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Re: [Koha] Become a developer
by Paul POULAIN 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Luciano Iglesias a écrit : > I have some modules that i want to be part of koha in > the near future. What do I have to do? Hello Luciano, That's good news, Could you tell us what kind of modules you would commit ? Could you also tell me what is your sourceforge login, I can't add you to the dev list without it ;-) You also should : * subscribe koha-devel mailing list * know that HEAD is the cvs branch to use for new modules. rel_2_2 being the stable tree that I manage. If your modules are stable enough and don't change anything to the DB, I could port them for 2.2.x, but i'll do it myself only if i'm sure that it's a good idea (= does not break anything) -- Paul POULAIN, Release Maintainer for 2.2 (and previously Release Manager for 2.0 and 2.2)

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Re: [Koha] It's broke
by Nicholas Rosasco 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Quoting Chris Cormack <chris(a)katipo.co.nz>: > > I can send output from logs, just tell me what you > > guys want. > > > Output from the logs would be great. Thats really the only way we can spot > whats happening. Slightly random late night thought: Would it be worth building a script that would find/gather up, tar+gzip, and put somewhere consistent the logs and other necessary/useful items (conf files, etc; maybe also a snapshot "ps" listing to check that Z39 and apache are running, etc are running) so that it could be tossed around as diagnostic fodder. This could be one way to provide a remote service relationship (for those interesting in consulting).... Advance warning this mayn't have been thought all the way through. Just a thought, Nick ..a little groggy.

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error adding biblio/items
by Martin Longo 28 Mar '05

28 Mar '05

Hi everyone! I'm having an odd Internal Server Error whenever I try to add a new biblio or modify an existing one on Koha 2.2.... I'm almost sure that this error wasn't there before in this very installation and version... it just appeared ... :-S The koha-errors log says something like this: ... malformed header from script. Bad header= biblioitemnumber: /usr/local/koha/cgi-bin/acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl The strange thing is that the biblios are created OK... so, if I look for them in the Catalogue ... I can find them... If I try to add a item to any biblio... same result ... malformed header from script. Bad header= biblioitemnumber: /usr/local/koha/cgi-bin/acqui.simple/additem.pl but the item gets created/modified OK... So... any ideas? Thanks in advance -- J. Martin Longo Informatica SID - UNCuyo http://sid.uncu.edu.ar

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[Fwd: [Koha] Become a developer]
by Andrés Tarallo 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

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working with Koha in Chile
by Hitorijime Aomori 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

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A short tip for developers
by Andrés Tarallo 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

For a few weeks we've been using the Data::Dumper, this made more pleasant our deveopment/debugging sessions. Happy Easter Andres

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Koha architectural study
by Paul POULAIN 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Hello Nicholas, We are translating your wonderful document to french. Do you have somewhere a source version of the pictures ? They can't be edited for instance. Thanks & read you soon (cc to ineo & ers-consulting, that are interested by the translation) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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scripts running in shell => checking for documentation
by Paul POULAIN 09 Mar '05

