[Koha] From the Kaitiaki

[Pat Eyler]

                                                   26 July, 2002
To the Koha community;

Hallo,

It looks like another short note this week, my wife turns **[1] years
old and I've been a bit distracted. ;)  This certainly doesn't mean
that we haven't been busy though.  As you'll see below, the Koha
project is rolling along with a full head of steam!


   1.2
   I'm very happy to see Koha 1.2.2 out and about.  1.2.1 managed over
   20 downloads/day (from sourceforge) for the nearly 20 days since it
   came out.  We seem to be moving more copies with each release ... I
   hope this trend continues.

   1.2.3 is also on the drawing boards.  It features a variety of
   improvements, including more templating.  Snapshots of the 1.2.3
   branch are available at sourceforge -- these are not release
   quality yet, so be careful (we'd love to hear about your
   experiences though).

   1.4
   Paul Poulain has posted a request for help on the 1.4 branch.  He
   has put together a page of things still to be done for the new MARC
   version of Koha.  Please see:
   <http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/wiki/index.php?page=ToDoMARC> for more
   details.

   It is very encouraging to see all of the progress on 1.2, but we
   need to make sure that 1.4 doesn't slip because of it.  If you're
   able to lend a hand, and aren't already up to your elbows in 1.2,
   please pick a task from Paul's list and get to work.

   Community
   I've got several oddments to mention here.  The first is a bit of
   advertisement, I've got the english and french versions of these
   notes archived at <http://pate.eylerfamily.org/geek/Koha.html>.  As
   additional translations show up, they'll be archived as well.

   I've also started reaching out to the Perl community a bit more.
   Recently a new website has been created to help newer programmers
   to develop their skills.  I've added Koha to the list of projects
   seeking 'apprentices'.  Take a look at
   <http://apprentice.perl.org/> for more information (or to sign up
   to work on Koha or one of the other worthy projects there).

   With the growing interest in translating Koha, it is interesting to
   see that a book about creating accessible web interfaces has been
   published on-line,
   <http://diveintoaccessibility.org/table_of_contents.html>.  If
   you'd like to take on a quick, non-programming project -- you could
   read through this book, play with Koha in light of your new-found
   knowledge, and let the koha-developers list know about any
   discrepancies you find.


It looks like we've got a fun ride ahead of us.  Hang on and have fun.


Baie dankie
-pate


Pat Eyler
Kaitiaki of the Koha Project

[1] In the interest of not sleeping on the couch, I'll decline to
mention her age ...