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replace Data::Dumper with faster JSON::XS in Koha?
by Mason James 07 Mar '12

07 Mar '12

i noticed there are a few places in Koha where Data::Dumper is loaded, even if $debug is off, etc (like the Items and Circ modules) i wonder if we could replace Data::Dumper with something faster, perhaps...? like JSON::XS, YAML::XS or YAML::Tiny here's some benchmarks and discussions, etc http://martin-evans.me.uk/node/42 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1876735/should-i-use-yaml-or-json-to-sto… any thoughts, people?

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Koha 3.6.4 is now available
by Chris Nighswonger 04 Mar '12

04 Mar '12

It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.6.4. The package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.04.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.04.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.04.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.04.tar.gz.sig Release notes for 3.6.4 are below the fold. Come and get it! RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.6.4 22 Feb 2012 ======================================================================== Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The website for the Koha project is http://koha-community.org/ Koha 3.6.4 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.04.tar.gz Installation instructions can be found at: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball Koha 3.6.4 is a bugfix/maintenance release. Highlights of 3.6.4 ====================== 6488 critical opachiddenitems not working in master 6634 critical manager_id not populated when paying fines 6984 critical Holds Statistics Doesn't Work 7018 critical need all acq permissions to search 7339 critical Help System in IE8-9 Does Not Load With 500 Error 7359 critical Begin migration to a new "Koha" namespace from the old "C4" namespace 7432 critical Changing frameworks should refresh cache 7450 critical Missing placeholders in admin/authorised_values.pl 7551 critical Any logged-in OPAC user can renew items for others using a properly constructed URL 2012 major Add bilio crashes under no zebra 3264 major Uncloning a dropdown list in MARC authorities/biblio editor may clear all subfields (see comment 17) 5327 major Unit tests required for all C4 modules 6115 major Acquisition reports : date filter & sorting don't work 6490 major Lost and paid not updated when book is checked out without check-in 6631 major Unrestricted creation of lists by anonymous users 6718 major No manager_id saved for writeoff of fines 6842 major Branch transfer limits broken 7005 major no confirmation for write off all 7431 major OPAC item hold list doesn't show 'checked out' 7459 major Can only add to one public list in OPAC search results Bugs fixed in 3.6.4 ====================== 5473 normal 952 fields should be filled in by Acquisitions 6598 normal OPACFineNoRenewals syspreference does not stop user renewing in opac 6694 normal Anonymous sessions not kept when casAuthentication is on 7114 normal Hiding filters on funds page messes with layout 7127 normal Templates must be valid XHTML 7190 normal written off fines being refunded 7350 normal In New order the "+" button duplicates input text but not the "selected" in ddl 7402 normal invoice not showing received titles 7406 normal saved reports not showing right number 7409 normal Missing dependencies for Debian package 7457 normal basket.pl makes a lot of noise in the logs 7466 normal Cart notification popup should appear onscreen even when button is offscreen 7472 normal Edit button ineffective when paying borrower fee 7476 normal Files executable that probably should not be 7489 normal Implement DisplayOPACiconsXSLT for NORMARC XSLT 7501 normal OPAC authority browser should mark alternate rows as highlighted 7521 normal Cannot receive serials without full serials permissions 4376 enhancement A minor change in the â€œGetMarcAuthorsâ€ function of C4/Biblio.pm would allow differentiate the type of authors in the templates 5346 enhancement Linking suggestions & orders 6210 enhancement Choose framework on Merge 6299 enhancement Provide a list of authorized values for relator terms 6314 enhancement UNIMARC OPAC XSL improvements 6323 enhancement Attach/move items - adding option "try again" after success or wrong barcode 6752 enhancement Be stricter with utf-8 output 6790 enhancement C4::Serials::getroutinglist returns unnecessary variable 6838 enhancement Filtering and pagination in subscriptions table 6865 enhancement Replace image-based gradient backgrounds with CSS3 gradients 6913 enhancement Improving koha-list and koha-create 6985 enhancement Hide "kw,wrdl:" from Search Results 7080 enhancement Clean up interface on fine payment screens 7083 enhancement Show creator name on list of public lists 7090 enhancement Add "AllowItemsOnHandCheckout" syspref to allow issue to the patron regardless of hold status 7148 enhancement Add some error handling to Acquisitions' Z39.50 search to match Cataloging's 7157 enhancement Improve the j2a.pl cronjob 7201 enhancement Hold to pull report needs extra fields 7246 enhancement rebuild_zebra.pl --limit option to allow partial re-indexing 7289 enhancement edition statement field 7343 enhancement search tag usability in MARC framework 7345 enhancement Should be possible to export MARC records without private fields 7355 enhancement Note subfields are not displayed in TEXTAREA if hidden 7357 enhancement Subscriptions titles are replaced by "---" when duplicated 7458 enhancement New call number allocation plugin 7511 enhancement Caching Templates 7514 enhancement Choose OPAC language with URL parameter 7532 enhancement opac-ics depends on Date::ICal which is largely unmaintained System requirements ====================== Changes since 3.4: * Perl 5.10 is required Documentation ====================== As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The home page for Koha documentation is http://koha-community.org/documentation/ As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the Koha manual is available: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.6/en/ The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary Translations ====================== Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages: * Chinese (Taiwan) * Danish * English (USA) * English (UK) * French (France) * German * Italian * Portuguese (Brazil) * Spanish Partial translations are available for various other languages. The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate list to volunteer: http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate The most up-to-date translations can be found at: http://translate.koha-community.org/ Release Team ====================== The release team for Koha 3.6 is Release Manager: Chris Cormack <chrisc(a)catalyst.net.nz> Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard(a)gmail.com> Translation Manager: FrÃ©dÃ©ric Demians <frederic(a)tamil.fr> QA Manager: Ian Walls <ian.walls(a)bywatersolutions.com> Bug Wranglers: MJ Ray, Marcel de Rooy, Paul Poulain, Mason James Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> Credits ====================== We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.6: * Los Gatos Public Library * NEKLS * East Brunswick Public Library * Athens County Public Libraries * Horowhenua Library Trust * Halton Borough Council * South Taranaki District Council We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.6.4. 3 Tomas Cohen Arazi 1 Alex Arnaud 2 D Ruth Bavousett 3 Jared Camins-Esakov 2 Colin Campbell 7 Garry Collum 11 Chris Cormack 1 Christophe Croullebois 1 StÃ©phane Delaune 8 FrÃ©dÃ©ric Demians 1 Connor Dewar 1 Jonathan Druart 1 Nicole Engard 1 Magnus Enger 4 Katrin Fischer 2 Kyle M Hall 2 Kate Henderson 7 Srdjan Jankovic 1 Bart Jorgensen 1 Janusz Kaczmarek 1 Jorgia Kelsey 1 Henri-Damien Laurent 13 Owen Leonard 1 Peter Lorimer 5 Julian Maurice 1 Matthias Meusburger 2 Jono Mingard 31 Chris Nighswonger 2 Maxime Pelletier 26 Paul Poulain 1 MJ Ray 7 Liz Rea 5 Marcel de Rooy 5 Sam Sanders 3 Adrien Saurat 6 Robin Sheat 1 Juan Sieira 1 Duncan Tyler 2 Aleksa Vujicic 1 biblibre We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed, please send a patch against these release notes to koha-patches(a)lists.koha-community.org. Revision control notes ====================== The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git The branch for Koha 3.6.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix releases) is 3.6.x. The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.8.0. Bugs and feature requests ====================== Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at http://bugs.koha-community.org/ Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini ##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 22 Feb 2012 20:14:40 Z #####

