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02:15 bshum Karma has been reset.  Made copy output of final karma count here:  https://evergreen-ils.org/~​bshum/karma.final.2016.txt
02:22 bshum chocolate++ #  testing karma reset and also thinking about tasty things
02:22 bshum @karma
02:22 pinesol_green bshum: Highest karma: "chocolate" (1).  Lowest karma: "chocolate" (1).
02:22 * bshum wanders off to sleep.
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08:44 csharp bshum++
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09:00 Topic for #evergreen is now Welcome to the #evergreen library system channel! | We are publicly logged: http://irc.evergreen-ils.org/evergreen | Large pastes at http://paste.evergreen-ils.org
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09:04 Bmagic resistance++
09:05 csharp @love THE RESISTANCE
09:05 pinesol_green csharp: The operation succeeded.  csharp loves THE RESISTANCE.
09:06 csharp @who is not a spy?
09:06 pinesol_green mmorgan is not a spy.
09:06 mmorgan Whew!
09:07 rhamby_ @who is a spy?
09:07 pinesol_green phasefx_ is a spy.
09:11 Bmagic lol
09:13 Bmagic jlitrell++ # first time code contribution this year
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09:15 dbwells Oh boy, Amazon has their periodic board game sale on right now: http://www.amazon.com/The-Resistance-Dystopian​-Universe/dp/B008A2BA8G/ref=lp_14185992011_1_3
09:15 * Dyrcona broke his virtual machine host on Saturday and had to wait until now to fix it.
09:15 * dbwells can probably buy it now, or think about it all day just to buy it later
09:16 Dyrcona Pro Tip: When installing a new kernel, be sure to install the extra modules package, too.
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09:57 * phasefx is always the spy
10:01 * csharp outs phasefx
10:02 rlefaive @csharp knows… because he’s also a spy!
10:02 pinesol_green rlefaive: well, that's what you get for not being a shell script
10:02 * csharp LOVES the resistance!
10:02 kmlussier csharp is always a spy
10:02 * kmlussier wonders if there is a way to play resistance via IRC
10:03 * csharp closes his eyes
10:03 csharp nope
10:03 slinksidhe well, you wouldn't be a good spy if you admitted to being a spy.
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10:04 * csharp takes notes for next round
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10:04 csharp I'm totally buying that game
10:17 dbwells csharp: I looked into the one on Amazon, and apparently they have ditched the "plot thickens" cards and added an "inquisitor" token instead.  The inquisitor sounds cool, but I really liked the plot cards, so I'm a bit bummed.  As far as I can tell, you can't buy the plot cards at all anymore (other than 2nd hand).
10:45 csharp dbwells: interesting... the set we played with just had the inquisitor - no plot cards
10:45 csharp now I wish I'd moved around a bit during the game night(s)!
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11:07 slinksidhe Is there a way of filtering supercat results by org unit? Like if I wanted to run Freshmeat, but only for a particular branch.
11:09 csharp slinksidhe: I think there is, but I don't see an example that shows the format
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11:24 slinksidhe csharp: I was hoping I was just overlooking it. I see browsing by org_unit, but no freshmeat filtering. Of course, I don't see org_unit in the freshmeat records, either, so it might not be possible.
11:28 Bmagic dbwells: there are 7 expansions to the base game - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boar​dgame/41114/resistance/expansions
11:52 Dyrcona Well, humbug. I *thought* I changed all of my openils-* list subscriptions to my new email address.....
11:54 Bmagic Has anyone seen a circulation case where the max_fine_rule is set to a rule but the resulting max_fine column received "0.00" - Is there another factor that overrides the rule?
11:55 Bmagic The rule in this case dictates "10.00" - and I have other circulations that use that rule and the max_fine gets 10.00. But in this one case, the max_fine column was set to 0.00
11:56 Dyrcona Bmagic: Multiple rows can affect that depending on the circulation. You can test that with some functions in the database.
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11:57 mmorgan Bmagic: I've seen similar when the circ predates a rule change, or when more than one rule can apply, as Dyrcona says
11:57 Dyrcona I *think* also if the item charges no fines, then max fine comes out to 0 regardless, but that would take more digging.
11:57 Dyrcona I'll share the db function names in a minute or so if you need them.
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12:11 kmlussier I don't know if we were planning to still hold a dev meeting next week so soon after the conference, but just an FYI that I will not be able to attend if we do.
12:11 * kmlussier is starting to wrangle her post-conference calendar.
12:12 berick that reminds me we still need to cut the monthly maint. release for April
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12:20 Bmagic Dyrcona: sorry, had a phone call - yes, the DB functions would be good to know
12:21 jeff Bmagic: first thing i'd check is see if the copy in question has 0.00 as a value for "price".
