[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] 3.2 Preparing for XUL client removal / browser client blockers

[Diane Disbro]

Thank you to all of you for your dedication!

Diane Disbro
Branch Manager/Circulation Coordinator
Union Branch
Scenic Regional Library
308 Hawthorne Drive
Union, MO     63084
(636) 583-3224
ddisbro at scenicregional.org

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 8:07 PM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:

> Hi Diane,
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> It looks like this one was also fixed and included in last month's 3.07
> and 3.1.1 releases. Hooray for progress!
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1735539
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> Kathy
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> On 05/15/2018 07:37 PM, Diane Disbro wrote:
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> Good evening -
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> Kathy Lussier says this bug was fixed in 3.0.3 - but the related issue of
> not being able to delete more than one item at a time is still being worked
> on. That is another showstopper for us. We are using 3.0.2 and we still use
> the XUL client.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Diane Disbro
> Branch Manager/Circulation Coordinator
> Union Branch
> Scenic Regional Library
> 308 Hawthorne Drive
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=308+Hawthorne+Drive+%0D%0A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++Union,+MO+%C2%A0+%C2%A0+63084&entry=gmail&source=g>
> Union, MO     63084
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=308+Hawthorne+Drive+%0D%0A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++Union,+MO+%C2%A0+%C2%A0+63084&entry=gmail&source=g>
> (636) 583-3224
> ddisbro at scenicregional.org
>
> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 12:09 PM, Walz, Jennifer <jlwalz at asbury.edu>
> wrote:
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>> All –
>>
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>>   I will have to strenuously agree with Diane on this one.   If this is
>> non-functional in the web version, it will be a no-go for us.
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>> Thanks!
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>> Jennifer
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>> *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounc
>> es at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Diane Disbro
>> *Sent:* Monday, May 14, 2018 8:11 PM
>> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group
>> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] 3.2 Preparing for XUL client removal /
>> browser client blockers
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>>
>> Good evening -
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>> I know there is a bug report for not being able to edit the attributes of
>> more than one item at a time in Webby but I can't find it. XUL allows that
>> function. It is used by circ staff to change shelving locations and
>> circulating library.We positively must have that function. I talked to
>> several people at the conference about this bug and everyone told me that
>> it isn't slated for squashing in any upcoming upgrade.
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>> I know that we can use copy buckets to change attributes of more than one
>> item at a time but that makes a simple task more complicated.
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>> If I need to submit another bug report about this, let me know.
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>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>> Diane Disbro
>>
>> Branch Manager/Circulation Coordinator
>>
>> Union Branch
>>
>> Scenic Regional Library
>>
>> 308 Hawthorne Drive
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=308+Hawthorne+Drive+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+Union,+MO++63084&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>
>> Union, MO
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=308+Hawthorne+Drive+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+Union,+MO++63084&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=308%0D%0A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Hawthorne+Drive+%0D%0A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++%0D%0A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++%0D%0A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Union,%0D%0A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++MO++%C2%A0+%C2%A0++63084&entry=gmail&source=g>
>> 63084
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=308+Hawthorne+Drive+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+Union,+MO++63084&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>
>> (636) 583-3224
>>
>> ddisbro at scenicregional.org
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>>
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>> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 3:57 PM, Bill Erickson <berickxx at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi All,
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>> We had a discussion at the Evergreen conference hackfest about our plans
>> for removing the XUL staff client from Evergreen, effective with the
>> release of version 3.2.  I wanted to recap some of that here and open the
>> door to any questions or concerns about the process.
>>
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>> The key point of discussion centered around ensuring the browser client
>> is up to the task of replacing the XUL client for all users when the XUL
>> client goes away.  (A number of cataloging bugs in particular stood out
>> during the discussion).
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>> Of special interest will be input from sites that are already using the
>> browser client in production, but still have some staff using the XUL
>> client, or any sites that delayed migration.  We need details on why they
>> are unable to make the switch to the browser client.
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>> To track these, I propose we once again make use of the Launchpad
>> "webstaffblocker" tag to indicate which bugs we consider blockers for
>> migrating away from the XUL client.  These bugs should of course also be
>> marked as High priority.
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>> We have a few such bugs already:
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>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bugs?field.tag=webstaffblocker
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>> If you are aware of any bugs that should be added to this list, please
>> add/update the bugs in Launchpad.  Of course, we can't plan when we'll find
>> bugs, but getting the ones we know about solidified sooner than later helps
>> ensure we can address them during the 3.2 development cycle.
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>> When determining whether a bug should be a blocker, a good rule of thumb
>> is that the bug describes a feature or work flow that's regularly performed
>> by staff in the XUL client that either has no analog in the browser client
>> or requires an untenable number of extra steps in the browser client to
>> accomplish.
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>> Please feel free to add anything I missed from the discussion or reply
>> with questions, etc.
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>> Thanks,
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>> -b
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> Kathy Lussier
> Project Coordinator
> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
> (508) 343-0128klussier at masslnc.org
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