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Salvete!<br>
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>The original message was not quite on-topic for this list, which after<br>
>all is primarily for the discussion of Koha, and I second MJ's<br>
>recommendation of CODE4LIB. I also recommend submitting such news to<br>
>http://www.oss4lib.org/. That said, I don't mind if occasional<br>
>announcements of major milestones in other F/OSS ILS projects are<br>
>posted here.<br>
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*nod* I'd consider that original post a nice head's up, and I can't remember the last time someone posted about a new system. It wasn't quite off topic, either - not about cats or knitting or the like. <br>
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Frequency would be the key, I agree, but at maybe once a year, I don't think that's an issue. I could see checking a person that's routinely used this forum to post progress frequently about someone else's project, but that's not what we have here.<br>
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Climate wise I'd rather not drive people off that might be involved in more than one OS project; they're important bridges. "More is different" if we want things to emerge.<br>
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>I agree that cooperation with other F/OSS library software projects,<br>
>including ILSs, is a good thing, but I don't think we should be driven<br>
>by a fear of reinventing wheels. Different projects have different<br>
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*nod* The pickle of innovation is that it almost has to happen quickly and spontaneously. It's driven by need, so I don't think we should balk for fear of reinventing wheels. However, I do think we should consciously cherry pick good code from other OS projects if it's possible to do so. I know I've wanted to see the deduplication for authorities that I saw at a demonstration about eXtensible Catalogue somehow work its way into Koha.<br>
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Planning again: should we have a liaison or liaisons to other OS projects to make us aware of good developments in other people's backyards?<br>
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>emphases and there isn't a global consensus on how to build the One<br>
>True ILS. What we should strive for is avoiding *unnecessary*<br>
>wheel-reinventing.<br>
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I don't think there will ever be a one size fits all ILS for the planet, as nice as that notion might be.<br>
That *unnecessary* is very important, and I agree. <br>
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Cheers,<br>
Brooke
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