Time  Nick              Message
23:07 dcook             .
20:33 huginn`           davidnind: The operation succeeded.
20:33 davidnind         @later tell ssgans: What were you wanting to know about SIP? How it works, how to set it up, configuration, .... The manual and wiki have some information (https://koha-community.org/manual/latest/en/html/apis_protocols.html#sip2 and https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_SIP2_server_setup
20:25 huginn`           davidnind: The operation succeeded.
20:25 davidnind         @later tell Ruth_NHCL: I would use a report, something like 'select * from borrowers', then download as CSV (you could also limit it to the columns you want as well)
19:49 Ruth_NHCL         How do I export a list of patron email addresses?
19:33 ssgans            want to know the details of SIP2 in the Koha software
19:33 ssgans            hi dolf
19:26 ssgans            want to know the SIP2 in the Koha software
19:26 ssgans            am new for koha
19:26 ssgans            Good Day to you
19:25 ssgans            hi
19:17 JasonGreene[m]    <dolf> "Thanks for checking it out..." <- Thanks. I'll look at those pages
18:38 dolf              OK, thanks :)
18:33 oleonard          dolf: The "No cover image..." things represent a difference in how the individual cover image services were developed.
18:23 dolf              Source code: https://github.com/Koha-Community/Koha/tree/master/debian/scripts    Docs: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Commands_provided_by_the_Debian_packages
18:21 dolf              Depending on how you installed Koha, and on which operating system you are running, somewhere should be a few scripts to help with this, like `koha-dump` (to make the backup) and `koha-restore` to create a Koha instance from a backup.
18:20 dolf              JasonGreene: This is totally possible. I have done it recently. In fact, this is something you should practice regularly, because a backup is only worth something if you can restore it to new infrastructure when the old infrastructure inevitable breaks.
18:18 dolf              Thanks for checking it out oleonard. Not sure what I missed there, haha. But now I'm still wondering: Why is there sometimes no cover, and sometimes a little block that says "no cover image available" ...
18:18 JasonGreene[m]    I have an idea and would like to know if it is possible...... (full message at <https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/v3/download/matrix.org/AJiILQlGooGpXVROQrWNUVcv>)
17:59 oleonard          https://library.refstudycentre.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?&limit=mc-itype%2Cphr%3ABOOK&offset=20&sort_by=relevance&count=20
17:59 oleonard          I see cover images dolf
17:30 dolf              a/opac-search.pl?idx=&q=commentary&weight_search=1
17:30 dolf              Hi. I upgraded from Koha 22.05 to 22.11 today (slowly catching up on all those missed releases). In Koha 22.05, I was using exactly this config for cover images: https://bywatersolutions.com/education/koha-question-of-the-week-where-do-cover-images-come-from-in-koha After the upgrade to 22.11, the cover images are missing. Any ideas how I could debug this or what I should check for? Example: https://library.refstudycentre.com/cgi-bin/koh
15:03 tiagosimoes[m]    * Hi, I'm trying to upgrade the Koha version from 18.05 directly to 22.11 but when I do sudo apt-get upgrade, it throws out the following error message:... (full message at <https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/v3/download/matrix.org/PbFUxebtMISsKVeMqAOVwgCV>)
15:02 tiagosimoes[m]    * Hi, I'm trying to upgrade the Koha version from 18.05 directly to 22.11 but when I do sudo apt-get upgrade, it throws out the following error message:... (full message at <https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/v3/download/matrix.org/cjUszaUtEoUJfGzRGAdTTmTx>)
15:02 reiveune          bye
14:59 tiagosimoes[m]    * Hi, I'm trying to upgrade the Koha version from 18.05 directly to 22.11 but when I do sudo apt-get upgrade, it throws out the following error message:... (full message at <https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/v3/download/matrix.org/SjTXqoVNVvulaIFCfOMyIGEr>)
14:58 tiagosimoes[m]    Hi, I'm trying to upgrade the Koha version from 18.05 directly to 22.11 but when I do sudo apt-get upgrade, it throws out the following error message:... (full message at <https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/v3/download/matrix.org/vEtoYNOFsYvIHiebWGNCOxNr>)
14:42 oleonard          Anyone else having trouble with git-bz?
