Time  Nick            Message
23:48 chris           yeah, its fairly cringeworthy
23:48 * richard       does anticipatory cringeing
23:46 chris           http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2902434/John-Key-on-David-Lettermans-Late-Show/
23:00 pie             sweet :)
22:58 richard         wholly molly
22:58 chris           http://twitter.com/LBA/status/4353773733
22:58 chris           ohh now im not
22:54 chris           im kinda ambivalent about that
22:51 chris           http://www.galecia.com/imls-awards-1-mil-for-open-source/
22:51 chris           hmmmm
22:42 pianohacker     time to knock off for evening, bye all
22:39 pianohacker     right
22:39 jhaig           Yes.  It had set up the virtual hosts with localhost ip addresses, which didn't help when I've trying to view it from a remote machine.
22:38 pianohacker     hmm. sounds like an apache config problem
22:37 jhaig           That's the stage I'm at now, and I've got "The requested URL / was not found on this server." from the web server  :-(
22:36 chris           i think you can safely ignore that fail, and proceed on and run the web based installer (That will create your db)
22:36 jhaig           chris: I chose the default, which was no
22:36 jhaig           pianohacker: Thanks.  I eventually found a post in a mailing list saying that some of the tests were new, and that one appears to try to test the database before it has been set up.
22:36 chris           jhaig: yeah, the web based installer does that ... did you choose to run the database_dependant tests?
22:35 pianohacker     mdhafen: k, good luck
22:35 pianohacker     jhaig: not too familiar with the database-dependent tests, so won't be able to help you, but note that they're by no means required for installation
22:35 mdhafen         Thanks.  I'll check back tomorrow if that doesn't fix it.
22:33 mdhafen         that's a good idea.
22:33 pianohacker     mdhafen: that is the normal one, but you might try temp to see if that's the cause of your problem
22:31 mdhafen         mysql
22:31 pianohacker     what session storage method are you using?
22:29 mdhafen         Still don't know why the session's aren't getting updated properly though.
22:29 pianohacker     sorry, was reciting the litany :)
22:29 mdhafen         That's what I'm hoping.
22:28 pianohacker     ahh, okay. I wouldn't think that would cause your problem
22:27 mdhafen         The apache module for mod_perl loads, but I don't think it's configured anywhere.  Is it still active in that state?
22:27 pianohacker     the only officially supported method of invocation is through cgi
22:26 mdhafen         So I've heard
22:26 pianohacker     mdhafen: koha is not compatible with mod_perl2
22:23 mdhafen         And this is after I added a $session->flush()
22:20 mdhafen         So, I have in a day 6 sessions timeout that shouldn't have.  I added warn statements so I see when the session time is updated and when a session is timeout'd.  The time ranges from a few seconds to 1 hour 43 minutes.  The timeout is supposed to be 2 hours.  Would mod_perl2 cause that?
22:19 mdhafen         will do.  Thanks
22:18 jhaig           I recommend you just ask a question and wait.  It is a bit quiet at the moment, and I'm afraid I will probably not be of much help myself.
22:17 * mdhafen       is looking for help
22:16 mdhafen         Hello everyone
22:09 jhaig           I haven't seen anything in INSTALL.debian-lenny that talks about populating the database.
22:08 jhaig           I am getting 9 failures when running "make test" on koha.  The first sign of a failure is "t/Circulation_barcodedecode....DBD::mysql::db selectrow_array failed: Table 'koha.systempreferences' doesn't exist at /root/koha-3.00.02/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR/C4/Context.pm line 485."  The database 'koha' is empty.  Should it be populated by the time I get to 'make test'?
22:01 chris           ok, time to head into work
21:58 nengard         chris i'm about now - sorry was eating dinner
21:33 wajasu          chris: thx, i'm going to look into use a XSLT stylesheet that marcedit seems to support and let the cataloger use that.
21:32 wizzyrea        sure thing :)
21:31 chris           anyone going to access this year?
21:30 rhcl            wizzyrea: Passed data for visit to my director--thanks for the info.
21:20 wizzyrea        a very good one, at that
21:20 chris           :)
21:20 wizzyrea        she graduated from NEKLS and is now a director :)
21:20 wizzyrea        yessir :)
21:20 chris           ohh is that where diana is now
21:20 wizzyrea        mmm I don't know
21:19 rhcl            What is Marysville running, do you happen to know?
21:19 wizzyrea        nah, neither of them are koha
21:19 wizzyrea        the director is Diana Weaver, dweaver@atchisonlibrary.org
21:19 wizzyrea        Sure, they love visitors
21:19 rhcl            alert???? Should we ask for Lawrence or Topeka instead???? :)
21:18 rhcl            OK, should we contact them directly?
21:16 wizzyrea        alert, rhcl :)
21:15 chris           wajasu: i *think* so
21:15 wizzyrea        atchison is a koha library
21:15 wizzyrea        erg typing
21:15 wizzyrea        ummmm.... Oct 23 we are having a Kegger, and atchison is rignt near you rigbht?
21:15 wajasu          so i should be able to write a macro with marcedit to do the logic of looking at the 090 then 050 and copying that into 952's structure.
21:13 rhcl            Liz, we really would like to visit one of the KS libraries to check out Koha. What do we need to do?
21:12 chris           nengard: you about?
21:08 cait_laptop     good night everybody :)
21:07 pianohacker     ehhhh
21:07 wizzyrea        (swine flu)
21:06 wizzyrea        Ohh, talk of the aporkalypse!@
21:06 wajasu          s/does/do/
21:06 wajasu          ok i'll look into trying to does this processing outside of koha before import/staging.
21:02 chris           so you are better off making marcedit copy the right value to 952$o
21:01 chris           952$o even
21:01 chris           as that is linked to 952$O
21:01 chris           and even then, it wont go into itemcallnumber
21:01 chris           yeah, you are gonna have to do some custom work if you want to make that happen
21:00 wajasu          he wants to make it so he can list '090b 050 ...' in the itemcallnumber preference field so when he imports, it copies the 090 one if its there, then the 050 one if 090 was empty, etc.