09 Mar '05

Hello all, I want to speak of all scripts that can de run in a shell (to write some doc) For all those scripts, i describe : - author - status in 2.2 - feature PLEASE comment, confirm, add,... every script entry. PRODUCTION SCRIPTS : * misc/overduenotices.pl - Nelsonville (i've improved it recently, modifs untested yet) - work in 2.2 - This script send mail to patrons having late issues. * misc/fines2.pl - Katipo - Probably don't work anymore in 2.2 - calculates fines. * misc/notify/notes.pl - Katipo - Probably don't work anymore in 2.2 - calculates fines too ? * misc/merge_authority.pl - Paul Poulain - work in 2.2 - This script (new in CVS) merges 2 authorities by reporting all "mergefrom" authority entries in biblio to the "mergeto" authority. (script in shell because can be longer than apache timeout) SETUP / MIGRATION SCRIPTS (all of them should be in migration_tool directory, even if some/most are not. I'll move them soon) * build_marc_word.pl - Nelsonville - work in 2.2 ? - MARC21 only, that builds a new marc_word table with a reduced number of tags (only those tags that should be searched) allowing for faster and more accurate searching when used with the SearchMarc routines. * bulkauthimport.pl - Paul Poulain - was intended to help migrating authority files. - Probably don't work. * cleanmarcdb.pl - Paul Poulain - Has not been updated to work with frameworks, does not work in 2.2, should be "easy" to update. - was intended to clean the MARC-DB by removing unused subfields (from marc structure). * compare_iso_and_marc_parameters.pl - Paul Poulain - Show all MARC subfields in a iso2709 that are not defined in MARC structure & all subfields in MARC structure that are not used in iso2709. Useful to check a data migration (with bulkmarcimport) - worked in 2.0, will use only default framework in 2.2, but otherwise, should still work. * dumparc.pl - Paul Poulain - work, I use it almost every day - dump an iso2709 file to a human readable form. * koha2marc.pl - Paul Poulain - should still work in 2.2. However, useful only for MARC=OFF libraries, and I don't have such libraries as customers. - script to migrate from 1.2 to 2.0 (non MARC datas) * rebuildnonmarcdb.pl - Paul Poulain - work in 2.2 - script that rebuilds the non MARC-DB (after modif in the MARC parameters & mapping for example). * rebuildthesaurus.pl - will be deleted soon, useless (was useful before MARC authorities) * update_marcsubjects.pl - Waylon Robertson - Status unknown in 2.2, should work - This script is useful only for libraries with MARC=OFF (MARC=0) It rebuild the subjects in the MARC table from the non MARC tables. * buildLANG.pl - Paul Poulain - work in 2.2 - rebuilds the LANG authorised value list from the biblios. This LANG authorised value list has to be connected with language marc subfields. * buildEDITORS.pl - Paul Poulain - work in 2.2 - small script to recreate a authority table into Koha. This will parse all your biblios to recreate isbn / editor / collections for the unimarc_210c and unimarc_225a plugins. * build6xx.pl - Paul Poulain - Does not work & is not supposed to work from scratch. - This script rebuild the thesaurus/authorities from the biblios. Useful during migration, and ALWAY NEED tuning to fit your exact DB structure. Impossible to do a work "out of the box script" * bulkmarcimport.pl - Paul Poulain - work in 2.2 - the well known script to import datas into a DB, during migration. Works, although often needs some tuning. * check_marc_definition.pl - Paul Poulain - work in 2.2 - Script that compare the datas in the DB and the setting of MARC structure. It show all fields/subfields that are in the MARC DB but NOT in any tab (= fields used but not visible) Usually, this means you made an error in your MARC editor. Sometimes, this is something normal. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Release map for 2.2.2
by Paul POULAIN 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Release map for 2.2.2 : * Release warning for translators march, 18 * Public release April, 7 or 8 (be warned that the week after i'll be in Nelsonville, the week after in Koha teaching, so 15 without support from me) The release notes are already long : ***** Critical * 2 bugfixes in suggestions : - major : a suggestion was not shown in acquisition except when ordered by the suggestor itself. - minor : the name was not shown in "accepted by" column, in acquisition ***** Minor * showing marcnotes in opac-detail (bug #920) * renewal date was improperly calculated. Now, returndate is calculated from today, not from previous returndate * some fixes in authority search (worked, but could fail to return results under certain circumstances) * display waiting status only if item has arrived at pickup branch. Setting 'atdestination' variable if so. Changes are required in the template to take advantage of this. * in circulation, when clicking on member, the member page is opened twice (in main window & in a popup). The popup has been removed. * some fixes for date & currency format IMPROVEMENTS ***** Major * The stat module is here !!! In Reports menu, you now have 4 powerful "stat builder" (for catalogue, borrowers, issues and acquisitions). You can define 3 things in a report : what you want in columns, what you want in lines, and filters you want on datas. For issues & acquisitions, you also can choose what you want in each cell (count or amount, or loan length). You can get those results in your borwser, or in your spreadsheet (MS-Excel & OpenOffice.org work fine). This module will continue to be improved to get the possibility to retrieve bulk datas in your spreadsheat (! still a little bit buggy today, problem with