thanks! -- Chad Roseburg Editor, Koha Community Newsletter _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org <http://koha-community.org> Official Website of Koha Library Software <http://koha-community.org/> koha-community.org Koha Library Software The world's first free and open source library system Koha is a fully featured, scalable library management system. Development is sponsored by ... Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Call for news: December 2016 Newsletter
by kohanews 20 Dec '16

20 Dec '16

Fellow Koha users ~ I'm collecting news for the December newsletter. Send anything noteworthy to: k o h a news AT gmail dot com News criteria: --------------------------- ** For events **: - Please include dates for past events. If I can't find dates I may not add it. - Announcements for future events with dates T.B.A. are fine ...Eg., Kohacon - For past events -- **** one month back is the cut-off ***. * News items can be of any length. * Images are fine * Anything and everything Koha. * Submit by the 26th of the month. If you are working on an interesting project or development related to Koha, please let me know and I'll include it in the development section. -- Chad Roseburg Editor, Koha Community Newsletter

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Koha Maps
by Marshall Breeding 20 Dec '16

20 Dec '16

I have been following the discussion about how the Koha community can better market itself, including using a map display to emphasize its global impact. Naturally, I would be happy to have the map generated from Library Technology Guides to be used. Doing so would help me ensure that my registry of libraries using Koha is more complete since libraries might be more motivated to be included. Regardless of whether the Koha community decides to rely more on my mapping tool, I will continue to try to obtain data on the many libraries using Koha that are not yet registered on my site or any other database. I continue to think that Koha is most likely the most implemented ILS, but I do not yet have the data to validate that assertion. The purity of working only with open source software and open access data seems to me like an impossible goal. Richard Stallman, who I heard speak last year, takes this concept to its logical conclusion, and ends up with quite a limited realm of software or data which meet his tests for purity. Is the Koha community comfortable using the Google Map API, for example, since it is based on a closed and proprietary information infrastructure and underlying software components that may or may not be open source? Or does it plan to invent its own global mapping ecosystem? I have looked at the Hea tool and I have a hard time imagining it gaining the functionality of a global mapping visual and becoming well populated by the mechanisms provided. Since it is generated mechanically through each instance of Koha, it will be difficult to translate this data to represent the libraries that are actually using Koha in production. Many of the entries shown now (http://hea.koha-community.org/libraries) seem to be duplicates or test implementations. Its single entry for the NExpress Shared Catalog is represented by 53 libraries on my maps. I don't see hea as having the structure has the ability to represent the branches associated with a library system or consortia and many other aspects of tracking the libraries which use any given automation system. I think that many, if not the majority, of Koha implementations globally are based on older or forked versions of Koha, making it difficult or impossible for them to automatically contribute their data to Hea. I also wonder why the Koha development community would divert resources into re-creating such a tool from other efforts to develop and promote Koha. Having maintained a registry of libraries for almost two decades, my experience tells me that it is much more difficult to create and maintain a well-organized list than others might imagine. I have also just re-written the map tool on Library Technology Guides to generate the display more quickly when there are a very large number of libraries. Although it depends on how quickly the Google API responds, it now builds the maps in a few seconds, compared to almost a minute previously. I have also added some basic search selection tools at the bottom of the page: https://librarytechnology.org/libraries/map.pl?ILS=Koha I'll be interested to hear further discussion on the topic. Marshall Breeding marshall.breeding(a)librarytechnology.org<mailto:marshall.breeding@librarytechnology.org> www.librarytechnology.org/<http://www.librarytechnology.org/> twitter.com/mbreeding http://www.linkedin.com/in/breeding http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NnvfJ5cAAAAJ

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Re: [Koha-devel] Enabling Arabic and Kurdish Indexing
by Paul A 20 Dec '16

