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notforloan rule
by Pierrick LE GALL 15 May '06

15 May '06

Hi koha-devel, Working on C4::Reserves2 and associated scripts, I'm wondering what is the rule to say an item is not for loan? In the database, we have itemtypes.notforloan and items.notforloan. In the authorised values for category "STATUS" I have 5 values from 0 to 5 (with no 3). In my items table, most of my items have NULL as notforloan value. In my itemtypes table, notforloan is either "loanable" or "excluded from loan". Should I consider that if items.notforloan is null then the correct value is the itemtypes one? Bye -- Pierrick LE GALL INEO media system

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Restructuring the Wiki to make use of Namespaces
by Russel Garlick 11 May '06

11 May '06

Hi everyone, Just a note to warn everyone who is subscribed to the RSS feed of the Wiki that we will be playing around with it some more today. Pierrick, Tina and I will be implementing name spaces to help structure the wiki a little bit more. http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=wiki:syntax#internal http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki%3Anamespaces So you can expect a bit more traffic on that feed. Cheers Russel

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devWeek : question
by Paul POULAIN 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

Hello all, for devWeek we will have a wifi access AND a non wifi access. To enable dhcp (that is secured), could everybody send me their MAC addess by private mail. thanks a lot. -- Paul POULAIN et Henri Damien LAURENT Consultants indépendants en logiciels libres et bibliothéconomie (http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Re: Reserve System
by paul.poulain＠free.fr 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

(mail by webmail) >>Pierrick & al, pls note that reserve system has been *deeply modified* >> by SAN-OP. The code should be in CVS soon [...] > Will you explain what is modified and why before commiting? Yes. I already wrote something on March, 29th, "new feature to come soon". I agree that "many improvements in transfer management" has to be explained a little bit more ;-) -- Paul

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Reserve system
by Pierrick LE GALL 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

Hi koha-devel, During my investigation on bug 668 [1], I've started discovering how reserve worked. I must admit I'm a bit disappointed about several points: 1. A reserve can be linked to a biblio or to an item. I've asked hdl on IRC in which case it was useful to reserve a specific item, he told me that was to avoid preventing an issue on another branch. My opinion is that this is not the right design if branches independance is the reason of item number in reserve table. 2. Reserve cancellation can only be made when reserve is linked to an item (this is the origin of the problem, coming from the correction on the bug 969 [2]). When trying to issue an item reserved, only the first reserve is displayed for confirmation of cancel and only the first reserve is cancelled if asked by the librarian, without changing the priority of other reserves. I think it's a bug of course. 3. Finally, I really don't understand why Koha ask for reserve cancellation when issuing. A warning isn't enough? Why would a librarian cancel the reserve of borrower B1 if she authorizes B2 to issue the item? It doesn't make sense to me. Please help me to understand the deep origin of this design I don't understand :-) [1] http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=668 [2] http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=969 Bye -- Pierrick LE GALL INEO media system

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Re: Reserve System
by paul.poulain＠free.fr 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

(reading my mails from webmail) Hi all,Koha-devel(a)nongnu.org Pierrick & al, pls note that reserve system has been deeply modified by SAN-OP. The code should be in CVS soon, but the developper is in holiday & I can't understand some things he sended to me before leaving. I still hope it will be done just before devWeek -- Paul

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Re: [Koha-devel] template system abuse
by Robert Flach, Poet and Critic 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

