Hello Koha community, As some of you know, I work for BibLibre. So I am a Koha developper and a member of the QA team (freshly re-elected for 3.16 cycle \o/). The 3.14 version is closed to be release and we have 6 months for working together for the 3.16 version.
A lot of BibLibre's patches are in the patches queue (needs signoff, needs QA) and I think some could interest you. We never communicate enough. That's why I would like to list and explain some of features you can already tested: * Search history I refactored some code on search history. This has been permit to simply add a search history to the intranet interface. Moreover, I added a search history for authority searches too. See: - Bug 10807 - OPAC: There is no authority search history - Bug 10862 - Add an search history for the staff interface and linked reports. These ones are closed to be pushed * Acquisition module Small fixes: - Bug 11171 - The basket group is not displayed on the supplier list page - Bug 11170 - The pending order list should only display orders to receive Improvements: - Bug 8991 - Add a script to delete old orders A simple script for deleting old oeders. - Bug 11141 - Filters are not kept on receiving You are irritated when you receive an order to fill filters for each reception? This patch will fix that. - Bug 11018 - Add order from a reverted file Currently, a reverted staged file cannot be add to an order. It is caused by a bug. A simple patch will allow to do it. The only big feature in the queue for the moment is: - Bug 7180 - Order from staged file improvements (in failed QA). * Serials module - Bug 8438 - Users should only claim for serials related to their branch. - Bug 5342 - Serial claiming improvements This one is lost in the bug list depth. On the same way of orders, a claim counter will be added to the serials claims. * Reports module - Bug 9216 - Add a file for table headings translation and copy of this file during the translation process. This patch allows to translate headers. Currently, in the report module, headers are always in English. - Bug 7683 - statistic wizard: cataloging - Bug 7679 - Statistics wizard: circulation (new filters) * Circulation module - Bug 11120 - The date option for the overdue_notices cronjob is broken The overdue_notices cronjob has a --date parameter but it has never worked. With this patch, you will be able to generate overdue notices for a given date. It is really useful when you want to recover a failure, for example. - Bug 10860 - In-House Use The current Koha in-house use implementation is not complete. This feature will allow you to easily distinguish a normal checkout to an in-house use. - Multi transport types Several patches focus on notices and a way to add more than one transport type for a notice. For example, it will be possible to notify a patron with an email *and* a sms for the first overdue level. Moreover a template per transport type can be created for 1 letter. So it is possible to create a short notice for sms and a longer one for email. See the following: Bug 9016 - Multi transport types for notices Bug 10833 - Multi transport types for advanced notices Bug 10845 - Multi transport types for holds Bug 10832 - Multi transport types for overdue notices * Cataloguing - Bug 8064 - Merge several biblio records To merge 2 records is possible since several versions but this patch allows to merge as many records as you want. * Search - Bug 10857 - Add facets cancellation At the OPAC and staff interfaces, a link will permit to cancel a facet. In the current code, you have to re launch your search and re add wanted facets, with this patch, a simple link will save your time :) - Bug 10858 - Browse selected biblios Select a set of biblios and browse them, it is now possible. - Bug 9811 - Patrons search improvements A new sexy patron search! Using AJAX, it will be easy to find any patrons with any information. * Tools - Bug 11023 - Toggle new status for items Automatically change the status for items: a cronjob script will update status given some conditions. It can be useful for displaying an icon near new items, create a syndication feeds with new items only, etc. - Bug 10212 - Columns configuration for tables I think this one is really fun. Everyone may configure tables like he wants. If you want to display only 5 columns in the parcel page, it will be possible. This patch is a start, but has to move forward for continuing. And a lot of others patches! If something is not clear, don't hesitate to let a question on a note on the appropriate report. The goal of this email is to motivate all of you to signing off them (and all others!), or QA them, and takes your attention on what is existing in the queue. During the last year, it was really difficult to rebase again and again patches for 2 reasons: 1/ Patches are not tested and 2/ Others features don't take into account patches already submitted. So please developers, check if an existing patch does not exist before to start to write a new feature. All of these features could be in the next release, all depends on you :) Don't forget: a list of BibLibre's development exists on the following doc https://docs.google.com/a/biblibre.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuZF5Y_c4pIxdHE3S0RXMjJqSzZ3d1BVUmxpRnRVUUE#gid=0 We try to keep it up-to-date. And Sandboxes exist! [1] So you don't have any excuse not to test patches. Thanks and welcome to PTFS Europe on the sandbox area. Hope to share with you on these report :) Regards, Jonathan [1] http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Sandboxes _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha