November 2020 - Koha-devel - lists.koha-community.org

How to make self-referential URLs in Koha
by dcook＠prosentient.com.au 30 Jan '23

30 Jan '23

Hi all, With some recent code, I've been using creating self-referential URL in Koha using CGI->url(), and passing it as a value. With CGI, the URL is correct (ie starting with /cgi-bin/koha). With Plack, it's not, because the OPAC is mounted as "/opac". I worked around this by rewriting the self-referential URL in my code, but I was wondering if anyone else had any thoughts on this. I've noticed there are a few places in Koha where we use CGI->url() and I'm guessing we may have unexpected bugs in Plack-enabled Koha as a result. Of course, one workaround would be to have /opac and /intranet aliases or URL rewriting in Apache, so that the self-referential URLs created by Plack still end up resolving. I wonder if that's the easiest path forward. In the past, I have wondered if we could get rid of "/cgi-bin/koha" as a path prefix all together (especially as cgi-bin scares security tools), but it's so deeply embedded in Koha at this point that it seems a huge task to replace it. Anyway, just throwing that out there. David Cook Systems Librarian Prosentient Systems 72/330 Wattle St Ultimo, NSW 2007 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Online: 02 8005 0595

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String Freeze Notice
by Joy Nelson 12 Aug '22

12 Aug '22

Greetings! Just a quick note that string freeze will go into effect at the end of day 12/16/2019 for the maintenance branches. Maintenance releases scheduled for the 23rd. Translations can begin on the 17th. Thanks! -- Joy Nelson President, Koha Division ByWater Solutions <http://bywatersolutions.com> Support and Consulting for Open Source Software Phone/Fax (888)900-8944 What is Koha? <http://bywatersolutions.com/what-is-koha/>

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Koha Community Wordpress Accounts person
by Koha News 30 Nov '20

30 Nov '20

Not sure who is managing the Koha Community Wordpress installation but we need an account created for Michael Kuhn who is going to be taking on the newsletter. Thank you! Chad

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Build a roadmap for 21.05
by Jonathan Druart 30 Nov '20

30 Nov '20

Hello everybody, With your help I would like to build a roadmap for 21.05. To do so we will create workgroups that will focus on various topics. I will facilitate and help with the implementations and provide feedback when needed. I've listed some below, they are directly related to the Koha codebase or its side-projects: - Add tests for ES tests - Port default slips and notices from bespoke syntax to Template Toolkit - Refactor database translations - CI integration/improvement with gitea - Performance investigation - Git repository shrinking - Improve contributors list and release_tools - Adjust release tools for stable releases - "backup" splitter on a separate server - Improve our "news" module - Use DBIC relations to fetch related object rather than searching for the object - Developer handbook and documentation - ...? Each topic is listed on this collaborative pad (no account needed!) https://annuel.framapad.org/p/koha_21.05_roadmap Please add your names if you are planning to help writing, testing or QAing them. There is also a bugzilla keyword to follow, "rel_21_05_candidate": https://frama.link/koha_bz_rel_21_05_candidate And you, on what are you going to focus for 21.05? Feel free to add your own topics on the pad to tell us and find people who will be willing to help you! Cheers, Jonathan

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Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Koha 20.11.00 released
by Mason James 30 Nov '20

30 Nov '20

hi folks, the 20.11.00 packages have been uploaded, well done everyone! 🎁 cheers, Mason On 28/11/20 5:41 am, Jonathan Druart wrote: > Hello everybody, > > It is with great pleasure that the Koha community announces the > release of Koha 20.11, a major release of the Koha open source > integrated library system. > > Read the full release notes here: > https://koha-community.org/koha-20-11-released/ > > The Debian packages for this new version will be available soon. Stay tuned! > > Cheers, > Jonathan > _______________________________________________ > > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Odd v20.11.00 tag
by Jonathan Druart 30 Nov '20

30 Nov '20

Hi devs, You will notice that I have messed up with the v20.11.00 tag. I `git push remote master` where my tag was, instead of `git push remote v20.11.00`. And then git rejected the second push for the tag % git push RM v20.11.00 Hum... no commit to push? error: failed to push some refs to 'git@git.koha-community.org:Koha-community/Koha.git' I've never seen that before and was almost sure it was possible. So the only solution I found (on Friday night) was to add an empty commit with the tag. Enjoy 20.11.00 and see you soon to prepare 21.05! Cheers, Jonathan

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Koha Community Newsletter: November 2020
by Koha News 30 Nov '20

30 Nov '20

The Koha Community Newsletter for November 2020 is here: https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-november-2020/ 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. -- Editor, Koha Community Newsletter

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koha-testing-docker and plugins
by Mark Alexander 26 Nov '20

26 Nov '20

I've been struggling for a couple of days with getting plugins to work with koha-testing-docker. I'm using the latest Koha source and koha-testing-docker images, I started the container with the "ku" alias, and it's running correctly. Plugins are enabled in koha-conf.xml; here are the relevant lines: <pluginsdir>/var/lib/koha/kohadev/plugins</pluginsdir>   <enable_plugins>1</enable_plugins> But when I log into the Koha staff client using the koha user, which is a superlibrarian, I don't see "Tool plugins" under the "Additional tools" heading on the Tools page. I'm not familiar with debugging Perl; my experience is from years of using GDB with C/C++. The README for koha-testing-docker has only the barest hints about debugging. Before I resort to debugging with print statements (or system("echo something >>/tmp/junk")), is there a better way for me to figure out what's wrong here? -- To any truly impartial person, it would be obvious that I'm always right. --Ashleigh Brilliant

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Move of the git server
by Jonathan Druart 26 Nov '20

26 Nov '20

Hi, We are planning a move of the git server on Nov 23th at 20 UTC. There will be a DNS switch and some quick tweaks that will be needed after it. Expect a bit of downtime during the intervention. Use the gitlab or github mirror if you really need to access/clone it. Cheers, Jonathan

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RabbitMQ / bug 26742: in production message broker on a specific server ?
by Zeno Tajoli 24 Nov '20

24 Nov '20

Hi to all, I hope many of yours rember me (more then two years ago !!). I'm helping a library (in Italy) to update to Koha 20.11.x I read mailing list and bugs about addiction of RabbitMQ as task queue / message broker. I understand that all start from using Plack, if I use it there are problem with task queue. From 20.11.x if you use Plack, you need to use RabbitMQ, at least for batch update record tools. So, what is the suggestion for a production server ? To install always RabbitMQ in specific server ? Or is a specific server for RabbitMQ only for multi-instance installation ? I'm working with 250.000 bibliographic records and 1.700 users in single-instance installation. Cheers Zeno Tajoli -- Zeno Tajoli System Librarian

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