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#09:27:31tsbere wants to fix an issue that touches some of the same lines as https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/870032 :(
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#10:57:28MicheleMontagueFloating collections: Other than setting an item's "Floating" flag to "yes", is anything else needed to use this function? A special Location/Collection category, for example?
#10:59:21tsbereI think that is about it
#10:59:37tsbereTake note that it will float to *anywhere*, though. It won't stick around in specific OUs.
#11:00:19MicheleMontagueI'm guessing that answers my question. I want items to float among 3 of our branches, but not all 8 of them. Possible to limit to just those branches?
#11:00:28gmcharltindeed - at the moment it's more like 'float across the entire consortium'
#11:00:28tsbereNot to my knowledge
#11:00:54MicheleMontagueAll or nothing.
#11:01:04gmcharltcorrect (for the items that are marked floating)
#11:01:14MicheleMontagueUnderstood. Thanks!
#11:02:18tsbereNot sure what the best way to fix/improve that is. Add an OU setting for "float barrier" or similar? Make a per-copy floating depth selector? Allow definition of "float groups" that map to valid OUs?
#11:02:41bshum"float groups" Whee!
#11:04:09gmcharlt"float groups" would be the most general, probably, but I think YAOUS tied to the copy owning library specifying a float depth limit would handle the cases I'm aware of)
#11:04:44gmcharltalthough I would be *really* interested to see if any consortia would consider a more radical policy and actually encourage floating between library systems
#11:08:47tsbereI am not sure how to best handle it myself. Problem being that we don't have any internal examples of things that "float" to begin with. Partially because I don't think our old system supported that.
#11:18:16eeevilMicheleMontague: fwiw, I'm working on that ATM
#11:20:00eeevilMicheleMontague: pretty much a combination of what tsbere said: float_depth on the copy restricting how "high up" it can float, and an OU setting to supply a default per copy circ lib (optional). if nothing supplied, then float everwhere (current behavior)
#11:20:32eeeviloh, and s/circ lib/owning lib/ as gmcharlt said
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#12:45:04tsbereThere any description of how the authorities right-click menu is supposed to work in the marc editor (from a developer POV)? I think it is broken in master, but don't know how to test more directly.
#12:46:44eeeviltsbere: how do you think it is broken?
#12:47:18tsbereeeevil: Before we updated to master on Sunday we got results. After doing so apparently nothing ever shows up in the list.
#12:49:11tsbere would have more info, but has not made it far in trying to narrow it down
#12:49:21eeevilheh ... ok, well, there are a few things to look at. first being, is authority.simple_heading populated
#12:50:01tsbereHmm. Looks like no.
#12:51:50tsbereAnd checking in the database that *has bibs*....also no. <_<
#12:52:39eeeviltsbere: simple way to populate the new authority table (not included in the upgrade script ... need to add one, I guess):
#12:53:22eeevilhrm... well, not simple ... sec
#12:58:03eeeviltsbere: do $$declare x text;begin for x in select marc from authority.record_entry where id > 0 loop insert into authority.simple_heading (record,atag,value,sort_value) select record, atag, value, sort_value FROM authority.simple_heading_set(x); end loop; end;$$;
#12:59:11eeevilI'll add a .data upgrade script that does that
#12:59:14tsbereok
#13:04:27eeeviltsbere: if that works for you (you need that in any case, but ...) then please consider merging working/user/miker/populate_simple_heading
#13:04:51tsbere is testing in a non-production database first, just in case it spits out errors
#13:06:11eeevilrighto
#13:11:40tsbere always forgets about do and ends up writing temporary functions
#13:11:59eeeviltsbere: me too, usually
#13:13:43tsbereShould new records be having this process happen automatically?
#13:14:10tsbereBecause I find it hard to believe that we don't have any new records so far this week
#13:18:40eeeviltsbere: new and updated authority records, yes. via the change to authority.indexing_ingest_or_delete
#13:19:00eeevilwhich is in 0640
#13:30:03tsbereWell, I have 0640 in. And I have some records that look to have been created after I installed that. But still had nothing in simple_heading.
#13:30:40eeevilhrm... WORKSFORME on a fresh install
#13:31:10tsbereHow would you detect "should have gone in" records yourself?
#13:32:17eeeviltsbere: I'd probably (first) enable force-on-same-marc and do a useless update on one record to see what happens
#13:37:51tsbereWell, doing that in a transaction block nets me a small collection of entries. (which get rolled back, obviously)
#13:39:33eeeviltsbere: that suggests that your authority records don't have proper 901 fields, perhaps ...
#13:39:41tsbere just noticed that all of the authority.record_entry rows created this week have deleted = true
#13:39:46tsbereI suspect that is my problem there
#13:40:00eeeviloh, dear, yes
#13:40:01eeevil:)
#13:40:55eeevilalso, disregard my prev comment about 901 ... misinterpolated your "doing that" comment in my brain
#13:47:44tsbereI am not sure I even know what comment you are referring to right now. That disregarding it enough? ;)
#13:49:58tsbere sees one entire CPU pegged at 100% on the DB server running a "DO" <_<
#14:05:32tsbereeeevil: Just noticed something. Shouldn't this be saying something like "where not deleted" on the authority.record_entry query?
