Samvera Tech Call 2025-01-15

Meeting Logistics:

• Time: 9:00am PDT / Noon EDT

• Zoom Meeting URL: https://tufts.zoom.us/j/92273892419?pwd=hfoBPoMGVDmdrjlCtQ6WzGG0bCvt33.1
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Agenda (meeting notes below)

• Setup for next sprint cycle 01-21

  • This is the project board we’ll work from, please add any issues you are working on or let Nick Homenda know

• dmoles asked about Bulkrax 9 Valkyrie support, specifically around the ValkyrieObjectFactory and creating FileSets—Bradley Watson reports that currently they can only be created indirectly via Works. David will look into the code again and ask some more specific questions on Slack

• Samvera help

  • Sneha Gundurao (UCSC), admin role issue - Admin user cannot view works or admin dashboard items, but unauthenticated user can view works

• Open PR’s

  • https://github.com/samvera/hyrax/pull/6984 Needs requested changes reviewed?

  • https://github.com/samvera/hyrax/pull/6987

  • Test suite not green for last couple of PRs/merges, but seems flaky/indeterminate

Moderator:  Randall Floyd

Notetaker: Chris Colvard

Attendees:

• Nicholas Mark Homenda

• Heather Greer Klein

• Daniel Pierce

• Bradley Watson

• dmoles

Meeting Process

Notes

1. Upcoming Hyrax sprint cycle

   1. Starts on Tuesday the 21st

   2. The project board

      1. Ask Heather if you need access to it

   3. Will be announced in slack channels

   4. What will be getting worked on?

      1. Is there space for non-developers to be helpful this cycle?

      2. Yes, will definitely need help QA testing when Rails upgrade PR gets merged and other accessibility fixes

2. Bulkrax 9

   1. valkyrie support?

      1. somethings seem not to be fully implemented yet specifically ValkyrieObjectFactory and creating FileSets

   2. Can’t create file set directly

   3. Brad says file sets have to be created through a work

   4. David from UCSB looking at upgrading from Hyrax 5.0.1 + Bulkrax 7

   5. David will take questions to slack

3. Outreach and Engagement WG

   1. Next meeting: ?

   2. Looking at redoing hyrax.samvera.org

   3. Will use new static website template (contentful/next.js/github pages) that Avalon and Hyku are using now

   4. Will need to update a lot of content: language and organization

   5. Anyone is happy to join discussion. Will probably spawn new working group.

4. Requests for help

   1. Sneha Gundurao (UCSC) - admin role issue - Admin user cannot view works or admin dashboard items, but unauthenticated user can view works

      1. Randall is trying to help

      2. Does anyone else have any ideas?

      3. UCSC has joined surfliner team so David might be able to help at next surfliner meeting

      4. Daniel - workflows not loading?

      5. Possibly could be workflow issue

      6. On old version of Hyrax so odd that it is happening all of a sudden

   2. Chris Bartos - issue with file sets not getting updated in UV when changed (Hyrax 3.6)

      1. Riiif caching issue should have been fixed in 3.5

      2. Caching issue: browser? manifest? riiif?

5. Pull Requests

   1. Test suite not green for last couple of PRs/merges, but seems flaky/indeterminate

      1. Should these failing tests hold up PRs or can P

   2. https://github.com/samvera/hyrax/pull/6984 Needs requested changes reviewed?

   3. https://github.com/samvera/hyrax/pull/6987