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08:28 Dyrcona "Ah-oooo! Werewolves of London!"
08:28 Dyrcona err, sorry. I meant "Good morning, #evergreen!"
08:28 Dyrcona :)
08:29 kmlussier Dyrcona: Good morning! :)
08:37 csharp warren_zevon++\
08:37 csharp warren_zevon++
08:40 jboyer-isl perfect_hair++
08:40 paxed kmlussier: i thoought cloning a patron record would "link" the address (that is, use the same address record for both the original and the cloned patron), and istr someone suggested using that for family groups or whatever who share and addr.
08:41 paxed -o-d
08:42 kmlussier paxed: Yes, cloning a record will link the address and will also link the records together in a user group.
08:43 paxed hmm.
08:43 paxed i didn't know about the user group linking.
08:43 kmlussier I guess what I was saying is that I think it's important to keep something like the friends feature as a separate entity so that we also have something where we can create relationships among users without linking them the way we do with user groups.
08:44 paxed i was thinking about all this today, and i have some ideas how it would work with both as a "friends" feature and as a child/parent or whatever linking one.
08:45 kmlussier I know there is a wishlist bug out there to separate cloning from linking, but that's another matter. Bug 1230414
08:45 pinesol_green Launchpad bug 1230414 in Evergreen "Wishlist: Separate grouping from cloning in patron registration" (affected: 1, heat: 6) [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1230414
08:48 paxed hmm. i'll do a write-up how i wished things would work... and i bet i can't get that implemented just in a few weeks, so i'd better try to cobble together a child/parent thing too.
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08:50 pinesol_green [evergreen|Remington Steed] Docs 2.5: Fix floating groups heading level (2nd try) - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=6379cb9>
08:50 remingtron sorry world for my messy docs commits. slowly learning asciidoc.
08:52 jboyer-isl Sigh. I've got one more Holds matrix Q to make certain I'm understanding things properly. Lets say that a matchpoint defines all of the *_ou fields (usr_requestor,item_circ, item_owning, etc.) ALL of those fields have to match before that row will be used, regardless of it's weight in partial matches, correct?
08:52 Dyrcona Correct.
08:53 jboyer-isl Awesome. That's what I was hoping.
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09:17 jeff some days there are discussions on #evergreen where i almost expect to see a doc commit immediately following a clarification of behavior. :-)
09:20 tsbere jboyer-isl: Fair warning on the OU fields (and the grp fields, for that matter): Anything "below" the OU (or grp) in question on the tree will also match, but more specific OU (or grp) will match first.
09:21 jboyer-isl tsbere: I saw that this morning in the examples in Evergreen In Action. I'm planning to make a lot of use of that. :) I think I can get our holds matchpoints WAY down from 2100 lines.
09:23 kmlussier Dyrcona++ bshum++ # Providing great circ matrix examples for Evergreen in Action.
09:27 dbs bshum: I mean to look into the graphic_880 vs. 260 issue. It should be fairly easy to remedy. _should be_ :0
09:28 dbs remingtron: no worries, but you might want to push to working & retest before pushing to the real repo just to keep churn down a bit :)
09:30 Dyrcona Does anyone else consider biblio record entries with a source of NULL being an error?
09:30 Dyrcona I know it isn't technically an error, 'cause Evergreen allows it and looks like cataloging does it by default.
09:31 Dyrcona Conceptually, I think it is an error.
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09:34 dbs I don't think it's an error. NULL == "source unknown", no?
09:35 dbs You could create an actual source for "source unknown" and link it up and enforce the constraint, but I don't see how much that buys us
09:35 Dyrcona Well, the source is usually known, someone just neglects to set it.
09:36 Dyrcona makes queries fun: and (source is null or source in (1,2))
09:36 dbs bshum: Do you have an example RDA record you could supply for testing purposes? I think the fix may just be to add another get_graphic_880s() call right after the one for 260, similar to what we do for authors
09:36 tsbere How about "we know, but the source isn't in the list"? Because I suspect sometimes that happens. ;)
09:36 Dyrcona tsbere: I don't suspect that happens very often with our gang, and in that case, they should open a ticket to request the source be added. :)
09:37 dbs Dyrcona: about 2 million of our bibs would be "source = migrated from previous system"; nobody is going to spend time tracking down the actual source for all of those unless there is some benefit
09:37 Dyrcona dbs: I used oclc and local system during our migration. I based it on 001 and other fields in the original records.