14:16 domm[m]           * so, here's a code snipped in matrix/element:... (full message at <https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/v3/download/matrix.org/PJZDJYWbvjxQJhYLLHkYlGRZ>)
14:15 domm[m]           ```
14:15 domm[m]           so, here's a code snipped in matrix/element:
14:08 krimsonkharne[m]  hi domm
13:47 domm[m]           hm, can't work out how paste codtr from the mobile
13:46 domm[m]           * `say "Hello Koha!"`
13:45 domm[m]           ```
13:45 domm[m]           say "Hello Koha!"
13:45 domm[m]           ```
13:44 domm[m]           hi red room!
13:36 oleonard          Looks like tag approval is broken
13:30 magnuse           davewood_: not sure, but it sure looks weird
12:58 davewood_         is there a reason this line is called twice in a row? -> https://github.com/Koha-Community/Koha/blob/master/catalogue/search.pl#L644
11:29 ShivamMoradia[m]  My self-Shivam Moradia, If Possible, for all developer to develop mobile application so it is very easy to circulation of books and resources....
11:28 ShivamMoradia[m]  hello
10:56 MitchellHarris[m] s/:)/😄/
10:56 MitchellHarris[m] Thanks everyone for your great help. I really appreciate it. I'm going to head off now. Have a great day and enjoy the eclipse if you get the chance. :)
10:53 MitchellHarris[m] I haven't made any labels yet either.
10:53 MitchellHarris[m] I don't understand the categories system well enough yet and I'd prefer to be able to add the books at the same time as the MARC records. I don't know if that's the best way to do it though.
10:51 MitchellHarris[m] I've only done about 70 books so far though.
10:51 MitchellHarris[m] I'm probably getting about 90% of the books.
10:51 MitchellHarris[m] I've tried adding a few of our church's university libraries which has helped. I think some of the books are even too old or rare for them though.
10:50 MitchellHarris[m] Oh ok. Good idea.
10:50 MitchellHarris[m] I tried to join the community a few months ago to get some help but my emails didn't get much response.
10:49 oleonard          It's not high traffic. I ask because you could query the mailing list about possible good Z39.50 sources for your library type
10:49 MitchellHarris[m] I'm not sure. I think I might have added myself to it but I haven't seen anything of it.
10:48 oleonard          MitchellHarris[m]: Are you on the Koha mailing list?
10:48 oleonard          Z39.50 the best way to get MARC records and "official" subject headings (although you are free to add your own or change the ones you get)
10:47 MitchellHarris[m] I've added a few sources to it but since some of our books are not as widely circulated they aren't in some of the bigger library systems.
10:47 MitchellHarris[m] Yes, I have now. It's very useful. When the books are available of course.
10:46 oleonard          MitchellHarris[m]: Have you used Z39.50 import?
10:46 MitchellHarris[m] Hahahaha.
10:46 MitchellHarris[m] Oh ok.
10:45 oleonard          Of course it is! It's a confusing format!
10:45 MitchellHarris[m] Ok. No worries. MARC is all a bit confusing to me.
10:45 oleonard          But yes they're like tags, but with structure defined by the Library of Congress (in USA anyway)
10:44 oleonard          MitchellHarris[m]: I don't really think about MARC in database terms
10:44 MitchellHarris[m] Or have I confused you?
10:42 MitchellHarris[m] many to many relationship?
10:42 MitchellHarris[m] So subject headings are the ones like Tags?
10:42 MitchellHarris[m] oleonard: Ah, yes. That would be useful to have.
10:42 MitchellHarris[m] So is there no specifically right or wrong way to do this kind of thing?
10:41 oleonard          MitchellHarris[m]: Note that subject headings will get picked up by Koha's keyword search so they're worth having if you have folks searching the catalog
10:41 MitchellHarris[m] oleonard: Yeah, I saw that actually and was going to use them but was told to just use that for the likes of Book, Magazine, DVD etc.
10:40 MitchellHarris[m] oleonard: Ok. I'll take a look.
10:40 oleonard          There are also Item Types, which can be tied in to circulation rules as well.
10:40 oleonard          Yes, check out collection codes in the Koha manual. It's only one dimension (no sub-categories) but it might suffice.
10:36 MitchellHarris[m] Ah ok. Thanks oleonard. So that's the 6XX fields in MARC. I get you now. The other issue I've got is that, being a church, most of our books are in only a handful of categories so the Dewey system doesn't really seem very suitable. I was considering still using it as a secondary but using Icons and colours to help identify and separate the categories and sub-categories for our patrons. Is this kind of thing possible?
