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Data Persistence and Plack
by LAURENT Henri-Damien 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Hi I am continuing to work on Data Persistence and Plack support. In that matter, I am first focusing on obvious circular references between Modules. I first naively thought that simply using direct calls to functions without calling use module would solve the problem. But if compilation is OK then at runtime, it would fail unless all the modules are loaded in Plack... And in CGI mode, it would fail. It seems that most of the Circular references in the code are owed to functions which have been created to do some checking before doing an operation... For instance : CanItemBeRenewed CanItemBeReserved CanBookBeReserved CanItemBeIssued CanItemBeIssued .... Deletion of Serials in DelBiblio Those things would be solved if we would create new modules in order to perform those checks and then call them not in the module but in the script itself... A kind of Controller. My proposal is to create a new directory in C4/ called Decisions or Controller (I am not fixed on a namespace for that.) And then create inside one module for one "Object" Circulation Reserve, Biblio, Serials... And use that in the scripts. I am aware that it would not fix circular references in the data structures itself... But that would be a first step towards persistence. Then we have to inspect at runtime the increase in Memory consuming and control with introspection... Maybe a server could be built and some apache logs replayed on that so that memory consumption could be traced. If you are working on the same stuff, and want to share what point you are at... Then come on #koha channel or let's organise a meeting around that. Any feedback would be welcome. -- Henri-Damien LAURENT

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Analytical records: design
by savitra sirohi 20 Dec '10

20 Dec '10

Folks, we think we have the feature in good shape, outside of aesthetics and some fine tuning. I have updated the wiki: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Analytic_Record_support#Design_as_it_st… Please feel free to suggest improvements. Zeno has added UNIMARC support, we will incorporate that into a git branch and publish the software in the next few days. The bug no. for this feature is 5528. Thanks, Savitra Sirohi Nucsoft OSS Labs

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Numerically sorting a new Zebra Index
by Senthil Anand 20 Dec '10

20 Dec '10

Hello, Running Koha 3.06 on Centos 5.5. I want to add a new item attribute, canumber to the Zebra Index. It should be visible on the staff client. All values are numbers ranging from 1 to around 15000000. I have done the following steps: 1. In bib1.att att 8032 canumber 2. In the marc21 record.abs melm 952$z canumber, canumber:n, item 3. In ccl.properties canumber 1=8032 Zebra has been reindexed. I want to use the canumber in place of acq-date in the Bulk label barcode generation. In label-item-search.pl under intranet/cgi-bin/labels . I am performing a search using the following limits : "canumber,ge="<textbox data> and "canumber,le="<textbox data>. The search actually works and returns results but the results seem to be sorted as text. ie searching beween 1000 and 1010 returns items with canumber 1000000 etc. As a test I changed the attribute of itemnotes in items table from varchar to int(11) in a test machine and reran the index. Still not getting proper numeric sorting. The Zebra docs mention that lexicographic sorting is default and numeric sorting has to be enabled. As I understood it is defined in the record.abs. How can I change the mappings in record.abs to get numerically sorted results ? Is the query I am using in label-item-search.pl correct ? Regards, Senthil

