21:08:15 #startmeeting Development IRC meeting 28 September 2022 21:08:15 Meeting started Wed Sep 28 21:08:15 2022 UTC. The chair is tuxayo_. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 21:08:15 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic #startvote. 21:08:15 The meeting name has been set to 'development_irc_meeting_28_september_2022' 21:08:20 #topic Introductions 21:08:40 #info Alex Buckley, Catalyst IT, NZ 21:08:50 #link https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Development_IRC_meeting_28_September_2022#Agenda Today's agenda 21:09:00 Refresh it if you had it open 21:09:01 #info David Nind, NZ 21:09:02 #info Thomas Dukleth, Agogme, New York City 21:10:03 #info Victor Grousset, Tuxayo Empire, France 21:10:14 #info Fridolin Somers, Biblibre, France 21:10:22 * tuxayo_ is starting to get paid for Koha work! 21:10:28 tuxayo : Empire strikes back then ^^ 21:10:34 ++ 21:12:03 tuxayo_ Please avoid pay distorting your perspective :) 21:12:15 At a 2% growth per year I expect to consume all the visible universe in 2000 years. Exponentials are great 21:13:06 #topic Announcements 21:13:16 Anything to announce that doesn't fit better in the other topics? 21:13:54 #info Individual videos and slides (where available) are now online! https://koha-us.org/2022/09/27/kohacon22-slides-recordings/ 21:14:04 great! 21:14:22 #info Thanks to koha-US for organising KohaCon22 21:14:25 super, ill have a look 21:14:35 thd: there will be certainly one distorion: now I can stop getting worried about rent and food and fearing to have to stop working on Koha 21:14:42 koha-us++ 21:14:49 community++ 21:15:03 food++ 21:15:13 From a remote perspective (apart from the timezone 😀) things seem to go really well. 21:15:25 #info Brendan Gallagher ByWater 21:15:29 What do you mean? 21:15:41 super cool the page with videos and slides for the conference 21:16:32 Anything else to announce? 21:17:47 Aside from one longish outage using library wifi much better than most conferences at avoiding livestream connection problems. 21:18:02 Proposal Website for KohaCon 23 https://www.kiwi.fi/display/KK/KohaCon 21:18:03 Uses hard wires whenever possible. 21:18:24 ethernet++ 21:18:25 #topic Update from the Release manager (22.11) 21:18:30 tcohen: arround? 21:18:35 IIUC, no 21:18:47 wires++, only use wireless for the FM radio ;) 21:19:11 #topic Updates from the Release Maintainers 21:19:15 rmaints? 21:19:15 rmaints are lukeg, liliputech and tuxayo 21:19:52 liliputech told he is on releasing 21.11.12 these days 21:19:59 Everything good so far this month. 21:20:02 fridolin: ah great 21:20:29 lucas release stable today I think 21:20:42 #topic Updates from the QA team 21:20:45 qa_team? 21:20:45 qa_team is probably cait, marcelr, khall, kidclamp, kohaputti, lukeg, aleisha, fridolin, ashimema, tuxayo, nugged, petrova, Joubu and dcook 21:21:05 o/ 21:21:11 \o 21:21:39 I didnt do much this month sorry 21:21:41 I guided another patch testing session with french librarians but this time attendance was very low. It's a bit worrying. 21:21:50 but i try to follow the current mood 21:22:06 i mean the current news 21:22:38 Universities are back on busy time 21:22:47 we see it in our support 21:23:07 And monday a patch testing session in english but only people from Germany and Austria came lol Where are english speaking librarians ^^ 21:23:30 We tested a few patches and extensively walked through the process 21:23:48 tuxayo_++ 21:23:55 Hopefully it will be a good time investement ^^ 21:24:22 davidnind: I hope in the end you will have nothing left to test :P 21:24:35 But it's harder than I though to get attendance 21:24:55 Keep it flowing as it goes, mates! (tuxayo++ tuxayo_++) because - 21:25:08 I don't think that will happen any time soon... 