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Testing Idea
by Travis Elliott Davis 23 Nov '12

23 Nov '12

I have been exploring the idea of automated UI testing for awhile now and have come up with a few different solutions. My top two picks currently are: WWW::Mechanize in conjunction with HTTP::Recorder, or the FOSS project Selenium. Both ideas have merit in my opinion but my favorite is Selenium. Reasons Why: Selenium has a FF plugin which makes recording tests cases and suites easy as pie Selenium has a new "web driver" which makes testing more dynamic pages possible. For a more detailed explanation see http://seleniumhq.org/docs/03_webdriver.html You can still perform headless testing. However, it is slightly more difficult to do with Selenium than with WWW::Mechanize. Selenium will write Perl test scripts for you, right from the FF plugin. I'm sure there are more reasons than the ones listed above but I would just like to get the conversation going. The other thing that Selenium would allow us to do is automate our bug and enhancement testing. For example, when you submit a patch you may also submit a selenium test so that whoever is testing your patch may replay your test on their development environment. Obviously there are some cases where this would be more helpful than others (I'm thinking of varying search results) but it is a start. Please let me know your thoughts. I encourage you to visit the Selenium website and test drive Selenium for yourself. Also, please note that the FF plugin on the FF add ons page seems to be out of date so try getting the XPI from the Selenium site. Best Regards, Elliott Davis

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test
by Paul Poulain 23 Nov '12

23 Nov '12

-- Paul POULAIN - BibLibre http://www.biblibre.com Free & Open Source Softwares for libraries Koha, Drupal, Piwik, Jasper

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Bug 9018 - Problem install your languages on 3.10.x
by Zeno Tajoli 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

Hi to all, with bug 9018 could be difficult to install your language if you use git sources. In my opinion for 3.10.0 we need to create 'empty' xx-XX-opac-ccsr.po files. In fact now you need to follow a quit complex path to install a new language if you use git version. At least in tarball we need the 'empty' xx-XX-opac-ccsr.po files. For git a README is enough. In my opinion we can use this problem to create a new git tree wtih only .po files. In the develop of 3.12.x we can delete the .po file and place only a README in /misc/translator/po. We we create tarball and package we can union the two git trees. For git users only a README in the dir. Bye Zeno Tajoli -- Dott. Zeno Tajoli Dipartimento CILEA z.tajoliAT_SPAM_no_prendiATcineca.it fax +39 02 2135520 CINECA - Consorzio Interuniversitario

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DB dependent tests vs. sample data
by Tomas Cohen Arazi 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

When writing some db dependent tests for bugs 8800, 9074 and 9078 I noticed that we have inconsistent data in the localized SQL files. Such inconsistency might be a problem, or not depending on what premises we agree on. As I see it, it is difficult to maintain consistency as different common use cases may require different sample data. Also, for testing purposes we might need (like i do on this bugs) special holidays set for my test cases, but maybe our users rely on the sample data for filling the DB with some good defaults... So, my questions are: 1) Do we expect our unit tests go ok with ANY localised data set? 2) Do we need a special set of data for testing purposes (from the dev POV)? As for (1) remember the Holidays.t db dependent tests, that need to cover all the use cases and might not be a good default for a new library. Also Circulation db dependent tests shoud need bad end-user defaults. Regards To+

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Shall we develope preference "IndependentBranches" or add preference "Limit staff search"?
by Quoc Uy 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

When IndependentBranches is ON, the staff can search for result all libraries. (We have a Limit OPAC search in their own branch only, but don't have Limit STAFF search). And when staff open a item belongs to another branch, they still can change it, change record, item and status... Far more than this, they can see patrons, who place hold or borrowed this item, and by this way, they can access to these patrons, and still can change their password, upload another picture... Please remember that, staff can't search patrons, check in-out for patrons belong to another libraries, when IndependentBranches is ON, but by above way, they can find some patrons and can access their profile.This is not Independedent at all. We can solve this problem, make totally Independent Branches, if we can add a preference like "Limit Staff search on their own library, where they are registed." In relations, i want to talk about "Refine your search", where we can choose branch library, where results belong to. So maybe it's not hard to make a preference like that. More than this, i checked out, in Koha 4.12 (Koha.org) they added this feature. So i hope someone can do it. I specially thank Waylon Robertson <wrobertson1981(a)yahoo.co.nz> for paying attention and help.