12:21 Bmagic jeff: I checked that - it's 12.95
12:21 Dyrcona Bmagic: Look at action.find_circ_matrix_matchpoint and action.item_user_circ_test
12:21 jeff Bmagic: there is an org unit setting to cap fines at item price. if you have that on, and the item price was 0.00 at circulation transaction start...
12:22 Bmagic Dyrcona: ty
12:22 berick also be sure the recurring fine is > 0.00
12:22 Dyrcona jeff++
12:23 Dyrcona Bmagic: Those function have different forms with different arguments, and if the copy is still checked out, you'll have better luck with find_circ_matric_matrix_matchpoint.
12:24 jeff Bmagic: before going too much further, i'd suggest checking auditor.asset_copy_history to see if the copy price was changed after being checked out. Worth ruling it out early, rather than coming back to it later, IMO.
12:24 Bmagic jeff: that's what I'm doing now, lol
12:25 Dyrcona Related to what jeff pointed out: We've found copies with 0.00 for a price and what looks like the price in the deposit_amount field. :)
12:25 Dyrcona "How come my patrons owes $19.95 for checking out this book?"
12:25 * Dyrcona apologizes for typos. :)
12:26 Bmagic jeff++
12:26 Bmagic that was it
12:27 Bmagic auditortable++
12:31 * mmorgan suggests hiding the deposit and deposit_amount field, especially if they're not in use ;-)
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12:36 dbs mmorgan++
12:52 kmlussier @karma
12:52 pinesol_green kmlussier: Highest karma: "jeff" (2), "chocolate" (1), "bshum" (1), "resistance" (1), and "jlitrell" (1).  Lowest karma: "chocolate" (1), "bshum" (1), "resistance" (1), "jlitrell" (1), and "auditortable" (1).
12:52 Bmagic resistance++
12:53 Bmagic lol
12:53 kmlussier I'm glad to see chocolate is finally getting its due in our karma rankings.
12:53 kmlussier chocolate++
12:53 gsams chocolate is always a priority
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12:58 Dyrcona Oh yeah, karma reset.
12:58 Dyrcona chocolate++
12:59 Dyrcona mmorgan: Some of our libraries used deposit and deposit_amount, but I'm not sure if they do any longer.
12:59 Dyrcona For DVDs, mainly.
13:02 mmorgan Dyrcona: ok, so it could be hidden for those who don't use it. None of oure libraries use deposits, and we also had intances where the price ended up in the wrong field before we hid it for everyone
13:03 Dyrcona mmorgan: Yep, that's a good idea that would go through 3 committees here before it could happen. :)
13:04 kmlussier Dyrcona: I think it's more of a training issue. As mmorgan mentioned, it could be done on a library-by-library basis. But many people may not know the feature is available.
13:04 kmlussier Of course, I don't know if you give staff permission to show/hide fields in the copy editor. That's another question entirely. :)
13:06 mmorgan There's a permission UPDATE_ORG_UNIT_SETTING.ui​.hide_copy_editor_fields. Not sure if we added that, or it was already there.
13:07 Dyrcona I'll have to check later. The permission sounds familiar.
13:08 Dyrcona hey, look. I'm still running into this bug on Xenial: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu​/+source/vm-builder/+bug/1037607
13:08 pinesol_green Launchpad bug 1037607 in vm-builder (Ubuntu) "vmbuilder completely fails on Quantal due to kernel pae detection failure" [High,Triaged]
13:08 Dyrcona Big surprise..... ;)
13:09 csharp PINES uses the deposit field and we're still hoping to have deposit flags factored into circ/hold matchpoints
13:10 csharp it's not a huge priority, so we haven't pushed it
13:10 Dyrcona Yeah, that sounds interesting... Would you block deposit items from going into transit, for instance?
13:10 csharp right
13:11 csharp that's the main issue, actually
13:11 Dyrcona We did that by marc type and circ lib, but a deposit entry would be more useful.
13:11 Dyrcona Usually deposit was only charged on marc_type g.
13:11 Dyrcona I don't think anyone charges deposits any more.
13:11 * Dyrcona should really take notes. :)
13:11 csharp heh
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13:24 jeff Hiding fields is interesting when those fields have data in them. Hide-but-show-if-field-contains-non-default-value might be overkill.
13:24 jeff Actually, defaulting to that for viewing would almost be an improvement for some fields...
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13:34 tsbere jeff: "Hide this unless it contains a non-default value, unless that non-default value is in this list of values we don't want to see...."
13:37 jeff sounds like we've just invented Evergreen SmartSummary<tm>, Now with Advanced SWIWWIWTSI (Show What I Want When I Want To See It) Technology.
13:38 tsbere Question is, can it handle things like "I want a list of bibs with the single call number I care about next to them" ;)
13:39 tsbere (only criteria for the call number to show: "The right one!")
