Comments for Meta Interchange http://galencharlton.com/blog Libraries, computing, metadata, and more Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:46:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Preconference at ALA: Migrating to Open Source Library Systems by Jie Chen http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=62&cpage=1#comment-412 Jie Chen Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:46:54 +0000 http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=62#comment-412 Hello Galen: I really enjoyed the presentations. Many thanks for doing a great job. Is it possible to get a copy of the slides for the one presentation you did in the afternoon? Or are the presentations posted somewhere? I would love to share the slides with some of my colleagues who could not attend the workshop. Thanks very much! JC@Loudoun County Public Library. Hello Galen: I really enjoyed the presentations. Many thanks for doing a great job. Is it possible to get a copy of the slides for the one presentation you did in the afternoon? Or are the presentations posted somewhere? I would love to share the slides with some of my colleagues who could not attend the workshop. Thanks very much! JC@Loudoun County Public Library.

]]> Comment on Database server disk space usage in Evergreen by Rogan Hamby http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=36&cpage=1#comment-402 Rogan Hamby Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:20:59 +0000 http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=36#comment-402 Very interesting read. Although our production system is hosted this kind of look into the back end fascinates me to no end. I keep thinking about putting together a sort of high end training server just for our staff locally and this is great stuff to chew on. Very interesting read. Although our production system is hosted this kind of look into the back end fascinates me to no end. I keep thinking about putting together a sort of high end training server just for our staff locally and this is great stuff to chew on.

]]> Comment on Mixed messages by What I Learned Today… » Blog Archive » The reality of open source (aka Koha confusions) http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=45&cpage=1#comment-265 What I Learned Today… » Blog Archive » The reality of open source (aka Koha confusions) Fri, 14 May 2010 01:33:27 +0000 http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=45#comment-265 [...] their developments integrated into official Koha releases. But in our excitement we seemed to have overlooked something … But here is where the mixed messages come in: “Harley” is prominently listed on [...] [...] their developments integrated into official Koha releases. But in our excitement we seemed to have overlooked something … But here is where the mixed messages come in: “Harley” is prominently listed on [...]

]]> Comment on Mixed messages by Chris Cormack http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=45&cpage=1#comment-264 Chris Cormack Thu, 13 May 2010 22:56:10 +0000 http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=45#comment-264 It's probably fair to point out that nearly everything in Koha has been sponsored or contributed by libraries, and that the next official release of Koha will be 3.2.0. It is currently going through rigorous testing (it is on it's second alpha release) and contains patches from a multitude of vendors, developers and libraries, of which PTFS/Liblime are one. While Liblime may not have intended to cause confusion, by persisting to call Harley a release of Koha, and to label the actual releases of Koha, 'community version', they are indeed doing so. It’s probably fair to point out that nearly everything in Koha has been sponsored or contributed by libraries, and that the next official release of Koha will be 3.2.0. It is currently going through rigorous testing (it is on it’s second alpha release) and contains patches from a multitude of vendors, developers and libraries, of which PTFS/Liblime are one.
While Liblime may not have intended to cause confusion, by persisting to call Harley a release of Koha, and to label the actual releases of Koha, ‘community version’, they are indeed doing so.

]]> Comment on Mixed messages by Amy De Groff http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=45&cpage=1#comment-263 Amy De Groff Thu, 13 May 2010 22:33:51 +0000 http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=45#comment-263 LibLime did not intend to suggest that our customer sponsored work is the community version of Koha - (Koha 3.0.5) and we hope our FAQ on Harley makes that clear. We specifically did not use a version number to make sure we did not present a conflict or introduce confusion with the community developed releases. Our desire in releasing a full functioning, ready to use version of Koha, was to give librarians a chance to see it and use it immediately to gain benefit of significantly more features than in community version 3.05 (December 2009). We have updated the Koha.org Website to fix the potential confusion - by indicating that 3.05 is the Official Community release. LibLime did not intend to suggest that our customer sponsored work is the community version of Koha – (Koha 3.0.5) and we hope our FAQ on Harley makes that clear. We specifically did not use a version number to make sure we did not present a conflict or introduce confusion with the community developed releases. Our desire in releasing a full functioning, ready to use version of Koha, was to give librarians a chance to see it and use it immediately to gain benefit of significantly more features than in community version 3.05 (December 2009). We have updated the Koha.org Website to fix the potential confusion – by indicating that 3.05 is the Official Community release.