20:59 chris           http://lists.katipo.co.nz/public/koha/2008-August/015051.html
20:59 chris           o it is
20:59 munin`          chris: unknown tag 952
20:59 chris           @marc 952
20:59 chris           too=two
20:59 chris           those too are biblio level callnumbers
20:58 chris           thats what goes in itemcallnumber
20:58 chris           yep, so just put the right data in 952
20:58 wajasu          he put the 090b as well as the 050 codes in the catalgoing preferences as the field comments maybe misled him to think he could put multiple entries.
20:57 wajasu          my user has much of his library in marc edit format, and he imports.
20:57 chris           then when you import itemcallnumber will get that
20:57 chris           to put the 'right' callnumber in the 952$p (i think its p would need to check)
20:56 chris           what i would do is use marc edit
20:56 chris           it will be populated if its in the 952 field
20:56 pianohacker     yes
20:55 wajasu          So it during import the item call number might not be populated, but maybe only shown from the marc record data?  I'll have to really trace this then, uh.
20:52 pianohacker     hmm. not sure if that code is activated on import
20:52 wajasu          i am assuming that when staged marc data is imported, the additem.pl code is used and the preference itemcallnumber is parsed to discern which field to grab the call number from.
20:50 * chris_n       heads out, bbiab
20:48 chris           some is stored in the items table too
20:48 chris           the marc is stored in biblioitems.marc and biblioitems.marcxml
20:46 wajasu          it seems like during the staged import, it is converted to an XML format.
20:45 wajasu          is anyone here familiar with cataloguing (i.e. additem.pl) and how the database stores imported marc records?
20:43 pianohacker     those things get nasty
20:43 chris           chris_n: good deal
20:43 pianohacker     they need that for the children's board books anyway
20:43 chris_n         hehe
20:42 rhcl            Is there a Koha location code for Bookwasher - In Transit
20:42 richard         hiyas
20:42 rhcl            Also, I had this really great idea with Swine Flu everywhere and all, that book publishers should make books out of plastic, so that they could be run through a dishwasher (of course, it would be called a bookwasher) when they circulate back in.
20:42 * chris_n       greets richard
20:42 chris_n         t'was missing the glass carafe which I ordered for $14
20:42 pianohacker     hello richard
20:42 richard         hi
20:41 chris_n         chris: last year I picked up a $300 Kitchen Aid burr mill for $7.00 at a thrift store.... nearly new
20:41 rhcl            Does Koha have a location code for "bookmobile"?
20:40 chris_n         pianohacker: lol
20:40 chris_n         lemon grass tea from Singapore is very good
20:40 rhcl            Donno
20:40 pianohacker     * image not to scale
20:39 chris_n         rhcl: is that a 10 gallon cup?
20:39 cait_laptop     tea++
20:39 chris_n         hotel-coffee--
20:39 rhcl            http://www.texasterritories.com/images/products/souvenirs/dontmesstxmug.jpg
20:39 chris_n         nengard: tea++
20:38 chris           chris_n: hotel coffee came in those thermos thingys
20:38 * chris_n       tries to imagine a Texas coffee cup
20:38 wizzyrea        rhcl: nopers
20:38 chris_n         do they serve it to you in the pot down there?
20:38 nengard         in fact i think i'm going to make me some tea!!
20:38 rhcl            wizzy: do any of your libraries have a bookmobile?
20:38 chris_n         chris: lol
20:38 pianohacker     nengard++
20:38 chris_n         hi wizzyrea && rhcl
20:37 nengard         this is not a discussion for the one who doesn't like coffee ....
20:37 chris           chris_n: you can ask nahuel about our adventures to find good coffee in texas :)
20:37 rhcl            Hi hi
20:37 pianohacker     hi, wizzyrea, rhcl
20:37 chris           but i was just rushing ;)
20:37 chris           chris_n: i have 2, ,.. at work we have espresso machines
20:37 rhcl_away       Hey, She Speaks!
20:36 wizzyrea        rhcl: you are always welcome @ nekls
20:36 chris_n         http://www.sweetmarias.com
20:35 chris_n         chris you need a French press to make coffee right ;-)
20:35 chris           anything_but_instant++
20:35 chris_n         heh
20:35 chris_n         Jamaican-Blue-Mountain++
20:35 pianohacker     :)
20:34 munin`          pianohacker: Karma for "Peaberry" has been increased 1 time and decreased 0 times for a total karma of 1.
20:34 pianohacker     @karma Peaberry
20:34 chris_n         Rica even
20:34 chris_n         Costa Rico Peaberry++
20:34 pianohacker     O_o
20:34 cait_laptop     :)
20:34 munin`          pianohacker: Karma for "coffee" has been increased 4 times and decreased 1 time for a total karma of 3.
20:34 pianohacker     @karma coffee
20:34 chris_n         awww.... coffee++
20:34 pianohacker     coffee--
20:33 chris_n         yuck-coffee--
20:31 chris           pshaw
20:31 pianohacker     well, it's coffee; its starting out at a disadvantage
20:30 chris           this coffee is yuck
20:11 ccurry          pianohacker: good point...didn't think that one through.
20:10 pianohacker     ccurry: hmm. why would you want staff users to log in to the opac?
20:08 pianohacker     Its an ugly language
20:08 cait_laptop     fighting with perl and koha code... I dont know enough perl :(
20:05 ccurry          ...docs.  Didn't find, but I could have missed it.
20:05 ccurry          So, I found the template and the code to remove the shelving location information from the holdings table (opac-detail.tmpl line 319 on my instance 3.0.2).  Removing "<!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="location_description" -->" worked like a charm.  Anybody know how I can make this display only when a user with a particular patron type [Staff] is logged in?  Feel free to just direct me to the appropriate...
20:04 pianohacker     what are you up to?
20:03 pianohacker     hi cait
20:03 cait_laptop     hi pianohacker
20:02 pianohacker     hello, anybody else :)
20:02 pianohacker     see ya
20:02 pianohacker     heh
20:02 owen            But actually, goodbye. Quitting time. :)
20:00 pianohacker     hey owen
20:00 owen            Hi pianohacker
19:50 cait_laptop     ok... sorry :)
19:47 cait_laptop     and bigger academic libraries with closed stacks want the requests printed on different pinters according to call number
19:44 cait_laptop     i have this problem with our koha library - they have closed stacks and free access areas
19:44 cait_laptop     for example allowonshelfholds can only be set globally not for libraries
19:43 cait_laptop     yes... :(
19:43 owen            Hmf. Ask LibLime about that :(
19:43 cait_laptop     owen: I think we would need a better request management for closed stacks
19:42 jwagner         owen, yes, a check for singlebranchmode would work there.
