April 2025 - Evergreen-dev

Evergreen 3.14.5 and 3.13.10 versions available!
by Ruth Davis 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

Hello all, What kind of crazy Wednesday is this? We have not only a major release to announce (3.15.0 - please see the previous announcement), but also the release of two maintenance versions for 3.14 and 3.13. Both 3.14.5 and 3.13.10 have several bugfixes along with additions to documentation. All of the important links for both versions are available at https://evergreen-ils.org/egdownloads. Please make sure to check the release notes and shortlog to see what has changed from 3.14.4 to 3.14.5 and 3.13.9 to 3.13.10. Thank you to this month's intrepid maintenance release team which included, Andrea Buntz Neiman (Equinox), Gina Monti (Bibliomation), Michele Morgan (NOBLE), Blake Graham Henderson (MOBIUS), and myself, Ruth Frasur Davis (ECDI) as release manager. Also, thank you to the many people who have contributed to the committing of patches and documentation in these releases. I'd like to extend a special thank you to the 3.15 release team for sharing this "time/space" to accommodate both the feature release and maintenance releases. Finally, while not directly related to the current releases, but most assuredly tangential and relevant, thank you to Elizabeth Davis and Jennifer Weston for getting the tabular release notes (available on the downloads page) current to last month's maintenance releases (3.14.4 and 3.13.9). Go forth and Evergreen. *Ruth Frasur Davis, Coordinator* *Evergreen Collaborative Development Initiative* https://evergreencdi.org (650) 265-1193

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Announcing the release of Evergreen ILS 3.15.0
by Ruth Davis 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

Hello all, On behalf of the 3.15 release team, I am pleased to announce the availability of Evergreen 3.15.0. This version of the open-source ILS has significant updates, fixes, and the addition of new features along with evidence of the community's prioritization for a more accessible library software solution. Please find the links to release notes, the current git shortlog, install instructions, downloadable source, and git repository at https://evergreen-ils.org/egdownloads. With many of the new features, extensive documentation has been added at https://docs.evergreen-ils.org. Thank you to our docs contributors and everyone associated with this work. As we know, this work does not happen without all of us. Please take a moment to glance at the acknowledgments portion of the release notes <https://evergreen-ils.org/documentation/release/RELEASE_NOTES_3_15.html#_ac…>. Despite its length and our gratitude to all of those listed, we know that others have given of their time and expertise without a mention. Thank you to them as well. At this time, the *merge pause is lifted* and committing can commence to all current versions of Evergreen. An announcement about Evergreen 3.13.10 and 3.14.5 maintenance releases will come later today. The Evergreen 3.15 Release Team includes the Release Manager Andrea Buntz Neiman (Equinox), Galen Charlton (Equinox), Martha Driscoll (NOBLE), Blake Graham Henderson (MOBIUS), Jason Etheridge (Equinox), Llewellyn Marshall (NC Cardinal), Gina Monti (Bibliomation), and Ruth Frasur Davis (ECDI). *Ruth Frasur Davis, Coordinator* *Evergreen Collaborative Development Initiative* https://evergreencdi.org (650) 265-1193

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Hosting Opportunity Open for 2025 Hack-A-Way
by Rogan Hamby 14 Apr '25

14 Apr '25

The Evergreen Project is opening submissions for hosting the 2025 Hack-A-Way. The Hack-A-Way is an important milestone in the annual calendar for the Evergreen contributor community, especially documentors and developers. Hosting requirements: * A clean meeting space for 15 - 30 people. * Working space for laptops. * A TV, projector or other display and video conferencing for using the Evergreen community videoconferencing services for scheduled events. * Adequate bandwidth for the users * A few snacks and forms of hydration and caffeine * Facilitate reasonable hotel accommodations (cheaper is better but no bed bugs) * Although not required it's become tradition for the host to supply lunches This is a great opportunity for institutions to contribute in hosting that is smaller than the annual conference. The event will be scheduled with the host but takes place in the fourth quarter of the year, usually in late October or early November. Rogan Hamby (he/him/his), MLIS Data and Project Manager Equinox Open Library Initiative rogan.hamby(a)equinoxOLI.org 1-770-709-5555 x5570 www.equinoxOLI.org

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ANNOUNCEMENT - Upcoming merge pause for Evergreen release builds
by Ruth Davis 11 Apr '25

11 Apr '25

Hello all, On Monday, April 14, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, a merge pause will go into effect for Evergreen ILS as the teams prepare Evergreen 3.13.10, 3.14.5, and 3.15.0 (yay!) for release. Please remember that the only commits to 3.15.0, at this time, should only be for necessary bug fixes, documentation, and linting. Another announcement will be sent out when the merge pause is lifted and committing can recommence. Thanks y'all and happy Evergreening, *Ruth Frasur Davis, Coordinator* *Evergreen Collaborative Development Initiative* https://evergreencdi.org (650) 265-1193

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Evergreen 3.15-rc Available!
by Ruth Davis 09 Apr '25

