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Release of Koha 20.11.01
by Fridolin SOMERS 06 Jan '21

06 Jan '21

Hello everyone 🤗 The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 20.11.01. It is a maintenance release including 45 bugfixes. The full release notes are available here: https://koha-community.org/koha-20-11-01-released/ Debian packages should be available in a few days! 💡 Remember Git repo as moved to : https://git.koha-community.org/Koha-community/Koha.git A great and heathy new year to you all, let's hope we can go IRL again 🍻 Best regards 🐌 -- Fridolin SOMERS <fridolin.somers(a)biblibre.com> Software and system maintainer 🦄 BibLibre, France

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iCal feed for circulation due dates
by dcook＠prosentient.com.au 05 Jan '21

05 Jan '21

Hi all, There's an interesting Bugzilla report where someone was asking to use opac-ics.pl to provide automatic iCal updates to a calendar (like Google calendar) for due dates: https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27305 The reporter is actually a patron at Huntsville-Madison County Public Library, which I think Bywater Solutions provides, and he worked out a clever - although insecure and suboptimal - way of making it work by passing userid and password as query string parameters. >From what I've read, for a private iCal feed, a provider (like Koha) would usually provide the user with an individual token that is used as a query string parameter. I was wondering if anyone is interested in doing that work. It's not at the top of my TODO list, but I was thinking a person could do it fairly easily using borrower_attributes and small changes to opac-user.pl and opac-ics.pl. David Cook Software Engineer Prosentient Systems Suite 7.03 6a Glen St Milsons Point NSW 2061 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Online: 02 8005 0595

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Fixing exact search in Zebra ICU (formerly LinkBibHeadingsToAuthorities not working as expected)
by dcook＠prosentient.com.au 05 Jan '21

