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Bug reporting for newbies
by Ingrid Lacis 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

Some of you on this list are computer geniuses - this post is NOT for you. This is for people like me. It is very important for Koha to have bugs listed on bugzilla. That is the list that the developers work from. If a bug is just mentioned in a posting it can very easily slip through the cracks (it might be assumed that it has already been fixed by someone else.) I probably have the most bugs listed on bugzilla (http://bugs.koha.org/) right now. A few weeks ago I was looking at the query page and thinking this is WAY too complicated for me to understand. If you spot a bug, first check to see if it has already been reported: http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/query.cgi The query page is not difficult - it only looks that way. Status - you should hi-light all the options because the bug that's on your machine may have been fixed since you downloaded Koha. Then jump down all the way to component and hi-light the section of Koha that the bug is in. I don't check version because some bugs appear in multiple versions. Then hit the submit query button. You'll get a list of all bugs reported in that component. Click on the bug ID to see the full bug report and comments made by others on that bug. If you don't see your bug there hit the enter new bug link. You will need a bugzilla account to submit a bug (totally painless). Entering a bug: These are the buzilla bug writing guidelines: http://www.mozilla.org/quality/bug-writing-guidelines.html Select the version of Koha you are using. The component - where is the bug. The operating system that your Koha is running on (or ALL if it would affect all operating systems - if the members first and last names are mixed up - that would affect all operating systems vs. an installation problem that might affect just one.) I admit that at first I made a real newbie mistake - I chose Windows 2000 because that is the operating system that MY computer uses forgetting that my Koha is not installed on MY PC but on another machine. Then severity - this is of great help to the Developers. Paul Poulain (the 2.0 Release Manager) tells me that when he has a few minutes he works on the "minor" bugs and when he has more time he goes for the "majors" or "normals". (I had been using normal most of the time so don't follow my example - I just started to change my ways yesterday.) Assign to: I enter Paul's email for the 1.9x's paul.poulain(a)free.fr and leave it blank for other versions. Summary: this is what is seen when someone is doing a bug query so I am trying to be as descriptive and clear as possible so people know exactly what this bug is - I wrote "Wrong size text boxes " but I really should have written "Wrong size text boxes on this page" because now everyone who spots a wrong sized text box is going to have to read my bug report to see if we are talking about the same page. (But you can find your bug and amend it - I will do that.) Description: What is most helpful for the developers is being able to reproduce the bug. I was on this page, I did this and then that and this is what happened. I always copy the common part of the url of the page(s) involved so they can be accessed easily. On the rare occasion that I can find the error in the source code I enter that too. If you think it may be a bug but aren't quite sure or comfortable posting it on bugzilla (I was afraid that maybe my bugs weren't valid and that I would just annoy the developers) post on the testing mailing list: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/koha-testing and others can jump in and test it. (Note: if your questions are about installation - post those on the developers lists http://koha.org/mailing/) I will also be posting this on the Koha wiki where everyone is free to add their suggestions http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/wiki/index.php?page=KohaProject. Ingrid Ingrid Lacis The Cherry Hill Company www.chillco.com 11664 National Blvd. #143 Los Angeles, CA 90064 (310) 397-2999 ilacis(a)chillco.com

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koha 1.9.2 => for Friday
by paul POULAIN 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

A 1.9.2 version will be released on friday. It will include NO features, but a lot of bugfixes. The most important one is the "internal server error" in category.pl script. We plan to include some updated doc in this release too. For developers : please until friday, don't add new features to cvs, but fix bugs at bugs.koha.org if you want :-) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Koha/OSS4Lib get-together
by Pat Eyler 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

For those of us in the Pacific Northwest, it looks like we might have a reason to hold a face to face meeting: http://linuxnorthwest.com/ I'm planning on going up there for the day. If there are other Koha types that plan on being there, why don't you send me an email. I'd be happy to coordinate things. -pate Pat Eyler Kaitiaki/manager migrant Linux sys admin the Koha project ruby, shell, and perl geek http://www.koha.org http://pate.eylerfamily.org

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Koha irc meetings
by Pat Eyler 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

Today's meeting went very well ... We had a lot of input, and covered a lot of ground (even if we didn't have too many people in attendance). You can read the logs at: http://www.haz.cmsd.bc.ca/cgi-bin/kohalog.pl?date=08Apr03&refresh=&firstlin… Don't forget, we're meeting again tomorrow same koha time, same koha place (that'd be 1900 GMT and irc.katipo.co.nz #koha -- if you're wondering.) Last week's meeting about QA can be seen at: http://www.haz.cmsd.bc.ca/cgi-bin/kohalog.pl?date=01Apr03&refresh=&firstlin… tahnks, -pate Pat Eyler Kaitiaki/manager migrant Linux sys admin the Koha project ruby, shell, and perl geek http://www.koha.org http://pate.eylerfamily.org