I don't do a lot of hacking on koha, and I've never submitted a patch, though I do use it and am an avid follower of the development list. (I am a web application developer by trade though). So take this for what it's worth. It's a bad idea to generate ANY HTML in the code. Keep the presentation in the presentation layer (templates). No matter how obvious or useful a particular choice may seem now, it will cause you heartache down the road. Regarding the select box, Imagine that I as a template designer wanted to substitute a column of checkboxes or radio buttons for the select box. With the proposal below it would be impossible, yet that is merely a matter of presentation which should be able to be changed only by modifying the templates. Adequate objections have already been made to the fully constructed url. Good luck, and thank you all for a great, robust product. Keep making it more robust, don't make it less. Sincerely, Robert Flach Owen Leonard wrote: >> and in template: >> >> href="" >> > > Paul's point is the same as I would like to make: using this method removes > the option for the template designer to use a form instead of a link. What > about leaving both options open? Have the script create the URL variable > but also make all the individual variables available for use? > > >>  >> <option value="" ></option> >>  >> > > Paul, is this method translator-safe? I thought you had had difficulties > in the past with constructions like this? > > In both cases, past practices have colored my attitude towards these > practices: Any time the script generates HTML, you run the risk of no > complying with the standard chosen by the template designer. This was a > problem when we were transitioning between HTML and XHTML. If we can all > agree on complying with XHTML transitional (at least), we just need to > follow the rules: > > URLs which are generated by the script must include proper encoding of > ampersands (& instead of &) > > "selected" attributes generated by the script must follow the rules of no > implied attributes: selected="selected" > > So it comes down to three suggestions from me: > > 1. Make options available to the template designers. > 2. Ensure that generated markup is XHTML compliant > 3. Find out if we're breaking the translator script :) > > -- Owen > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel(a)nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel >

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KohaCon (may 2nd & 3rd) notes & questions
by Paul POULAIN 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Hello all, Some quick questions/notes : * 52 persons registred for May 2nd, 32 for May 3rd (excluding all of us) * With all those subscriptions to the devWeek, the ppl coming to the 2 days in Paris are now unclear to me. could katipo/liblime/ccfls remind me who will be with us on may 2nd & 3rd. * The meeting will be registered on a videotape (VHS). Does someone from us have the tools to transfer it to a mpg4 or something that can be put on the net ? * As planned, on May 2nd, speakers only eat together in a chinese restaurant, while on May 3rd, we will all eat in a french restaurant ("all" means everybody : users as well as speakers) (ps for joshua : both with vegetarian food, of course) -- Paul POULAIN et Henri Damien LAURENT Consultants indépendants en logiciels libres et bibliothéconomie (http://www.koha-fr.org)

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KohaCon Programme Is Online
by Russel Garlick 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

Hi everyone, KohaCon Programme Is Online Read online at http://www.koha.org In 10 days the first Koha Conference will take place in Paris, France. The programme for the Discover Koha day on May 2nd and Koha User Group day on May 3rd have now been published on koha.org. PROGRAMMES The programme for each day at Koha Con is available at http://www.koha.org. * Discover Koha May 2nd http://www.koha.org/community/conferences/discoverkoha.html * Koha User Group May 3rd http://www.koha.org/community/conferences/usergroup.html Speakers will be presenting in their native language, translations in French and English will be available. NOT TO LATE TO REGISTER Registrations close on April 25th. We have had strong interest from the Koha community, but there are still a few seats available on both days. Register online today http://www.koha.org/community/conferences/registration.html STREAMING VIDEO OF PRESENTATIONS For those of you not able to attend, links to streaming video of the presentations will be available on koha.org. We will endeavor to get these up as soon as we can during the conference. That's all for now! Looking forward to seeing you at KohaCon 06! Cheers -- Russel Garlick Operations Manager Katipo Communications Ph: +64 4 934 1285 Fax: +64 4 934 1286 Mob: +64 27 537 1377 Skype: russelgarlick Web http://www.katipo.co.nz

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devWeek (programme proposal)
by Paul POULAIN 23 Apr '06

23 Apr '06

Hi all, On wiki.koha.org, you'll find a devweek page, trying to prepare a little our week. Everybody coming at the devWeek should look at it, and annotate it if needed. Joshua already read it, and seems to think it's a good plan. If you all agree, you could also tell us which sub-group you would like to join. -- Paul POULAIN et Henri Damien LAURENT Consultants indépendants en logiciels libres et bibliothéconomie (http://www.koha-fr.org)

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