09:38 Dyrcona Since other people have no problem with it, I won't bother with a Launchpad ticket or a branch. I'll let it drop.
09:42 dbs Dyrcona: well, it might just be me (and I'm effectively "meh"; if a patch materialized I wouldn't argue against it). Perhaps other people with a different opinion are still just eating breakfast or sleeping
09:43 dbs I just don't think it qualifies as an error :)
09:43 * rfrasur is meh and trusts you guys/girls to know what's what anyway
09:44 jeff i was just musing on what method would be best if it were determined as a local "don't allow empty bib source" (which would presumably could be paired with an Other defined source)
09:44 bshum dbs: I didn't have one readily to share, but followed your suggestion to add another get_graphic_880s(target_field='264'); after the 260 one and voila it works now.
09:44 * Dyrcona is not a big fan of NULL values in database fields in general.
09:44 dbs \o/
09:44 Dyrcona jeff: YAOUS for a default source, probably local system.
09:45 jeff Dyrcona: yeah. (to both a dislike of nulls and default local source)
09:45 jeff could also pair with a user or workstation setting.
09:46 jeff i wonder if we have any existing examples of OU, user, and workstation settings -- especially in terms of "which trumps which?"
09:46 jeff it might not matter.
09:46 Dyrcona I don't know how others use bib source, but we use it to segregate some of our electronic records from overdrive and safari for instance.
09:47 * jeff nods
09:47 Dyrcona I don't if others would have entries for Library of Congress, bibliowhatsit, etc.
09:47 Dyrcona I'm trying to simplify things, but lately when I've tried that, they've ended up more complicated.
09:48 * csharp likes Bibliowhatsit™ as a potential company name
09:48 dbs We need an Integrated OUS Management System: IOU SMS
09:48 Dyrcona dbs++
09:48 rfrasur csharp++
09:49 rfrasur dbs++ #along with an eyeroll
09:49 eeevil dbs: the filters and search stuff aren't enough?
09:49 * eeevil ducks
09:52 dbs bshum: I'll push a branch with that simple fix. Someday it would be nice to refactor the 880 stuff so it wasn't quite as clumsy, but ah well
09:54 bshum dbs: Sounds reasonable to me.  Thanks much sir!
09:54 bshum dbs++
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09:56 dbs bshum: working/user/dbs/lp1243746_tpac_rda_pubinfo_880
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10:01 bshum dbs: I'll sign off on that and get it pushed.  I have to check backwards and see, but I suspect we should backport that tweak to 2.4 at least
10:01 jeff file under crazy thoughts if you like, but i almost think that making config values universally OU -> workstation -> usr (and the priority of those last two might be argued) and defining a method for locking/forcing (vs just defaulting) could be helpful.
10:01 bshum dbs: As for getting some sample RDA bibs, I could see that being helpful to include in our sample datasets for the future.  I'll see what I can do on that front as well.
10:01 jeff of course, some OU settings make no sense to have a workstation or usr level counterpart, so maybe not.
10:02 bshum (though probably later)
10:03 jeff while i have high hopes to test some more 2.5 goodness this evening or weekend, today i am fixing bits and adding bits in the user editor.
10:03 bshum 2.3 is unaffected since that was pre-880 stuff
10:03 jeff one of the things it has me thinking about is how you'd specify an OU setting for "this is how you generate a suggested username"
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10:04 jeff a string of tokens representing au fields (perhaps only a small subset being intentionally valid), with a min/max length for each token, and the tokens are all concatenated?
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10:05 jeff suspect i'll hardcode the scheme to start, leave future modification/enhancement for future.
10:06 pinesol_green [evergreen|Dan Scott] RDA / TPAC: Add 264 for pubinfo graphic 880 lookups - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=4cb4ab7>
10:14 Dyrcona Always fun to find overdrive urls for a library in Texas in your records.
10:14 rfrasur Dyrcona: THAT'S resource sharing
10:15 jeff Dyrcona: almost as much fun as Amazon affiliate links in 856 tags.
10:16 Dyrcona jeff: You just gave me an idea! ;)
10:16 * Dyrcona now knows how he'll fund his retirement.
10:18 Dyrcona And the second law of thermodynamics strikes again, and Sisyphus watches the boulder roll back down the hill.
10:18 jeff maybe OCLC should have gone that route instead of the 996 tag. :-)
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10:21 roses I am having trouble with a scanner.  I thought that the library had an old bad scanner so I replaced it with a new one.  On checkout we are getting a bad check digit error from EG - doesn't happen on checkin - any thoughts?