13:42 jeff Well, that just sounds like you might need to ask some more questions.
13:43 jeff There's usually a way, though in some cases the need is so brief that it may not justify the time required to create said way.
13:44 rlefaive jeff++ I’m going to use your acronym SWIWWIWTSI
13:45 jeff Finding that happy place between "this technique/feature meets this need and these other similar needs" and "here, we created a new language that is so general purpose that we probably should have just not bothered"...
13:45 jeff Anyway, I'm being so vague as to fall into the second category myself.
13:47 jeff I think mostly I was trying to keep this from going down the path of "unreasonable user requests, how annoying!" -- which is a direction that it may not have actually been going anyway.
13:49 Dyrcona Yep, but what to do when you want to change said field? The user would need a way to show it.
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14:06 miker or when the value is both set by the user and equal to the default
14:09 Dyrcona And then, there will be those questions of why a field only shows up sometimes and not all the time.
14:10 miker and, if it's always hidden, eventual complaints that evergreen can't do some thing or another
14:14 phasefx small grey text instead of hidden :D
14:25 jeff yep.
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14:44 * mmorgan catches up on hiding discussion
14:45 mmorgan Another thought: Having the fields always available, but not "open" by default on the edit screen.
14:45 mmorgan So maybe a user would need to click to show and edit those fields, hopefully minimizing entering data in the fields by mistake.
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15:59 * slinksidhe reads over hiding fields discussion
16:02 slinksidhe For the web client, bootstrap collapsibles containing the form fields would let users show what they are working on and hide what they aren't at a given time - a little bit of user layout control.
16:03 slinksidhe Hypothetically, at least.
16:03 kmlussier I know hidden fields are working differently in the web client ATM.
16:04 kmlussier It's a user setting, not set at the org unite level. And it doesn't hide them, just grays them out, IIRC
16:06 kmlussier Yeah, I just checked. It disables any radio buttons or text entry boxes, but doesn't remove the field from view.
16:07 mmorgan kmlussier: A user setting rather than an org unit setting?
16:08 * mmorgan has not looked at that in the web client.
16:08 kmlussier mmorgan: yes
16:12 * mmorgan takes a look at webby
16:17 mmorgan I must be missing something. I don't see where to save the hidden fields.
16:18 mmorgan Oh, wait. I see.
16:19 * mmorgan is used to clicking a Save button to save settings.
16:34 jihpringle kmlussier: JFYI it turns out we've had the library setting "Tag Circulated Items in Results" turned on for the entire consortium since 2013 without seeing any impacts on performance
16:46 kmlussier jihpringle: Really? Good to hear.
16:47 kmlussier I'll have to bring up the feature with our consortia. I'm not sure if they have implemented it because they don't like the feature, they're worried about performance, or they are unaware it exists. :)
16:47 kmlussier s/have/haven't
16:48 jihpringle I don't know how many patron have their reading history turned on, but based on the tickets I've seen over the years I would guess quite a few
16:48 jihpringle I suspect jeffdavis could pull that number if needed
16:49 jihpringle if your consortia isn't using it currently because of performance worries
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16:52 kmlussier jihpringle: I'll let you know.
16:56 berick that feature might get a little faster in 2.10 with patron reading lists living in their own table.  it gives us a smaller table to scan and simpler runtime logic
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16:58 berick i guess "scan" is not the best word to use when talking about databases doing things quickly
17:00 jlitrell Heh.  If it's fast, I usually assume it's wrong.
17:05 kmlussier berick: Thanks, that's good to know!
17:23 dbs OMG this article: http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/201​6/04/22/ebsco-kuali-open-source-project/
17:25 dbs I have so many reactions to so many parts of it. Happy that IndexData will be involved, because they know something about open source (if not particularly readable source--heh)
17:25 * csharp gets to "radically new" and has to take a breather
17:26 dbs Crazy that Kuali only attracted 3 libraries after 8 years of development. Imagine what those resources could have done directed at either Koha or Evergreen :/
17:26 csharp seriously
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17:26 berick this must be the thing Sebastian was talking about at #c4l
17:27 dbs Sad that Evergreen is still stuck with the LibLime marketing spin of "designed for public library consortia" when our academic library consortia alone has more than three academic libraries :)
17:27 dbs also annoyed that I now have to run
17:28 csharp funny that breeding seems so enthused about this project after he was so lukewarm about Evergreen
17:28 dbs And so enthused about Kuali OLE before, heh
17:29 dbs A new passion for the next eight years perhaps
17:29 csharp ha!
17:31 csharp interesting - I didn't realize that EBSCO was more than just information services - that helps me understand why I saw a plot of beachside property on the FL panhandle owned by "EBSCO Industries"
17:33 * csharp feels like he needs a shower after reading that
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