😀 21:25:36 I see there is life in the french translation ML, you may want to go there fishing for testers 21:25:38 #info support companies: please relay patch testing sessions to your customers that would be keen to test patch. (announcement in the koha general list) 21:25:41 I feel slightly guilty that the Needs QA queue is so big.... 21:25:56 fridolin: that's what I do ;) 21:26:05 ah super 21:26:07 because don't panic, I (more or less confidently) prognose that all those my and our from-Finland efforts and potentially-to-happen declared things also come into power in upcoming month and this year will be very productive for us in further time - I will have more interest soon from Finnish libraries and some groups will come to help us also because of "KohaCon 2023 and PerlCon which will be all together as one) 21:26:38 nugged: that's great! :) 21:27:07 ah what a chance, but i will not be able to be tehre IRL 21:27:24 fetch me a T-shirt of PerlCon please ;) 21:27:48 he he 21:27:53 moving on 21:28:05 #topic Status of roadmap projects 21:28:13 this one will be "Perl and Koha Conference" so this is unique something "very new", 21:28:26 ah, btw: 21:28:30 #info https://annuel.framapad.org/p/koha_22.11_roadmap 21:28:43 ElasticSearch indexing has been working in MediaWiki Canasta testing for the past two weeks. 21:28:44 #info Andrew Nugged, National Library of Finland, HELSINKI 21:28:54 (sorry lost my info tag :) ) 21:28:58 nugged: this is so cool to have both at same time and place 21:29:17 yes and it's also now more moves further made now 21:29:18 thd: media wiki uses ES now? 21:29:29 I actully drowning in this and this is something "massive" to happen, so - 21:29:35 fridolin: maybe you reconsider? 21:29:50 Wikipedia has used ES for a long time. 21:30:10 So the ugprade of our wiki will introduce ES? 21:30:13 Most importantly some extensions are dependent upon ES. 21:30:56 I had previously told tcohen that we did not need ES quickly but it was too easy and too much depends on it. 21:31:04 (sorry for scattering topics, mates, but) btw, link I see posted above, here some updated "few extra info places" - please consider these two: 21:31:06 https://bit.ly/PerlKohaCon_welcome 21:31:07 Great, it's easy 21:31:11 https://intro.perlkohacon.fi/ 21:31:17 thanks nugged 21:31:32 Sorry, I changed topic too fast 21:31:36 and I am working now hard to set up all "socicla channels" environment 21:31:43 *social 21:31:45 ES indexing took only 5 min. in 1 GiB RAM. 21:32:13 with shared single CPU core. 21:32:29 I had been worried about resource use. 21:32:38 and also we have official dates confirmed - from 14 August (premises booked, and lobbies, etc, for 2023 conference) 21:33:17 thd: sorry for scattering threads, I'll some later once you tell I can. Let's go under your lead. 21:33:17 Do not poke this too hard as it has minimal resources: https://koha-mw-canasta-test03.agogme.com/ . 21:33:33 nugged++ 21:33:34 thd++ 21:33:41 nugged++ 21:34:38 I finished VectorMod a modified version of the Vector skin allowing people to use either. 21:34:55 I plan to set everyone to VectorMod as default. 21:35:00 thd: great full scale pictures now work :D 21:35:02 thd++ 21:35:19 They always worked in Apache. 21:35:41 ah ok 21:35:49 nugged++ thanks for the info 21:35:51 Nginx was always the problem. The workaround for Nginx requires work. 21:36:22 thd: what is left before rolling out the upgrade? 21:36:55 thd: Do you need testers to have a look around? From a quick browse things looked OK to me. 21:37:48 Essentially nothing but getting together with tcohen who is working on integrating a custom Docker container with Koha container infrastructure. 21:38:04 Excellent! 21:38:04 darn tootin' it is. 21:38:27 thd: that's great new 21:38:29 And then it gets switched over? 21:38:36 davidnind[m] testers should be careful not to poke too hard because of low resources there. 21:38:39 thd++ congrats on getting rid of the blockers 21:39:07 Also much trouble with varnish caching in my testing. 21:39:37 tcohen said that we probably will not use varnish which is fine. 21:40:23 Problems are about clearing the varnsih Docker container cache after changing a non-content page feature. 21:41:25 I modified the AdvancedSearch extension but it would not appear until the cache expired for non-logged in users. 21:42:06 Similarly changes in the navigation sidebar which gives separate links to current and obsolete content. 