19:42 cait_laptop     ccurry: you are welcome
19:41 ccurry          cait_laptop: thanks for that
19:41 cait_laptop     library is not shown in opac when singlebranchmode is on, but location still shows
19:41 owen            ...and I wonder if there are other issues for closed-stacks libraries that could be affected by a "ClosedStacks" preference. Hit them all at once.
19:41 cait_laptop     singlebranchmode
19:40 owen            jwagner: Would a check for single branch mode be appropriate for the single library issue?
19:40 cait_laptop     jwagner: there is one for the last
19:40 ccurry          jwagner: agreed.  If I knew how to build one, I'd do so.  I'm just starting to get my feet wet.
19:40 jwagner         ccurry, I'd be interested in a syspref to turn off display of shelving location in the OPAC myself.  Also one to turn off display of the library name if it's a single library site....
19:39 ccurry          owen: you got it.  I assume there isn't a better field for this data.
19:37 owen            ccurry: I see, you want to use the field for internal purposes but not the public. Gotcha.
19:35 ccurry          owen: It only shows up in the holdings table display if there's data there.
19:34 cait_laptop     $c is LOC
19:33 owen            I don't see that on our system
19:33 ccurry          owen:nope: the column in the holdings table labelled "Shelving Location" (952$c)
19:33 mason           author FAIL
19:32 owen            http://acpl.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bib=214415
19:32 owen            ccurry: Are you talking about the column in the holdings table labelled "Location" ?
19:32 * jdavidb       laughs.
19:31 chris           "dude its not cos they get it from the library, its cos you suck"
19:31 chris           it is, he's just mad no one buys his shitty books
19:30 owen            Geez, I was hoping that article wasn't as simplistic as the URL suggested
19:28 ccurry          ok.  thanks.  I'll have a look at the templates.  I was hoping this had come up before and there was a syspref.
19:27 owen            We don't populate shelving location at my library
19:27 mason           http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=414
19:27 chris           yeah, the guys a moron
19:27 mason           http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz/2009/09/why-public-libraries-are-just-a-form-of-theft/
19:27 mason           have people read this one yet?
19:27 owen            ccurry: Shelving location isn't explicitly labelled in the normal display, I don't think
19:26 chris           to hide it in the non-marc probably needs a template edit
19:25 chris           the public marc display you can hide easily by changing the framework
19:24 ccurry          ?*
19:24 ccurry          Hello, all.  Anyone know if it's possible to hide Shelving Location from the OPAC (952$c); it would also (of course) need to be hidden from the public MARC display.  We're planning to use Koha for a closed stacks library and we don't want to publish location information for security reasons.
18:58 jdavidb         hee...yeah, it would.
18:57 chris_n         that will scare the bugs out where you can see them ;-)
18:57 chris_n         jdavidb: run this: http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/ in "torture" mode on any new machine for 24hours
18:56 jdavidb         good idea, chris; I think I'll do that for a while..overnight, at least.
18:56 chris           chris_n: sounds highly plausible
18:55 chris_n         I suspect corrupt data
18:55 chris           jdavidb: in fact i run memtest for at least 24 hours on any new machine
18:55 chris_n         owen seems to have a problem which I cannot duplicate
18:55 chris           not that i remember chris_n
18:55 chris_n         chris: did you run into any problems with the labels item search when testing the labels re-write?
18:55 chris           id be running memtest on thtat
18:51 * jdavidb       calls out the pixie exterminators.
18:51 jdavidb         Here's a puzzler...installed lenny on a brand-new-shiny box.  Installed all of Koha's dependencies, and rebooted.  System failed to come up.  Started over, did it again...and this time, it rebooted slick as a pickpocket.
18:49 * jdavidb       scratches his head in confusion.
18:48 chris           heh
18:48 munin`          jdavidb: Quote #17: "<wizzyrea> holy flaming bacon batman!" (added by jdavidb at 09:40 PM, July 17, 2009)
18:48 jdavidb         @quote random
18:23 jdavidb         Hi, chris! :D
18:22 cait_laptop     good morning chris
18:21 chris           morning
18:17 Ropuch          Same here [;
18:15 cait_laptop     its 8:15 now :)
18:14 jdavidb         Ah.   We're UTC-4 or -5, again, depending.
18:12 cait_laptop     UTC+2 or UTC+1 depending on summer or winter time :)
18:01 cait_laptop     ;)
18:01 cait_laptop     not sure... have to google that
18:01 chris_n         back
18:00 jdavidb         you're...UTC+2?  +3?
17:58 cait_laptop     dinner time here :)
17:57 jdavidb         Pretty good.  Ready for the mid-afternoon nap, but don't get one.
17:57 cait_laptop     and in yours? :)
17:56 cait_laptop     ok, I think
17:55 jdavidb         :)  How are things in your corner of the world?
17:55 cait_laptop     :)
17:55 cait_laptop     howdy jdavidb
17:54 jdavidb         howdy, cait_laptop. :)
17:23 mu3lla79        عربييييييييييي
17:22 mu3lla79        هلاااااااااااا
17:03 rhcl_away       Hey Liz...our library is looking for a library running Koha to visit.
17:02 munin`          rhcl_away: wizzyrea was last seen in #koha 23 hours, 34 minutes, and 38 seconds ago: <wizzyrea> PH LOL
17:02 rhcl_away       @seen wizzyrea
16:59 CGI940          Actually is it necessary to have access to koha installation in order to acess the templates? I just found out that we do not have access to where it was installed but can only access it through the web.
16:55 CGI940          ok
16:55 owen            CGI940: Sounds like you need to get with the person who installed Koha for you.
16:54 CGI940          I have acess to koha staff through the koha website
16:53 CGI940          I'm not sure.
16:53 owen            CGI940: Do you know where Koha is installed?
16:52 CGI940          you said look for intranet-tmpl/prog/en and opac-tmpl/prog/en, where can I find that?
16:51 * owen          doesn't know anything about it
16:51 owen            Will template toolkit help that somehow?
16:50 nengard         better yet, we need a templating system like wordpress in koha :)
16:50 slef            do we have one?
