Re: [Koha] Seeking programmer: Patron Cards and Book labels: 3.06-- How are people printing them?
Sorry to but in here.....but I have a couple questions.. Is there a known issue with 3.0.6 and labels? ( I already have a nice process for creating labels, but was hoping to use the Koha built in tools) I ask this as I have been in the process of migrating from 2.29 to 3.0.6, but, from what I gather from this conversation, I may be better off going to 3.2? Can I do an upgrade via git to 3.2 from 3.0.6 (any know dependencies that will need to be chased down?) >>> Chris Cormack<chrisc@catalyst.net.nz> 8/16/2010 4:25 AM >>> * David M. Bucknell (dbucknell@iteachnet.org) wrote: > If there is someone who would be willing to jury-rig patron card and > spine label printing ... write a script ... I'd be willing to > compensate hourly costs. > > I haven't heard from anyone except Chris, who is a contributing > programmer, I take it, so I guess everyone else has either an on-site > team or is paying a provider. 3.06 seems pretty cool and there is > really no alternative, so if anyone is willing to help for some cash > via paypal, it would be worth it to me. I have three installations > that need this, none of which have a budget, but all of them hell-bent > on Koha because of me. > > Let me know if you can help, please. > Hi David If these are new Koha installs, I would strongly suggest installing from either the debian packages, or the git master branch. As Chris Nighswonger (who wrote the labels code) has said, it has been totally rewritten for 3.2.0 (it's 3.0.6 btw) so you are much better off installing that. Quite a few libraries, including Horowhenua Library Trust the original Koha library, are running what is very soon to be 3.2.0 in production. So I would class that as a real alternative, and in fact a better alternative to installing 3.0.6 and having some one off customised and not reusable work done. Chris -- Chris Cormack Catalyst IT Ltd. +64 4 803 2238 PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington 6142, New Zealand
Scott Owen asked:
Sorry to but in here.....but I have a couple questions..
Is there a known issue with 3.0.6 and labels? ( I already have a nice process for creating labels, but was hoping to use the Koha built in tools)
Yes, a few. Check at http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&order=Importance&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&version=rel_3_0&component=Label%20printing
I ask this as I have been in the process of migrating from 2.29 to 3.0.6, but, from what I gather from this conversation, I may be better off going to 3.2?
It's borderline now IMO.
Can I do an upgrade via git to 3.2 from 3.0.6 (any know dependencies that will need to be chased down?)
Yes, git checkout v3.00.06 should upgrade/downgrade to 3.0.6, but the main problem will be that the upgrade routines aren't written to downgrade databases. If you have a live database, that may cause problems at either downgrade or (more likely IMO) later upgrade. Hope that helps, -- MJ Ray (slef) Webmaster and developer for hire at | software www.software.coop http://mjr.towers.org.uk | .... co IMO only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html | .... op
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Can I do an upgrade via git to 3.2 from 3.0.6 (any know dependencies that will need to be chased down?)
Yes, git checkout v3.00.06 should upgrade/downgrade to 3.0.6, but the main problem will be that the upgrade routines aren't written to downgrade databases. If you have a live database, that may cause problems at either downgrade or (more likely IMO) later upgrade.
I have recently done an upgrade from 3.0.6 to 3.2, and found that it went very smoothly. However, this particular upgrade did not include any Acquisitions data, which according to bug 4310 ( http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4310) may be an issue. Cheers, -Ian -- Ian Walls Lead Development Specialist ByWater Solutions Phone # (888) 900-8944 http://bywatersolutions.com ian.walls@bywatersolutions.com Twitter: @sekjal
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