10:22 csharp roses: make sure the "strick barcode checking" box is unchecked
10:22 roses Also this just started two days ago - they migrated in August.  I am at the library now trying to figure this out.
10:22 csharp s/strick/strict/
10:23 Dyrcona As csharp suggests, sounds like someone checked a box that they shouldn't have.
10:24 csharp roses: the checkbox is labeled "Strict Barcode" at the bottom of checkout/checkin screens
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10:25 roses csharp:  That was it!  Something so simple..... but you guys rock.  Thanks for all of your help.  And if I ever get the csharp++Dyrcona++ syntax correct I'll be able to thank both of you at one time
10:26 csharp roses: happy to help!
10:27 * csharp has learned that lots of scary looking problems often have a
10:27 csharp ... "simple" solution  in the end
10:27 csharp my_keyboard--
10:32 roses csharp: I'm just glad to add it to my "things to know" list.  Thanks again.
10:44 rfrasur http://gnome.org/opw/ - I wish I had a daughter...or a clone.
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11:30 mrpeters does 2.5 RC1 support Debian 7?  haven't grabbed the makefile to confirm
11:31 Dyrcona Which one is Debian 7?
11:32 Dyrcona If you won't look at the Makefile, I won't look at Google. :p
11:32 bshum For fun, it looks like Mavericks really hates xulrunner and crashes and burns with the client.
11:33 mrpeters i dont know the codename, actually just found out it was released
11:33 bshum Wheezy is 7
11:33 bshum So the new 2.5 should support it.
11:34 Dyrcona Oh, that Mavericks....
11:34 Dyrcona Mavericks should crash and burn, yes.
11:34 * Dyrcona agrees with bshum. :)
11:35 rfrasur (I have Raspbian Wheezy on the Pi...it's supported by four screws and plexiglass...that's all I know)
11:43 bshum Whew, the one school that was using a Mac only got my warning just in time.  They were literally downloading the upgrade to Mavericks and stopped.
11:43 bshum Stupid Apple
11:44 jboyer-isl I'm not sure they can be blamed for an ancient unsupported app not working. There are more valid complaints about their recent moves. (like dropping all of the AppleScript support from their apps yesterday, for instance.)
11:45 jboyer-isl And I'm sure MS has some beef with new customer expectations re: upgrade pricing, heh. (bad for indie devs too. :/ )
11:45 Dyrcona If I don't have the source code it isn't software.
11:46 Dyrcona I don't use not software.
11:46 jboyer-isl You must have a list of exceptions to that rule a mile long, or do you not care about embedded software? ;)
11:47 Dyrcona Like all absolutes, mine isn't.
11:47 Dyrcona Nothing is absolute, everything is relative.
11:47 Dyrcona *jedi hand wave*
11:47 jboyer-isl Dyrcona++
11:47 jboyer-isl :)
11:48 Dyrcona Honestly, though I prefer software over not software. I still run some not software on my phone, and then embedded in my car and other devices.
11:49 * rfrasur uses magic.
11:49 jboyer-isl I understand, just kidding around a little. :)
11:50 jeff bshum: you probably already know this, but we use a winebottled version of the staff client for our macs, rather than trying to run xulrunner on the mac.
11:52 bshum I fixed it
11:52 bshum Apparently the problem is with the info.plist file that's generated with our clients
11:52 bshum It needs something for "CFBundleIdentifier"
11:52 bshum And if it's null, it croaks horribly with Mavericks
11:52 bshum Adding a key and string for that makes it happy again
11:54 Dyrcona CFBundleIdentifier should always have something in it. That's a bug with how your building clients.
11:54 Dyrcona That's not new with Mavericks.
11:55 * Dyrcona admits to programming Mac OS X and NextStep with out admitting it.
11:55 kmlussier rfrasur: I think the Oversight Board considered participating in the Outreach Program for Women last year. I can't remember why it didn't happen. It may have been a time constraint. I like the fact that it includes documentation.
11:55 * jeff pesters OverDrive again
11:56 * Dyrcona decides to take his phone with the OpenSource O/S and OpenSource music player and go for a walk.
11:56 bshum Dyrcona: I imagine that past versions must have been more lenient I guess.
11:56 bshum The example info.plist on the Evergreen wiki didn't note that string.
