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Storing current circ policy in the loan record
by Galen Charlton 24 May '13

24 May '13

Hi, There's been some discussion in the comments for bug 10120 [1] about the notion of storing whether an loan is hourly or not in the loan record itself. I'd like to expand this discussion to include the notion of storing a copy of all relevant circ policy in the loan. In particular, I'm thinking of - fine - finedays - chargeperiod - issuelength - lengthunit - renewalsallowed - renewalperiod - overduefinescap Doing this would help solve the immediate problem for bug 10120 of allowing us to (cheaply) determine if a loan is hourly and therefore should always have its fines recalculated upon checkin, but it would have some other advantages: - it would make it easier to decide if a given due date display should include the due time or not - it allows staff to change circ policies (and in particular, fine policies) without having to worry about affecting current loans. On the other hand, perhaps there are times when some libraries *do* want to make a policy change affect current loans -- I'd appreciate hearing about real life examples if this is the case. Another possibility would be simply storing a reference to the applicable policy. If we do it that way, we could give issuingrules an opaque primary key, but I think we'd then also have to have to teach that table how to keep track of old policy rows as well. Thoughts? [1] http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10120 Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Manager of Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: gmc(a)esilibrary.com direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org

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Koha 3.12 Live DVD released
by Vimal Kumar V. 24 May '13

24 May '13

Dear Friends, Live DVD based on Koha 3.12 and Xubuntu 12.04 has been released. Following are the key features of Koha Live DVD, Easy installation steps Koha installation based on Ubuntu packages Koha customised for ready to use Zebra server enabled Customised MARC fields in cataloguing Scheduled database backup. Build on Xubuntu 12.04 LTS Detailed Read Me file Post installation manual included in the DVD Sample reports Easy to upgrade to new version of Koha like any other Ubuntu packages. You can download the Live DVD from here, https://sourceforge.net/projects/kohalivedvd/files You can also download an installation manual from the same place. Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White

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Two Jobs available
by Eric Bégin 23 May '13

23 May '13

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Old bugs to check
by MJ Ray 23 May '13

23 May '13

Would you check some of these rather old bugs to suggest what to do, please? Maybe some can be RESOLVED FIXED by now or need a question. Please leave your reply on the bug web page - I might not see replies to this mail. Ideally, tell irc.oftc.net #koha know that you're looking at a bug. http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5196 006 subfields 01-17 should be populated depending on the 00 value http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3982 History Start Date Not Populated http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5553 can click buttons when error appears on circ http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6041 Errors from _koha_modify_item are ignored in ModItem (C4/Items) http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6344 Hold priority displayed incorrectly when "Toggle Lowest Priority" option is used http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=Bug ID Summary http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5242 Simplify the import of members http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5613 search by 'on order' http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5855 printable lists should have less on them http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3530 Auto label batch generation feature of the bulk import tool fails http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5764 not for loan message in staff client repeated http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3935 Schedule tasks periodically http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4363 Support the patron internet resources field in Sip2 http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6447 Add a button to allow people to choose 'Next Budget' when ordering http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6293 Add a button to the intranet for registering with the Koha community http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5279 Add option to limit label item search by homebranch http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5273 Publication Details for serial subscriptions not showing when in item record edit http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6381 New script needed to populate 856$q field based on contents of 856$u http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5656 Add Checked only adding first checked item to batch -- Email robot driven by MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/

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Fixing deeply embedded typos
by Galen Charlton 22 May '13

22 May '13

Hi, Just now I've pushed a patch series for bug 10080 [1] to master, which corrects a long-standing typo in the name of the system preference IndependentBranches. This patch had been held back from the 3.12 release for the very good reason that it had the potential to cause instability for small (but not nonexistent, to be clear) gain. However, now that we're at the very beginning of the 3.14 cycle, the window is now open for the sort of patch that offers cosmetic or textual improvement but which also happens to touch a lot of code. If there are longstanding typos you want to fix (my "favorite" is the wthdrawn column in the items table), now is your chance. I'm not setting a definite end to the window at this point, but suffice it to say that I will be much more likely to merge such patches now as opposed to three months from now. [1] http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10080 Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Manager of Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: gmc(a)esilibrary.com direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org

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Koha 3.12 Live DVD work is in progress
by Vimal Kumar V. 21 May '13

21 May '13

Dear Friends, The creating Koha 3.12 Live DVD is in progress. Still doubt about where we have to upload the Live DVD? I prefer sourceforge.net. If so, I can create a new project with the name "koha-community". Your opinion please. Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White

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Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Koha 3.12 available in repository?
by Vimal Kumar V. 21 May '13

21 May '13

Dear Robin, Thank you for the information. Now i can install Koha 3.12 from repo directly. Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White

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Koha 3.12 available in repository?
by Vimal Kumar V. 21 May '13

21 May '13

Dear Developers, Congrats all to release Koha 3.12 on time. May I know, when .deb available in repository? Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White

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Re: [Koha-devel] How to generate Biblionumbers using AuthID.
by Murgor Bendon 20 May '13

20 May '13

Hello Team, How do I generate biblionumbers controlled by an authority using authority ID? Thanks, -- *Bendon Murgor* Kenya: +254-720-529-868 Uganda: +256-706-702-546 +256-782-802-313

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Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Koha 3.12.0 is released
by Tomas Cohen Arazi 20 May '13

20 May '13

On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Jared Camins-Esakov < jcamins(a)cpbibliography.com> wrote: > It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.12.0, the > latest stable release of the Koha open source integrated library system. > Congratulations to the Koha community for this huge release. And specially thanks to Jared Camins-Esakov for his very hard work and passion for Koha. Regards To+ Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

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