10:34 oleonard          MitchellHarris[m]: For things like 6XX fields you'll have to check MARC documentation. All of that is not Koha-specific and you'll find plenty of resources
10:32 mtj               tcohen,Joubu: i added the step to build koha-l10n pkg here https://gitlab.com/mjames/koha-build-pkg/-/commit/9a1180ebac38e9f0a75b95351b8dcf433ef72c72
10:31 MitchellHarris[m] Ok. I'll have to have a better look when I get it running again.
10:31 thd               You add a field in the record editor.
10:30 MitchellHarris[m] thd: Oh, how do I go about doing that? (I don't have a functioning Koha instance in front of me)
10:29 MitchellHarris[m] mtj: Ah ok. I was wondering who they were talking about. I had no idea who that was.
10:29 thd               MitchellHarris[m]:  You can always add your own classification to the records in 6XX fields.
10:29 mtj               MitchellHarris[m]: no probs... twas a msg for tcohen ^
10:28 MitchellHarris[m] Exciting.
10:28 MitchellHarris[m] thd: Yeah. I heard about that. We're not getting any of that down our way this time unfortunately.
10:27 thd               MitchellHarris[m]:  Eclipse darkness.
10:27 MitchellHarris[m] mtj: Oh ok. Cool. Sorry, I'm sure there was more context before I joined. I'm only new.
10:27 oleonard          thd: :D  It was very cool
10:25 mtj               MitchellHarris[m]: its a script to build koha language packages, fo debian
10:25 * thd             likes the dark.
10:24 oleonard          thd: We drove about two hours west so that we could catch it
10:24 thd               oleonard: Did you have 100% darkness yesterday afternoon?
10:23 MitchellHarris[m] Hi oleonard.
10:23 MitchellHarris[m] I'm only quite new to Koha, library systems and I'm still learning gradually about servers too. In Koha, how do I go about setting up categories and such for the books? My research has led me to understand that there are shelving systems (LCC and Dewey) and subjects (which are like tags?). My local library seems to have the categories set up as a Authorised value or something.
10:22 thd               Hello
10:22 oleonard          Hi #koha
10:22 thd               davidnind: I have a remedy for lack of DKIM signing when sending mail from the wiki which had left some users unable to receive email confirmation message.  A relay server can sign the message.  I have working test configurations but I am trying to improve the configuration for using port 587 which should make the system more flexible.
10:16 MitchellHarris[m] Hi mtj. What's this?
10:16 MitchellHarris[m] Hahaha. Yeah, fair enough.
10:16 thd               ElasticSearch is the best if the bugs are low.  Everything has bugs whether we know what they are or not.
10:15 mtj               tcohen:  https://gitlab.com/mjames/koha-build-l10n
10:15 MitchellHarris[m] Ok.
10:15 thd               You select indexing in the preferences.
10:14 MitchellHarris[m] So ElasticSearch would be best overall?
10:14 MitchellHarris[m] Oh ok.
10:14 thd               Zebra indexing has problems for multilingual character set indexing.
10:14 MitchellHarris[m] Or do you choose one of them?
10:13 MitchellHarris[m] Ok. So are they separate components?
10:13 thd               ElasticSearch is potentially the most full featured option for full text search and Zebra based indexing is the older library centric indexing system.
10:11 MitchellHarris[m] Or am I getting things mixed up?
10:11 MitchellHarris[m] I think I've just been setting it up with Zebra as the default.
10:11 MitchellHarris[m] Oh ok. Is ElasticSearch the better option of search engine?
10:10 thd               I am the wrong person to ask about running a real world system even for a small library.  I only run a test system.  However, indexing using ElasticSearch would be the most CPU and RAM intensive task commonly done in Koha.  Running without ElasticSearch should save resources but for 2000 items there may not be much of an issue.
10:07 MitchellHarris[m] I guess that's something I'll find out once it's up and running.
10:07 MitchellHarris[m] Oh ok.
10:07 thd               Amazon terms of service may allow caching cover images, so I am not certain whether they are stored.  Ordinary Amazon terms of service prohibit caching price information but prices are not a Koha service.
10:06 MitchellHarris[m] * a basic VPS setup for
10:06 MitchellHarris[m] Like what would you suggest for a basic setup for low traffic but around 2000 books?
10:05 MitchellHarris[m] Is Koha a more processor or memory intensive application?
10:05 MitchellHarris[m] Fair enough.
10:05 thd               Cover images are not very high resolution and would not take terribly much space but do not compress as well as the text data for everything else.