05 Jan '21

Thanks, Fridolin. I've opened up https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27299 to track this topic in Koha. I've added a See Also to 18017. I've added a patch to 27299 with the change I proposed in https://github.com/indexdata/idzebra/issues/24. I've tested it outside of Koha and it works as I expected/hoped. I just want to get Indexdata's blessing and then I'll push for it in Koha. David Cook Software Engineer Prosentient Systems Suite 7.03 6a Glen St Milsons Point NSW 2061 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Online: 02 8005 0595 -----Original Message----- From: Fridolin SOMERS <fridolin.somers(a)biblibre.com> Sent: Tuesday, 22 December 2020 10:11 PM To: dcook(a)prosentient.com.au; koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] LinkBibHeadingsToAuthorities not working as expected Hi, I've pushed on https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18017 I copied from MARC21 the use of index_heading and index_match_heading that was crually missing. I've seen and subscribed to : https://github.com/indexdata/idzebra/issues/24 > If you agree, I'll remove the token element from phrases-icu.xml and that would probably be case closed. Whooo which change is this ? Best regards Le 17/12/2020 à 03:31, dcook(a)prosentient.com.au a écrit : > Thanks, Fridolin! > > I've reported it to Indexdata but they say they can't reproduce the problem... > > David Cook > Software Engineer > Prosentient Systems > Suite 7.03 > 6a Glen St > Milsons Point NSW 2061 > Australia > > Office: 02 9212 0899 > Online: 02 8005 0595 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Koha-devel <koha-devel-bounces(a)lists.koha-community.org> On > Behalf Of Fridolin SOMERS > Sent: Wednesday, 16 December 2020 7:54 PM > To: koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org > Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] LinkBibHeadingsToAuthorities not working as > expected > > Thanks a lot for your tests. > > I will try on our Bionic env with Zebra 2.2.1 > > Le 11/12/2020 à 06:56, dcook(a)prosentient.com.au a écrit : >> This one is driving me a bit crazy, so I’ve logged an issue with >> Indexdata and I’m hoping for the best: >> https://github.com/indexdata/idzebra/issues/24 >> <https://github.com/indexdata/idzebra/issues/24>. >> >> David Cook >> >> Software Engineer >> >> Prosentient Systems >> >> Suite 7.03 >> >> 6a Glen St >> >> Milsons Point NSW 2061 >> >> Australia >> >> Office: 02 9212 0899 >> >> Online: 02 8005 0595 >> >> *From:*Koha-devel <koha-devel-bounces(a)lists.koha-community.org> *On >> Behalf Of *dcook(a)prosentient.com.au >> *Sent:* Friday, 11 December 2020 4:31 PM >> *To:* 'Koha Devel' <koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org> >> *Subject:* Re: [Koha-devel] LinkBibHeadingsToAuthorities not working >> as expected >> >> Using koha-testing-docker set up for ICU and with my fix from >> https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27198 >> <https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27198>: >> >> querytype ccl2rpn >> >> set_cclfile /etc/koha/zebradb/ccl.properties >> >> format xml >> >> elements zebra::snippet >> >> Z> f Match-heading,phr,ext,do-not-truncate="the Q" >> >> Sent searchRequest. >> >> Received SearchResponse. >> >> Search was a success. >> >> Number of hits: 34, setno 24 >> >> SearchResult-1: term=the cnt=34 >> >> records returned: 0 >> >> Elapsed: 0.000315 >> >> Z> show >> >> Sent presentRequest (1+1). >> >> Records: 1 >> >> Record type: XML >> >> <record xmlns="http://www.indexdata.com/zebra/ >> <http://www.indexdata.com/zebra/>"> >> >> <snippet name="Match-heading" type="p" >> fields="Match">Xenophon<s>the</s>Historian</snippet> >> >> </record>nextResultSetPosition = 2 >> >> Elapsed: 0.003864 >> >> So that’s special… admittedly that’s Zebra 2.0.59… >> >> On Zebra 2.1.4 with ICU: >> >> Z> f Match-heading,phr,ext,do-not-truncate="the Q" >> >> Sent searchRequest. >> >> Received SearchResponse. >> >> Search was a success. >> >> Number of hits: 0, setno 2 >> >> SearchResult-1: term=the cnt=5383, term=Q cnt=10 >> >> records returned: 0 >> >> Elapsed: 0.009691 >> >> Z> f Match-heading,phr,ext,do-not-truncate="the" >> >> Sent searchRequest. >> >> Received SearchResponse. >> >> Search was a success. >> >> Number of hits: 85, setno 3 >> >> SearchResult-1: term=the cnt=85 >> >> records returned: 0 >> >> Elapsed: 0.002209 >> >> However, 85 results is still too many. It should be 0 results. >> >> I can’t add the diagnostics from >> https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27198 >> <https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27198> >> right now though… so will have to get back to this one another day probably. >> >> But maybe someone else using Zebra with ICU can look into this problem too. >> >> It’s leading to lots of duplicate authorities it seems… >> >> David Cook >> >> Software Engineer >> >> Prosentient Systems >> >> Suite 7.03 >> >> 6a Glen St >> >> Milsons Point NSW 2061 >> >> Australia >> >> Office: 02 9212 0899 >> >> Online: 02 8005 0595 >> >> *From:*Koha-devel <koha-devel-bounces(a)lists.koha-community.org >> <mailto:koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org>> *On Behalf Of >> *dcook(a)prosentient.com.au <mailto:dcook@prosentient.com.au> >> *Sent:* Friday, 11 December 2020 4:22 PM >> *To:* 'Koha Devel' <koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org >> <mailto:koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org>> >> *Subject:* Re: [Koha-devel] LinkBibHeadingsToAuthorities not working >> as expected >> >> Ugh yeah no… I’m reproducing it with koha-testing-docker too. >> >> Looks like yet another ICU bug… >> >> David Cook >> >> Software Engineer >> >> Prosentient Systems >> >> Suite 7.03 >> >> 6a Glen St >> >> Milsons Point NSW 2061 >> >> Australia >> >> Office: 02 9212 0899 >> >> Online: 02 8005 0595 >> >> *From:*Koha-devel <koha-devel-bounces(a)lists.koha-community.org >> <mailto:koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org>> *On Behalf Of >> *dcook(a)prosentient.com.au <mailto:dcook@prosentient.com.au> >> *Sent:* Friday, 11 December 2020 3:50 PM >> *To:* 'Koha Devel' <koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org >> <mailto:koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org>> >> *Subject:* Re: [Koha-devel] LinkBibHeadingsToAuthorities not working >> as expected >> >> Then again… I can’t reproduce this problem on koha-testing-docker, >> but I can on a prod Koha running Zebra 2.1.4 with… a very strange >> /etc/koha/zebradb/etc/default.idx file… >> >> David Cook >> >> Software Engineer >> >> Prosentient Systems >> >> Suite 7.03 >> >> 6a Glen St >> >> Milsons Point NSW 2061 >> >> Australia >> >> Office: 02 9212 0899 >> >> Online: 02 8005 0595 >> >> *From:*Koha-devel <koha-devel-bounces(a)lists.koha-community.org >> <mailto:koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org>> *On Behalf Of >> *dcook(a)prosentient.com.au <mailto:dcook@prosentient.com.au> >> *Sent:* Friday, 11 December 2020 3:32 PM >> *To:* 'Koha Devel' <koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org >> <mailto:koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org>> >> *Subject:* [Koha-devel] LinkBibHeadingsToAuthorities not working as >> expected >> >> Hi all, >> >> I’m still investigating, but it seems to me that the >> C4::Linker::Default in C4::Biblio::LinkBibHeadingsToAuthorities isn’t >> searching accurately using C4::Heading::authorities. >> >> I’m looking at C4::AuthoritiesMarc::SearchAuthorities and at a glance >> it looks OK, but in practice I think that my search queries are >> getting way too many results. >> >> By hand, if I try the following query: >> >> Match-heading,phr,ext,do-not-truncate="e" >> >> I get a huge number of results, which is odd, since that should be an >> “exact” match. >> >> I’ve opened >> https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27198 >> <https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27198> >> because I need to improve the diagnostics available for a Zebra >> authorities database, but yeah… not good. Hopefully I’ll know more soon. >> >> David Cook >> >> Software Engineer >> >> Prosentient Systems >> >> Suite 7.03 >> >> 6a Glen St >> >> Milsons Point NSW 2061 >> >> Australia >> >> Office: 02 9212 0899 >> >> Online: 02 8005 0595 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha-devel mailing list >> Koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org >> https://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/ >> > -- Fridolin SOMERS <fridolin.somers(a)biblibre.com> Software and system maintainer 🦄 BibLibre, France