11:56 bshum But of course that example is AGES old now
11:58 kmlussier Bah! Looks like we're already too late to consider it for this year. :(
11:59 bshum Lame
11:59 bshum Need to add it to your calendar reminders next year.
12:02 rfrasur kmlussier: It sounds like a great thing, even if we missed it this year, to revisit for next year.
12:02 rfrasur lol, bshum "lame"
12:03 kmlussier It looks like they may do different rounds throughout the year. Maybe I just need to subscribe to an RSS feed so that I'll know when the next round happens.
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12:58 dbs kmlussier: IIRC, the issues about participating in GNOME Outreach Program for Women last year was a concern about finances; we wanted to get through the next conference and ensure we were on good financial ground
12:59 dbs OPW++ # docs, design and other high-value non-coding activities, as well as coding :)
12:59 dbs OPW is every four months like clockwork, I think
12:59 rfrasur dbs: kmlussier: maybe it's something to continually revisit and reevaluate.  It sounds like a good thing to eventually get plugged into.
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13:40 rfrasur jboyer-isl: are around?
13:41 rfrasur are you around, that is.
13:41 jboyer-isl Poof. As if by magic, my lunch ended about 5 minutes ago.
13:42 rfrasur just a sec...may not need anything.  helpdesking for another library.
13:43 jboyer-isl We helpdesk here too you know. Staaaaatissssticcss.... ;D
13:44 rfrasur Okay...here...count this.  patron had trouble logging into overdrive and I started panicking about SIP authentication because she had a PIN error...but we don't use PINs anymore..
13:44 * rfrasur thinks of a question
13:44 rfrasur Oh yeah...what are some reasons that could happen.
13:45 rfrasur :p
13:45 * rfrasur doesn't get stats for that kinda thing.
13:45 jeff I still cringe every time I hear about libraries opening up SIP access like that.
13:45 jboyer-isl Picking the wrong lib from Overdrive's horrendous login system?
13:46 jboyer-isl rfrausr: you don't count ref Qs? Or do you do that "representative sample week" thing?
13:46 rfrasur hehe, nope.  it was EG.  patron's account was expired.  But it gave a PIN error.
13:46 jboyer-isl Oops.
13:46 rfrasur we do representative sample week...and I don't usually count lib-to-lib
13:46 * rfrasur might start
13:46 jboyer-isl I'm willing to bet they just hard code the PIN error for any non-connectivity related issue. :/
13:47 dbs EG deliberately doesn't give helpful error messages in response to authentication failures
13:47 rfrasur That's what i was thinking.  dbs: it wasn't an EG error message.  Was an Overdrive message.
13:47 jboyer-isl dbs: that's good, but Overdrive knows that there is no PIN for this or that lib, so the error message is more confusing than protective.
13:47 dbs ah okay
13:47 rfrasur It just ran up against an account that wouldn't authenticate and gave back a pants answer
13:48 jeff some of your libraries send a "pin" to overdrive? is that pin their evergreen password?
13:48 jeff rather, some of your libraries have an auth setup where the patron sends their evergreen password to overdrive?
13:48 rfrasur jeff: it's the autogenerated password out of Evergreen...but it was a pain in the neck to get EG and Overdrive passwording to play nice.
13:48 jboyer-isl jeff: it's an overdrive option to require the account pin (their term) but yes, they do a patron status message with the user's barcode and evergreen pass.
13:49 jboyer-isl do, bah. SEND.
13:49 jeff i see.
14:01 ldwhalen What STAMP_ID should I use for a default 2_4_0 Staff Client?
14:02 Dyrcona 2_4_0 ?
14:02 bshum ldwhalen: rel_2_4_0
14:02 * Dyrcona couldn't remember if the rel goes on there or not.
14:02 * Dyrcona always uses custom stamps.
14:02 * bshum also uses custom stamping
14:03 bshum ldwhalen: I wouldn't get too crazy with figuring the stamps out.  That's more of a lesson for the end users imo.
14:04 ldwhalen ok
14:05 Dyrcona I usually just set the version and the stamp becomes the same.
14:06 ldwhalen I have VERSON as 2.4.0 and the Info.plist set to the wiki values.  Should that work?
14:07 Dyrcona ldwhalen: Have you tried it and it doesn't work?
14:09 ldwhalen Dyrcona: what server should I connect to?  I looked at the commnity demo servers, one did not list the version, but it wouldn't give me a SSL cert.  The other is 2.3.6.