10:04 MitchellHarris[m] I assume you'd be able to add any that are missing. We have some pretty old books there. Might have to get rid of some of them though.
10:03 MitchellHarris[m] Oh, that would be good.
10:03 thd               Not certain but cover images are probably usually retrieved in real time using an Amazon API key.
10:02 MitchellHarris[m] Thanks thd.
10:02 MitchellHarris[m] Are the cover images stored in the database?
10:02 thd               Definitely look at Vultr or any VPS service which does not overallocate resources killing performance.
10:01 MitchellHarris[m] Ok. Yep. Will do.
10:00 thd               2000 volumes and some library members is not much but remember to configure automated backups.
10:00 MitchellHarris[m] Great. Thanks, thd.
09:59 MitchellHarris[m] How big does the database get as well?
09:59 thd               Contabo supposedly owns their own data centres as distinct from renting space in some larger data centre which lowers costs.  Probably more than fine for 2000 volumes.
09:58 MitchellHarris[m] I see Conatabo VPS' start at 6Gb RAM would that be suitable?
09:57 MitchellHarris[m] Well that's not bad at all.
09:56 thd               The thing which I noticed was not the absolute price but twice the RAM and storage for the same price of a minimal VPS instance at Linode or Digital Ocean.
09:56 MitchellHarris[m] Great. Thanks. I'll take a look at these too.
09:55 davidnind         Catalyst It in Australia/New Zealand (https://www.catalyst.net.nz/) and Proscient in Australia (https://www.prosentient.com.au/) support Koha, offer hosting, and are active in the community - but you may not have the budget for their services
09:54 MitchellHarris[m] I'll take a look anyway.
09:54 MitchellHarris[m] Ah ok. Hahaha.
09:54 thd               Vultr may be cheaper.
09:54 thd               Conatabo in Germany ends with an O.
09:53 MitchellHarris[m] My friend said suggested Hetzner but it doesn't start with an O.
09:53 MitchellHarris[m] Ok. I've heard of them.
09:52 davidnind         Often people suggest Digital Ocean or Linode
09:52 thd               tcohen uses them.
09:51 MitchellHarris[m] Oh ok. Great. I hope you can remember it.
09:51 thd               They have data centres in a few around the world.
09:50 MitchellHarris[m] I'm in Australia.
09:50 davidnind         Depending on what country you are in, there may be organisations offering Koha hosting - but I guess it would come down to the costs (but having someone who takes care of updates, security, backups, system administration, etc., can be a great advantage)
09:50 thd               They may be another option.  This one is based in Germany and the name may start with an O.
09:49 MitchellHarris[m] Is that the same one?
09:49 MitchellHarris[m] One of my friends just suggested vultr.com.
09:48 MitchellHarris[m] Ok. Thanks thd.
09:48 MitchellHarris[m] Hahahaha. No worries davidinind.
09:48 thd               MitchellHarris[m]:  Let me check for the name.
09:48 davidnind         So I'm assuming a reasonably light load
09:48 thd               MitchellHarris[m]:  I saw that we are running some services on what may be the cheapest hosting in the world.
09:48 davidnind         I'm not a server administrator, so don't feel qualified enough to offer any advice that you should take seriously 8-)
09:47 MitchellHarris[m] Our library is probably around 2000 books.
09:47 MitchellHarris[m] Thanks Davidnind.
09:47 MitchellHarris[m] I might have to see if I can get a budget for a little cheap server.
09:46 davidnind         See system requirements here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/System_requirements_and_recommendations
09:46 MitchellHarris[m] Thanks thd. The one I have full control of is a VPS but its the one running AlmaLinux and cPanel/WHM.
09:45 davidnind         8GB should be fine, depends on how many items you have and the usage
09:45 davidnind         I'm not sure if you can use cPanel or not, but then having another virtual server would add to your organisation's costs
09:45 MitchellHarris[m] So would around 8GB ram be ok?
09:45 thd               MitchellHarris[m]: You need a need an additional VPS or try experimenting on your home system first.  Koha is tested on Debian GNU/Linux based systems which may include derivatives such as Ubuntu.  Frequently, dependency packages may be one Debian version behind the current stable version which would be the long term stable version.
09:44 MitchellHarris[m] Yeah. I found that. I installed an Ubuntu OS on an old laptop and set it up on there however I was finding it ran quite slow and I couldn't run it permanently for others to use out of Church time.