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Release Manager newsletter #4, 2012-02
by Paul Poulain 02 Mar '12

02 Mar '12

Hello everybody, I just published my Release Manager newsletter for february (yes, it's no more february, BUT: if February had 31 days like many other months, it would be feb, 31th today, so complain to ppl that decided to have only 28 or 29 days for feb ;-) ) you can read it at: http://koha-community.org/koha-release-manager-newsletter-4-2012-02/ Happy reading ! -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08

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bugzilla upgrade
by Paul Poulain 02 Mar '12

02 Mar '12

Hello koha-devel, Last night, Chris C. has upgraded bugzilla to version 4.2, that has been released recently. You'll see the change in the mails you recieve, they have changed a lot, and are in HTML. If you don't like that, you can switch back to "text mode" in your account preferences There is also a side effect with this upgrade : columns of search results are back to standard size. *GALEN* = could you take care of this problem and switch back to larger columns for component, patch status and version ? thanks I've read the page with the new features: http://www.bugzilla.org/releases/4.2/release-notes.html#v42_feat One look great to me : Local bug IDs are now valid in the See Also field. Adding such an ID will also add a reciprocal link in the other bug. => with this feature we can link 2 bugs that are related but don't have a "block" or "is blocked" relationship Other nice improvements: * Inactive accounts are no longer displayed in user fields when user-autocompletion is enabled. * User-autocompletion is now much faster on installations with many user accounts. * The See Also field now accepts URLs pointing to MantisBT, Trac, JIRA and the sourceforge.net bug trackers. * Searches: Buglists will now only display the first 500 bugs by default. It is still possible to display the whole list, though. Please also note that I made a tiny change, that is not related to the upgrade: * the defauls "my bugs" now also returns "patch doesn't apply" bugs -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08