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Koha Community Newsletter: December 2020
by Koha Newsletter 01 Jan '21

01 Jan '21

Happy New Year! The Koha Community Newsletter for December 2020 is here: https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-december-2020/ Many thanks to everyone who submitted articles and news to last month's newsletter. Please feel free to email me with any corrections or suggestions. -- Michael Kuhn Editor, Koha Community Newsletter

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Time to translate: string freeze to prepare Koha 20.11.01 has begun
by Fridolin SOMERS 28 Dec '20

28 Dec '20

Hi, String freeze is into effect as of now for the 20.11.x maintenance branch. The release is scheduled for around the 5th or 6th of January. This means it's the right time to head over to the translation platform: https://translate.koha-community.org/projects/ Happy translating 🌎🌍🌏 -- Fridolin SOMERS <fridolin.somers(a)biblibre.com> Software and system maintainer 🦄 BibLibre, France

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Time to translate: string freeze to prepare Koha 19.11.13 has begun
by Victor Grousset/tuxayo 24 Dec '20

24 Dec '20

Hi, saluton, hola, bonjour, String freeze is into effect as of now for the 19.11.x maintenance branch. The release is scheduled for around the 5th or 6th of January. This means it's the right time to head over to the translation platform: https://translate.koha-community.org/projects/ Important reminder: if you add or change a translation in version 19.11, then you must also copy it to 20.05 and 20.11. Otherwise your work will be lost for future versions. Happy translating, -- Victor Grousset/tuxayo

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LinkBibHeadingsToAuthorities not working as expected
by dcook＠prosentient.com.au 22 Dec '20

22 Dec '20

Hi all, I'm still investigating, but it seems to me that the C4::Linker::Default in C4::Biblio::LinkBibHeadingsToAuthorities isn't searching accurately using C4::Heading::authorities. I'm looking at C4::AuthoritiesMarc::SearchAuthorities and at a glance it looks OK, but in practice I think that my search queries are getting way too many results. By hand, if I try the following query: Match-heading,phr,ext,do-not-truncate="e" I get a huge number of results, which is odd, since that should be an "exact" match. I've opened https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27198 because I need to improve the diagnostics available for a Zebra authorities database, but yeah. not good. Hopefully I'll know more soon. David Cook Software Engineer Prosentient Systems Suite 7.03 6a Glen St Milsons Point NSW 2061 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Online: 02 8005 0595

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Is koha-translate -l not working in koha-testing-docker?
by dcook＠prosentient.com.au 22 Dec '20

22 Dec '20

Hi all, I tried koha-translate -l in koha-testing-docker and got no output. I ran koha-translate -v -i fr-CA and everything looks like it installed OK. I ran koha-translate -l again and still no output. If I recall correctly, it should be showing fr-CA, no? http://localhost:8081/cgi-bin/koha/admin/preferences.pl?tab=i18n_l10n is also showing Français (fr-CA). I am guessing checking the package installation rather than the gitified installation, even though koha-translate -i" installed to the gitified location David Cook Software Engineer Prosentient Systems Suite 7.03 6a Glen St Milsons Point NSW 2061 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Online: 02 8005 0595

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A configurations table
by Tomas Cohen Arazi 21 Dec '20

21 Dec '20

Hi all, I'm not sure I already mentioned this, but I proposed a new table on bug 26129 [1]. The table is quite similar to 'systempreferences'. The key difference is its companion classes are designed to allow per-branch, per-itemtype and per-category options. This is basically a generalization of the 'circulation_rules' table, and also the 'systempreferences' one. I originally envisioned it so I could set SMTP servers to libraries without a library_to_smtp table. I abandoned the idea because it was too much for what I was doing, but now I found: https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22457 https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10589 which basically require this table and methods to calculate the effective (boolean) based on library and patron category. And I wouldn't like to see that implemented by reinventing the wheel. The 'configurations' table IS reinventing the wheel, but in a way that can be reused and with a reasonable programming API (i.e. you don't need to create new tables for your per-<something> rules, just reuse this internally). We could think of (eventually) refactoring our system preferences to fit here, or not, and just use it as the backend for some settings that require this. Cheers [1] https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26129 -- Tomás Cohen Arazi Theke Solutions (http://theke.io) ✆ +54 9351 3513384 GPG: B2F3C15F

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Mail list footer
by dcook＠prosentient.com.au 21 Dec '20

21 Dec '20

Hi all, I just noticed that a lot of the links on the "Koha-devel mailing list" footer are in HTTP instead of HTTPS. It's not a big drama since they all redirect to HTTPS, but we may as well update those to HTTPS and skip the extra web server request. Not 100% sure who manages this list. Maybe BibLibre? David Cook Software Engineer Prosentient Systems Suite 7.03 6a Glen St Milsons Point NSW 2061 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Online: 02 8005 0595

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