09:44 davidnind         If running locally, then anything with a reasonable amount of memory should be fine (depending on usage)
09:42 davidnind         Using either Debian or Ubuntu is strongly recommended - mainly as all the components are packaged together nicely (it can be problematic getting all the Perl modules and specific versions working on a non Debian based system)
09:41 MitchellHarris[m] Would it be better to run a local instance of it on a dedicated machine? Like a laptop or something?
09:40 MitchellHarris[m] Oh ok.
09:40 MitchellHarris[m] The other server has AlmaLinux on it too which complicates it as well.
09:40 davidnind         I don't think I would recommend installing Koha on a  server running other things - mainly as there are a lot of moving parts such as the web server (Apache), Perl, the database, and Zebra  for the search (or Elasticsearch/Opensearch)
09:39 MitchellHarris[m] Thanks thd. That's what I was thinking. So I've pretty much crossed that one off my list.
09:39 thd               MitchellHarris[m]: SSH access is important for installation and running maintenance scripts.
09:39 MitchellHarris[m] I was thinking I wasn't seeing anyone's messages.
09:38 MitchellHarris[m] Oh I see. Thanks for responding Davindnind.
09:38 davidnind         Mitchell Harris: It's a bit quiet here at the moment - many of the developers and contributors to Koha are at a week-long "Hackfest" improving Koha in Marseille, France
09:34 MitchellHarris[m] Hello?
09:31 MitchellHarris[m] Would anyone here have any thoughts on this?
09:31 MitchellHarris[m] Other solutions I've tried include hosting it myself from home in a wsl instance but I have a dynamic IP and that is complicating it. Another idea is using Docker but I don't know how to use that.
09:30 MitchellHarris[m] I have 2 public servers I could use. Both have cPanel. One is locked down and doesn't have SSH access but it hosts and uses the domain I want to attach a subdomain to. My other server I have full control of but it has other client sites on and it runs on MySQL 8 instead of MariaDB.
09:26 MitchellHarris[m] I'm wondering if someone could help me find a way to install Koha for my church. I have a few different options but am hitting brick walls with all of them so far.
09:25 MitchellHarris[m] Hi
08:50 magnuse           i can sense a disturbance in the [m]
08:30 thd               tcohen: Relays are still fine with port 465 but sender dependent configuration should give everything including  the possibility of direct delivery to any SMTP server with port 25 without every final destination needing to expect encryption.
08:25 thd               tcohen:  I try to work around the Postfix problem with port 587 instead of port 465.  Port 587 may require STARTTLS eliptic curve certificates for some clients.
08:22 thd               tcohen:  "everytime we think it is fixes, something else breaks it"  There is a similar problem with Postfix.  If Postfix is configured to receive mail via SMTPS Port 465 everything works fine for relay use to another server with SMTPS port 465 but requires encryption settings which break the possibility of non-relay delivery to SMTP port 25 servers accepting mail without expecting encryption.
08:18 alex              tcohen++
08:18 mtj               tcohen: yep, will doo ^
08:17 tcohen            alex the API docs are back up
08:17 tcohen            I mean, it might be obvious for you what we're doing wrong
08:17 tcohen            can you try the koha-dpkg-docker image with master and tell me what you see
08:16 mtj               will upload build script for koha-l10n in 10 mins
08:15 mtj               hiya tcohen
08:09 tcohen            for instance, we don't yet have the koha-l10n build step in there
08:09 tcohen            and we try to replicate that inside
08:08 tcohen            we need to make it work, so we can either have you fix it, or show us all the secquence you're running
08:08 tcohen            everytime we think it is fixes, something else breaks it :-D
08:08 tcohen            we are not succeeding on making koha-dpkg-docker work
08:05 mtj               tcohen: hiya, am about now
08:05 mtj               hi folks
08:03 krimsonkharne[m]  good morning #koha
07:32 magnuse           tcohen++
07:03 tcohen            the last commit there is 1 year old so probably not accounting for the translations packaging step?
07:02 tcohen            https://gitlab.com/mjames/koha-build-pkg
07:02 tcohen            we need to know what is the latest toolset you're using for building the packages
07:02 tcohen            mtj around?
06:52 tcohen            hola #koha o/
06:51 paulderscheid[m]  Morning #koha
06:50 huginn`           04Bug https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17015 enhancement, P5 - low, ---, maryse.simard, Failed QA , New Koha Calendar
06:50 * magnuse         wonders about bug 17015
06:33 reiveune          hello
06:32 magnuse           \o/