16:50 slef            we need a some sort of template-by-version browsing website
16:49 CGI940          i see i ee
16:48 CGI940          oh
16:48 owen            That can get very tedious if you're talking about too many changes
16:47 owen            If you make a change to your template, then upgrade Koha, the changes you made to your template will be overwritten. You'll have to keep track of each change and copy them over after your upgrade
16:47 CGI940          what kind of prolems?
16:46 owen            But I don't recommend making changes to your templates. You'll run into problems when you try to upgrade
16:46 kf              time to leave - bye everybody
16:46 owen            Look for intranet-tmpl/prog/en and opac-tmpl/prog/en
16:45 CGI940          do you know where I can access the koha template systems
16:45 CGI940          hey i have another question
16:27 CGI940          ok
16:26 owen            If you'd like an introduction to the kinds of changes you can make you can check out my Koha Blog: http://www.myacpl.org/koha/
16:25 owen            CGI940: In order for us to be able to help you, we'll have to hear specifics
16:24 CGI940          ok thank you
16:24 kf              jwagner: perhaps talk to wizzyrea about this, I think there was a discussion about this on irc some time ago
16:24 CGI940          sorry if im being too vague, im really new to koha
16:23 CGI940          when a user makes a search for a book
16:23 CGI940          I would like to change the way the entire page looks
16:21 owen            CGI940: What are you trying to do?
16:20 CGI940          I am currently running Koha 3.0.1. I would like to edit or configure the catalog search bar section on top of the catalogs when a search is made. It is the area that is above all the books that are listed when a search is made. By edit, I mean changing the interface and the way it appears to the general public. I was told that I need to use a css style script to do this or some css style template of some sort. I am really unsure a
16:20 CGI940          hey i need help with koha
16:16 jwagner         Am I reading that right?
16:16 jwagner         So neither of these sysprefs seems directly applicable to my site's request: What this site wants is to make sure "next available" hold is truly the next available, regardless of the patron or item branch -- anywhere in the system.
16:15 jwagner         If RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight is on, it shuffles the list of branches randomly.
16:15 jwagner         If there isn't a list, it pulls from all branches.
16:14 jwagner         If there is a list of branchcodes in StaticHoldsQueueWeight, it uses those as the branches to pull from.
16:14 jwagner         Back on the two holds queue sysprefs.  The build_holds_queue.pl script references them as "Query system preferences to get ordered list of branches to use to fill hold requests."  What I _think_ the code is doing is this:
16:11 kf              owen: thx! :)
16:10 owen            You could try this: http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials:Getting_Started_with_jQuery
16:09 kf              owen: can you recommend a good introduction to jquery? I think I need to hide some things from display in various places.
16:03 jwagner         owen, thanks -- didn't think to look there.
16:02 owen            jwagner: My search turns up references to RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight in misc/cronjobs/holds/build_holds_queue.pl
15:54 jwagner         Re: <slef> nengard: the other way to find what something does is to search the source code for that syspref being used and generally boggle at the source until it makes sense. -- I've grepped for both those sysprefs in C4 and under kohaclone/circ and kohaclone/reserve and I'm not finding them anywhere.  Where else might they be used?
15:44 kmkale          byeall GN
15:38 munin`          owen: scrabble has neutral karma.
15:38 owen            @karma scrabble
15:38 munin`          slef: Karma for "boggle" has been increased 1 time and decreased 0 times for a total karma of 1.
15:38 slef            @karma boggle
15:35 nengard         hehe
15:35 nengard         slef sorry was on the phone - and I'm still learning Perl - so boggling might take a year :)
15:33 owen            Thanks for your help as always
15:33 chris_n         owen: I have to go work under another hat for a while; I'll look at this again later this afternoon EDT
15:31 chris_n         it often does the trick
15:31 chris_n         boggle++
15:31 slef            nengard: the other way to find what something does is to search the source code for that syspref being used and generally boggle at the source until it makes sense.
15:28 * chris_n       finds remote debugging via irc difficult ;-)
15:28 chris_n         if my very long guess is correct, there may be a bib w/no items or at least a bug in GetItemInfosOf causing an undef item
15:26 chris_n         owen: you might also try adding 'next if !$item; after line 126 in label-item-search.pl (the label rewrite version)
15:26 owen            You mean DebugLevel in system prefs? That's set to 2, hence the output of the error I guess
15:24 chris_n         something like ?debug=1 maybe
15:24 * chris_n       does not remember how to do that from the cgi var side
15:24 chris_n         owen: I wonder if you can enable debug and see any additional info in your logs?
15:23 nengard         owen - no worries - I'm waiting for help with text before I can do screenshots
15:23 owen            nengard: I'm working on some interface tweaks for the new labels, so hold off on your screenshots
15:22 * chris_n       likes to keep his catalogers very well fed and happy
15:22 nengard         thanks!!!
15:22 chris_n         nengard: I'll try to scare something up
15:22 nengard         chris_n -- think they might want to write something?
15:21 chris_n         nengard: nothing written
15:21 nengard         jwagner - I know - I was being sarcastic - I didn't understand them at all so I couldn't explain them any better
15:21 nengard         chris_n do your catalogers have any kind of documentation they have written for each other? something I cna use to base my manual docs on?
15:21 jwagner         nengard, I did check the manual site.  It just didn't tell me anything other than the definitions in the sysprefs :-(
15:21 chris_n         to use the latest terminology :-|
15:21 chris_n         s/used/vetted/
15:21 chris_n         and my catalogers have used it for better than a month now
15:20 * chris_n       thinks gmcharlt did some testing also
15:20 chris_n         owen: chris tested the labels stuff... maybe we should check with him to see if he has any thoughts
15:19 chris_n         speed even
15:19 * chris_n       really tries to get up to spped
15:19 slef            disillusioned+puzzled
15:19 chris_n         of course file I pointed you to would not work :-P
15:19 slef            chris_n: welcome to my world. Moohahah.
15:19 nengard         jwagner - you mean my documentation didn't help you??? hehe - probably cause I had no idea what I was saying ....
15:19 chris_n         owen:  I'm puzzled too
15:18 jwagner         Can anyone help me understand what RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight and StaticHoldsQueueWeight sysprefs do, especially in a multi-library environment?  What this site wants is to make sure "next available" hold is truly the next available, regardless of the patron or item branch -- anywhere in the system.