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#14:17:47eeeviltsbere: in the DO? yeah, probably ... thanks for catching that :)
#14:18:08tsbereWe only have 9 that would filter out. All from Monday. But still probably important ;)
#14:19:25eeevilfor the upgrade script, yeah ... I'll force-push that change to my branch
#14:20:37eeevilI'll add a "and not already there" check, too
#14:20:56tsbereDefinitely not needed for us (empty table and all) but very good idea for upgrade scripts
#14:21:02tsbereeeevil++
#14:21:50tsbere added a y INT as a counter and a RAISE NOTICE every time y % 1000 = 0 for his own sanity of "how fast is it going?" but isn't sure that should be done for the upgrade script
#14:23:42tsberewith 513k or so entries it will be a while before I know how successful this is, though.
#14:31:23eeeviltsbere: how fast, about?
#14:33:15tsbereLooks like it will take a little over 2 hours. Seem to be getting 1000 through every 15 seconds or so.
#14:33:26tsbereOr just under 15 seconds, really
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#15:51:04mrpeters-islhow far along did the Android app get? I haven't seen anything about it in a while...
#15:51:33gmcharltmrpeters-isl: not anywhere, AFAIK
#15:51:37bshumFunny you should ask
#15:51:43mrpeters-islgmcharlt: thought so
#15:51:50mrpeters-islkeeps coming up here
#15:51:59gmcharltbut bshum, you're about to tell us excellent news, right? :)
#15:52:01bshumSome high school computer club was asking us about writing one
#15:52:09bshumAnd we were like, yeah... sure.
#15:52:19bshumgmcharlt: Ha... if only :(
#15:52:20mrpeters-islbshum: we had the same thing, with some Purdue University students, but for iOS
#15:52:36mrpeters-islbut again, nothing came of it
#15:53:05gmcharltars longa, vita brevis
#15:53:14bshumYeah we're going to provide as many details as we can for them, but development is a bit outside my area, unfortunately.
#15:53:14mrpeters-islhas anyone ever formally bid out for one?
#15:53:32bshumThere were all those GSoC proposals for apps
#15:53:36bshumThough Android-based I think
#15:54:02mrpeters-islSeems like one of things everyone could benefit from. Wish the community could come together and sponsor it and really reduce the individual cost.
#15:57:32tsbereBut are we talking for patrons or staff?
#15:57:42mrpeters-islah yes, in my case -- patrons
#15:58:04mrpeters-islSlimPAC isn't "cool" enough i guess...they want an ICON!
#15:58:14tsbereWhat does an app do that a mobile-accessible OPAC won't?
#15:58:26mrpeters-islI agree, personally.
#15:58:40bshumThat's a good question. Speaking of mobile opac, has anyone else looked at that SITKA/KCLS mobile app code?
#15:58:57bshumI saw it updated in the blueprints, but wondered if anyone else had looked at them.
#15:58:57mrpeters-islwhere's that bshum?
#15:59:26bshummrpeters-isl: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/evergreen/+spec/mobile-dial-up-pac
#15:59:35bshumThat's the blueprint link.
#15:59:43bshumOn there, they point to the google code
#15:59:48mrpeters-islah, right. I see what they want.
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#16:00:36mrpeters-islyeah, i think just putting http://catalog.kcls.org/opac/extras/mobile/ into a cute little app for the app stores would please people haha
#16:01:25mrpeters-islthat 2nd sitka one is sharp too
#16:01:42DyrconaYeah, but then there would need to be 1 app for Evergreen site, no?
#16:02:22mrpeters-islDyrcona: yeah, i think orgs would have to compile their own
#16:02:56Dyrcona wonders if a shortcut would be acceptable in the app stores.
#16:03:11mrpeters-islI don't think it would be, at least for iOS
#16:03:34Dyrconaf*** apple.
#16:03:40mrpeters-islevergreen-mobile-opac has me really intrigued though
#16:04:10bshumWell if you figure it out let me know what you did. I tried compiling it on my own but I apparently fail at jquery stuff.
#16:04:27Dyrcona didn't say that, did he?
#16:04:30mrpeters-islyeah going to give it a shot
#16:05:35Dyrconamrpeters-isl: Was darshan trying to make an Android app? I had him on ignore the other day.
#16:05:45mrpeters-islno, i dont think so
#16:05:53mrpeters-islhe seems to work for a company that advertises that though
#16:06:18DyrconaI figured he worked for an out-sourcing firm in India.
#16:06:29Dyrconaworks, rather.
#16:07:13DyrconaI think an app for patrons would be overkill, but then what do I know?
#16:07:44mrpeters-isl thinks it's just the cool thing to do
#16:07:46DyrconaI could see some potential for something really small and focused for staff if they could use it to scan barcodes.
#16:08:18DyrconaKind of a portable circ or shelf list/weeding application.
#16:09:33Dyrcona has a chicken to roast.
#16:11:54mrpeters-isl is feeling a bit lost on building this
#16:12:52bshumYeah the readme isnt very helpful, more like random notes and thoughts.
#16:13:05mrpeters-islheh yeah even the readme was hard to find
#16:13:20mrpeters-isli ignored it, even though it was clearly in docs
#16:14:13mrpeters-islbut i'll figure this out one way or another and then write it up
#16:19:05bshumWell let me know what you come up with. (or maybe we should bug SITKA about it)
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#18:11:16tsbereberick: Your SIP2 bug suggestion there is a good one, but the specific example you provided will horribly break things.
#18:12:12tsbere is going to run a change through his quick testing paces quick
#18:12:38tsberehmm. Department of redundancy departmentish there. heh.
#18:21:10tsbereWell, my quick and dirty test run seems to work, so I force-pushed and updated that ticket.
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