09 Apr '25

Hello all, On behalf of the Evergreen 3.15 Release Team, I am pleased to announce the availability of the release candidate for version 3.15. We would like to extend a huge thank you to Terran McCanna for wrangling the 3.15 Feedback Fest and everyone who participated in any way with an additional shoutout to Jason Boyer and Blake Graham Henderson for hosting test servers. Also thank you to Jane Sandberg for hosting the collaborative code review and all who participated in that weekly workgroup. Around 30 big and small fixes made their way into 3.15-rc through this amazing collaborative effort. And, we would like to express our gratitude to Galen Charlton for not only building both the beta and rc releases, but doing so live and being available for questions about the process. The release candidate is the next to last step prior to the final build and release of the major feature release of Evergreen ILS, 3.15.0. It is an opportunity for end users at all levels to evaluate if this version is ready to go or has any show-stopping issues that must be fixed prior to the final release. The links at https://evergreen-ils.org/egdownloads/ have been updated. Please be sure to check out the release notes which have changed from the beta version as well as the git shortlog for a list of changes. At this time, the *merge pause has been lifted* with the exception that there should be no pushes to 3.15 except for critical fixes and documentation. *Ruth Frasur Davis, Coordinator* *Evergreen Collaborative Development Initiative* https://evergreencdi.org (650) 265-1193

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Developer Meeting TODAY
by Shula Link 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

Good morning! A reminder about the developer meeting *today*, 8 April 2025, at 3:00pm *EDT* in the #evergreen IRC chat. IRC Access is available through Libera via this link <https://web.libera.chat/#evergreen>. Agenda is available here <https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=dev:meetings>. Thank you! Shula Link (she/her) Systems Services Librarian Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library slink(a)columbiacountyga.gov | slink(a)gchrl.org 706-447-6702

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Merge Pause for 3.15-rc build
by Andrea Buntz Neiman 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

Hi all, Thanks for all of your work on 3.15! I am calling for a merge pause at midnight (ET) tonight. Tomorrow morning April 8 we will be building the release candidate, and we will lift the merge pause after that. Best. Andrea Buntz Neiman On behalf of the release team -- Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS (she/her) Project Manager for Software Development | Product Specialist Equinox Open Library Initiative abneiman(a)equinoxOLI.org <abneiman(a)equinoxoli.org> 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) Direct: 770-709-5583 *https://www.equinoxOLI.org/ <https://www.equinoxOLI.org/>*

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Feedback Fest Results
by Terran McCanna 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

Thank you to everyone who contributed time and effort to last week's Feedback Fest! Testing went well on the 3.15 beta and a significant number of patches were tested and merged. Full results are at: https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=dev:bug_squashing:2025-03 The next Bug Squashing Week will likely be in July - more information to come soon! [image: logo with link to Georgia Public Library Service website] <https://georgialibraries.org/> Terran McCanna, PINES Program Manager ------------------------------ Georgia Public Library Service 2872 Woodcock Blvd, Suite 250 | Atlanta, GA 30341 (404) 235-7138 | tmccanna(a)georgialibraries.org https://help.georgialibraries.org | help(a)help.georgialibraries.org [image: logo with link to Georgia Public Library Service Facebook page] <https://www.facebook.com/georgialibraries>[image: logo with link to Georgia Public Library Service Instagram page] <https://www.instagram.com/georgialibraries/>[image: logo with link to Georgia Public Library Service LinkedIn page] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/georgia-public-library-service/>[image: logo with link to Georgia Public Library Service Threads page] <https://www.threads.net/@georgialibraries>

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Developer Meeting Tomorrow
by Shula Link 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

Good morning! A reminder about the developer meeting *tomorrow*, 8 April 2025, at 3:00pm *EDT* in the #evergreen IRC chat. IRC Access is available through Libera via this link <https://web.libera.chat/#evergreen>. Agenda is available here <https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=dev:meetings>. Shula Link (she/her) Systems Services Librarian Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library slink(a)columbiacountyga.gov | slink(a)gchrl.org 706-447-6702

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Additional question about bug 2042915
by Cerninakova Eva 05 Apr '25

05 Apr '25

Hi, I would like to thank Stephanie very much for finding a solution to the bug 2042915 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/2042915> concerning column headers being displayed untranslated. At the same time, I have a question about an issue that might be related to this bug. On Blake's server (https://bugsquash.mobiusconsortium.org) I came across a problem that seems at least similar to me. In the Item Attributes Editor ( https://bugsquash.mobiusconsortium.org/eg2/cs-CZ/staff/cat/volcopy/attrs/it…) the names of some attribute fields are showing untranslated, e.g. Shelving Location, Circulating Library, Item Number on Volume, Call Number Label, Classification, Can Circulate, Is Holdable, etc. However, some are shown as translated. I checked whether the untranslated terms are available in the POEditor and since I couldn't find them there, I tried Git, but also unsuccessfully - actually I could not identify the source of these terms. I want to ask if you have any idea if this might be the same problem as the one with the display of translations for column headers, which will be resolved along with the bug 2042915 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/2042915> solution. Or do you think it is something else (in which case I would report a new bug)? Thank you very much for your help. Eva Mgr. Eva Cerniňáková, Ph.D. vedoucí Knihovny Jabok Jabok - Vyšší odborná škola sociálně pedagogická a teologická +420 211 222 409 <+420+211+222+413> cernin(a)jabok.cz knihovna.jabok.cz <https://www.jabok.cz> Salmovská 8, Praha 2, 120 00 [image: facebook] <https://www.instagram.com/vosjabok/?hl=cs> [image: instagram] <https://www.facebook.com/vosjabok/>

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