21:42:59 mtj ran some diffs between production and my out of date testing copies of the database. 21:43:08 mtj++ 21:43:47 thd: when can we hope to have the upgrade rolled? Assuming the usual last moment suprises 21:43:51 The only differences he found in a crawl were obvious updates where content was not current on my testing copy of the database. 21:44:24 It could be tomorrow if tcohen appears and is ready. 21:44:37 wooow 21:44:42 Excellent! 21:44:42 darn tootin' it is. 21:44:43 More likely next week if I catch him at the right hour. 21:45:01 thd: that great! 21:45:05 Moving on? 21:45:43 #topic Actions from last meeting 21:45:48 He may honour some holidays around now. I honour none but do have another surprise job on, in addition to my regular late and early week job. 21:45:57 tcohen to schedule/call a "CSRF day" to work on related patches together 21:46:03 #action tcohen to schedule/call a "CSRF day" to work on related patches together 21:46:40 @later tell tcohen any news about the above? http://irc.koha-community.org/koha/2022-09-28#i_2452788 21:46:40 tuxayo_: The operation succeeded. 21:46:47 liliputech (deferred from previous meetingx3) discuss koha CI (docker image built + manual build) hosting on gitlab instance provided by BibLibre's partner AFI. 21:46:51 let's drop that 21:46:57 Katrin to update LTS wiki page with current information from last dev meeting 21:47:01 tcohen is probably best reached early in the morning in his time zone when I am often asleep in the same or similar time zone. 21:47:10 what is the wiki page again 21:48:29 I guess https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/LTS_workflow_proposal 21:48:51 #action cait /Katrin to update LTS wiki page with current information from last dev meeting 21:49:01 ashimema will file a bug making Koha::Object::public_read_list throw an exception 21:49:05 I dunno 21:49:08 #action ashimema will file a bug making Koha::Object::public_read_list throw an exception 21:49:17 tcohen Date proposal for master→main change and draft of action list 21:49:25 I think I meant draft 21:49:38 #action tcohen draft proposal for master→main change and draft of action list 21:50:06 @later tell tcohen any news about the above? http://irc.koha-community.org/koha/2022-09-28#i_2452803 21:50:06 tuxayo_: The operation succeeded. 21:50:18 #topic General development discussion (trends, ideas, ...) 21:50:25 Bug 31150 - _on or _date for DB date columns? 21:50:25 04Bug https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=31150 enhancement, P5 - low, ---, koha-bugs, In Discussion , _on or _date for DB date columns? 21:50:45 «We need to decide a naming for the dates column.» 21:50:53 «We have _on and _date:» 21:52:04 _on is certainly cryptic without context. 21:52:20 So contributions needed on bug 31150 to settle the matter 21:53:01 Maybe add as an action for those interested to comment on the bug, and then bring back to the next meeting? 21:53:52 #action thd 21:53:55 oops 21:54:36 ... however, as Joubu identifies _date is problematic when it is not merely a date but actually a date with time. 21:54:58 #action thd give their two cents on bug 31150 in order to tilt the scale to on side. 21:55:07 @later tell ashimema So in the meeting we just highlighted bug 31150 and called for contributions. If you had something else in mind, feel free to put back on the agenda. 21:55:07 tuxayo_: The operation succeeded. 21:55:43 next: Are we supporting MySQL? (either 5.7 or 8.0) - CI only tests MySQL 8 on main/master. 21:55:54 Anyone here know something about our DB support? 21:57:31 #action tuxayo ask on the mailing list « are we supporting MySQL? (either 5.7 or 8.0) - CI only tests MySQL 8 on main/master. » 21:58:00 System requirements: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/System_requirements_and_recommendations 21:58:05 Doesn't mention MySQL... 21:58:35 I'm raising the topic to know if it should mention it 21:59:05 Great! 