]]> Comment on Mixed messages by Code hits the wild | Korerorero http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=45&cpage=1#comment-262 Code hits the wild | Korerorero Thu, 13 May 2010 19:14:29 +0000 http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=45#comment-262 [...] Some great clarification on Koha releases. [...] [...] Some great clarification on Koha releases. [...]

]]> Comment on Mixed messages by Lori Ayre http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=45&cpage=1#comment-261 Lori Ayre Thu, 13 May 2010 15:18:52 +0000 http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=45#comment-261 Thanks for the clarification, Galen. I've been waiting to jump for joy until the other shoe dropped. Too bad we can't just jump with wild abandon! But maybe we're getting closer. Thanks to PTFS for releasing the code. Now fix that language problem and we'll be all set. Well, okay, there's a couple more things.... Thanks for the clarification, Galen. I’ve been waiting to jump for joy until the other shoe dropped. Too bad we can’t just jump with wild abandon! But maybe we’re getting closer. Thanks to PTFS for releasing the code. Now fix that language problem and we’ll be all set.

Well, okay, there’s a couple more things….

]]> Comment on Mixed messages by Liz Rea http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=45&cpage=1#comment-260 Liz Rea Thu, 13 May 2010 15:06:26 +0000 http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=45#comment-260 I would like to point out that koha.org is no longer the official website of the Koha Library Software project. The Koha Library Software project does not post official releases at koha.org anymore, the reasons why have been stated on the official website: http://koha-community.org/home/. I agree with Galen that it is admirable and good for PTFS to release Harley. They have the thanks of a grateful global community for it. Many libraries will benefit from the great features and fixes, once they are integrated into our upcoming official releases of 3.2 and 3.4. What I disagree with, wholeheartedly, is PTFS claiming that Harley (available at http://www.liblime.com/downloads) is an official release. Is it an official PTFS release? Yes! Is it an official Koha Library Software release? No. Are we grateful and appreciative of all of the effort, time, and money put in to developing this release? Of course! Is it an official, community vetted release of Koha Library Software? No. I would like to point out that koha.org is no longer the official website of the Koha Library Software project. The Koha Library Software project does not post official releases at koha.org anymore, the reasons why have been stated on the official website: http://koha-community.org/home/.

I agree with Galen that it is admirable and good for PTFS to release Harley. They have the thanks of a grateful global community for it. Many libraries will benefit from the great features and fixes, once they are integrated into our upcoming official releases of 3.2 and 3.4. What I disagree with, wholeheartedly, is PTFS claiming that Harley (available at http://www.liblime.com/downloads) is an official release. Is it an official PTFS release? Yes! Is it an official Koha Library Software release? No. Are we grateful and appreciative of all of the effort, time, and money put in to developing this release? Of course! Is it an official, community vetted release of Koha Library Software? No.

]]> Comment on Database server disk space usage in Evergreen by Galen Charlton http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=36&cpage=1#comment-238 Galen Charlton Mon, 10 May 2010 14:45:21 +0000 http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=36#comment-238 Indeed. Auto-generated authority records are missing the point, and I generally want to remove them during migration. Indeed. Auto-generated authority records are missing the point, and I generally want to remove them during migration.

]]> Comment on Database server disk space usage in Evergreen by George Duimovich http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=36&cpage=1#comment-236 George Duimovich Mon, 10 May 2010 14:36:52 +0000 http://galencharlton.com/blog/?p=36#comment-236 Thanks Galen! Very useful. In our case, I see that authority.full_rec is the second largest table, and I suspect because one of the earlier systems (pre-Unicorn) we were on had some kind of automatic authority addition capability that may have been triggered during a previous migration from what I'm told. Oh joy, the things one finds out when you migrate! Thanks Galen! Very useful.

In our case, I see that authority.full_rec is the second largest table, and I suspect because one of the earlier systems (pre-Unicorn) we were on had some kind of automatic authority addition capability that may have been triggered during a previous migration from what I’m told. Oh joy, the things one finds out when you migrate!

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