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Z3950 import / export
by Michael Rudmin 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

I'm on the Koha 1.9.0 system. On both the import and export fields, there is a note on the web page that these things do not work. Does anyone know if that is the case with the standard installation? Or is that because I haven't installed some part yet [I have installed Net::z3950]. Or is the note wrong -- does it indeed work? [PS: I'd like this to be on the QA mailing list, but I'm not aware of what that is, or if it even exists. If anyone knows, please do let me know. I will shift my questions over there, since I'm trying to be part of that effort.] __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com

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(no subject)
by Pat Eyler 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Paul is rapidly closing in on a 2.0 release, but there are a lot of cosmetic issues that we really *need* to get fixed. These are mostly typos, mispellings, mistranslations, and the like in the text of pages, and in URLs. I don't think it matters much whether we use US or UK spelling on the pages, but we should be consistent. Since Koha is from New Zealand, I propose that we stick to UK english. (Let's just try to avoid 'Ye Olde OPACKe' though, okay?) It would also be great if we could mark deprecated functions as such, and flag non-working/buggy sections as well. If people could please register pages they've adopted at: http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/wiki/index.php?page=KohaBugHunting It will go a long way toward reducing duplication of effort. I recognize that 1.9.X is a development series and doesn't need to be perfect, but finding and closing out bugs here will help make the road to 2.0.0 that much smoother. thanks, -pate Pat Eyler Kaitiaki/manager migrant Linux sys admin the Koha project ruby, shell, and perl geek http://www.koha.org http://pate.eylerfamily.org

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ISO Image
by Olugbenga Adara 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Hello all, i downloaded the iso image of the demo cd of koha and subsequently wrote it to a cd. but the keyboard does not work after the gui is loaded. ih ve tried it on several types of systems including at & atx keyboard. every other thing works and i can connect and use it on another machine on the network. any help will be appreciated ===== Olugbenga Adara MCP Consultant, 3om Services, 75, Lebanon Street, Dugbe, Ibadan, Nigeria. Tel: 234-2-2412090 Mobile: 234-803-3220288 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com

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Re: [Koha-devel] ding, ding, the bell rings... koha-1.9.1 is out
by paul POULAIN 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

MJ Ray wrote: >paul POULAIN <paul.poulain(a)free.fr> wrote: > > >>TODO >>* z39.50 support. A port from the 1.2.x z39.50 support needs to be done. Should be quick, >>* fixing bugs. If you find a bug in this version, please take the plane and go for a trip to : bugs.koha.org >> >> > >As "database upgrade scripts" isn't in this TODO: will this work with >koha 1.2.x databases? > I'm afraid i made you happy by mistake : it's still undone. (although it's still on the TODO list !) What still needs to be done : * upgrade from 1.2 to 2.0 * import from a CSV file and import from a ISO2709 file, for libraries that wants to migrate from something_old_and_proprietary to Koha. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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PostgreSQL support
by Martin Marques 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

How's the PostgreSQL support for koha going on? -- Porqué usar una base de datos relacional cualquiera, si podés usar PostgreSQL? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Martín Marqués | mmarques(a)unl.edu.ar Programador, Administrador, DBA | Centro de Telematica Universidad Nacional del Litoral -----------------------------------------------------------------

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4 Various Questions...
by T & J Kotula 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Hi, I'm just about ready to start cataloging our church library (7000 books). Currently I have V1.2.3 running, but before I'll get stuck into it, I thought of asking some questions (I'm a real beginner when it comes to Linux and the library stuff). 1. How easy will it be to upgrade from V1.2.3 to V2.0. I guess what I'm trying to ask is whether databases will be compatible. I will NOT ask when V2.0 is going to be out :-) 2. What is the recommended book bar code numbering scheme and what is the formula to generate the sequnce. 3. If the Library of Congress search fails what is the next best source of MARC records (I'm based in NZ) 4. Has anyone been through importing MUSAC (DOS version) database into Koha. After my very brief 'fiddle' with Koha I was wondering if there were plans to add a boolean expressions to the Z3950 search form. Thanks for your answers and keep up the good work you are doing. Tomasz Kotula.

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