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Koha 3.12 beta released (and you can help!)
by Jared Camins-Esakov 26 Mar '13

26 Mar '13

About an hour ago I cut a beta for Koha 3.12.0. The tarball is available at http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.12.00-beta1.tar.gz and the release notes at http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=koha.git;a=blob_plain;f=misc/releas… Packages will follow in the squeeze-dev repository sometime at the beginning of the week. As a reminder, Koha 3.12 is in feature freeze so any features that are not in the beta will not be in Koha 3.12, and I will not respond to any complaints about features that didn't make the cut-off other than forwarding them to the Koha mailing lists. So, what now? Now, we seek out and destroy bugs! If you have a spare testing server, take the beta for a spin, and try to break it. "Sure," you say, "I know that I can do that. But what can I help with that deserved an exclamation mark in the subject line?" I'm glad you asked. Here is a list of some things that need to be done before May 22: * Koha has to be translated. I will be asking the Translation Manager to pull the latest strings into Pootle so that the translation teams can get a head start (and if you know any language other than American English, you can help translate! Head on over to http://translate.koha-community.org/ and get started) * Koha's documentation has to be updated. We have a Documentation Manager, but if you have any ideas about how to document a new feature, or an old feature, or clarify instructions, you, too, can write documentation. Take a look at http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Editing_the_Koha_Manual if you want to work on this. * Koha's installation instructions need to be updated. Some of the installation instructions that are included in the tarball were last updated (for all practical purposes) in 2010. That's a long time ago in computer time. If you have some thoughts on how the various INSTALL.* files in the tarball might be updated to be more clear, open up a text editor and send in your corrections (preferably as a patch, but if you have suggestions and are not comfortable with git, an e-mail to koha-devel will work too). * Enhancement bugs need to be reclassified. During the 3.12 release cycle we added a new category of bug report: "New feature." However, a lot of the new features that are going into 3.12 are still listed as "enhancements" in Bugzilla, which means the automated release notes generator doesn't pick them up properly. Any time the RM spends fixing that is time the RM does not spend fixing problems with Koha. This is is a task that anyone can do. All it takes is a bit of critical thinking and an account on Bugzilla: http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/ * Open bug reports need to be (re)confirmed. We have scads of bug reports in Bugzilla, and many of them probably report bugs that have been fixed for weeks, months, or years. If we can get all the bugs that are already fixed closed, it'll be easier to focus on the bugs that still exist. Head on over to Bugzilla, choose some old bugs, and start testing! * Bugs need to be fixed. This goes hand-in-hand with the testing that you've all heard me to talk to death, but once a bug has been found, it has to be fixed. If you know how to fix a bug, please do! * Bug fixes need to be tested. There are many bugfixes already on bugzilla, and there will be many more being written in the next two months. After a patch has been written, it has to be tested by at least one third party (i.e. not the developer and not me) in order to move through the QA process to inclusion in Koha. Even if you don't have a spare server, you can test patches in the sandboxes hosted by BibLibre: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Sandboxes * Volunteers must be found, recruited, and/or made for 3.14. If you want to be involved in 3.14, there's still time to volunteer for an open position. Just put your name on the ballot at http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Roles_for_3.14 Regards, Jared Camins-Esakov -- 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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ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 1004
by Vimal Kumar V. 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

Dear Friends, I got the following error at the step 3 of installation of Koha 3.12 alpha. My ububuntu version is 12.10. The following error occurred while importing the database structure: ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 1004: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '`reservesallowed` smallint(6) NOT NULL default "0", `branchcode` varchar(10) ' at line 20 Please contact your system administrator How can I solve this error? -- 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 feature freeze
by Jared Camins-Esakov 23 Mar '13

23 Mar '13

Hello. It is 11:54pm on March 22 in Lima, Peru, and Koha 3.12 is now in feature freeze. This means that further enhancements and new features will not be considered for inclusion in Koha 3.12. We have the next two months to focus on fixing bugs and making Koha 3.12 the most stable Koha release ever. Sometime in the next few days I will be releasing a beta of Koha 3.12. I hope everyone will take some time to test it and shake out all the bugs before the final release on May 22. The next date to be aware of is May 1. On May 1 the master branch enters string freeze and no patches that make changes to the text of any part of the Koha web interface (including documentation patches!) will be accepted so that the translators have plenty of time to get 3.12 translated. Regards, Jared P.S. Any enhancement or feature patch that did not apply or that I marked failed QA today is not eligible for 3.12. P.P.S. There is one feature (bug 5343) that I pushed due to librarian and developer interest even though it was not 100% ready. I will revert it if unit tests are not provided by March 29, as noted on the bug. -- 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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Koha 3.12-alpha2
by Jared Camins-Esakov 20 Mar '13

20 Mar '13

Hello. I have released a second alpha of Koha 3.12. This includes a number of bugfixes, including a high-priority bug fix to the search error problem reported on the list. Regards, Jared -- 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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Old bugs to check
by MJ Ray 20 Mar '13

20 Mar '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=4304 autoBarcode should increment from user defind value http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5458 length of items.ccode disagrees with authorised_values.authorised_value http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=2193 Lost Item Fines - Editable if $0 http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5394 Fatal error when searching for a non-existant item when receiving an order http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=2158 Keep Search in Search Box on Staff Side http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5956 Highlight holds on check-in http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3116 ISBD parsing does not preserve subfield order http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5256 Merge bibs should work from cart http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4985 Edit a calendar entry for all branches http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5219 Perltidy code http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4040 Placing a hold on an item while it is in transit results in duplicate dialogs upon check-in http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5290 Problems after issuing a "norforloan" item http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4861 Debian packaging does not include translations http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5071 Make the 'koha' package set things up so that zebra etc. just work http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6079 Single parentheses in currency causes order to fail when updating http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3059 generate password with forgot password link http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5404 C4::Koha::subfield_is_koha_internal_p no longer serves a purpose http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5440 improvements on authorities links http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5153 Patron Import tool does not show progress of upload -- 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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Re: [Koha-devel] Search engine category in wiki and doc refactoring
by Claire Hernandez 20 Mar '13