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ldap / uid
by Samuel Desseaux 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Hi, I've a technical question about ldap. My connexion with the ldap is enabled. The mapping is correct but we would like to use "SupannAliasLogin" instead of "uid". Why? Our uid is like this [year of entry in the school]+supannAliasLogin example:2012desseauxs 2012:year of entry in the school desseauxs:SupannAliasLogin I don't know how to do and i i have to change the principal name Actually, we have the following configuration <ldapserver id="ldapserver" listenref="ldapserver"> <hostname>*******</hostname> <base>ou=people,dc=ecp,dc=fr</base> <user>cn=syncrepl,ou=applications,dc=ecp,dc=fr</user> <pass>******</pass> <replicate>1</replicate> <update>1</update> <auth_by_bind>1</auth_by_bind> <principal_name>uid=%s,ou=people,dc=ecp,dc=fr</principal_name> <mapping> <firstname is="givenname"></firstname> <surname is="sn"></surname> <address is="">Ecole Centrale Paris</address> <city is="">Chatenay-Malabry</city> <zipcode is="">92290</zipcode> <branchcode is="">ECAM</branchcode> <userid is="uid"></userid> <password is="userpassword"></password> <cardnumber is="ecpbadgenumber"></cardnumber> <email is="mail"></email> <categorycode is="supannetudiplome">employee</categorycode> <phone is="telephonenumber">903-566-7654</phone> <dateenrolled is="">2012-09-01</dateenrolled> <dateexpiry is="">2013-09-01</dateexpiry> </mapping> </ldapserver> Many thanks samuel

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Time for releases : works related to Drupal => First koha-restful
by Claire Hernandez 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

Hello, Time for release for Drupac team too after 4 scrum sprints of 2 weeks. Just wanted to tell you, I put a first tag (simply some notes and documentation) on "koha-restful" module : http://git.biblibre.com/?p=koha-restful;a=tag;h=refs/tags/1.0-alpha1 The purpose of this module is to provide REST services for Koha (we worked with 3.8.5 version) because Ilsdi wasn't suffisant and we did this technical choice (not ncip or other). You can use it, share it, send us patches and what you want. Feedback is welcomed. We should release other Drupal things soon (Opac module for example: http://drupal.org/project/opacor koha_connector). Claire.

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Encumbrance and Expenditure in Acquisition manual
by Mathieu Saby 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

Hello In http://manual.koha-community.org/3.10/en/acqadmin.html#funds I read : "Encumbrance ?? Expenditure ??" Could somebody tell me if these 2 features are working ? And what are they supposed to do ? M. Saby -- Mathieu Saby Service d'Informatique Documentaire Service Commun de Documentation Université Rennes 2 Téléphone : 02 99 14 12 65 Courriel : mathieu.saby(a)univ-rennes2.fr

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Koha 3.10 nicely formatted enhancements description
by Paul Poulain 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Hi translators, My plan with the 3.10 is to publish the version, the release notes, and a nicely formatted document with all enhancements. I made a lot of work on our release note tool last week. They'll generate the release notes in txt and html format. I've retrieved the enhancements from the html, put them in a LibreOffice document, made some nice formatting (using colors/style of koha-community.org website), added screenshots,... In case one of you would like to translate this document to his own language, here it is ! PS: I'll take care of translation to french (unless someone want it ;-) ) -- Paul POULAIN - BibLibre http://www.biblibre.com Free & Open Source Softwares for libraries Koha, Drupal, Piwik, Jasper

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"Sponsored-by: " in commits
by Paul Poulain 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

A reminder: the script that generates the release notes automatically detect when there is a "Sponsored-by: Some Library that sponsored" and put "Some library that sponsored" in the release notes. This feature was used only twice in the 3.10 release, I think it's an undocumented feature ;-) So, for next patches, don't hesitate to add the "Sponsored-by: " tag in your commits. (I've added the hint on http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/SubmitingAPatch) Note: for 3.10, the 2 that were already here are: * Centre collégial des services regroupés (CCSR) * Universidad Nacional de Córdoba I'm adding the following ones with the patch bumping kohaversion to 3.10.0: Sponsored-by: Central Kansas Library System (CKLS), Plum Creek Library System and Washoe County Library System Sponsored-by: Los Gatos Public Library and Harrison Carmel Public Library Sponsored-by: Talking Tech Sponsored-by: VOKAL Sponsored-by: Brooklyn Law School Library Sponsored-by: North Central Regional Library (NCRL) Sponsored-by: Washoe County Library System Sponsored-by: Corpus Christi Public Libraries Sponsored-by: Northeast Kansas Library System (NEKLS) Sponsored-by: Université d'Aix-Marseille Sponsored-by: Université de Rennes 2 Sponsored-by: Université de Lyon 3 Sponsored-by: Université de St Etienne Sponsored-by: BDP de la Meuse If there are more to add, let me know ! -- Paul POULAIN - BibLibre http://www.biblibre.com Free & Open Source Softwares for libraries Koha, Drupal, Piwik, Jasper

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