Re: [Koha-devel] itemBarcodeInputFilter or Client side JS?

2010-11-02 Thread Koustubha Kale
>just make the data loaded in Koha match the printed barcodes. I would just love to be able to do that. But Its not possible to exactly match barcodes in Koha with printed barcodes because : 1) No report from the old software has barcodes in it. ( the barcode printing utility they have provided

Re: [Koha-devel] itemBarcodeInputFilter or Client side JS?

2010-11-02 Thread Joe Atzberger
> > > Is it not possible to do one of these two? > > I think they are asking for the proper way of modifying the script > that generates barcodes in koha for NEW items, preserving the > semantics of the current system they're using. > I don't think so, based on: Post migration we will generate &

Re: [Koha-devel] A Discussion on A Policy Setting Forth Standards of Code Submission, etc. [WAS: RFCs for 3.4 from BibLibre (serials & acquisitions)]

2010-11-02 Thread Joe Atzberger
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Chris Nighswonger < cnighswon...@foundations.edu> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Joe Atzberger wrote: > >> Chris, I disagree that the first sign-off on a major vendor's patches >> should be external. The first sign-off from a major vendor should be >> *i

Re: [Koha-devel] itemBarcodeInputFilter or Client side JS?

2010-11-02 Thread Tomas Cohen Arazi
2010/11/2 Mike Hafen : > Why can't you correct the barcodes during the migration? > > If you are going from MS-SQL to MySQL you should be able to add another step > in the middle to populate the barcode from the available information in the > database. > > If you are going from MARC into Koha you s

Re: [Koha-devel] A Discussion on A Policy Setting Forth Standards of Code Submission, etc. [WAS: RFCs for 3.4 from BibLibre (serials & acquisitions)]

2010-11-02 Thread Ian Walls
Just to throw in on this thread for ByWater Solutions: It is company policy to obtain at least one signoff from another staff member before submitting a patch to the community. We do not anticipate that this will be sufficient for inclusion into master (except perhaps on very simple patches), and

Re: [Koha-devel] A Discussion on A Policy Setting Forth Standards of Code Submission, etc. [WAS: RFCs for 3.4 from BibLibre (serials & acquisitions)]

2010-11-02 Thread Chris Nighswonger
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Paul Poulain wrote: > Le 02/11/2010 22:27, Paul Poulain a écrit : > > SUGGESTIONS TO DISCUSS: > > * branch next version when the RM declare feature freeze for a given > version > I'll let this one alone for now. > > * have a website rebuilded every night (week ?

Re: [Koha-devel] A Discussion on A Policy Setting Forth Standards of Code Submission, etc.

2010-11-02 Thread Chris Cormack
On 3 November 2010 11:10, Paul Poulain wrote: > Le 02/11/2010 23:05, Chris Cormack a écrit : >>> I think we (all) failed because Koha 3.2 was 9 months late. Well, in >>> fact, I think the mistake was not to branch 3.4 immediatly on feature >>> freeze. That would have been much less pain for us (th

Re: [Koha-devel] A Discussion on A Policy Setting Forth Standards of Code Submission, etc.

2010-11-02 Thread Paul Poulain
Le 02/11/2010 23:05, Chris Cormack a écrit : >> I think we (all) failed because Koha 3.2 was 9 months late. Well, in >> fact, I think the mistake was not to branch 3.4 immediatly on feature >> freeze. That would have been much less pain for us (that are >> customer-planning driven) (suggestion belo

Re: [Koha-devel] A Discussion on A Policy Setting Forth Standards of Code Submission, etc. [WAS: RFCs for 3.4 from BibLibre (serials & acquisitions)]

2010-11-02 Thread Chris Cormack
On 3 November 2010 10:27, Paul Poulain wrote: > We haven't started working on any of those RFCs (except solR, to have a > proof of concept). > What has really be a problem for us is that we published RFCs for Lyon3 > university a long time ago (mail from Nicolas on koha-devel oct, 12, > 2009), th

Re: [Koha-devel] A Discussion on A Policy Setting Forth Standards of Code Submission, etc. [WAS: RFCs for 3.4 from BibLibre (serials & acquisitions)]

2010-11-02 Thread Paul Poulain
Le 02/11/2010 22:27, Paul Poulain a écrit : > SUGGESTIONS TO DISCUSS: > * branch next version when the RM declare feature freeze for a given version > * have a website rebuilded every night (week ?) (from which branch ? a > waiting_librarian_feedback one ?), with all marc21 default values fitted >

Re: [Koha-devel] A Discussion on A Policy Setting Forth Standards of Code Submission, etc. [WAS: RFCs for 3.4 from BibLibre (serials & acquisitions)]

2010-11-02 Thread Paul Poulain
Le 02/11/2010 16:24, Chris Nighswonger a écrit : > As a vendor-neutral voice, I would like to encourage everyone who has > an vested interest in these areas and the best interests of the Koha > project at heart to actively participate and respond to these RFC's. > It seems that often there is littl

Re: [Koha-devel] A Discussion on A Policy Setting Forth Standards of Code Submission, etc. [WAS: RFCs for 3.4 from BibLibre (serials & acquisitions)]

2010-11-02 Thread Chris Nighswonger
Hi Joe, On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Joe Atzberger wrote: > Chris, I disagree that the first sign-off on a major vendor's patches > should be external. The first sign-off from a major vendor should be > *internal* to their quality control process. This was at one time the > standing policy

Re: [Koha-devel] itemBarcodeInputFilter or Client side JS?