NULL values) * added a tool in misc/merge_authority.pl to merge 2 authorities (and modify biblios using them) * added a tool in misc/migration_tools/check_marc_definition.pl that can be helpful when you migrate your datas. It compare the datas in the DB and the setting of MARC structure It show all fields/subfields that are in the MARC DB but NOT in any tab (= fields used but not visible) Usually, this means you made an error in your MARC editor. Sometimes, this is something normal. * showing item status in result list. The book status is in items.notforloan (every non 0 value meaning "book not for loan). The item status should be mapped to an item MARC subfield & this subfield should usually be connected to an authorised_value list. * in authorities search forms, adding a "main entry" field ($a), to limit the search. The "anywhere" field is still here. An option has been added to search "contains" or "start by". * item status (opac & librarian interfaces) The item status has been improved : It now can be : - on order (= item has been ordered, but not yet arrived at the library) - not for loan : if the "notforloan" field is mapped to an authorised value list, the right value is shown. Thus, an item can be "lost" or "being repaired", or whatever you put in the authorised values list. (reminder : the "notforloan" field, when 0 means 'ok, book can be issued', and all other values means 'nok, book can't be issued' (whatever the reason, that can be in the authorised value table) * in catalogue search, the user can now order asc or desc. * added an option to duplicate a biblio * added a stylesheet for the printer (useful in acquisition basket printing. The doNotPrint style can be used anywhere to remove a part of the screen during printing) **** Minor * Show the current borrower in librarian interface, normal view of a biblio (with a link to jump to borrower page) * in authorities, added a "main entry" search field. Will limit the search to the main entry of the main field of the authority (the $a of the tag_to_report field) * acquisition, module, adding a button to delete a line in order (was possible by setting qty to 0, but it's more user-friendly) * added small tool to check MARC fields/subfields in your DB that are related to subfields ignored in MARC structure (Koha >> parameters >> biblio framework) (misc/migration_tools/check_marc_definition.pl) * changes in overdue_notice.pl script : - moving all parameters at start of script => easier to maintain - sending overdues for borrowers without mail to a "koha admin mail". - ignoring borrowers with "overduenoticerequired" set to 0 (= don't send overduenotice) - removing "print" to have a silent script (ie can be put in crontab) * in circulation, adding a button to edit the borrower & go back to the circ screen directly. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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new patch for renewscript.pl
by Ernesto Silva - Webmaster 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Hi, this patch overrides the one sent by Andrés last week, I've killed some bugs ;) Ernesto. --- /usr/local/src/packages/koha/koha-2.2.1/intranet-cgi/renewscript.pl.orig 2005-03-04 09:27:45.007947848 -0300 +++ renewscript.pl 2005-03-08 13:49:32.898799512 -0300 @@ -23,44 +23,57 @@ # Koha; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, # Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA +# Revision History: +# 2005-04-03 E. Silva and A. Tarallo: We added a local customization to allow +# borrowing a book to an arbitry choosen date, overriding the issuing rules. +# To use this feature you must pass as parameters both stickyduedate_$itemno +# (a chek box) and date_$itemno (due date) for each item you want to renew. +# This CGI might be called from moremember.pl or circulation.pl; if you call +# it from circulation.pl you must pass the parameter destination with the +# value circ and cardnunber with the user cardnumber. + use CGI; -# use C4::Circulation::Renewals2; use C4::Circulation::Circ2; #get input my $input= new CGI; -#print $input->header; - -#print $input->dump; my @names=$input->param(); my $count=@names; my %data; +my %date; for (my $i=0;$i<$count;$i++){ if ($names[$i] =~ /renew/){ my $temp=$names[$i]; - $temp=~ s/renew_item_//; - $data{$temp}=$input->param($names[$i]); + $temp=~ s/renew_item_//; # $temp contains the itemnumber + $data{$temp} = $input->param($names[$i]); # $data{$temp} contains 'y' or 'n' + $date{$temp} = $input->param("year_$temp")."-".$input->param("month_$temp")."-".$input->param("day_$temp"); } } + my %env; my $destination = $input->param("destination"); my $cardnumber = $input->param("cardnumber"); my $bornum=$input->param("bornum"); while ( my ($itemno, $value) = each %data) { -# warn "$itemno = $value\n"; - if ($value eq 'y'){ - #means we want to renew this item - #check its status - my $status=renewstatus(\%env,$bornum,$itemno); - if ($status == 1){ - renewbook(\%env,$bornum,$itemno); - } - } + if ($value eq 'y'){ +#means we want to renew this item +#check its status + my $status=renewstatus(\%env,$bornum,$itemno); + if ($status == 1){ +# ORT: We enabled a way to override standard issuing rules. Items could be +# borrowed till a date filled by the operator. + if ($input->param("stickyduedate_$itemno")) { + renewbook(\%env,$bornum,$itemno,$date{$itemno}); + } else { + renewbook(\%env,$bornum,$itemno); + } + } + } } if($destination eq "circ"){ print $input->redirect("/cgi-bin/koha/circ/circulation.pl?findborrower=$cardnumber"); } else { print $input->redirect("/cgi-bin/koha/members/moremember.pl?bornum=$bornum"); -} \ No newline at end of file +}

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