20 Mar '13

Hello Rafael, Here you can read what features are implemented and wich RFC is pushed into master: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Solr/Lucene Here you can read work in progress from Jared about search engine refactoring: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/C_%26_P_Search_Rewrite_RFC Before going foreward in solr implementation or another search engine implementation, I think we have to consolidate and clean the Zebra implementation (see above). HTH, Claire. Le 19/03/2013 20:27, Rafael Antonio a écrit : > Claire, > > I am curious about future search engine. Does SOLR still as prototype > or it will be included in future 3.12 release ? > This week you will be at hackfest (unfortunately I was force to cancel > my flight) so all news are very useful. > Regards, > > Rafael Antonio > > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Claire Hernandez > <claire.hernandez(a)biblibre.com > <mailto:claire.hernandez@biblibre.com>>wrote: > > Hello, > > Each time I go in the wiki, I am looking for the pages about > search engine... I tried to clean things. > > Before: > > Home <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Home>> > Documentation > <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Documentation>> > Record Indexing and Retrieval > <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Record_Indexing_and_Retrieval>> > Software for Record Indexing and Retrieval > Solr/Lucene > <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Software_for_Record_Indexing_a…> > Home <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Home>> > Documentation > <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Documentation>> > Record Indexing and Retrieval > <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Record_Indexing_and_Retrieval>> > Software for Record Indexing and Retrieval > <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Software_for_Record_Indexing_a…>> > Zebra > > I saw lots of "sub directories" for I don't know why, so I > simplified... > > Now: > I moved "deprecated" categories" in "obsolete" don"t know if it is > a good practice... > Home <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Home>> > Documentation > <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Documentation>> > Search Engine > Solr/Lucene > Home <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Home>> > Documentation > <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Documentation>> > Search Engine > Zebra > > Jared was ok to rename "record...." by "search engine". I saw > others wiki contributors, I hope I didn't distort (?alter) your > choices. Page names didn't move so you will find them as usual. > > http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Documentation > >> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Search_Engine > >>> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Solr/Lucene > >>> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Zebra > > HTH. > Claire. > > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org > <mailto:Koha-devel@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/ > >

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Search engine category in wiki and doc refactoring
by Claire Hernandez 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

Hello, Each time I go in the wiki, I am looking for the pages about search engine... I tried to clean things. Before: Home <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Home>> Documentation <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Documentation>> Record Indexing and Retrieval <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Record_Indexing_and_Retrieval>> Software for Record Indexing and Retrieval > Solr/Lucene <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Software_for_Record_Indexing_a…> Home <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Home>> Documentation <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Documentation>> Record Indexing and Retrieval <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Record_Indexing_and_Retrieval>> Software for Record Indexing and Retrieval <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Software_for_Record_Indexing_a…>> Zebra I saw lots of "sub directories" for I don't know why, so I simplified... Now: I moved "deprecated" categories" in "obsolete" don"t know if it is a good practice... Home <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Home>> Documentation <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Documentation>> Search Engine > Solr/Lucene Home <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Home>> Documentation <http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Documentation>> Search Engine > Zebra Jared was ok to rename "record...." by "search engine". I saw others wiki contributors, I hope I didn't distort (?alter) your choices. Page names didn't move so you will find them as usual. http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Documentation >> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Search_Engine >>> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Solr/Lucene >>> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Zebra HTH. Claire.

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Koha.rb, Blacklight OPAC, and koha-restful
by Christopher Fitzpatrick 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

Hello, I've been working on a connector for our Koha instance for Blacklight discovery interface (https://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight ) . This is based around an updated version of the koha-restful code ( my fork is at https://github.com/cfitz/koha-restful ) and a ruby gem that wraps the rest api ( https://github.com/cfitz/koha ). I'm pretty happy with how it's all working out... I am wanting to gauge interest in this type of operability with Koha and Blacklight to see if it's worth porting the connector code into a formal Rails plug-in for Blacklight.If anyone has any questions, feel free to send me an email. Thanks again for all the help...best,chris.

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Koha 3.12-alpha and RM newsletter
by Jared Camins-Esakov 18 Mar '13

18 Mar '13

Greetings! This morning I released Koha 3.12-alpha to the world. Release notes are at http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=koha.git;a=blob;f=misc/release_note… The tarball is available at http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.12.00-alpha.tar.gz and a Debian package will follow in the squeeze-dev distribution of the debian.koha-community.org repo sometime soon. If you have a spare server you use for testing, please consider testing this release. The more it's tested, and the more bugs are located and fixed, the more stable the final release will be. And, while we're on the subject of testing, there are lots of patches on Bugzilla that need to be signed off: http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=dorem&remactio… Sign off on a patch, get immortalized in the Koha release notes! Finally, you might be interested to know that I wrote an RM newsletter: http://koha-community.org/quarterly-missive-3-12-rm-2/ Regards, Jared Camins-Esakov -- 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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Splinter review on bugzilla
by Paul Poulain 18 Mar '13

18 Mar '13

Hello, I just see that there is a plugin that has been added on bugzilla: splinter review. Sounds a nice plugin to do QA. Did I miss something, or how to use it has not been discussed yet ? -- Paul POULAIN - BibLibre http://www.biblibre.com Free & Open Source Softwares for libraries Koha, Drupal, Piwik, Jasper

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