In an effort to maintain some mental stimulation while we go through our post-migration shake-down (i.e. Bugzilla and feature request wrangling), I’ve decided to learn Python in the off-hours. I also figured while I was at it, I might as well get some useful code out of it.
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Output goings on
We finally broke down and created a Freshmeat project — well, Brad did. I’ve added the 1.0.1 release (also available here), and it’s waiting approval by the fine folks over at FM.
As I mentioned before in passing, we’re trying to be better about these sorts of things. We’ll continue to announce releases here and do our best to keep the FM page up to date as well. You can expect new release bundles fairly often, if irregularly, and we’re committed to not breaking compatibility inside any major release series — so 1.0.2 (whenever that happens) will simply replace 1.0.1 directly, with no specialized upgrade script required.
Now that we’re numbering releases we’ll also try to pull together some “official” documentation on what the version numbers mean, but for now it’s safe to think of it like the Linux kernel: 0 and even numbered minor version numbers (x.[02468].x) are stable, and odds are development/experimental/unstable.
That’s all for now … but stay tuned!
Future of the ILS Symposium
A group of GPLS staff was invited to Windsor to speak at the Future of the ILS Symposium. In attendance from GPLS was David Singleton, Deputy State Librarian; Julie Walker, newly appointed Assistant State Librarian for Technology Services; Mike Rylander, database guru extraordinare; and myself. Of course, the most difficult part of the entire trip was the security at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport. Yes, yours truly must look suspicious and shifty, so I was given extra special attention by the TSA folks.
The symposium itself was wonderful– good meeting space, good food, and good company. Our presentation was about 1.5 hours, and we covered a whole lotta material in that timeframe. We started off with a background of PINES and Georgia before moving into the Evergreen ILS material proper. Oh, I’ve uploaded a copy of our powerpoint presentation, for interested folks.
It looks like our presentation was well-received, based on the blog postings popping up:
- Peter Binkley wrote up a concise synposis.
- Ryan Eby posted his thoughts.
- Dan Scott also commented, but also went about installing Evergreen on the train home!
- Also refer to the symposium’s blog for more.
Thanks to Art Rhyno for putting this all together and for the invitation.