14:11 Dyrcona There, I have no idea.
14:11 Dyrcona You could build your own.
14:12 ldwhalen Oh yeah, I'll fire up my VMs.  Most of the time the obvious escapes me.
14:13 * Dyrcona will update the wiki to include CFBundleIdentifier. It should have been there all along. Fortunately, Evergreen doesn't actually need it until recently.
14:14 ldwhalen Dyrcona: bshum beat you to that
14:14 Dyrcona I see he did.
14:14 Dyrcona I missed it down there at the bottom. :)
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14:15 rfrasur (wheezy reminds me of dos...the command prompt interface)
14:16 ldwhalen eg
14:16 ldwhalen mt
14:16 Dyrcona rfrasur: Blasphemer!
14:16 Dyrcona ;)
14:17 Dyrcona (Q|MS)DOS is a pale shadow of the power of even the original sh.
14:19 rfrasur Dycona: command prompts look like command prompts to the uninitiated ;)
14:19 rfrasur It also reminds me of the Apple IIe I used in 5th grade :p
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14:19 Dyrcona :)
14:20 * Dyrcona rembers "Apple II Forever!"
14:20 Dyrcona remembers, even.
14:20 csharp rfrasur: if you really start learning the shell on Debian, you'll learn pretty fast that there is a *huge* difference between Linux/UNIX and DOS command lines
14:21 jeff Dyrcona: are you referring to the song?
14:21 * csharp loved playing pirated games on his uncle's Apple II plus
14:21 jeff Dyrcona: some of those were... memorable.
14:21 rfrasur I need to figure out if I can skip the windoified UI to improve the performance of the OPAC through the PI or if I need to get a soldering iron
14:21 jboyer-isl csharp: you have to remember how DOS/cmd.exe worked to realize that. ;)
14:21 csharp heh
14:21 Dyrcona jeff: No, the promise... Apple claimed at one point they'd support Apple II forever and that was their marketing slogan.
14:21 rfrasur csharp: I have no doubt.  I was just seeing who was going to start sharpening spikes when I said something about MS and Linux in the same breath.
14:21 rfrasur :D
14:22 csharp rfrasur: TROLL!
14:22 rfrasur :D
14:22 jeff Dyrcona: there was a song, just before they released the Mac.
14:22 rfrasur short people aren't ashamed to troll
14:22 rfrasur (we're just ashamed to cave troll)
14:22 Dyrcona jeff: Yes, part of their marketing campaign.
14:22 Dyrcona They actually supported the Apple II up until sometime in 1989.
14:23 Dyrcona The IIGS came out in what, 1986?
14:23 csharp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcjlhFVTY50 looks like what jeff is referring to
14:23 jeff https://db.tt/7n2kupjQ
14:23 dbs rfrasur: ages ago (6 years?) I had a startx config that effectively started X + Firefox that evolved shortly after into the xinitrc at http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/49
14:23 jeff apple2forever.mp3
14:24 csharp yep
14:24 rfrasur dbs: an hour ago I wouldn't have understand one bit of what you just said.
14:24 * rfrasur understands now
14:24 rfrasur (Lynda tutorials forever!)
14:24 Dyrcona rfrasur++ # for taking the plunge
14:24 csharp Evergreen 2.3.6 Forever!
14:25 * Dyrcona hopes not.
14:25 rfrasur err...this is the blowing bubbles part of the swimming lesson.
14:25 * csharp writes a song
14:25 Dyrcona Every OpenBSD release comes with a song.
14:25 rfrasur csharp.....no.  Don't sing that song...
14:26 Dyrcona going back to 3.0 anyway.
14:26 Dyrcona http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html
14:26 * csharp sings along with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sJUDx7iEJw
14:26 rfrasur dbs: thank you for that link.  I'll give it a read soon.  I think I can do something with it.
14:26 dbs Microsoft have sponsored Linux Foundation events, so there's that
14:26 dbs rfrasur: hope it helps!
14:27 rfrasur I'm sure it will :-)
14:27 Dyrcona I was going to say that MS aren't The Evil™ any more.
14:27 dbs rfrasur: I guess on the Pi you're perhaps looking at using midori as a browser anyway; not sure what's considered the lightest-weight browser anymore
14:28 * rfrasur uses MS everyday.  Right now...Adobe is The Evil
14:28 rfrasur dbs: I'm not sure...Midori is preloaded, but I dunno if there's something lighter.
