At 01:00 PM 6/3/2011 -0400, Owen Leonard wrote: > > So while there is no more > > development to 3.2, any bugs found will be fixed. At some point, even that > > will stop and everyone will be expected to get themselves upgraded. > >And indeed, the 3.2.x Release Maintainer has said that the upcoming >3.2.10 release will most likely be the final release of the 3.2.x >branch.
"expected to get themselves upgraded" ... or, of course, to retain 3.2.x in production. We have a functional, extensively customized, 3.2.5 that meets the requirements of our cataloguers and users. While I might spend some of my spare [?] time looking at 3.4 (I really like the concept of templates), the customization has to be done all over again, and is proving troublesome. Nothing wrong with Koha, all to do with our requirements; I ended up modifying the SQL structure to accept longer, searchable keywords and abstracts; to facilitate serials cataloguing; and to remove all "lending library" features to speed things up considerably (we are reference/research only.) If and when I get 3.4 running to our requirements, we'll evaluate whether we migrate; but in the meanwhile, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." And I'm sure there's got to be a lot of other Koha users who are also wary of "upgrading" a fully functional tool. This is the great strength of community-driven, open license products - you can reach a point where you have achieved what you set out to do. Anything after that can be considered much lower priority. Quite frankly, my only concern at this point is to get rid of Zebra and integrate different search methodology which is apparently not high on the Koha horizon; barcoded spine labels, dustjacket images and emailed fines are not in our specifications. Everyone achieving their own specs, again, is a Koha strength. Otherwise we'll end up following the "M$ business code" - if Win98 is good enough for a Koha kiosk (and it most certainly is) you don't need to go chasing Vista, Win7 or Win8. Our Ubuntu 10.10 server is perfect for Koha, so I only look for the ultra-rare Ubuntu security alerts. Given our satisfaction with Koha, I'll definitely be keeping an eye on future versions; but in the meanwhile, I respectfully beg to differ with the statement that "everyone will be expected to get themselves upgraded." Regards - Paul Tired old sys-admin. --- Archives and Collections (ACS) Society 205, Main Street, Picton, Ontario, K0K 2T0, Canada http://www.AandC.org Canadian Charitable Organization 88721 9921 RR0001 Dedicated to maritime conservation and education. _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha