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04:59 pinesol_green Incoming from qatests: Test Success - http://testing.evergreen-ils.org/~live/test.html <http://testing.evergreen-ils.org/~live/test.html>
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10:12 csharp @quote random
10:12 pinesol_green csharp: Quote #16: "<berick> why's it broken? just bugcause." (added by gmcharlt at 01:37 PM, October 12, 2011)
10:14 berick so proud of that one
10:15 * kmlussier groans
10:18 jboyer-isl kmlussier would prefer "just bee-cause?"
10:19 kmlussier Heh, not sure that's much better. :)
10:20 * jboyer-isl : Lowering expectations since 1979.
10:24 kmlussier jboyer-isl++
10:51 pinesol_green [evergreen|Bill Erickson] Forward-porting 2.7.4-2.8.0 DB upgrade - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=3608741>
10:53 bshum berick++
10:54 * berick renames and moves the rc1 files into their 2.8.0 slots
10:54 bshum Will that work, or will the upgrade script in the rc1 tarball have the wrong stamp?
10:55 bshum Or did you make it as straight 2.8.0
10:55 berick i built rc1 with version =  2.8.0
10:55 berick for just this reason
10:55 bshum Ahh, slick ;)
11:00 * berick could use a volunteer to update the downloads page
11:01 kmlussier I can do that
11:01 berick kmlussier++
11:02 berick as a reminder, files are now under downloads/ instead of downloads/previews/
11:03 kmlussier What does this mean for 2.5 and 2.6? Does 2.5 get pushed off the downloads page? Is 2.6 security only now?
11:05 kmlussier We provide support for one month after two stable releases have been made available. So that means 2.6 is still supported.
11:05 bshum 2.5 is off.
11:05 kmlussier No, wait, I'm reading something old.
11:05 bshum 2.6 is now "security release only" I think.
11:08 kmlussier Well, technically I think it's still supported. It gets 12 months, right? Looks like it was released at the end of April last year.
11:08 bshum Yeah, but more or less it's over :)
11:08 bshum You'd have to look at the exact release date if you want to get all technical about it ;)
11:09 * bshum runs off to his next meeting.
11:10 kmlussier April 21
11:11 jonadab IMO, supporting existing installs of an old version is one thing, and continuing to have it featured on the download page is different, because that encourages new installs of that version.
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11:32 kmlussier berick: One thing I'm stuck on. What is the ChangeLog URL? I tried http://evergreen-ils.org/dow​nloads/ChangeLog-2.7.4-2.8.0
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11:36 jeffdavis kmlussier: http://evergreen-ils.org/download​s/previews/ChangeLog-2.7.4-2.8.0 works at the moment
11:37 kmlussier Yeah, I noticed that. I'm not sure if it should be moving out of the previews directory now.
11:38 berick ohh
11:38 berick i forgot to move that
11:38 * berick fixes
11:38 berick kmlussier: ok, moved out of previews, into downloads
11:39 kmlussier berick: Downloads page is updated.
11:39 berick kmlussier++
11:39 berick thanks
11:40 kmlussier But you might want to check everything to make sure I didn't miss anything.
11:40 berick will do
11:40 kmlussier I left 2.6 as stable since it was released on April 21. But if y'all think it should be put into security only, I can make that change.
11:41 kmlussier berick++ #Getting 2.8.0 out by the end of March!
11:42 berick page looks good.  links all work
11:49 bshum kmlussier++
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13:59 dbs Hmm. so acq.invoice_payment_method is empty by default, that seems a bit surprising
14:10 kmlussier dbs: It would be nice to set a default when configuring the payment methods. Or maybe make that field sticky.
14:10 kmlussier I don't know if our libs make heavy use of that field since they tend to use the same payment method for everything.
14:25 dbs huh, 'obj = {"acqlia":[{"1":"uncommon","__fuzzy":true}ÿÿÿÿð' seems bad (JavaScript console error trying to view the history of an invoice
14:26 dbs err, view history of a line item
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14:30 dbs getting fun DB query errors trying to do things like "Show POs where PO-Creator is not dscott" too
14:36 dbs oh, you need to use the value of actor.usr.id, not usrname. That seems... unfriendly
14:39 kmlussier dbs: You don't think everyone knows their user id off the top of their heads?
14:40 dbs Their own, maybe, I'm more worried about acq admins QAing the efforts of a new orderer :)
14:41 * dbwells thinks "Who am I?  2-4-6-0-1!!!!!"
14:41 jboyer-isl dbwells++
14:41 jboyer-isl Should be in the stock data set.
14:43 * kmlussier certainly wouldn't know her own user id.
14:53 * dbs praises Sitka for http://docs.sitka.bclibraries.ca/Acq/current/html/
14:53 dbs huzzah for task-oriented docs!
14:56 dbs Looks like our special snowflake acq process is going to be to create tons of individual POs, then create an invoice when we receive a shipment by adding those POs progressively to the invoice, then receiving the entire invoice in bulk
14:57 dbs which turns everything from "encumbered" to "paid", but isn't really paid until a month or so later when the uni finance dept actually cuts a cheque, at which point we add charges/credits for currency adjustments to the invoice before closing it
14:58 dbs kind of wish the "encumbered" would stay "encumbered" when the items are received but the invoice hasn't been closed, but oh well; should work
15:02 kmlussier dbs: That's been on our wishlist for a while.
15:04 kmlussier In fact, one of our partners is looking for quotes to do something similar if anyone is interested in doing some acq work. http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=​evergreen_features:proposed_development_pr​ojects#approval_process_for_edi_invoices
15:04 kmlussier Except, in this case, it would just be for EDI invoices.
15:06 kmlussier dbs: When you say individual POs, do you mean creating a PO for each lineitem?
15:07 dbs kmlussier: I guess just individual lineitems that just float around until we receive a shipment + invoice
15:08 dbs For Amazon orders, though, individual prepaid POs
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15:11 csharp @praise sitka for awesome acq docs
15:11 * pinesol_green sitka is the very model of a modern major hacker for awesome acq docs
15:12 kmlussier dbs: It doesn't sound too special snowflake to me. Our libraries put a bunch of lineitems on a PO to place the order and then gather the lineitems from one shipment into an invoice as you described.
15:13 kmlussier When it's not an EDI invoice, that is.
15:13 dbs actually no, we do need to create tons of individual POs
15:14 dbs I guess they could add individual line items to a single PO but there doesn't seem to be much advantage to that
15:16 kmlussier dbs: If you were using EDI, it would be advantageous. But even when ordering manually, I think our libraries like to see all of the titles ordered at one time in one place.
15:21 kmlussier I'm looking at the "Obscure the Date of birth field" OU setting.
15:21 kmlussier The description says: "When true, the Date of Birth column in patron lists will default to Not Visible, and in the Patron Summary sidebar the value will display as unless the field label is clicked."
15:21 kmlussier Which patron lists is it referring to? I looked in the list of patron search results, but the DOB is visible.
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15:27 tsbere kmlussier: Did you log out and back in after changing the setting?
15:27 kmlussier Yes
15:28 * tsbere has no other ideas then
15:28 kmlussier I can try again
15:28 kmlussier There really aren't that many patron lists in the client.
15:28 tsbere I just know a lot of settings like that are, in effect, cached once at login and never checked again during your session.
15:29 phasefx kmlussier: looks like it should only touch patron search, patron summary, and the patron Groups interface
15:29 phasefx I also don't see anything that suggests it actually works anymore, at least in patron search
15:29 kmlussier It works in patron summary. As far as I can tell, it doesn't work in patron search, but I'm also not on a clean, master system.
15:30 kmlussier OK, it's not just me. I'm actually filing the bug for the webclient, but I always like to check to see how it worked in xul first.
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15:31 phasefx kmlussier: bug I introduced with 64d3349c978389a57511ee1b65514a9679cae6d3
15:31 pinesol_green [evergreen|phasefx] move Patron Search over to fm_columns instead of patron.util.columns (the former makes use of fm_IDL.xml and can automagically make use of new fields, etc.).  Also give fm_columns the ability to hide virtual fields from the column picker - <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=​Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=64d3349>
15:31 phasefx kmlussier: 'au_dob' : { 'hidden' : false } needs to be 'dob' : { 'hidden' : obscure_dob }
15:32 kmlussier phasefx: Would that affect the patron groups interface too?
15:32 phasefx way back in 2010; you can see how well used and loved that feature is
15:33 phasefx kmlussier: that interface looks like it should work
15:34 phasefx correction on search, 'au_dob' : { 'hidden' : false } needs to be 'au_dob' : { 'hidden' : obscure_dob }
15:34 kmlussier I can't get the groups interface to work either.
15:34 kmlussier I wonder if anyone has it enabled. :)
15:35 phasefx kmlussier: it's only the default columns, so once you save your columns once, defaults don't come into play
15:35 phasefx try a new xulrunner profile?
15:36 kmlussier I'll just add it to the bug for the webclient. Not sure how much time I want to spend nailing down a xulrunner issue. :)
15:36 phasefx it's a very minor bug/feature given the configurability of columns
15:37 kmlussier Yeah, I think most people have customized those.
15:37 phasefx particularly if they care about "obscuring" dob
15:38 * kmlussier now can't recall what she was doing when she found that setting. :(
15:39 * phasefx would vote for that yaous going way, "maybe we can turn the tide on YAOUS proliferation :)
15:40 phasefx particularly given how much easier the web client will be to skin/customize
15:40 kmlussier I have no opinion on that particular setting, but I generally am a fan of YAOUS. :)
15:41 kmlussier @whocares yaous
15:41 pinesol_green kmlussier and bshum love yaous
15:42 kmlussier I also work with three separate sites, so you can see why I would like an easy setting to make something work a certain way. :)
15:43 phasefx it's a question of where to put the easy :)
15:44 phasefx and for whom ;)
15:44 kmlussier For the libraries, of course!
15:44 phasefx :)
15:44 jboyer-isl @hate YOUS
15:44 pinesol_green jboyer-isl: The operation succeeded.  jboyer-isl hates YOUS.
15:45 jboyer-isl I'm more in the middle than that, but there isn't really a @WouldRatherNotHaveSoMuch YOUS
15:45 kmlussier @whocares YOUS
15:45 * phasefx does think skins are better than settings for controlling UI elements like that, or perhaps a "sticky" UI infrastructure that is easy to propogate
15:45 pinesol_green jboyer-isl hates YOUS
15:45 jboyer-isl @hate YAOUS
15:45 pinesol_green jboyer-isl: The operation succeeded.  jboyer-isl hates YAOUS.
15:46 jboyer-isl @love YOUS
15:46 pinesol_green jboyer-isl: But jboyer-isl already hates YOUS!
15:46 jboyer-isl Huh.
15:46 jboyer-isl @dontcare YOUS
15:46 pinesol_green jboyer-isl: The operation succeeded.  jboyer-isl no longer hates YOUS.
15:46 jboyer-isl Hah.
15:46 kmlussier jboyer-isl: Phew! I was beginning to worry you were turning on all of us. :)
15:46 tsbere We need an option for "loves and hates" - They are not always mutually exclusive. <_<
15:47 jboyer-isl tsbere: Reports, for instance.
15:47 jboyer-isl kmlussier: Never think it!
15:47 tsbere Perhaps a counter system. "Hated X times, Loved Y times" ;)
15:48 bshum Heh
15:48 tsbere Kindof like the karma system, but on a personal basis with things, I guess.
15:49 kmlussier phasefx: I do think there may be opportunities to remove some GUI settings with the web client since it is easier to customize the web client.
15:50 kmlussier At the same time, I think there will always be some sites that find it easier to flip a switch than to customize a tt2 file, for example.
15:50 * phasefx has nightmares of everything becoming a switch :D
15:51 dbs we just removed the pertinent fields from the XUL completely
15:56 kmlussier @karma yaous
15:56 pinesol_green kmlussier: Karma for "yaous" has been increased 3 times and decreased 4 times for a total karma of -1.
15:57 kmlussier yaous++
16:49 eeevil yaous++
16:50 kmlussier eeevil: :)
16:52 eeevil honoring_yaous++
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20:13 gmcharlt http://evergreen-ils.org/evergreen-2-8-0-released/
20:19 gmcharlt berick++
20:34 kmlussier Ack! Forgot about Release Note acknowledgements
20:35 * kmlussier can work on them later this week.
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