15:18 nengard         poor chris_n
15:18 * chris_n       is now seriously disillusioned
15:18 slef            but smarter people than me have been trying to do things like that for ages
15:18 chris_n         isn't the koha world *the* world?
15:18 nengard         oh! like that
15:18 nengard         doubt that's gonna happen :) hehe
15:18 slef            like http://host/homepage/calendar gets you their calendar
15:17 slef            the world
15:17 nengard         we? the world? or we the koha world?
15:17 slef            we need some common standard for calendaring
15:17 nengard         I put all my stuff on my calendar which is on my site: http://www.web2learning.net/about-me/my-presentinglearning-calendar
15:16 slef            so I use tripit because it's in my face
15:16 nengard         slef In Oct - I'm going to Nevada and then California in November I'm going to Bergen, Oslo, Venice and Rome
15:16 slef            I don't like tripit or dopplr but I don't know the FOSS options
15:16 slef            just being stalky, wondered where you were going :)  Bergen?
15:16 chris_n         owen: on phone
15:15 nengard         why?
15:15 nengard         slef i was - i think - but I pref dopplr so I haven't updated tripit
15:15 slef            nengard: are you using tripit on linkedin?
15:14 owen            chris_n: the version you sent me works in as much as it doesn't return an error. But it also doesn't return search results
15:13 * owen          is out of touch
15:13 chris_n         owen: yes
15:07 nengard         chris_n and owen whenever it is integrated - i need help with documentation - i never understood labels ;)
15:06 owen            I'm confused now... Has labels_recon been integrated into HEAD now?
15:03 chris_n         that would determine if the changes I made broke things for you
15:03 chris_n         and try it?
15:03 chris_n         owen: any chance you can grab this version of the script: http://git.koha.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=blob_plain;f=labels/label-item-search.pl;hb=41d550df4fd72a0f53ad096b32ff8b9aa84bd8ac
15:01 * owen          tries it in master
14:59 chris_n         owen: do you have a version w/o the labels rewrite you can try the search on over the same database?
14:57 * chris_n       tries to focus
14:57 chris_n         heh
14:52 owen            Because I've done that and it didn't work.
14:51 owen            ...besides scratch my head, that is.
14:51 owen            Is there something else I can do to try to track down the cause?
14:51 owen            Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference at /home/oleonard/kohaclone/labels/label-item-search.pl line 129.
14:51 owen            I'm still not sure what I should do about this error I get when trying to search for items to add to a label batch
14:45 munin`          kmkale: The current temperature in Mumbai, India is 29.0�C (7:40 PM IST on September 24, 2009). Conditions: Haze. Humidity: 84%. Dew Point: 26.0�C. Pressure: 29.80 in 1009 hPa (Steady).
14:45 kmkale          @weather mumbai
14:26 kf              jwagner: ok, I think we will add it and sent a patch after wolfgang's vacation
14:24 jwagner         I think it would be fine to show it on the details page.  The more info the better.
14:22 kf              ok, talking about opac detail xslt :)
14:22 kf              would it be ok to add this or is there a reason why it is not shown?
14:22 kf              our librarian asked to display place of publication together with publication year and publisher
14:21 kf              yes, very busy
14:19 jwagner         kf, we still have some more in the pipeline -- I'll get them added as soon as they're nailed down.  Been a busy year...
14:16 kf              :)
14:16 nengard         spend today and yesterday booking all my travel - shocked that my credit card company hasn't called to ask me if my card was stolen
14:14 nengard         :)
14:13 brendan         heya nengard
14:13 brendan         heya engard
14:13 nengard         morning nicomo and brendan
14:11 brendan         hi nicomo
14:11 kf              jwagner: not one specific, its just great to see new features. :) looked at hold option some minutes ago
14:11 nicomo          hi brendan
14:08 brendan         morning
14:03 chris_n         I'm off for a bit owen; bbl
14:02 * chris_n       greets brendan
14:02 owen            Okay
14:01 chris_n         "There are no items in batch <batch_number> yet"
14:01 chris_n         it might also be nice to indicate the number of the new batch somehow
14:01 owen            Okay, I'll make it so.
14:00 chris_n         great
14:00 owen            <!-- TMPL_IF NAME="table_loop" -->
13:59 owen            I thought a check for the TMPL_LOOP of existing items would work
13:58 chris_n         some JS magic perhaps?
13:58 chris_n         owen: excellent idea
13:58 owen            Okay, chris_n, if you're adding items to a new batch, my thought was that we should hide the buttons to delete items, check dupes, etc.
13:58 chris_n         virtual chocolate == very low calories
13:57 owen            Mmmm... virtual chocolate.  Almost as bad as Hershey's chocolate ;)
13:57 jwagner         kf, sorry, been off in a meeting.  Which screenshot?  I've loaded several to bugzilla this morning :-)
13:56 * chris_n       throws gmcharlt some virtual chocolate
13:55 owen            Let me try to find where I was...
13:55 owen            I had a question about the labels interface
13:55 chris_n         what did you find?
13:55 chris_n         np
13:55 owen            Hi chris_n. Sorry I missed you yesterday afternoon
13:55 chris_n         hi owen
13:36 kf              jwagner: I love your screenshots :)
13:22 slef            anyway, I'm starving here.  biab
13:22 slef            2 to 2.5 is normal, but 4???
13:22 slef            oh yeah... I've been shocked at one site that coordinating with other IT suppliers multiplies my time estimate by about 4.
13:21 owen            Sounds like my plumber and my heating contractor.
13:21 slef            Because we rarely control all the customer's IT systems, it can be hard for us to tell that too.  In at least one notorious case, everyone pointed the fingers at everyone else.
13:20 owen            It can be hard even for someone like me who has more experience than most customers.
13:20 owen            It can be hard--especially for the customer--to know whether it's a local problem or a Koha problem.
13:20 slef            Before I go, I just checked: we only have 156 Koha bugs open at the moment and a lot of those are local or extension things.
13:19 slef            now I'm off to lunch :)
13:19 slef            Finally, sometimes those bugs are already assigned to people so we do a quick local fix and work on something else while we wait for the proper fix.  I should review the ones we're waiting for and tidy/submit our patches in cases where no-one else did.