2010-11-02 Thread Joe Atzberger
I agree, neither itemBarcodeInputFilter nor javascript are necessary. Just make the data loaded in Koha match the printed barcodes. If you are worried about further generation of barcodes, then you might have to insert an artificial max barcode value under the scheme you intend to use, in order t

Re: [Koha-devel] A Discussion on A Policy Setting Forth Standards of Code Submission, etc. [WAS: RFCs for 3.4 from BibLibre (serials & acquisitions)]

2010-11-02 Thread Joe Atzberger
Chris, I disagree that the first sign-off on a major vendor's patches should be external. The first sign-off from a major vendor should be *internal* to their quality control process. This was at one time the standing policy amongst LibLime and BibLibre for major changes. I think encouraging abs

Re: [Koha-devel] itemBarcodeInputFilter or Client side JS?

2010-11-02 Thread Mike Hafen
Why can't you correct the barcodes during the migration? If you are going from MS-SQL to MySQL you should be able to add another step in the middle to populate the barcode from the available information in the database. If you are going from MARC into Koha you should be able to populate the barco

Re: [Koha-devel] Getting rid of YUI ?

2010-11-02 Thread Tomas Cohen Arazi
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Vincent Danjean wrote: > On 02/11/2010 14:32, Tomas Cohen Arazi wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Galen Charlton wrote: >>> Other question : should we have jquery code inside koha (and thus having to take care of the updates) or should we use an

[Koha-devel] A Discussion on A Policy Setting Forth Standards of Code Submission, etc. [WAS: RFCs for 3.4 from BibLibre (serials & acquisitions)]

2010-11-02 Thread Chris Nighswonger
Starting a new thread because this is indirectly related to Paul's request. 2010/11/2 Paul Poulain > Hello, > > I have filed RFCs for all enhancements you can expect from BibLibre in the > next few months. All of them are sponsored (by Saint-Etienne University), > and will have to be delivered

Re: [Koha-devel] Getting rid of YUI ?

2010-11-02 Thread Vincent Danjean
On 02/11/2010 14:32, Tomas Cohen Arazi wrote: > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Galen Charlton wrote: >> >>> Other question : should we have jquery code inside koha (and thus having >>> to take care of the updates) or should we use an external source ? (does >>> this exist ? for yui it does, see

Re: [Koha-devel] Getting rid of YUI ?

2010-11-02 Thread Tomas Cohen Arazi
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Galen Charlton wrote: > > > Other question : should we have jquery code inside koha (and thus having > > to take care of the updates) or should we use an external source ? (does > > this exist ? for yui it does, see yuipath syspref in koha) > > I agree with Chris t

[Koha-devel] itemBarcodeInputFilter or Client side JS?

2010-11-02 Thread Koustubha Kale
Hi All, We are implementing Koha at a college. They have a existing software for library. They have barcoded all their collection of about 15 books with this software. The peculiar thing about the software and the barcode it generates is this : The barcode related data stored in the database o

Re: [Koha-devel] Getting rid of YUI ?

2010-11-02 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi, On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Paul Poulain wrote: > I think jquiry-ui (http://jqueryui.com) is good enough to decide to get > rid of YUI. I am in favor of this. > Other question : should we have jquery code inside koha (and thus having > to take care of the updates) or should we use an

Re: [Koha-devel] Getting rid of YUI ?

2010-11-02 Thread Kyle Hall
Another upvote for jQuery. I'm using it for Libki now. I find it far more elegant to work with than YUI. Kyle http://www.kylehall.info Mill Run Technology Solutions ( http://millruntech.com ) Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org ) Meadville Public Library ( http://www.m

Re: [Koha-devel] Getting rid of YUI ?

2010-11-02 Thread Owen Leonard
> I think jquiry-ui (http://jqueryui.com) is good enough to decide to get > rid of YUI. I think this is a good goal. I agree that JqueryUI is mature enough to start using. > Cons: > ? (Anyone want to argue ?) Not a con, but a difficulty: We need to choose a good jquery-based menu system to repla

Re: [Koha-devel] Getting rid of YUI ?

2010-11-02 Thread Chris Nighswonger
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Paul Poulain wrote: > > > Other question : should we have jquery code inside koha (and thus having > to take care of the updates) or should we use an external source ? (does > this exist ? for yui it does, see yuipath syspref in koha) > I have no problem with chan

Re: [Koha-devel] opac-search.pl

2010-11-02 Thread Fridolyn SOMERS
Hie, Can we think about removing "No Zebra" mode ? It will make code more clear. Regards, 2010/10/31 Chris Nighswonger > Hi Toni > > > On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Toni Rosa wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> We are using Koha 3.0.5 >> I noticed that the opac advanced search in it (opac-search.pl)

Re: [Koha-devel] wiki [important] changes & request for reviewing

2010-11-02 Thread Zeno Tajoli
Hi all Il 01/11/2010 12:54, MJ Ray ha scritto: Paul Poulain wrote: - http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Category:Abandoned_RFC => contains abandoned rfcs (because it's no more relevant or we have lost contact with the developer) I've rescued two of them (multi-level biblios and requiring item