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BibLibre-memb-circ-upd branch rewritten
by Paul Poulain 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Hello, I spoke on the chat with chris of the integration of our branches on official Koha. The BibLibre-memb-circ-upd is huge, and hard to deal with. So I have rewritten it: * git reset --soft to master * recommit everything, file (or group of files) by file. It means you won't have the history of our commits, but only the final result (it also means it seems i'm the author of all of this, which is not true) That result in 54 commits, much more readable than the previous branch. I will send-email them on patches@ in a few seconds, *chris c*, if you want me to push -f it on git.koha-community.org, you'll have to enable me, just let me know. Note about updatedatabase : all DB updates are in a single patch (the #51). If you plan to test an individual patch, pls double check if there is DB update needed in case of any problem. I've tested this branch vs master yesterday, and everything works well (on a fresh install, not tested update from a 3.2), except for 2 javascript glitches I couldn't fix: on circulation.pl, the 2 tabs at the bottom (with checkout(s) and holds are not tabbed. on opac-detail.pl, same problem with the new "rebounds" on subjects & author : some js should hide a tab, and it's not the case (see http://cat-bib.nimes.fr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1413) to see how it should be. feedback welcomed ! cheers -- 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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Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 12: December 2010
by Nicole Engard 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Read Online with full links: http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-1issue-12-december-2010/ Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) Volume 1, Issue 12: December 2010 Table of Contents * Koha Developments o RFC Roundup: Searching o SolR developments for Koha * Koha Tips & Tricks o Template Editing * Koha Events o Koha Conference in Kenya o KUDOS Meeting at ALA MW Koha Developments RFC Roundup: Searching by MJ Ray The following Searching improvement ideas have Requests For Comments listed on the Koha Community Wiki. If you have suggestions you could make about these topics, please add comments to the relevant page by logging in and clicking the “Edit” tab at the top of the page. Alternatively, you could start a discussion on the email list or web forum. * Advanced cataloging search RFC o This idea would add to the Cataloging search accessible under the “More” menu on the Koha staff side the same advanced search options that you find on the Search > Advanced Search page. * Bibliographic searches within acquisitions RFC o Upgrading the search within acquisitions to search catalogue, reservoir and Z39.50 sources consistently, without it being a choice between them. In a way, this might be like adding “Catalogue” and “Reservoir” to the Z39.50 search sources tickboxes. * EAN reading RFC o If this happens, scanning a book barcode to result in a correct ISBN search. It looks like this work is currently being done only for Solr (see below). Do Zebra users want it too? Are there problems in autodetecting EANs which should be considered? * Improvements to Authority Searching o Add the ability to search for multiple terms from multiple authorities simultaneously. * Improving searches on orders RFC o Adding new fields to acquisitions history searches: order date: beginning; end, reception date: beginning; end, library branch, vendor, librarian, budget, budget’s authorized value #1, budget’s authorized value #2. * Search authorities using keywords from same menu as keyword search RFC o Allowing patrons to search authorities using the same drop down list as for keyword searches and showing authorities matches in search results pages as suggested search terms. * Storing queries RFC o This idea would allow users to save their past searches. * Switch to Solr RFC o This suggests replacing the small C Zebra indexing server with the larger Java Solr one. It may enable some things to work better, at the cost of much memory and adding Java to Koha. Please, if you have any feedback or encouragement for any of the above, follow the link and add comments, or start a discussion. SolR developments for Koha by Claire Hernandez All this has already been posted on koha-devel list. In order to share with a wider audience our work and our expectancies about a new indexing engine (SolR) for Koha, we thought it would be good to gather all those thoughts here. Thanks to some libraries who are supporting our approach. Read more… Koha Tips & Tricks Template Editing by Fridolyn Somers To edit template files (*.tmpl), we use an HTML editor, from the WTP in Eclipse IDE. But it’s difficult to follow the template tags which are HTML comments : ““. In the last version of Eclipse, “Helios”, the syntax coloring of HTML Editor offers for HTML comments a customization of both content and delimiters. We use this to highlight the comment’s content and have a better view of template tags. Here’s how it goes: In Preferences : Web / HTML Files / Editor / Syntax Coloring, choose a background color for “Comment Content”. An example image can be see on the newsletter at : http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-1issue-12-december-2010/ Koha Events Koha Conference in Kenya by Bernhard Mugambi When: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm on December 18, 2010 Where: Gretsa University in Thika More Info: http://koha-community.org/koha-conference-kenya/ KUDOS Meeting at ALA MW by David Schuster When: 6:00 PM- 7:30 PM on Friday January 7th Where: Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter: PACIFIC ROOM (Room sponsored by Equinox) More Info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130011290393169 ------------------ Newsletter edited by Nicole C. Engard, Koha Documentation Manager. Please send future story ideas to nengard(a)gmail.com

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3.2.2 Release Schedule
by Chris Nighswonger 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Hi all, 3.2.2 is on track to be released on December 22, 2010, however, there is another important date between now and then which I wanted to point out. On December 15, 2010, 3.2.2 will enter a string freeze to facilitate finalization of translation updates. After this date the only patches introducing string changes which will be pushed for 3.2.2 will be those addressing blocker bugs or security issues. All others will be pushed to 3.2.3. Patches not introducing string changes will be pushed up to the time of the release. As always, many thanks for all of the hard work everyone has been doing to shorten the list of bugs lately. Kind Regards, Chris Nighswonger 3.2 Release Maintainer

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meeting solr tomorrow
by LAURENT Henri-Damien 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

Hi We settled a meeting two weeks ago about solr. And planned a meeting for tomorrow Wednesday 15th morning, at 10 AM UTC In order to prepare that meeting a little deeper than the previous one, please consider taking time to read all the links here : - http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Switch_to_Solr_RFC - http://librarypolice.com/koha-meetings/2010/koha.2010-12-07-20.00.html And try and test our solr instance on solr.biblibre.com and catalogue.solr.biblibre.com (especially the admin solr/index.pl page.) The wiki page is here to gather all your concerns and questions. Concerns section can gather all the questions you want to ask. We were clearly told that our work would not be integrated unless zebra could be chosen as an option. We take that into account. But still, we cannot leave things now. And we still hope that the community can provide some interesting feedback and ideas which we havenot thought of, or can help in some way for it to be a success and eventually integrated. Note that a patch has already been sent to us, and that we are giving it close look. We also have some progress to demonstrate in the progress of advanced search integration and items display. If you have special expectancies from that meeting, please donot hesitate to answer me directly or onlist. So that this could be at least mentioned. -- Henri-Damien LAURENT BibLibre

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KUDOS meeting at ALA Midwinter in San Diego
by David Schuster 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

KUDOS Meeting Scheduled for ALA Midwinter meeting Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter Friday Jan 7th Pacific Room – 6-7:30 PM Thanks to Equinox for sponsoring the room for us! All are welcome to come and share and discuss Agenda: Possible Face to Face US May Conference 501c3 – update Other discussion topics David Schuster -- David Schuster Plano ISD Library Technology Coordinator

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Migrating data from Liberty3 to Koha 3.0 plus
by Raphael Muonga 13 Dec '10

13 Dec '10

Sorry, if I have used a wrong blog. Me I am asking for assistance in terms of migrating from Liberty3 to Koha 3.0 and above. Anybody with this sort of experience? Thanks in anticipation. Raphael Chisanga Muonga

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December Newsletter Call for Articles
by Nicole Engard 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

It's that time again! Please submit to me your short newsletter articles by the13th of December. This will be the last "monthly" issue of the Koha newsletter. Starting in 2011 the newsletter will be published every other month. So if you have an announcement you want out before February please send it to me for this newsletter. I encourage those with long articles to post them on the web and send me a summary with a link to the full article. Thanks Nicole

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