13:17 slef            then I just add myself to cc
13:17 slef            Also, quite a few of the bugs we get are already reported by other more cutting-edge testers
13:16 slef            We used to pass almost all bugs to bugs.koha.org but I got bored arguing the toss, so it only happens when it's clear-cut and can't possibly be blamed on the customer.  I am reviewing our past fixes while trying to clean my tree for publication, though.
13:14 owen            There's certainly nothing to be gained in publicly fixing a bug if you're not sharing your work with the world.
13:13 owen            Thinking about a particularly nasty bug we're experiencing, I wonder if we're missing out on a lot of bug reports because they're staying between customer and vendor?
13:08 owen            Hi ebegin
13:08 ebegin          good morning koha!
12:49 kf              gmcharlt: thx :)
12:49 gmcharlt        kf: ok
12:48 jdavidb         Not really, gmcharlt.  This is a relatively minor enhancement, codewise, but is a nice touch.
12:48 kf              gmcharlt: can you ignore my patch from yesterday please?
12:48 kf              I can offer swiss chocolate - Konstanz is near to the border
12:47 gmcharlt        more seriously, doesn't strike me that it's going to be an archiecture-shattering change
12:47 jdavidb         Chocolate can be arranged, gmcharlt.  Lotsa good karma is also negotiable.
12:47 nengard         ooo - is that the secret?? :)
12:47 kf              :)
12:47 * gmcharlt      accepts chocolates ;)
12:47 kf              I hope so
12:46 jdavidb         I'll bump it to the top of my list, then, and get it thrown over the wall.  Getting it into 3.2 is not up to me, but gmcharlt, but hopefully he can be wheedled into taking it in.
12:45 kf              jdavidb: perhaps its just that I started working on this and perhaps want to find out if it will work as I think... and it would be only a little different to your solution. But we definitely need a solution in a stable koha release - yours or mine. perhaps I should just hand over the bug ;)
12:42 jdavidb         If your answer is a better one, I'm fine with that, or if you think of a good way to enhance ours, please do!
12:42 jdavidb         Well, I'll still throw it out there, because we're committed to do so in all but the most tiny customizations, or when customer security won't let us.  you can decide, kf, if you'd like to use it.
12:37 kf              I dont know what else jdavidb's patches might include
12:35 kf              I wont touch staff, so this will still be missing
12:34 jdavidb         Excellent!  :)
12:34 jwagner         So you're going to redo yours?  Do you still want us to send ours out?
12:33 kf              ok? :)
12:32 kf              ok. I will try to redo the patch so that the column shows after call number, as in your screen shot, but only when its needed - and will add to the bug if successful or not
12:31 kf              I think working together makes koha so great, librarians and developers
12:29 jwagner         kf, I'm not a Real Programmer either, I just play one on TV :-)  And send all sorts of "why didn't you do it this way" feedback to the real developers when I'm testing their stuff :-)
12:28 kf              you know, Im not a programmer, but I want to learn to do more things. This is something we need and seemed not so difficult
12:27 jdavidb         kf:  Anything I can do to help, I'll be glad to.  :)  It never hurts to have another contributor to Koha.
12:26 kf              Dont know if I can do this - but I would like to try
12:25 jwagner         Having the column only show when needed would be an elegant revision :-)
12:25 jwagner         If you think ours would work for your needs, sure.
12:25 kf              or I could try to redo my patch with column only shown when needed
12:25 kf              do you want to take the bug then?
12:24 kf              I would be really happy if it could get in 3.2, because its really needed for us
12:24 jwagner         FYI, we are also working on another feature, to allow multiple holds by one patron on one title (i.e., for different serials issues).  That one's not near completion yet, but I thought I'd let you know it's coming.  Haven't done a bugzilla on it yet, come to think of it.
12:23 jdavidb         Likely so.  I'd like to get a bunch of things thrown over the transom this week or this weekend.  Intended to last weekend, but Life Gets In The Way Sometimes.
12:23 jwagner         The feature has finished testing -- it's a question of when we can get it sent out.  Maybe in the next week?  David?
12:22 jwagner         Ours is more the brute force approach...
12:22 kf              jwagner: when do you think its ready to be sent out? its a little urgent for us... library opens on october 12th and patrons need to request volumes of journals because they are in closed stacks
12:21 kf              jwagner: ah ok, this will work as well. I wanted to try to show the column only when its needed, so that we save some space
12:20 jwagner         Just doublechecked -- it's always there.
12:18 kf              jwagner: do you always show the volume column or only if there are values for it?
12:17 munin`          04Bug http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3380 normal, PATCH-Sent, ---, katrin.fischer@bsz-bw.de, NEW, Serial enumeration / chronology should display in opac holds interface.
12:17 jwagner         To Bug 3380?  Wanted to follow up with you on that.
12:17 kf              jwagner: just saw your reply
12:13 jwagner         kf, around?
11:56 chris_n         hi Amit
10:49 slef            heh, his network uplink is protecting him again ;-)
10:38 slef            s/tried/tries
10:38 * slef          tried to find a copy of that feature in another git clone
10:38 slef            Damn. I deleted a small feature trying paul_p's git tip. It's not that simple. :-(
10:32 slef            hi Amit
10:31 Amit            hi slef
10:30 * chris_n2-away heads off to find b'fast, bbiab
10:30 slef            mmmm, vacation
10:30 slef            (just a page of names, one per underlined line)
10:30 slef            vote page doesn't work. No time to debug it now.
