Samvera Tech Call 2026-09-02

Meeting Logistics

Time: 9:00am PT / Noon ET
Zoom Meeting URL: https://iu.zoom.us/j/87635137325?pwd=YhVGftEpANzAwgk84swAyF53edj31x.1
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Moderator: Heather Greer Klein
Notetaker: Mark Bussey

Agenda Items

(Meeting notes below)

Go over Hyku development and deployment process
HYKU Prs
- https://github.com/samvera/hyku/pulls/ShanaLMoore

Attendees

Chris Colvard
Shana Moore
Rob Kaufman
Tracy McCormick
Max Kadel
Daniel Pierce
Sarah Proctor
Bradley Watson
Sarah Almond
Nicholas Mark Homenda
Mark Bussey
Heather Greer Klein

Meeting Process

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Meeting Notes

Streamline Hyku development setup and PR flow (Rob K.)
1. New developers expect to be able to pull main for setting up a dev environment
2. In flight features merged into main may leave main buggy
3. Goal make the proceess faster for
4. RECOMMENDATION: Use gitlab flow: production, main, feature branches
  1. https://about.gitlab.com/topics/version-control/what-is-gitlab-flow/
  2. Use mergdown actions to ensure hot-fixes, etc. get merged into the production branch
  3. Discussion - use merge or rebase strategies - mostly we just need to choose one and not mix - TBD
  4. NOTE: need to pay attention to the branch that DependaBot and other tools / workflows pay attention to
5. We plan to work out the kinks with Hyku and then may apply the refined process to Hyrax as well
Hyku dev environments changing (Max K.)
1. Should be largely transparent, reach out to on #hyku Slack.
P.R. Reviews
1. Rob K. working through controlled vocab PRs with LaRita R.
Slack Help requests
1. None outstanding, all responded to
Next Meeting
1. Moderator: Heather Greer Klein
2. Note taker: Nicholas Mark Homenda