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[Bug 127] Can't delete dangling biblio item
by bugzilla-daemon＠wilbur.katipo.co.nz 18 Nov '02

18 Nov '02

http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=127 tonnesen(a)cmsd.bc.ca changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED OS/Version| |All ------- Additional Comments From tonnesen(a)cmsd.bc.ca 2002-11-19 07:39 ------- If you didn't enter an item then there is no item to search for, is there? You should be able to search for the title or author and it will show a page with the biblio information, but no items listed. You can delete the biblio record from this page. If this isn't working then this _is_ a bug. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact.

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[Bug 98] Portability problem with field names
by bugzilla-daemon＠wilbur.katipo.co.nz 16 Nov '02

16 Nov '02

http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=98 a.c.li(a)ieee.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|Database |Installation ------- Additional Comments From a.c.li(a)ieee.org 2002-11-17 07:53 ------- DATETIME does not seem to be a SQL reserved word, so MySQL versions that treat it as reserved should be considered buggy. The installation notes and/or FAQ should be updated to note that any user encounting this problem (and the missing index_priv column) with their MySQL versions should be upgrade. (What is the minimum MySQL version that is ok?) The installer should probably also check for the MySQL version. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact.

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[Bug 128] New: Failure to load MARC records gives no feedback
by bugzilla-daemon＠wilbur.katipo.co.nz 16 Nov '02

16 Nov '02

http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=128 Summary: Failure to load MARC records gives no feedback Product: Koha Version: 1.2.3 Platform: PC Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: Acquisitions (Simple) AssignedTo: tonnesen(a)cmsd.bc.ca ReportedBy: a.c.li(a)ieee.org QAContact: koha-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net I tried to upload 1.7 MB of MARC records to 1.2.3RC23. It seems to ignore it, without giving any error or warning message. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact.

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[Bug 127] New: Can't delete dangling biblio item
by bugzilla-daemon＠wilbur.katipo.co.nz 14 Nov '02

14 Nov '02

http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=127 Summary: Can't delete dangling biblio item Product: Koha Version: 1.2.3 Platform: PC Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: Acquisitions (Simple) AssignedTo: tonnesen(a)cmsd.bc.ca ReportedBy: a.c.li(a)ieee.org QAContact: koha-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net If I do a simple acquisition, finish entering the biblio info, and decide to not proceed with entering the rest of the item info, I get a biblio record in the database, but no items referring to it. I can't search for the item, and I can't delete it because deleting requires a successful search first. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact.

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[Bug 126] MySQL password not quoted
by bugzilla-daemon＠wilbur.katipo.co.nz 14 Nov '02

14 Nov '02

http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126 ------- Additional Comments From a.c.li(a)ieee.org 2002-11-15 06:07 ------- Created an attachment (id=11) Proposed patch to fix the problem ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact.

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[Bug 126] New: MySQL password not quoted
by bugzilla-daemon＠wilbur.katipo.co.nz 13 Nov '02

13 Nov '02

http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126 Summary: MySQL password not quoted Product: Koha Version: 1.2.3 Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: Installation AssignedTo: tonnesen(a)cmsd.bc.ca ReportedBy: a.c.li(a)ieee.org QAContact: koha-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net In the existing (non-safe) installer, the MySQL admin password is not quoted. If the password contains shell metacharacters (e.g., &), the results are unpredictable and it is possible that the MySQL installation will fail. This applies to "All Unix", probably irrelevant for Windows/Mac. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact.

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[Bug 123] Broken link
by bugzilla-daemon＠wilbur.katipo.co.nz 13 Nov '02

13 Nov '02

http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=123 a.c.li(a)ieee.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|www.koha.org |bugs.koha.org ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact.

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[Bug 125] New: Spurious alternative text for "FAQ" link
by bugzilla-daemon＠wilbur.katipo.co.nz 13 Nov '02

13 Nov '02

http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=125 Summary: Spurious alternative text for "FAQ" link Product: Koha Version: unspecified Platform: All URL: http://www.koha.org/ OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: trivial Priority: P2 Component: www.koha.org AssignedTo: chris(a)katipo.co.nz ReportedBy: a.c.li(a)ieee.org QAContact: koha-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net In a text browser, the "FAQ" link on the left side shows up as "are you missingFAQ"; it seems that a small pixel-sized image on the left of "FAQ" with the spurious alternate text "are you missing". ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact.

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Fwd:KOHA - AN OPEN SOURCE SUCCESS STORY
by Saiful Amin 13 Nov '02

