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Namespace Change: C4 -> Koha
by Joshua M. Ferraro 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Hi all, Just a crazy thought I had: $ cd cvsrepos/rel_3_0/koha $ perl -p -i -e 's/C4/Koha/g' `grep -ril C4 *.pm` $ perl -p -i -e 's/C4/Koha/g' `grep -ril C4 *.pl` $ perl -p -i -e 's/C4/Koha/g' `grep -ril C4 *.tmpl` $ cvs commit -m "renaming namespace from C4 to Koha" The above commands should replace our entire module namespace from C4 to Koha, which is arguably more intuitive. Thoughts? Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE President, Technology migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS jmf(a)liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS

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Languages.pm module in rel_3_0
by Joshua M. Ferraro 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Hi all, I just had a crack at a first draft of the new Languages.pm module, which provides functions for getting lists of languages. It's well documented, so perldoc is your friend. Please try it out and if you find it useful, incorporate it whenever you need to get a list of languages. Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE President, Technology migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS jmf(a)liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS

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Koha Documentation
by Joshua M. Ferraro 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

Hi all, I've given some thought to the current state of Koha documentation. We currently have the following documentation: 1. Koha Intranet help (built in [?] at top right of interface), not complete, not well maintained. At dev week, we discussed using the wiki as a means of updating the onlinehelp for the Intranet (point #3 above), any progress on that front? Do we have a script to convert wiki -> templates ? Do we all still feel that's the best way to improve the online help? 2. wiki.koha.org, easy to edit (when working), not very authoritative, not well organized. I think the wiki is always going to be a great resource for developers, but probably not the best for users. 3. kohadocs.org, somewhat authoritative, but slow to update, and only a few people with the know-how to use Freemind to generate the XML, etc. In looking around at other projects' User's Guides, one that stands out in my mind as having the ideal features is MySQL: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/ I'll try to summarize what I like about their Manual help: 1. each page has a version attached to it, so you can be looking at docs for Disaster Recovery for version 5.0: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/disaster-prevention.html And you can click on '4.1' to see that page as it applies for version 4.1. 2. Users can add comments to ask questions or add additional info to the bottom of each page: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/backup-recovery.html 3. There is a MySQL print manual, which I assume is generated from their online documentation (I could be wrong though). Having a print version of the manual is a huge advantage. The one thing missing from the MySQL manual is a way to translate pages. At LibLime, we run our website off of Plone (http://plone.org) which I think would allow us to do at least some of the nice things that MySQL can do, along with allowing for translation of each page. Before I invest too much time investigating what would be involved in customizing Plone for Koha's documentation, does anyone have any other ideas for how a new User's Guide should be structured, or what software would be good to try? Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE President, Technology migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS jmf(a)liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS

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koha 2.2.8 (previously 2.2.7-1) release plan
by Paul POULAIN 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

Hello all, toins has created a R_2-2-7-1 branch from 2.2.7, and ported all BUGFIXES since 2.2.7 release. That will do the 2.2.8 (we talked of 2.2.7.1 during our last chat, but thinking of this, I think it's unclear for users : the next version should be called 2.2.8 and the next one 2.2.9. joshua agreed with this idea) I gave it some tests, and it seems to work fine. I install it atm for a new french koha user that i'll teach koha later this week. If everything is as smooth as expected, i'll release 2.2.8 on monday/tuesday next week (it may be delayed as baby birth is expected for wednesday, so if you don't hear from me on time, you'll know why ;-) ) NOTE FOR TRANSLATORS : there are only 1 new string and 2 updated strings between 2.2.7 and 2.2.8, so 2.2.7 translations should work for 2.2.8 as well. Here are planned release notes : -- Paul POULAIN et Henri Damien LAURENT Consultants indépendants en logiciels libres et bibliothéconomie (http://www.koha-fr.org) Tel : 04 91 31 45 19

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A Survey on Defect Management Practices in Free/Open Source Software
by Anu Gupta DCSA 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