20 Dec '16

At 04:11 PM 12/20/2016 +0000, MHE I.T. Admin (DRR) wrote: >Than you for the prompt response, Yes they are in the same folder as >(/etc/koha/zebradb/etc) and it is on 0644 Is there a typo? (it was suggested that this is crucial) Recommended: koha/zebradb/etc ... Found: /etc/koha/zebradb/etc ... (our system confirmed, and happy with 644) /---/ <http://www.indexdata.com/yaz/doc/yaz-icu.html> neither confirms nor denies that multiple lang options are possible, rather than the default <icu_chain locale=""> -- if you can get your server to find the file, have you tried both with and without the default? Maybe putting the default below specifics? Best -- Paul >Can you list several languages inÂ words-icu.xml likeÂ > > > <icu_chain locale="ar"> >. > >. > >. > >. > </icu_chain> > > > > > > <icu_chain locale="ku"> >. > >. > >. > >. > </icu_chain> > > >On 20 December 2016 at 15:57, Barton Chittenden ><<mailto:barton@bywatersolutions.com>barton(a)bywatersolutions.com> wrote: > >On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 10:15 AM, MHE I.T. Admin (DRR) ><<mailto:admin@mhe-krg.org>admin(a)mhe-krg.org> wrote: >15:58:14-20/12 zebraidx(9140) [warn] default.idx:13: Could not load >icuchain config 'words-icu.xml' > > >I see two unrelated issues in your logs. The most crucial was > >Could not load icuchain config 'words-icu.xml' > > >This is what's causing the indexes to fail. > >words-icu.xml should be in the same directory asÂ >koha/zebradb/etc/default.idx. Make sure that it's there, and that it's >readable. > >See > ><https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/ICU_chains_configuration>https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/ICU_chains_configuration > >The second issue is that you don't have item types for some of your items. >That won't cause issues with searching, but it will cause errors when you >try to check the items in or out. The item numbers are given in the error >messages, and you can use sql to find the barcodes. > >--Barton > > > > >-- > >I.T Admin (Dr. D.R. Roshani) ><http://www.mhe-krg.org>Ministry of Higher Education >T. +964.XXX.XXX XXX | E. <mailto:admin@mhe-krg.org>admin(a)mhe-krg.org >_______________________________________________ >Koha-devel mailing list >Koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org >http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel >website : http://www.koha-community.org/ >git : http://git.koha-community.org/ >bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/ --- Maritime heritage and history, preservation and conservation, research and education through the written word and the arts. <http://NavalMarineArchive.com> and <http://UltraMarine.ca>

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Enabling Arabic and Kurdish Indexing
by MHE I.T. Admin (DRR) 20 Dec '16

20 Dec '16

Hi everyone, For our university library (http://library.koyauniversity.org/) we have Koha 16.11. I was hoping that the new version will have a simple setting in Admin interface to enable indexing is any languages by couple check boxes. I can not imagine that there is a function library in the world and not have couple books in Hebrew, Arabic or Persian, so KOHA needs to have easy approach to this not just LATIN BASED languages. Everything works fine with our Koha but have great issue with indexing Arabic and Kurdish titles, (both RTL language, Arabic based alphabets). When search it just list everything and anything. I have followed the instruction here https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Correcting_Search_of_Arabic_records but each time I run # sudo koha-rebuild-zebra -f library it give me error message below and does not index anything at all, so I gave up and reversed the steps. Would you please help? # sudo koha-rebuild-zebra -f library Warning: You passed -x which is already the default and is now deprecated item-level_itypes set but no itemtype set for item (10) at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Schema/Result/Item.pm line 698. item-level_itypes set but no itemtype set for item (718) at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Schema/Result/Item.pm line 698. item-level_itypes set but no itemtype set for item (41) at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Schema/Result/Item.pm line 698. item-level_itypes set but no itemtype set for item (42) at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Schema/Result/Item.pm line 698. item-level_itypes set but no itemtype set for item (1527) at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Schema/Result/Item.pm line 698. item-level_itypes set but no itemtype set for item (1538) at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Schema/Result/Item.pm line 698. item-level_itypes set but no itemtype set for item (1766) at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Schema/Result/Item.pm line 698. item-level_itypes set but no itemtype set for item (1027) at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Schema/Result/Item.pm line 698. item-level_itypes set but no itemtype set for item (645) at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Schema/Result/Item.pm line 698. item-level_itypes set but no itemtype set for item (642) at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Schema/Result/Item.pm line 698. item-level_itypes set but no itemtype set for item (5923) at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Schema/Result/Item.pm line 698. item-level_itypes set but no itemtype set for item (7968) at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Schema/Result/Item.pm line 698. item-level_itypes set but no itemtype set for item (7960) at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Schema/Result/Item.pm line 698. item-level_itypes set but no itemtype set for item (7976) at /usr/share/koha/lib/Koha/Schema/Result/Item.pm line 698. 15:58:14-20/12 zebraidx(9140) [warn] default.idx:13: Could not load icuchain config 'words-icu.xml' 15:58:15-20/12 zebraidx(9140) [fatal] zebra_begin_trans: cannot open register

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Hackfest in Marseille 2017
by Paul Poulain 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Hello everybody, In 2017, the hackfest in Marseille is back to March. 20th-24th to be precise. Feel free to join us ! (registration not yet open) -- Paul Poulain, Associé-gérant / co-owner BibLibre, Services en logiciels libres pour les bibliothèques BibLibre, Open Source software and services for libraries

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Example of serial claim notice
by Marcel de Rooy 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Hi, Can anyone help me with an example of a serial claim notice? Module claimissues does not seem to have a sample notice. Thanks, Marcel

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Koha development meeting reminder - 14 December 2016
by Nick Clemens 13 Dec '16

13 Dec '16

Hi All, The next Koha development meeting is on IRC tomorrow 14 December 2016 at 13:00 UTC You can see what that is in your local time here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Koha+Developers+I… Agenda is here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Development_IRC_meeting_14_December_20… Please make sure to add any topics you wish to discuss. See you all soon! -Nick

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