14:28 jboyer-isl dbs: links -g
14:28 Dyrcona or lynx...
14:28 csharp rfrasur: midori is nice and light
14:28 csharp for a graphical browser
14:28 Dyrcona but links is probably lighter than even lynx.
14:28 csharp @love lynx
14:28 pinesol_green csharp: The operation succeeded.  csharp loves lynx.
14:29 rfrasur csharp: but 512 mb....
14:29 jboyer-isl Dyrcona: I would think links is slightly "heavier." Does lynx even have a GUI mode? (I didn't think it even did tables last I looked at it)
14:29 * Dyrcona suddenly flashes back to using Lynx on a NeXt Cube.....
14:30 Dyrcona jboyer-isl: It kinda/sorta handles tables.
14:32 Dyrcona and then....sees a Gopher menu.....
14:32 Dyrcona :)
14:38 ldwhalen eg
14:38 ldwhalen eg
14:38 ldwhalen mt
14:38 Dyrcona ?
14:38 Dyrcona Wrong window?
14:38 ldwhalen miss tell, sorry I am spamming you. Yes.
14:38 jboyer-isl ldwhalden: is this the "hip-hop" the kids talk about.
14:38 jboyer-isl ?
14:39 ldwhalen jboyer-isl: lol, maybe, but not in my case.
14:39 rfrasur jboyer-isl++
14:47 rfrasur Hmm, when you type sudo shutdown -h what does the h stand for since if you put -r the r means reboot?
14:48 dbs rfrasur: "man shutdown" says "Equivalent to --poweroff, unless --halt is specified."
14:48 jboyer-isl halt. Welcome to 1965!
14:48 * rfrasur is retro
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14:48 dbs jboyer-isl: "-H, --halt" == halt :)
14:49 Dyrcona rfrasur: -h means halt, which on Linux usually mean power off, too.
14:49 rfrasur right
14:49 jboyer-isl Alas, I've been bitten by a Linux/BSD-ism schism.
14:49 Dyrcona on the BSDs it usually means halt, i.e. stop the O/S, but the power stays on.
14:49 * rfrasur knew what happened...but not why
14:49 rfrasur I dunno what a BSD is.
14:49 rfrasur :D
14:49 Dyrcona heh.
14:49 dbs Linux is environmentally friendly
14:50 Dyrcona -p would do the same thing as -h on linux
14:50 jboyer-isl rfrasur: Unix's kid, Linux's second cousin.
14:50 rfrasur Oh...okay.
14:51 Dyrcona Berkeley System Distribution, the original "distro!"
14:51 Dyrcona Some of us neckbeards still use it. ;0
14:51 rfrasur I think my brain might have just hit its limit.
14:52 csharp rfrasur: must watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjaC8Pq9-V0 (also on Netflix streaming if you prefer)
14:52 jboyer-isl I shave my neck (semi-) daily, I'll have you know. ;)
14:52 * rfrasur does too
14:52 jboyer-isl Now my processor has ground to a halt.
14:52 rfrasur :D
14:52 rfrasur csharp: bookmarked
14:53 Dyrcona heehee.
14:53 csharp huh - actually no longer on netflix, so bleh
14:53 Dyrcona How come every other or third video I try to watch on youtube is unavailable, but if I use the app on my phone, it works?
14:54 csharp my experience is exactly the opposite
14:54 rfrasur that's okay.  I pay for Netflix and oft wonder why.  Was gonna use youtube anyway.
14:54 csharp cool
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15:10 DPearl What do I have to do to get the Debug Options of the staff client login screen to appear?
15:10 tsbere DPearl: Usually "make devbuild" for the staff client
15:11 DPearl tsbere: Ahh... custom-build client.  Thanks!
15:11 tsbere DPearl: For fun you can just drop the appropriate javascript file into your existing client
15:11 DPearl tsbere: I'll try that!
15:12 tsbere DPearl: Open-ILS/xul/staff_client/external/developers.js from a source checkout of some kind into the defaults/preferences folder of the staff client install, the main thing is the one that sets open-ils.debug_options to true. Which you could do from the about:config screen IN the client if you want...
15:13 DPearl tsbere++
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15:39 * Dyrcona thinks item status->upload from file should only look at the first column.
15:40 jeff right now it fails (in an uninterruptible fashion) on anything other than one barcode per line, right?
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15:42 Dyrcona jeff: If all fields (or at least first two per row) are barcodes, it works fine. Otherwise not so much.