Sir/Madam I seek help from designers, developers, testers,defect fixers,project managers or playing any other key role in Free/Open Source software development or maintenence in carrying out a study to identify practices and problems of defect management in various Free/Open Source Software projects. The insights gained from the study can further help us to extract publicly accessible defect data and determine impact of defect management practices on software quality. Please spend a few minutes of your precious time to fill up the Questionnaire. The most of the questions follow multiple choice formats and are quite easy to answer. To have the Online Questionnaire, please visit: http://anu.puchd.ac.in/phpESP/public/survey.php?name=FOSS_Defect_Survey (You can also copy and paste this link into your browser, and hit the 'Return' key.) I hope you will find all the questions interesting and thought-provoking. Your answers will be kept anonymous.The data thus collected will only be used for research purpose.It would be nice if you may further refer this mail to others actively engaged with Free/Open Source Software development. If you have any query or suggestions then feel free to contact. Thank You With regards, Anu Gupta Senior Lecturer Department of Computer Science and Applications, Panjab University, Chandigarh. INDIA In case of any problem in accessing/using the above mentioned link please contact: E-mail: anugupta(a)pu.ac.in anugupta98(a)gmail.com

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Koha 3.0 no zebra (aka 30NZ)
by Paul POULAIN 16 Feb '07

16 Feb '07

Hi, I've writte a page with my first thoughts about koha 3.0 without zebra on the wiki : http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=nozebra30 Please read, comment, complete, ask (here or on the wiki) -- Paul POULAIN et Henri Damien LAURENT Consultants indépendants en logiciels libres et bibliothéconomie (http://www.koha-fr.org) Tel : 04 91 31 45 19

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koha 3.0 & zebra
by long_sam.tw 16 Feb '07

16 Feb '07

hi,programers i set up rel_3_0 and use zebra(unimarc), my opac operl script & opac_tmpl(prog) use rel_3_0. database execute updatedatabase. koha.xml --------------------------------------------- <yazgfs> <listen id="biblioserver" >tcp:@:9900</listen> <server id="biblioserver" listenref="biblioserver"> <directory>/home/zebra/zebradb/biblios</directory> <config>/home/laxendion/tools/cvs/dev_week/koha/zebraplugin/etc/zebra.cfg</config> <cql2rpn>/home/laxendion/tools/cvs/dev_week/koha/zebraplugin/etc/pqf.properties</cql2rpn> </server> <config> <database>Koha</database> ------------------------------------------- it means mysql database name or zebra databae name. i can't sure which that? -------------------------------------------- <hostname>localhost</hostname> <user>koha</user> <pass>dion0104</pass> <biblioserver>default</biblioserver> <biblioservershadow>0</biblioservershadow> <authorityserver>default</authorityserver> <authorityservershadow>0</authorityservershadow> <intranetdir>/usr/loca/koha/intranet</intranetdir> <opacdir>/usr/local/koha/opac</opacdir> <opachtdocs>/usr/local/koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl</opachtdocs> <intrahtdocs>/usr/local/koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl</intrahtdocs> <includes>/usr/local/koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl/default/en/includes/</includes> </config> </yazgfs> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- i import some biblios. i use yaz-client root@laxendion:~# yaz-client @:9900/biblios Connecting...OK. Sent initrequest. Connection accepted by v3 target. ID : 81 Name : Zebra Information Server/GFS/YAZ Version: Zebra 2.0.6/1.108/2.1.46 Options: search present delSet triggerResourceCtrl scan sort extendedServices namedResultSets Elapsed: 0.052761 Z> find @attr 1=1016 perl Sent searchRequest. Received SearchResponse. Search was a success. Number of hits: 1, setno 1 SearchResult-1: term=perl cnt=1 records returned: 0 Elapsed: 0.208630 ---------------------------------------------------- show 1 Z> show 1 Sent presentRequest (1+1). Records: 1 [biblios]Record type: USmarc 01051 2200217 4500 010 $a 96007074 //r96 020 $a 1571690581 082 $a 005.13/3 090 $c 15 $d 15 100 1 $a Glover, Mike. 245 10 $a Perl 5 how-to / $c Mike Glover, Aidan Humphreys, Ed Weiss. 260 $a Corte Madera, Calif. : $b Waite Group Press, $c c1996. 300 $a xxiii, 860 p. : $b ill. ; $c 23 cm. + $e 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.) 500 $a "The definitive perl programming problem-solver."--Cover. 538 $a System requirements for accompanying computer disc: IBM PC or UNIX workstation; DOS 3.3 or greater; Windows 3.1 or greater; Windows 95; UNIX-compatible operating system with Perl port; recommended: CD-ROM drive and Internet access. 650 0 $a Perl (Computer program language) 650 0 $a Object-oriented programming (Computer science) 700 1 $a Humphreys, Aidan. 700 1 $a Weiss, Ed. 942 $c BOOK 995 $b 輔仁大學圖書資訊學系資訊組織 $c 輔仁大學圖書資訊學系資訊組織 $e 西文書庫 $f 11 $j 11 $k 123.34 $o 0 $9 12 nextResultSetPosition = 2 Elapsed: 0.052356 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- and then my koha.conf zebradb=localhost:9900/biblios database=Koha hostname=localhost user=koha pass=dion0104 intranetdir=/usr/local/koha/intranet opacdir=/usr/local/koha/opac kohalogdir=/usr/local/koha/log kohaversion=3.0 httpduser=www-data intrahtdocs=/usr/local/koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl opachtdocs=/usr/local/koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl ----------------------------------------------------- i run opac-search.pl but it can't work error log -------------------------------------------- error : Can't call method "_conn" on an undefined value at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.7/ZOOM.pm line 123. [Fri Feb 16 09:43:10 2007] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Start tag expected, '<' not found at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.7/XML/LibXML/SAX.pm line 64 [Fri Feb 16 09:43:10 2007] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.7/XML/Simple.pm line 291 ----------------------------------------------------- laxendion ___________________________________________________ 您的生活即時通－溝通、娛樂、生活、工作一次搞定！ http://messenger.yahoo.com.tw/

