From: Dan Scott Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 19:14:48 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Merge branch 'collab/dbs/rel_2_1-release_notes' of git.evergreen-ils.org:working... X-Git-Url: https://old-git.evergreen-ils.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=18949740406a0355dab34aa0ac4f47efeb2833ed;p=evergreen%2Ftadl.git Merge branch 'collab/dbs/rel_2_1-release_notes' of git.evergreen-ils.org:working/Evergreen into dbs/rel_2_1-collab-release_notes No big. Signed-off-by: Dan Scott --- 18949740406a0355dab34aa0ac4f47efeb2833ed diff --cc RELEASE_NOTES.txt index 690239db9b,91c3d1c94d..235ac2d855 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt @@@ -90,22 -81,48 +93,62 @@@ Public interface improvements run of `autogen.sh` will automatically cause browsers to fetch refreshed copies of generated files. +Staff client improvements: +-------------------------- +* The client supports new hotkey sets that are selectable per workstation. In + addition, there is now a toggle for temporarily disabling hotkeys available + on the toolbar and in the admin menu. +* The client has a second toolbar for cataloging functions as well as options + controlling the presence and size of icons and presence and position of + labels. To support the preferences of individual staff, each workstation can + be configured differently. +* Patron registration now supports "Suggested" fields that are configurable + per library. In addition, library settings allow required fields to be + adjusted, and it is possible to specify regular expressions to validate + input for many fields in the patron registration interface. + - New library settings: - --------------------- + New configuration and administration settings: + ---------------------------------------------- + + New `opensrf.xml` settings + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + (The path to these settings is relative to `/opensrf/default/apps/`). + + * `open-ils.search/app_settings/default_CD_modifiers`: parameters to + the cover density ranking function used to calculate relevance during + bibliographic searches. + * `open-ils.trigger/app_settings/parallel/collect`: number of parallel + processes that `action_trigger_runner.pl` should use when collecting events. + Setting this can decrease the time it takes for Action/Trigger processing to + run on large Evergreen databases. + * `open-ils.trigger/app_settings/parallel/react`: number of parallel + processes that `action_trigger_runner.pl` should use when processing event reactors. + Setting this can decrease the time it takes for Action/Trigger processing to + run on large Evergreen databases. + * `open-ils.resolver/app_settings/cache_timeout`: how long to cache results + from your OpenURL resolver. + * `open-ils.resolver/app_settings/default_url_base`: set to the base URL + of your OpenURL resolver. + + In addition, the `default_preferred_language` and `default_preferred_language_weight` + settings have been moved from the `open-ils.storage` section to the `open-ils.search` + section of `opensrf.xml`. + + New administration pages + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + The following new administration pages can all be accessed + from the `Admin | Server Administration` menu item in the staff client: + + * Call Number Prefixes + * Call Number Suffixes + * Circulation Matchpoint Weights + * Hold Matchpoint Weights + * MARC Coded Value Maps + * MARC Record Attributes + * Weights Associations + + New library settings + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [options="header"] |=============================== | Label | Description