13 Nov '02

Greetings, Here's an review published in Library Link newsletter in the Library Technology section.(http://www.emeraldinsight.com/librarylink/technology) Regards, Saiful KOHA - AN OPEN SOURCE SUCCESS STORY Brenda Chawner Victoria University of Wellington In 1999, Rosalie Blake, Head of Libraries, Horowhenua Library Trust (HLT), in rural New Zealand, faced a dilemma. The software used by the HLT to handle the day-to-day transactions (everything from lending books to reserving items to buying new material to paying fines) was 12 years old, and no longer being developed by the company that developed it. In addition, the network it used was not expected to be Y2K compliant, meaning that it would need to be replaced. She began the usual practice of issuing an RFP (request for proposal) for a replacement system, but quickly realised that more modern software would not only be expensive, but it would also incur significantly increased running costs for faster telecommunications lines. One of the issues people in rural New Zealand face (along with their counterparts in other parts of the world) is low-quality phone lines that don't support high-speed Internet connections. Though these are slowly being upgraded, installing a better line just for HLT was going to be very expensive (5 times higher than the current system). For a relatively small library system (3 branches currently online, plus one operated by volunteers), this would have a significant effect on the amount of money available to buy resources for library patrons. Was there an alternative? Rachel Hamilton-Williams, of Katipo Communications, Wellington, thought there was. Rather than using Windows clients, why not do something that was based on the Internet? Telnet could be used to provide a simple and fast interface that could work over an ordinary phone line, and a web browser could be used for other things. Katipo submitted a proposal to develop a new system for HLT, based on a fully open source development platform (Linux, MySQL, and Perl), and recommended that HLT release the software as open source as well. This was for two main reasons - first, to give HLT a form of insurance if anything happened to Katipo, and second, because Katipo is primarily a web development company, not a software marketing company. The software would be called Koha, a Maori (New Zealands indigenous people) word meaning gift. HLT accepted the proposal, and the hard work started. For four months in late 1999, Katipo staff worked with HLT staff to design and develop the system, with the goal of having the core functionality available on the first day of business in 2000. They made it, and Koha became the worlds first open source library management system. It won 2 awards in a single week in 2000 (the 3M Award for Innovation in Libraries and the ANZ Interactive Award, Community/Not for Profit Category). Koha was released in 2000 as open source software under the GNU public license, and is available from Sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=16466. But how well has the idea of an open source library management system worked? There is now an active group of developers on four continents adding new features to Koha, such as improved support for the MARC formats, templates to make the installation easier, and porting the interface to other languages (Polish, French, Italian, Spanish, plus interest in several others). The 'kaitiaki' (a Maori word meaning 'guardian') is Pat Eyler, who lives near Seattle, Washington. Koha 1.2 was released in early June 2002, and Koha 1.4 (incorporating MARC) is planned for later this year. Another project is underway to prepare better documentation for Koha. Steve Tonnesen, Network Technician for Coast Mountains School District, British Columbia, Canada, is a Koha convert. In his own words: Tried it. Was broken. Fixed it. Love it. In the fall of 2000, one of the elementary schools in the district approached Steve with a problem. They had been using an Apple II computer with a label printer for printing out library sign out cards, book pockets, and spine labels for the books in their library. Inexplicably, this system had failed (Apple II computers were first introduced in 1977), and they wanted something to replace it. A quick search of the Internet turned up a project called Koha that claimed to be the first open source library automation program. Steve downloaded Koha and tried to get it working. It took a fair bit of fiddling, but he managed to get it up and running within a couple of days. There were definitely some issues that needed to be worked out. Because Koha was originally developed for the HLT, there were a lot of features in Koha that were very specific to them. Because Koha was released under the GPL, he had full, legal access to modifying the source code, and began to do so. He rewrote the Circulation module so that it could support multiple user interfaces and created a Graphical User Interface and a Web interface for the Circulation module in addition to the original console interface. He also wrote up a script that allowed Koha to import MARC records either singly or in batch mode, and added a Z39.50 client so that librarians could search for MARC records from other libraries. After Steve had the first school set up using Koha, word got around that a new option was available. There had been a lot of talk about standardizing all the schools in the district on one proprietary library automation program in order to make technical support less troublesome. The problem with this idea always came down to cost. Proprietary library automation programs are not cheap, and the budget of a typical elementary school simply cannot support one. Soon Steve had three schools using Koha as their only library automation program and a few others using Koha as an OPAC on top of their proprietary products (which charge an additional licensing fee for every search station). Recently, when two of the schools using Koha were closed down due to budget restraints, the librarians requested that the proprietary library automation packages in the schools they were moving to be replaced with Koha! Cost is obviously not the only issue. These librarians actually like Koha. Steve contributed his enhancements back to Koha, and, in a nice demonstration of the benefits of using open source software, the HLT is now using one of the improved interfaces to the circulation module in the main library. In August 2002, the Nelsonville Public Library in Ohio announced that it would migrate to Koha over the next year, and Stephen Hedges says "We needed the freedom to change things, to change the code if necessary, because the types of things we want to do are not going to appear in commercial library software for years" (BiblioTech Review, September 2001, http://www.biblio-tech.com//btr11/S_PD.cfm?DO=A&ArticleID=408&issueno=21&XS…) For more information about Koha, see: http://koha.org/index.html You can see the HLT implementation of Koha's OPAC (online public access catalogue) at: http://opac.library.org.nz/ Rachel Hamilton-Williams was recently interviewed about Koha on National Radio (New Zealand), and you can hear the interview at: http://www.radionz.co.nz/digitallife/index.html. For a more general overview of the open source software development model, see: Bretthauer, David (2002) Open Source Software in Libraries: An Update. Library Hi Tech News 19 (5):3+

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z3950-daemon-launch.sh patch
by Micheas Herman 11 Nov '02

11 Nov '02

FreeBSD's su command does not accept commands. Here is a patch. That works with FreeBSD 4.5 Release and Debian SID. Micheas ? z3950-daemon-launch.sh.diff Index: z3950-daemon-launch.sh =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/koha/koha/acqui.simple/z3950-daemon-launch.sh,v retrieving revision 1.3 diff -r1.3 z3950-daemon-launch.sh 38c38,44 < su -s /bin/sh -c $KohaZ3950Shell - $RunAsUser & --- > if [ $(uname)=="FreeBSD" ] > then > setuidgid $RunAsUser $KohaZ3950Shell; > else > echo su -s /bin/sh -c $KohaZ3950Shell - $RunAsUser &; > fi; >

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