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releasing a 2.9.0 ?
by Paul POULAIN 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

Hi Joshua & al, I have some contacts in France that would like to install the future koha 3.0, to give it some tests. What about releasing a 2.9.0 (unstable) ? -- Paul POULAIN et Henri Damien LAURENT Consultants indépendants en logiciels libres et bibliothéconomie (http://www.koha-fr.org) Tel : 04 91 31 45 19

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is there currently a perltidy/formatting policy for koha?
by Mason James 13 Feb '07

13 Feb '07

hi everyone is there currently a perltidy/formatting policy for koha? i cant find any info on the web, except this page http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:tools&s=perltidy what is everyones opinion about using a standardised perltidy style on Koha commits? what perltidy style shall we standardise on?, any ideas? is there any reason not to use perltidy before committing? at Katipo we have been simply been using the default style Joshua mentioned that the french team had been playing with some different perltidy styles does anyone have any prefered options? FYI: i have recently discovered 'perltidy -sob foo.pl', which seems to chomp up (and add) extra blanks lines between code too, this option would be helpful for having consistent line spacing too i have found using perltidy helps alot to reduce false 'cvs diff' lines any ideas?? -- Mason James Katipo Communications www.katipo.co.nz +64 4 934 1285

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Zebra server Daemon
by btoumi 12 Feb '07

12 Feb '07

Hi all , I create a file to launch zebra server in daemon mod it's a service in linux mandriva . I join this file with this message #!/bin/bash #include <unistd.h> #all path u need especially for the koha.xml file PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/etc/koha/:/bin #path to zebarsrv DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/zebrasrv #just for diplay NAME=zebrasrv DESC="Serveur Zebra" test -x $DAEMON || exit 0 # case case "$1" in #case who start the zebra daemon start) echo -n "XXxStarting $DESC: $NAME" #-D launch zebra like a daemon zebrasrv -l /path/to/zebralog/ -D -f /path/to/koha.xml echo "." ;; #case who stop the zebra daemon stop) echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME" #linux command to stop server killall -9 zebrasrv echo "." ;; #case who retstart the zebra daemon restart) echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME" if [ -z "$(ps ax | egrep zebrasrv)" ]; then echo " zebra isn't running, so not killed" ; else killall -9 zebarsrv >& /dev/null ; fi sleep 1 #-D launch zebra like a daemon zebrasrv -l /path/to/zebralog/ -D -f /path/to/koha.xml echo "." ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME start|stop|restart" >&2 exit 1 ;; esac exit 0 ## End of script !

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