[Koha-devel] Re: Koha Work

[paul POULAIN]

Nicholas Rosasco wrote:

> Paul --
>
> You've been fairly active on the Koha list, and I'm doing a kind of survey
> as Chris and I are getting concerned about the problems that have popped up
> in re releasing a next version.
>
> What features do you consider highest priority for Koha?
From a FUNCTIONALITY point of vue :
MARC, MARC, and MARC.
and, also, MARC ;-)
I consider very important thesaurus too. It's, IMHO something really 
missing and that causes errors in datas that user enter.

From a technical point of vue :
I think what should be decided soon is what tool we should use to 
separate presentation code and perl code. We spoke a little about perl 
template module, then we spoke about XML-XSLT.
I think MARC is a HUGE thing. So, we can't decide to use XML-XSLT 
immediatly. That would be 2 BIG projects at the same time, and we have 
not enough strength. Should we decide to use perl-template for a moment 
? Maybe. It's easier to use, and I know how they work. It's not the case 
for XML-XSLT...

> What features are you currently working on?
None.
In a week or 2, I'll be back on koha. I will work on MARC compliance, 
and on thesaurus.
If we decide to wait for XML-XSLT AFTER the MARC release, I will 
translate koha in french with the tool presently working...

> How extensive are they?  What is your target for getting them done?
I want the MARC version ready to install in french for september.

> What background (if any) do you have with the library specific (MARC,
> Z39.50) items currently under consideration?
Don't understand the question...

> The draft version short term plan is for a real/soon/now release, which will
> become the "stable" and be turned over to a couple, with a new version being
> "opened" as the devel in CVS -- this will start with the stuff Katipo is
> working on for a number of clients, become a stable(probably 1.2.0), then
> the MARC changes will start to go in with 1.3.0.  Any comments, suggestions?
I agree for a really short term stable version. The current one is 
really out of date. I can give a help if you want for the sample DB (in 
May, I repeat again)
what will be on the katipo stuff ? Is it necessary to build a 1.2 AND a 
1.3 version ? I thought the MARC import/export was well advanced, and we 
could assume a progressive translation from the non-MARC DB/soft to the 
MARC DB/soft ?

> The way documenting -- both support, and code -- is handled is due for an
> overhaul as well -- any thoughts?
Not sure to understand well this sentence...

> Sorry if this sounds like an inquisition, but Chris and I are trying to get
> a handle on the who/what/where, etc.
No, what I think is that we must be more aware about who/what/where... 
So, I'm happy to answer ;-)
Last thing, it should be important for me to have a uptodate view of who 
is really working on koha. And who is who too. I'm quite new on this 
project, so I don't understand everybody history and experience. (who is 
from katipo, who is not, who already use koha in a library,...)

> Thanks
De rien (in french :-) )
--
Paul