15:43 Dyrcona It loads everything that is a barcode, but you sit through ages of the alert sound and clicking that "barcode" doesn't exist dialogs.
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16:02 rfrasur I just gotta say...GPIO is fascinating.
16:06 jboyer-isl ooh, really getting into your pi, eh?
16:06 rfrasur well, it was part of the tutorial...but they just kinda give these teasers....and there was a "billy-the-big-mouth-bass" and "frying your raspberry pi" and yeah....
16:07 jboyer-isl Always wanted to do more with electronics, couldn't really get into it as easily as software.
16:08 rfrasur I really just want a functional opac...but they keep distracting me with bright lights
16:08 rfrasur squirrel and all that.
16:09 rfrasur plus the electronics is must easier to conceptualize...but the software is the important stuff.  Otherwise you just have a chunk of plastic and metal.
16:10 jboyer-isl If you have a diode rom, software IS hardware! ;) (I don't even know if you can get those anymore.)
16:10 rfrasur Hmm, like so many things...that's vaguely familiar.
16:11 rfrasur very, very vaguely...and I'll probably remember something about it driving home and then forget about it before arriving.
16:16 rfrasur guess I should just finish up the database tutorial.  ACK! So sick of primary and foreign keys and blah blah keys.
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16:24 jeff i need to read up on floating copies.
16:25 rfrasur as in floating between branches?
16:26 Dyrcona well, yes, but they will actually float between systems too.
16:26 rfrasur Hmm, really?
16:27 rfrasur I mean, I get it theoretically...but just haven't experienced it in practice.
16:40 jcamins Any architects around?
16:40 jcamins House architects, not software architects.
16:41 Dyrcona Real architects or just folks who can swing a hammer?
16:41 jcamins Dyrcona: real architect.
16:42 Dyrcona Doubt it.
16:42 * rfrasur knows some...but not in your vicinity.
16:42 jcamins Apparently most states allow non-architects to draw up plans if they are for a residential under a certain size.
16:42 jcamins I am currently proofreading a catalog about architecture, and the size has a question mark.
16:43 jcamins So I turn to IRC to see if anyone knows what that size might be.
16:43 jcamins California says buildings of no more than two floors and a basement can be designed by non-architects.
16:44 rfrasur lol, IRC knows all the things.
16:47 jcamins Florida says one- or two-family residence.
16:47 jcamins I don't think it's a size thing.
16:48 jcamins Or, rather, the size is incidental. If you are building a mansion, you can afford an architect.
16:48 rfrasur I suspect, like most things of that nature, it's a state home rule thing and each state can do/say whatever they want.
16:49 jcamins Two stories + basement for no more than four families seems to be fairly consistent.
16:50 Dyrcona Would it really be up to you to fill in the question mark? Shouldn't you point it out as the proof reader and have the author do the research?
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16:54 rfrasur It would appear that all learning shall now stop as teens in morph suits have found the library.
16:54 Dyrcona morph suits?
16:55 jcamins rfrasur: didn't you already kick them out?
16:58 rfrasur oh, I don't kick them out.  I just make them behave.  They can't cover their faces and have to have on clothes over the suits.
16:58 rfrasur There's also a kid with a pigeon mask.
16:59 rfrasur It was kinda impressive...but yeah.
16:59 anton____ hello everybody, I am testing the holds module in EG and I can´t get the Pull list, I mean, I hold a book with one test account, and then I try to see this hold in Pull List for hold requests but It doesn´t show nothing
17:00 Dyrcona anton____: You have to run the hold targeter to target the hold at a copy before it will show up in the pull list.
17:01 anton____ Is in EG site a complete documentation about how do that=
17:01 anton____ ?
17:01 tsbere anton____: Not to mention run the pull list "at" the library that owns the copy to be pulled.=
17:02 Dyrcona anton____: It's a script. It should be in /openils/bin
17:03 dbs rfrasur: the kids in morph suits appear to be equivalent to pigeons, in terms of being pests at your library
17:03 rfrasur They are...but even pigeons are cute.  And they don't hang around terribly long after I remind them who will always win.
17:04 * rfrasur always wins.
17:05 anton____ Dyrcona: I run  /openils/bin/hold_targeter.pl but I am getting bootstrap config required
17:06 Dyrcona anton____: You should use less to read the script. It will tell you the option to set the config file path.
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17:28 rfrasur And now...I shall go home.
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