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Search results numbering in master
by Marcel de Rooy 01 Mar '12

01 Mar '12

Hi all, Just now I noticed missing the search result numbering in current master. A "glance" through git brought me to this commit: commit 706712dd1edebb6eed8b632ca8db4dcd9df39b56 Author: Srdjan Jankovic <srdjan(a)catalyst.net.nz> Date: Mon Jan 23 17:04:02 2012 +1300 bug_6488: Take in account opachiddenitems when searching in opac Containing: - <td class="select selectcol">[% SEARCH_RESULT.result_number %].</td> I would love to have them back! Why were they removed? In the 6488 report there are these references: 1) I sign off on this with the following caveat: results numbering will have to be revisited (or removed). 2) The number that was removed is one that was next to the Save tickbox, the ordinal number of the result in the result set. It was removed because it was awkward to show eg 6 results numbered 3,5,8,13,16,19. I personally do not favor that adding an optional feature of hiding items removes search results numbering in general. The numbering is very handy. Now everybody loses that while not even using the hidden items feature! I would suggest that possibly Srdjan (as the author) adds the search results numbering back and only removes it when opachiddenitems is active. This could be provisional while resolving the numbering issue in full. Any comments? Marcel

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Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 2: February 2012
by Daniel Grobani 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

[Below is the text of the newsletter. For active links and a more readable format, please visit http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-3-issue-2-february-2012] Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) Volume 3, Issue 2: February 2012 Edited by Daniel Grobani, Koha Community Newsletter Editor. Please submit news items to danielg.koha(a)gmail.com. Table of Contents Koha Development Koha 3.6.4 Status Koha 3.6.3 Released Koha 3.4.8 Released Koha Release Statistics Release Manager’s Newsletter Koha Community New Koha Libraries Community Gossip Past Koha Events February General IRC Meeting Global Bug Squashing Day 2012-02-08 Upcoming Koha Events Marseille Hackfest March General IRC Meeting KohaCon12 Koha Development Koha 3.6.4 Status by Chris Nighswonger The 3.6.x branch is in a string freeze. Koha 3.6.4 is scheduled for release on 1 March 2012. Koha 3.6.3 Released by Chris Nighswonger It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.6.3. The package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.03.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.03.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.03.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.03.tar.gz.sig Release notes for 3.6.3 are at http://koha-community.org/koha-3-6-3. Koha 3.4.8 Released by Chris Nighswonger It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.4.8. The package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.08.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.08.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.08.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.08.tar.gz.sig Release notes for 3.4.8 are at http://koha-community.org/koha-3-4-8. Koha Release Statistics Chris Cormack, statistician par excellence, has posted some stats on recent Koha releases: Statistics for Koha 3.6.3 Statistics for Koha 3.4.8 He also posted signoff statistics for January 2012. Release Manager’s Newsletter Paul Poulain, Koha 3.8 Release Manager, is publishing a monthly newsletter dedicated to Koha 3.8 development. It can be found on the Koha Community website in the Koha News category. The first two issues were distributed via the koha-devel mailing list. The third issue is here. Koha Community New Koha Libraries Huntington Public Library (via ByWater Solutions) Kimball Public Library (via ByWater Solutions) Montgomery House Warrior Run Area Public Library (self-hosted) Plaistow Public Library (via ByWater Solutions) Sandown Public Library (via ByWater Solutions) Community Gossip Equinox Software is seeking a Library Data Specialist to work with library data and configure Koha and Evergreen systems. Kyle Hall has joined ByWater Solutions as Development Support Specialist. Nicole Engard has created a number of useful video tutorials on using Koha. Check out the map of Koha sites. Past Koha Events February General IRC Meeting The February general IRC meeting was held on 8 February 2012. For more info, including the agenda and links to the minutes, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_Meeting,_8_February_2012. Global Bug Squashing Day 2012-02-08 by Magnus Enger A Global bug squashing day was held on Wednesday, 8 February 2012, and there was much rejoicing. For the numbers, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/2012-02-08_Global_bug_squashing_day. Upcoming Koha Events Marseille Hackfest by Paul Poulain 25 Koha developers will be gathering to work on improving Koha from 19-25 March in Marseille, France. There will be people from Croatia (2), Switzerland (1), Italy (1), Germany (1), USA (1), and France (19). Six of us are librarians; the rest are IT/developers. We plan to focus on these topics: a small group working on performance and persistence issues, trying to make Koha Plack/mod_perl compatible a small group working on database issues, trying to remove MySQL dependencies and incorporate business/database separation logic into Koha a small group working on user interface issues, trying to improve HTML, CSS, etc. a small group working on Solr integration (that will, hopefully, be submitted for October 2012 release) the rest of us working on what we could call a Global Bug Squashing Week–testing patches, etc. We still have space, so if you’d like to come, just email me. March General IRC Meeting The March general IRC meeting will be held on Wednesday, 21 March 2012. For more info, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_Meeting,_21_March_2012. KohaCon12 KohaCon12 will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 5-7 June 2012. A hackfest will be held 9-11 June. This is a free conference for everyone interested in the Koha library system, which is Free and Open Source Software. There is no registration fee, but we will ask that attendees pre-register. Further calls, including calls for papers and registrations will be posted soon. Details (travel, hotels, agenda draft, etc) can be found linked from http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/KohaCon12_Summary. KohaCon12 is the fifth KohaCon, following last year’s successful conference in India which brought together users and developers worldwide. KohaCon12 will feature an international slate of speakers (both Koha users and active Koha contributors) conducting presentations and workshops on a diverse range of topics. Talks will cover a range of topics from general experiences of Koha through to technical information on the various modules. “We expect this event to have wide appeal,” said MJ Ray of host organisation and Koha support provider software.coop. “The conference is for both techies and non-techies. In addition to presentations on the technical side of Koha, the conference will be a demonstration of how users and developers around the world cooperate to improve Free and Open Source Software. software.coop is delighted to host KohaCon in Edinburgh in our tenth anniversary year and this UN International Year of Co-operatives.” “Koha conferences are always an informative and uplifting event, I have no doubt that this years conference in Edinburgh will be the best conference yet.” said Chris Cormack, one of the original authors of the Koha version 1.0.