10:29 chris_n2-away   slef: yeah, we often vacation in that area
10:29 chris_n2-away   oh, g'morning
10:29 slef            chris_n2-away: Asheville, North Carolina
10:29 * chris_n2-away might wander out there
10:28 chris_n2-away   slef: code4lib conf is only 5 hours from where I am
09:30 Colin           Hi Amit
09:27 Amit            hi colin, chris_n2
08:58 Colin           Hi Chris
08:58 chris           hi Colin
08:57 chris           http://vote.code4lib.org/election/index/11
08:56 chris           http://code4lib.org/conference/2010/
08:55 slef            where's the vote?  Where's the conference? ;-)
08:55 slef            boo! ;-)
08:50 chris           Daniel Pitti [40]; Clifford Lynch [38]; Benjamin Mako Hill [38]; Joan Frye Williams [33]; Patrick Ball [32];
08:50 chris           Holovaty [63]; Jonathan Zittrain [57];  Mitchell Baker [52]; Jon Udell [51]; Jono Bacon [44]; Andy Lester [42]; Joe Lucia [41]; Richard Stallman [41];
08:49 chris           Tim O'Reilly [77]; Penny Leach [76]; Paul Jones [75]; Cathy Marshall [71]; Randall Munroe [69]; Peter Morville [68]; Mark Pilgrim [67]; Adrian
08:49 chris           hmm nope tim o'reilly has passed her
08:48 chris           hmm i wonder if penny is still leading the vote for keynote speaker for code4lib
08:43 chris           20:35 <CGI912> Is there any way we can update the existing marc record using bulkmarcimport.pl any other porgram with the modified marc record. At least we should be  able to add items to the existing record this way.
08:43 chris           for the record the question was
08:43 slef            cloak and daggers
08:43 chris           heh
08:38 chris           and if you ask here, the question and answer get logged so hopefully help others :-)
08:37 chris           :)
08:37 chris           btw, a simple hello is considered polite
08:36 chris           yes, you can use the marc uploader in the tools section
08:36 chris           ill answer here CGI912
08:23 magnusenger     ;-)
08:23 chris           i vote asking an ex Ller
08:23 chris           good luck with that
08:22 chris           lol
08:20 magnusenger     ok, thanks!
08:20 hdl_laptop      Llers would be better placed than me to answer.
08:19 magnusenger     hdl_laptop, do you know what part 942s is supposed to play in this?
08:18 magnusenger     a ha, not sure my client's ils has that, though, must check
08:17 hdl_laptop      And we use that.
08:17 hdl_laptop      usually ILSes have subscriptions tables.
08:16 magnusenger     or is there another way to do it?
08:16 magnusenger     so you use the MARC-data to create some SQL to generate basic subscription-info?
08:16 hdl_laptop      yes This is what we usually do
08:15 hdl_laptop      We usually add subscriptions after bib imports.
08:15 magnusenger     Hm, there's lots of info about subscriptions that are not in the MARC, so i guess the best I can do is to create a very basic subscription from the MARC, just the link to the record, really.
08:15 hdl_laptop      MARC records and subscription are two different things.
08:13 magnusenger     I guess my real question is how to generate subscriptions for serials when they are imported from a batch of MARC records. Or must the subscriptions be created manually after the import?
08:11 magnusenger     thanks for noticing, anyway... ;-)
08:10 chris           and i dont have an answer
08:10 chris           magnusenger: sorry just saw your question
08:10 chris           its on my list to work on once 3.2 is out
08:08 chris           (plus you can cache rendered output into memcached)
08:06 chris           but its really handy
08:06 chris           only using 1 filter (cleaning whitespace)
08:06 chris           yeah we use TT for stuff.co.nz
08:04 hdl_laptop      plus http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=466269
07:58 chris           :)
07:58 chris           plus http://search.cpan.org/~mbait/HTML-Template-Convert-TT-0.04/lib/HTML/Template/Convert/TT.pm
07:58 chris           http://git.workbuffer.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=koha.git;a=blob;f=lib/Koha/Templates.pm;h=2ff0dd8e903df47a3e1fd0bee564dee458179cd0;hb=09b1a58cc1beb5d1cab41a83fb498a9081c14431
07:57 chris           another reason to move to template toolkit
07:57 chris           nope there isnt a html::template validator
07:56 chris           yep
07:56 hdl_laptop      Maybe because <TMPL_IF> and <div> are misplaced.
07:55 hdl_laptop      Very curious so many </div> are found missing.
07:55 hdl_laptop      Not an html validator... (even if it should be used more often.
07:55 hdl_laptop      But I want to be able to ensure that an open TMPL_IF or TMPL_LOOP or TMPL_UNLESS is closed.
07:54 hdl_laptop      chris thanks for that.
07:52 chris           hdl_laptop: http://koha.pastebin.com/m5541ecd5
07:51 magnusenger     Hm, how is the "Serial record flag" in 942s supposed to work when it is hidden in the editor (hidden = -5)?
07:43 kf              sometimes the term is on the same page as the wrong result
07:42 chris           could be i guess
07:41 kf              chris: I think I had this problem before, perhaps something went wrong when the files got updated?
07:40 kf              chris: I was afraid you would say that
07:40 chris           hmm not sure if i can do anything about that im afraid
07:39 kf              chris: search for [ Intranet for 3.1.x/3.2 ]  de-DE-i-staff-t-prog-v-3002000.po seems not to work, you get results where the term is not included
07:39 chris           hi kf
07:39 chris           weblint is good too
07:38 kf              good morning chris
07:36 chris           htmltidy does an alright job
07:27 hdl_laptop      chris: Is there any Template validator tool we could use to prove our template are well formed ?
07:09 slef            I should add a comment to that blog page.
07:09 slef            chris: If anyone else asks, I wouldn't use fink on MacOS again. People using MacPorts seem to have far more success than I did, but that may have been the sysadmin.
06:44 kf              hi Amit
06:42 Amit            hi kf
06:42 kf              hi Ropuch
06:41 Ropuch          Hello kf
06:40 kf              good morning
06:36 Ropuch          Morning, paul_p
06:20 tjr             Is there any method to non interactively modify a marc record in Koha, idea is just to add item records to the existing record non-interactively. Can MarcEdit be used non interactively. Has any one written perl program to modify marc record out side koha environment and update the koha marc record (including items) with the modified one .
06:19 tjr             Is there any method to non interactively modify a marc record in Koha, idea is just to add item records to the existing record non-interactively. Can MarcEdit be used non interactively. Has any one written perl program to modify marc record out side koha environment and update the koha marc record (including items) with the modified one .
06:05 Ropuch          #koha: the greeting channel ';>
06:04 Ropuch          heheh
06:04 nicomo          morning all
06:04 magnusenger     hi Ropuch
06:01 Ropuch          hello Amit, magnusenger
05:57 magnusenger     hi Amit
05:54 Amit            hi nicomo, ropuch, magnusenger
05:42 Ropuch          Morning, #koha
05:11 wajasu          I guess if I could do this simple patch, and I understand the process, then I might work on some other need since I have the dev environment set up.
