AI-powered security research tool (aisle.com) should be coming soon, which will provide additional PR review automation.
Release 8.1.0 aiming for end of the month. Branch has already been cut. We’re continuing to invest in release automation tooling and exploring stuff like release-please to help with changelogs and other miscellaneous updates. Call tomorrow (same details as normal admin call) for more release work.
Brief tangent on translation; it’s still not an active priority but there are things that can be done better especially in the advent of LLMs.
Tech update summary:
- Front controller ready for review/testing in an opt-in mode. Official server configs to make opting-in easier to follow.
- System fallback exception handler ready, will eventually cover broader use-cases (e.g. http-code exceptions, switching output format based on request type, etc). For now just logs to ensure errors aren’t swallowed
- Final (?) schema change that will support setting up the OpenEMR schema in MySQL strict mode needs review. OpenEMR still can’t run in strict mode but would be able to install that way.
- Once this is done, we can finish the doctrine migrations schema backporting
- Ran out of time to cover cryptographic stuff, but its completion is imminent
We also discussed using FHIR APIs to power modules. Short answer: we want to encourage this where possible, and incrementally close gaps in what FHIR APIs OpenEMR supports.
Next week:
- Probably more tech updates
- Improved worktree support in dev tooling
- Release (evergreen)