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Fwd: Canadian Library Association Information Request
by Paul Poulain 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hi Koha-devel, We recieved through our website the following message. As I suspect BibLibre was not the only one to get it, did someone answer ? (and what kind of answer) ? -------- Message original -------- Sujet: [site biblibre] Canadian Library Association Information Request Date : Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:29:57 +0200 De : cla.accessibility.project(a)gmail.com Pour : commercial(a)biblibre.com Robin Gallagher a envoyé un message via le formulaire de contact sur http://www.biblibre.com/fr/contact. Dear BibLibre Representative: I am contacting you on behalf of the Canadian Library Association's Government Library and Information Management Professionals Network. Canadian federal government departments have been ordered to modify their websites and web applications to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 by July 2013. Within the federal library community, there has been some concern about compliance of library management systems to this standard. As a result, the Canadian Library Association (CLA) is conducting a survey of major vendors of library and information management systems on the compliance of their products to either the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (version 2.0) and/or Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act, as well as plans they may have to update their products to comply. The information collected in this project will be published to the Network blog and communicated to the CLA membership. Could you direct me to the member of your organization best suited to answer a few questions about how your systems meet -- or intend to meet -- accessibility standards? Many thanks, Robin Gallagher Project Manager, CLA Accessibility & Library Management Systems Project Email: cla.accessibility.project(a)gmail.com Report as inappropriate: http://www.biblibre.com/en/mollom/report/session/1304178e5e9c410b0b

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Please create a page for Koha Live DVD read me file
by Vimal Kumar V. 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Dear Friend, Please create a wiki page for Koha Live DVD read me file. And find the content for the link in the following page. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EABuloyweEEX76e6Tvr0MGuWbSG_4UQB3-mizIL… I could not create a page because of a technical issue here. Please add the content of the attached file in the page. 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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Major surprise - "automatic" upgrade
by Paul 28 Apr '13

28 Apr '13

Can someone please help me understand what on earth has happened? Tarball Koha 3.8.5 on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04.2 (sandbox, thank goodness, exact mirror of our production box opac.navalmarinearchive.com) Yesterday, to avoid downtime on the production box, I used the sandbox for a "manual" cleanup of the mirror db using cleanup_database.pl intending to dump the "cleaned" db back into production. Import, mail. sessions and logs went as expected, but: koha@hardy:/usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs$ ./cleanup_database.pl --zebraqueue -v Zebraqueue purge triggered for 30 days seemed to hang so I left it overnight, and this morning got: 131575 records were deleted. Done with zebraqueue purge. A fresh MySQL dump showed that this had worked (dump size down by more than 50%) But - OPAC was "down for maintenance" and logging into admin from a workstation gave me "Web installer Step 3 We are upgrading from Koha 3.08.05.000 to 3.08.10.000, you must update your database." So (maybe idiotically) I clicked the "update" and got: Updating database structure Update report : Upgrade to 3.08.06.000 (3.8.6 release) done Upgrade to 3.08.07.000 (3.8.7 release) done Upgrade to 3.08.08.000 (3.8.8 release) done Upgrade to 3.08.09.000 (3.8.9 release) done Upgrade to 3.08.10.000 (3.8.9 release) done Everything went OK, update done. Continue to log in to Koha Now, "About Koha" reports Koha version: 3.08.10.000 !!!!!!! There is a copy of koha-3.08.10.tar.gz at root on this box (I was thinking of experimenting, but never even got around to untarring it): paul@hardy:/$ find / -iname '*3.08.10*' /koha-3.08.10.tar.gz paul@hardy:/$ There appears to be nothing in syslog, but Koha has definitely "upgraded something" and koha-error_log shows a whole bunch of errors, starting with the requirement for db update: [Sun Apr 28 12:31:16 2013] [error] [client "me"] [Sun Apr 28 12:31:16 2013] search.pl: Database update needed, redirecting to Installer. Database is 3.0805000 and Koha is 3.0810000 at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Auth.pm line 593. and continuing with a whole bunch of "languages" along the lines of: [Sun Apr 28 12:31:17 2013] [error] [client "me"] [Sun Apr 28 12:31:17 2013] install.pl: Use of uninitialized value $current_language in string eq at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Languages.pm line 317. which probably relate just to the database structure. The log shows no trace of untarring koha-3.08.10.tar.gz and, quite frankly, given that all the log entries span 1 min. 44 secs, I just don't believe that the sandbox (a fairly slow, early 64-bit box) could have done a complete version upgrade. I've looked at the code in cleanup_database.pl (and search.pl), and can't see any obvious reason to "redirect to Installer." So -- what has happened? Can I dump the cleaned db back into production? What are the specific changes 3.8.5 to 3.8.10 that required "updating"? Before I go blundering around like a bull in a chinashop, I'd really appreciate some assistance. Thanks and best regards, Paul --- 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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String freeze for Koha 3.12
by Jared Camins-Esakov 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Hello. The string freeze for Koha 3.12 will begin on May 1, next Wednesday. Any patches with string changes need to be written, signed off, and QAed before then. The absolute deadline for anything other than security fixes is 6am EST on Wednesday, May 1*. Regards, Jared Camins-Esakov [*] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Koha+3.12+string+f… -- Jared Camins-Esakov Bibliographer, C & P Bibliography Services, LLC (phone) +1 (917) 727-3445 (e-mail) jcamins(a)cpbibliography.com (web) http://www.cpbibliography.com/