21:59:21 Maybe we dropped strong support for MySQL years ago? And only kept MySQL 8 on master to catch the strict SQL mode issues 21:59:36 Because that's mostly how I hear about MySQL 22:00:06 And MySQL 5.7 still has the db increment issue I heard on a past meeting 22:02:09 Let's see what we will learn when asking on the list 22:02:11 next: SQL8 of our coding guidelines state that SQL should not be in .pl, but should be in the module in C4 or Koha. This would mean that SQL in the Koha namespace is allowed and there is no mention of DBIC in the coding guidelines right now. 22:03:34 I have no idea... 🙂 22:04:35 let's ask on the other meeting slot. It looks straightforward to add that SQL is allowed in DBIC. but «This would mean that SQL in the Koha namespace is allowed» does this mean we should ban SQL from .pm? 22:04:59 #action tuxayo postpone «SQL8 of our coding guidelines state that SQL should not be in .pl, but should be in the module in C4 or Koha. This would mean that SQL in the Koha namespace is allowed and there is no mention of DBIC in the coding guidelines right now. » 22:05:34 Update guidelines with the replacement of jQueryUI Datepicker with flatpickr - introduced in bug 29239. And document the usage in the wiki 22:05:34 04Bug https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=29239 enhancement, P5 - low, ---, koha-bugs, NEW , [OMNIBUS] Replace jQueryUI's timepicker with flatpickr 22:06:14 It's hard to get the few people that know the details of flatpickr usage in meeting. Let's move that to the mailing list 22:06:45 +1 22:07:19 #action tuxayo can for volunteers on the mailing list to «Update coding guidelines with the replacement of jQueryUI Datepicker with flatpickr - introduced in bug 29239. And document the usage in the wiki. cc Aleisha who had trouble with using flatpickr for the detail of what is missing» 22:07:34 Any other topic before closing? 22:07:36 Maybe we should create a bug for that, so that the guidelines are updated - they all mention jQueryUI datepicker.. 22:07:52 Nothing from me.... 22:10:10 #action tuxayo maybe create a ticket for updating the guidelines about flatpickr 22:10:24 #topic Set time of next meeting 22:10:37 I'll get the time for next meeting in the other time slot 22:11:16 For the next meeting in this this timeslot, same hour? When the daylight saving time change in NZ and Australia? 22:11:50 NZ is now in daylight savings time... 22:12:00 Oh, it changed? 22:12:12 So the meeting didn't that on 9:00 am for you? 22:12:16 *didn't start 22:12:26 10am for us now... 22:13:00 Changed last weekend 22:13:03 ok 22:13:32 Maybe it changed in Australia 22:13:41 1am in Finland :P ) 22:13:44 ^^ 22:13:54 And we might get a nice time for dcook 22:13:54 (don't asking for any time slot changes though :) ) 22:14:03 nugged++ 22:14:36 Australia changes on 2 October this year. 22:15:21 ok thanks 22:15:44 #info Bug 31645 created for updating coding guidelines for flatpickr 22:15:44 04Bug https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=31645 enhancement, P5 - low, ---, koha-bugs, NEW , flatpickr - update coding guidelines 22:16:04 Next meeting on this time slot would be 26 october 22:16:13 now let's see what it does for Australia 22:18:43 At 22 UTC it would be 9:00 in Australia and 11:00 in Aotearoa 22:18:44 this is after DST change in France right ? 22:19:19 Depends what state, https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Koha+Developers+IRC+Meeting&iso=20221026T2200 22:19:29 fridolin « ends on the last Sunday of October» 22:19:34 not yet 22:19:59 davidnind[m]: ah yes, I meant the one where dcook it 22:20:00 *is 22:20:04 ok 22:20:17 new south wales 22:20:26 dcook = Sydney, so during his working day 22:20:27 6 am in Perth 22:21:06 davidnind[m]: can you chair the 26th of october at 11:00 your time? 22:21:17 I can't be sure to chair at 00:00 my time 22:21:18 * fridolin AFK 22:21:25 or fridolin ! 22:21:29 OK with me 22:21:34 thanks a lot 22:21:37 davidnind++ 22:21:45 let's finally end this 22:21:53 I'm sure someone will 22:22:08 #info Next meeting: 12 October 2022, 14 UTC 22:22:40 ######info Next Oceania-Americas slot meeting: 26 October 2022, 22 UTC 22:22:49 #endmeeting