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last chat, koha 3.0, synching of dev_week/head & branches
by Paul POULAIN 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

Hello the list, During our last chat, we decided to : 1- release Koha 2.2.6 ASAP 2- release 2.4.0 (=2.2+zebra) ASAP 3- synch dev_week and head, in a rel_3 branch, and stabilize Koha 3.0 4- let Tumer & any other volunteer work on head for Koha 3.2 1- Release 2.2.6 ================ WHEN : today for 2.2.6RC2 WHO : Paul NOTES : none 2- Release 2.4.0 ================ WHEN : ASAP, before end of August WHO : Joshua (with Tumer) NOTES : - it's in production in at least 2 libraries already (1 in cyprus, 1 in US). - It will use NPL templates, and won't be translated to french, because it will be a short-life version 3- Release 3.0 ============== WHO : - Antoine for synch'ing dev_week & head - Everybody WHEN : - synch'ing dev_week & head : next week NOTES : The SAN-OP plans to start tests in september, and production in january. We all agree it's a possible goal, and the timeline for Koha 3 will probably become the SAN-OP one. ********* QUESTION ********* We decided during the meeting to : - branch head => rel_3 - synch dev_week with rel_3 - stabilize rel_3 - let head staying unstable, tumer having many ideas (full XML, XSLT...), that could be tested here. I was wondering if it would not be better to : - synch dev_week and head - immediatly branch rel_3 when the synch is done - stabilize rel_3 for Koha 3 & let head unstable That would let head with dev_week zebra integrated. Otherwise, i'm afraid someone (tumer ?) will have to merge dev_week with head anyway, to add zebra support Let me know your opinion. Whatever it will be, Antoine started a few minuts ago installing dev_week and will do the merge (dev_week into head or rel_3) next week. -- 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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Z39.50
by lalitanand dandge 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

Hi I installed Koha2.2.5 on my debian system. I want to import the marc tags from the Library of Congress or other z39.50server, I added the Z3950 server: the entries I added are: hostname: z3950.loc.gov Port No: 7090 and Database name: voyager but the problem i am facing is: when i do search on particular ISBN no. like 0-07-049543 (Java Complete Reference) then the result i get is: Nothing found: (the url shows " http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/z3950/search.pl?bibid=&isbn=0-07-049543" and then changes to " http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/z3950/search.pl?bibid=&random=249094171.… ") please tell me how to configure and check my koha system with z3950 support. another problem I am getting is, when i search for patrons it gives the list of members page " http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/members/member.pl" then after clicking issue: i get " http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/circ/circulation.pl?findborrower=1" page there is link "details" of the borrower, i get " http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/members/moremember.pl?borrowernumber=1" this page, but the borrower details fields are blank (it does not show name and other things) the error i get while doing these steps in the koha-error_log is [Tue Aug 01 12:38:42 2006] [error] [client localhost] 2007-07-19 at /usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/circ/circulation.pl line 127., referer: http://202.141.152.81:8080/cgi-bin/koha/members/member.pl [Tue Aug 01 12:39:02 2006] [error] [client localhost] 2007-07-19 at /usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/circ/circulation.pl line 127., referer: http://202.141.152.81:8080/cgi-bin/koha/members/member.pl [Tue Aug 01 12:40:56 2006] [error] [client localhost] DBD::mysql::st execute failed: 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 'and reserves.borrowernumber = borrowers.borrowernumber, referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/circ/circulation.pl?findborrower=1 [Tue Aug 01 12:40:56 2006] [error] [client localhost] \t\t\t\t\tand reserves.biblio' at line 2 at /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4/Reserves2.pm line 147., referer: http://202.141.152.81:8080/cgi-bin/koha/circ/circulation.pl?findborrower=1 [Tue Aug 01 12:40:56 2006] [error] [client localhost] DBD::mysql::st fetchrow_hashref failed: fetch() without execute() at /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4/Reserves2.pm line 149., referer: http://202.141.152.81:8080/cgi-bin/koha/circ/circulation.pl?findborrower=1 So please help me in this regard, How to configure my koha system to enable the marc record search using z3950 and how to get the above mentioned errors sorted out. thanks lalitanand. -- "Talk is cheap. Show me the code. Think Open, use Open Source!" Visit & Register at http://www.ossrc.org.in

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Authorities : Tree Display.
by Henri-Damien LAURENT 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

Hi, I designed a display of trees for hierarchical authorities. It is based on an analysis of authority records. It is mainly hard-coded. But could get adapted if need be. (And this avoids a big bunch of system preferences.) In my case, trees were to be found for subject authorities (main heading in field250). In UNIMARC, $3 subfield contains authority number, $5 contains a code that will tell you whether the field contains a broader term ($5==g) or a narrower term ($5==h). So let's take an example. 250$3 1212 $aEurope 550$3 1213 $5 g $aContinents 550$3 1214 $5 h $aFrance 550$3 1215 $5 h $aGermany 550$3 1216 $aNATO Will be displayed : Continents+ (Europe Asia America Africa...) (Continents) +Europe+ (France Germany) hierarchy.css contains the stylesheets for these facilities. So long. -- Henri-Damien LAURENT