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Moving CSS and JavaScript out of translated paths
by Owen Leonard 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

I have done some work on Bug 4048, "Moving CSS and JS out of translated paths," but the work quickly becomes out of date because it touches so many files. I'm willing to keep working on it if others think it is still worthwhile, so I'd like to ask for opinions. The goal of the bug was to move common CSS and JavaScript files out of language-specific directories so that they are not duplicated. CSS and JavaScript files are not processed by the translation script, so there isn't much reason at the moment to keep them where they can be processed by it. The question is whether it might be a goal of some people to add translation of JavaScript files? The other question I have about revisiting my work on this bug is how I can submit a patch and expect it to be tested in a timely manner. Making a far-reaching change is inconvenient for everyone, I know. If we agree that the bug is worth fixing, how can we apply the fix in the least painful way? Thanks, Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org

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3.6.x String Freeze
by Chris Nighswonger 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

As of now 3.6.x is in string freeze for the release of 3.6.4. 3.6.4 will be released on Thursday, March 1. Kind Regards, Chris

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Bugzilla email change
by Paul Poulain 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

Hello all, I recieve a lot of mails from bugzilla when someone changes something and i'm in the cc or have added a comment or am assignee. Sometimes i'm not sure if I'm the assignee or not. Could it be possible to have that added to the email sent ? Something like: > http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6919 > assignee: alex.arnaud(a)biblibre.com > > M. de Rooy <m.de.rooy(a)rijksmuseum.nl> changed: > > What |Removed |Added > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Status|Signed Off |Failed QA > > --- Comment #31 from M. de Rooy <m.de.rooy(a)rijksmuseum.nl> 2012-02-20 13:11:19 UTC --- > Code looks good in general. One point that blocks this patch: > ... would please me a lot ! thx if galen or chris_c can do that !!! -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08

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serial recieve broken (follow-up to bug 6875, signoff required ASAP)
by Paul Poulain 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

Hello, I've submitted a patch that should fix the perl error when you recieve a serial, that was caused by the de-nesting effort. See http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6875#c70 for how to reproduce the bug, attachment http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/attachment.cgi?id=7808&action=diff for the follow-up please, signoff required ASAP ! -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08

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