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Encoding issues
by Marcel de Rooy 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Hi all, With the push of bug 6554 http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6554 in master, there is some interest in fixing some remaining encoding issues as a side-effect. I just opened a wiki page to get a complete picture. It is just a draft and needs further extension. It is here: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Handling_UTF8_in_development Your assistence is appreciated! Thx Marcel PS There is a discussion going on to revert bug 6554 for the 3.12.x branch. I would support that too. On master we have sufficient time to catch the remaining side-effects in a some further corners of Koha.

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Old bugs to check
by MJ Ray 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '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=6396 Irregular serials cannot be received http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5541 links show title twice if 856$y and 856$3 populated http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5779 can't add funds to budget that has past http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3578 different_IP auth is too strict for many services http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6262 overdues warning label http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=2533 Send OPAC user record change requests to branch email address http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5968 News display on opac-main.pl is particular about browser language settings http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6266 Ordering from staged file gives perl error when no budget defined http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6341 Request for multiple calendar support option http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5272 can't import just patron attributes http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3451 No facets for tags search http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5535 users tags not appearing until approved http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5198 HOLDPLACED being logged in patron messages http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=2465 availability of a reserved book http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5807 Add collection code to circulation rules http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=2384 Add location group as search limit in OPAC http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5512 Display Published Date with Received Date http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4281 reports dictionary limited to only 1 field http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5938 Maximum number of issues across a family group -- 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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time to remove TT display code for Koha?
by Mason James 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

hi All is it time to remove the TT display code in Koha, now that we have the 'better' XSLT display code? ...or are there still reasons to maintain both?

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April 2013 Koha Community Newsletter has been published
by Daniel Grobani 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Hi, The April 2013 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-april-2013/. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor

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koha-* scripts revisited
by Tomas Cohen Arazi 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

Hi, I'm working on providing a bash-completion script for koha commands, so we have that handy tool for our commands. I'm doing this on a per-koha-script basis. For the task I'm revisiting each koha-* command to avoid messing with option switches combinations. I've already found some tiny problems (mostly poor error handling). There's an omnibus bug for rewriting those scripts and make them able to recover from errors and handle them gracefuly [1]. I'd like you to (1) tell me if its ok that I patch them in bash (which is what they are written in) and (2) if you have the time, discuss here the current and desired semantics for those commands, including the option switches. As of (1) I've already started working that way (provided patches for koha-list and koha-enable already[2]). But I will understand I "should have asked first". Looking for your helpfull response! (and possitive feedback on (1), no pressure heh). To+ [1] http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4876 [2] http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10094 http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10101

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Re: [Koha-devel] Sip error in Koha on my local git copy
by Galen Charlton 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Hi, On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Scott Kushner <skushner(a)mplmain.mtpl.org> wrote: > root@mtplkohacomm:/home/koha/kohaclone# perl -I ./SIPServer.pm > /home/koha/kohaclone/etc/SIPconfig.xml > > syntax error at /home/koha/kohaclone/etc/SIPconfig.xml line 2, near "-->" The invocation isn't quite right. Assuming you're in C4/SIP, try: perl -I . ./SIPServer.pm /home/koha/kohaclone/etc/SIPconfig.xml "-I ." tells the Perl interpreter to add the current working directory to the module search path. 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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