05:10 wajasu          the preference field become a fancier rule field, which it already is.  But, I wouldn't want to submit such a patch unless it made sense for others.
05:08 wajasu          I might be able to code it backwards compatible so existing system prefs continue with the same behavior, but newer ones that list additonal fields import accordingly.
05:06 wajasu          i am wondering if we could let them specify a list of places (i.e. more than one) so that during import if the 090 field had a call number, its imported, then if 050 is not empty, import it,  and so on.
05:04 wajasu          a preference allows the selection from one or the other of those two fields by specifying which accordingly.
05:03 wajasu          the pain that they are having is when they import and the item call number is assigned (currently pulled from either the 090 or 050 field), they need it to be smarter.
05:00 chris           we are in feature freeze for 3.2.0 at the moment, so it wont make it into 3.2.0 but it could go in the next feature release
04:59 wajasu          i helped set up a koha box for a new library and they are importing their files.
04:59 wajasu          i'm reading the dev wiki right know and debating weather or not i should set up the dev environment and submit an enhancement.
04:56 chris           the rest are most likely asleep (the americans), or just about to wake up (the europeans)
04:54 * chris         is just about to catch a bus home
04:52 wajasu          any developers here?
04:37 chris           hmmm
04:16 schuster        talk to ya later!
04:15 schuster        Dogs are asleep and it is cool here tonight so I bet I sleep well tonight!
04:14 schuster        OK that's a great idea.  thanks
04:13 chris           asking what would be the best use of your time
04:13 chris           you might like to fire off an email to the koha-devel list
04:13 chris           meantime galen and others are working on what will be 3.2.0
04:12 chris           yep, HDL is doing the 3.0.4 release and I have been helping him out a bit, we are nearly done, then there will be a week or 2 for the translators, then 3.0.4 released
04:12 schuster        Henri I thought was running this 303 type system x......115 was the version I was on today...  I want to help out, but am a little handicapped in places!
04:11 chris           its in parallel to 3.2.0
04:10 chris           but that is 3.0.3 with bugfixes .. none of the new features
04:10 chris           well there is gonna be a 3.0.4
04:10 schuster        In the last IRC they were talking about a final 3.0003 type run before the full 3.2 release or something like that.
04:09 chris           3.2 is still a little ways off, have to merge in the last of the features, then lots of testing
04:08 chris           yeah :)
04:08 chris           i dont think it is running a copy of master
04:08 schuster        OK just made me panic a little that I couldn't add a user!
04:07 chris           ah that is just testing some of the stuff as far as i know
04:06 schuster        Hey...  I was on the Biblibre "test" site and I was going to add a user, but couldn't figure out how there wasn't a button!  When I searched for a borrower Schuster - there wasn't an option to add me!
04:05 chris           schuster: why do you ask?
04:02 richard         hi Amit
04:02 Amit            good morning #koha
04:02 Amit            hi chris, brendan, richard
04:02 chris           then there will be more heavy testing, before a release candidate
04:01 chris           there are still some things to get merged in though, including the new acquisitions
04:01 chris           yep
04:00 schuster        anybody testing the pre 3.2 release?
03:48 brendan         good night
03:32 pianohacker     good night
02:33 chris_n2-away   chris: tnx
02:33 chris           chris_n^2: discarded the message, so you wont get a double up
02:33 * chris_n^2     calls it a night
02:19 * chris_n^2     seems to remember some discussion a while back about stripping down the frame work to only the fields/subfields used
02:19 pianohacker     Less validated fields, at least; it loops mandatory fields to see if they're present, rather than looping every field to see if it is mandatory and present
02:18 ebegin          ... or maybe I missed someting.
02:18 ebegin          Hmm... that could be a nice optimization though.  I'll doublecheck that because we actually don't need validation on fields that are not displayed in the editor
02:17 chris_n^2       so less fields == faster validation time
02:17 chris_n^2       ebegin: I think only the fields included in the framework you have setup are validated
02:16 chris_n^2       lol
02:16 munin`          chris_n^2: Quote #35: "<sekjal> it seemed like a good idea at the time...." (added by jwagner at 06:58 PM, September 17, 2009)
02:16 chris_n^2       @quote random
02:16 ebegin          Anybody knows if the code process only the fields that are displayed in the editor or it validate all values, even those that are not displayed in the editor?
02:16 pianohacker     chris_n: saw it
02:16 pianohacker     hehe
02:15 * chris_n^2     takes pianohacker's way out of jail
02:15 munin`          chris_n^2: The operation succeeded.
02:15 chris_n^2       @later tell chris nvm, I resent the email to the list only, tnx
02:14 pianohacker     reducing it even a tad might help, if it's that slow currently
02:13 pianohacker     hmm
02:12 ebegin          Not really "a lot".  Less that the default framework
02:11 pianohacker     ebegin: do you have a lot of mandatory fields or subfields?
02:10 chris_n^2       it can be painfully slow
02:10 chris_n^2       yeah, lots of JS form validation going on there
02:10 ebegin          yes, that's what I mean.  It currently takes almost 1 minutes between the time I'm pressing the Save and getting the items page...
02:08 chris_n^2       you mean saving a bib record?
02:07 ebegin          Is there a solution for the time required to save a record?
02:05 chris_n^2       hi ebegin && brendan
02:04 brendan         heya #koha
02:03 ebegin          hi all!
02:01 * chris_n^2     loves the sound of virtual noise
02:00 pianohacker     *bang*
02:00 pianohacker     crash
02:00 pianohacker     boom
01:40 chris_n^2       its awful quiet tonight/today
00:38 Jo              hiya
00:37 pianohacker     hey Jo
00:36 Jo              afternoon all
00:25 pianohacker     ah, nvm then
00:25 chris_n         chris took care of one the other night for me
00:21 pianohacker     Ah. Might be easier just to resend in approvable form, none of my jailed emails have ever been released
00:19 chris_n         and so it awaits "moderator approval"
00:19 chris_n         my reply had to many recipients
00:19 pianohacker     chris_n: what happened?
00:18 munin`          chris_n: The operation succeeded.
00:18 chris_n         @later tell chris please release my email from list jail :-)
00:13 chris_n         chris about?