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Frameworks in rel_2_2
by Joshua Ferraro 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

Hi Paul, Mainly a question for you. It looks to me like it's possible in rel_2_2 to define different mappings to the koha tables for different frameworks such that the editor ends up saving data to different fields depending on the definition. However, I don't see any search facility that uses frameworks to discover which fields to search. As a result, if you create an record using a framework that has mappings that disagree with the default framework, I'm assuming that the fields won't be searchable. If I'm correct, then we need to either: not allow frameworks to disagree on koha mappings or create a way to search using the alternate frameworks (seems very difficult). Let me know what you think ... 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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new behaviour for authorities (in rel_2_2)
by Paul POULAIN 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

Hello the list, I made some changes in rel_2_2 behaviour in authorities : - i've removed the automatic % for truncation, and added a comment to remind it, in the form. the % must now be explicit. - there are now 3 search lines : search on main entry ($a only), search on main entry (main field, all subfields), search anywhere. Those 2 changes have been requested by a library, and seems harmless & good to me. I just point them for alternate templates (npl for example), to remind you to update them. -- 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 Meeting
by Joshua Ferraro 28 Jul '06

28 Jul '06

Hi all, It's that time again ... I've scheduled a Koha Developer's Meeting for Monday, July 31 at 20:00GMT. Here's the time in your area: http://tinyurl.com/kq6cd Here's the agenda ... feel free to add to it: http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=agendandnotes06jul31 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 2.3.0 (development version)
by Joshua Ferraro 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

Hi all, I'm happy to announce a new DEVELOPMENT release of Koha is now available for download: Koha 2.3.0. It is the first fully-functional version of Koha to include Zebra support. Apart from the Zebra-specific code, this release is identical to rel_2_2 (soon to be 2.2.6). A word of caution, the installation process is not automatic at this point, your best bet is to check out the Wiki for the latest (evolving) information on how to install this Zebra version of Koha: http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php#marc_zebra_and_encoding_notes In the coming weeks we'll be sprinting towards a full-fledged 2.4.0 release, so stay tuned. 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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[IMPORTANT] some time to spend on Koha 3 : what to do next ? + SAN goals
by Paul POULAIN 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

Hello guys, I'll have some time to spend on Koha 3 at the beginning of august. What could be usefull according to you ? (knowing that Antoine still works on code cleaning : he works on acquisition module ATM) I thought testing & debugging & unimarc'ing on dev_week could be interesting. I would also be interested by synch'ing dev_week & head, depending on the stability of dev_week. SAN goals : ----------- In september, SAN want to start working on testing & teaching librarians. The goal being to start working in production in January, 1st I told them I will make all my best to have something working in september, at least beta stage. They need zebra (dev_week)+ all what btoumi & alaurin worked on, (head) thus the merge of dev_week & head is something urgent for them. PS : dont tell me their goal is impossible to reach, they would be very unhappy with this. I told them it will be hot/hard, but not impossible. Maybe it's time for an irc meeting (next monday ? it's OK for me) -- 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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zebra config files : about default.idx
by Paul POULAIN 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hello all, i've investigated half a day on my accented problem on zebra : I had a specific default.idx, mapped to french-specific word-phrase-utf.chr config files, but... when searching for "helene" I had not the same results as when searching for "helene". This makes me mad, until I tought I was looking in the wrong direction. In fact, there is a default.idx file in /usr/local/share/zebra, and my zebra-biblio.cfg had : profilePath:${srcdir:-.}:/usr/local/share/idzebra/tab/:/home/paul/koha.dev/dev_week/zebraplugin/zebradb/biblios/tab/:${srcdir:-.}/tab/ I inverted my path and /usr/local : profilePath:${srcdir:-.}:/home/paul/koha.dev/dev_week/zebraplugin/zebradb/biblios/tab/:/usr/local/share/idzebra/tab/:${srcdir:-.}/tab/ and ... it works. Thus, it seems that profilePath directories are solved : "the 1st that fits is choosen" instead of "the last that fits has won" (like for cascading stylesheets for example) So my 2 questions : * did you encounter this problem and had the same conclusion ? * don't you think it could be reported as a problem to indexdata ? * isn't the wiki wrong on this ? (I can change it if you confirm) and yes, I know, that's 3 questions ;-) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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about recent serials commits...
by Paul POULAIN 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

Hello Robert, (& Chris & al), i've seen your recent commits around serials. I've taken a quick look at them, and your commit notes are quite ... small ... (+ new script don't always have a POD doc, shame on you !) could you give us some explanations on what they did ? for example : * did alt_subscription_add REPLACE the previous subscription_add, in your idea, or is it another one, the previous being still useful ? * I need some details on routing features & claims.pl (PS : thx to have commited to PROG & fresh /serials/ directory + fixed some wrong links still pointing to /bull/ !) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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