Koha 3.10.5 released
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 3.10.5. This is a stable release and contains many bugfixes.
You can download the tarball from http://download.koha-community.org or wait a day or 2 for the packages to become available.
Please read below for the full release notes
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.10.5
23 Apr 2013
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Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package
(ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes,
volunteers, and support companies from around the world.
The website for the Koha project is
Home
Koha 3.10.5 can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.10.05.tar.gz
Installation instructions can be found at:
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation
OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
Koha 3.10.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
Major fixes of 3.10.5
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Acquisitions
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9928 blocker no way to see all purchase suggestions at all
7018 critical need all acq permissions to search
7449 major billingplace and freedeliveryplace not saved when creating a new basketgroup
Cataloging
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9908 major OCLC Connexion Desktop Client Doesn't Work
Circulation
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9953 major When OpacMaintenance breaks lifting debarment
Hold requests
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9922 critical holds queue shows home library with AutomaticReturn
Notices
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8378 major <fine> syntax not working on overdues anymore
OPAC
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8979 major "News" does not work with CCSR
Patrons
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9930 critical can't update patron info in ccsr
Searching
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9341 major Problem with UNIMARC authors facets
Tools
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9535 major Patron card creator "Remove duplicates" function doesn't work
Other bugs fixed in 3.10.5
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About
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9956 trivial Add missing translators to the about page
Acquisitions
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7875 trivial Pending suggestion link (the numbers) from staff client home directs to accepted suggestions instead of pending
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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9727 normal Typo in code causes compilation failure with Solr enabled
9609 trivial Rebuild zebra reports double numbers for exported records with -z option
Authentication
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9841 minor Improve the link from the "logged in as mysql-user"-warning
Command-line Utilities
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9496 normal rebuild_zebra.pl should handle invalid XML records better
9885 normal Passwords generated by command line scripts are weak
Database
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9745 trivial Don't nuke translated permissions with changes introduced in bug 9382
I18N/L10N
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7938 normal The -v option to the translate script is not documented
Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
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9498 normal Update encoding for Norwegian sample Z39.50 servers
9752 normal Set marcflavor = normarc when NORMARC is chosen in the web installer
9837 normal Fix Norwegian authorized values for the web installer
9863 trivial 'import' button in web installer should read 'Import'
MARC Bibliographic data support
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9274 normal Software error in bibtex export
OPAC
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9166 normal OPAC needs configuration file for datepicker
9504 normal URL escape in OPAC more searches
9660 normal OpenLibrary covers are too small on OPAC search results
9932 normal Broken calendar image and misplaced masthead include for CCSR theme
9003 minor Add css fix for opac news items with strong and em
9935 minor Social icons missing in CSSR theme
Packaging
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8816 normal add WARNING to debian/control file, to not manually edit
9802 minor Add test case to verify package man pages are well formatted
Patrons
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9002 normal Remove Problematic Logic from Patron Messaging Preferences Form
Searching
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9419 minor The highlight feature can cause a browser freeze
Self checkout
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9748 minor noitemlinks not being enforced
Serials
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9947 minor Creating item for received serial prefills enumchron subfield
SIP2
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9838 trivial SIP tests : fix in 04patron_status.t
Staff Client
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9726 minor XISBN service throttle not initialized
Templates
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9554 normal single quote in didyoumean
9945 normal Pretty icon display in authorised values configuration
5648 minor icons clumping together
9571 minor Fix width for textareas in Edit Item screen
9952 trivial MARC tab: tab 0 is not translated correctly
Tools
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9415 normal XML catalog export is missing root node
9954 minor CSV profile encoding not selected on editing
translate.koha-community.org
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8942 normal Translation process breaks javascript in calendar.inc
Enhancements in 3.10.5
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Circulation
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9423 Add notforloan value to issue confirmation or blocking message
New sysprefs in 3.10.5
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* UNIMARCAuthorsFacetsSeparator
System requirements
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Important notes:
* Perl 5.10 is required
* Zebra is required
Documentation
======================
As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The
home page for Koha documentation is
Documentation
As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
Koha manual is available:
http://manual.koha-community.org/3.10.5/en/
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary
Translations
======================
Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
interface are available in this release for the following languages:
* English (USA)
* Arabic (99%)
* Armenian (99%)
* Chinese (China) (92%)
* Chinese (Taiwan) (99%)
* Danish (100%)
* English (New Zealand) (99%)
* French (98%)
* French (Canada) (68%)
* German (100%)
* German (Switzerland) (97%)
* Greek (62%)
* Italian (99%)
* Norwegian Bokmål (64%)
* Portuguese (99%)
* Portuguese (Brazil) (99%)
* Slovak (100%)
* Spanish (100%)
* Turkish (100%)
Partial translations are available for various other languages.
The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha
for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
list to volunteer:
http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate
The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
http://translate.koha-community.org/
Release Team
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The release team for Koha 3.10.5 is
Release Manager: Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com>
Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
Translation Manager: D Ruth Bavousett <ruth@bywatersolutions.com>
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de>,
QA Team: Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>,
Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>,
Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>,
Elliott Davis <elliott@bywatersolutions.com>
Bug Wranglers: Magnus Enger <magnus@enger.priv.no>,
Marc Véron <veron@veron.ch>,
Chris Hall <chrish@catalyst.net.nz>,
Mirko Tietgen <5p4m@gmx.de>
Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz>
Packaging Assistant: Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>
Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Liz Rea <liz@catalyst.net.nz>
Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
Credits
======================
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.10.5:
* KEEP SOLUTIONS
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.10.5.
* 3 Jared Camins-Esakov
* 1 Colin Campbell
* 1 Galen Charlton
* 3 David Cook
* 5 Chris Cormack
* 2 Jonathan Druart
* 4 Magnus Enger
* 1 Vitor FERNANDES
* 4 Kyle M Hall
* 1 Mason James
* 2 Peter Crellan Kelly
* 2 Owen Leonard
* 1 Chris Nighswonger
* 4 Dobrica Pavlinusic
* 1 Karam Qubsi
* 1 Thatcher Rea
* 2 Liz Rea
* 2 Marcel de Rooy
* 15 Fridolyn SOMERS
* 1 Mathieu Saby
* 2 Adrien Saurat
* 1 Robin Sheat
* 1 Will Stokes
* 1 ByWater Migration Support
* 1 Aaron Wells
* 1 Jen Zajac
We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.10.5
* 2 ACPL
* 19 Biblibre
* 4 BigBallOfWax
* 6 ByWater-Solutions
* 3 C & P Bibliography
* 9 Catalyst
* 1 Equinox
* 1 Foundations
* 1 KohaAloha
* 4 Libriotech
* 1 PTFS-Europe
* 3 Prosentient Systems
* 2 Rijksmuseum
* 1 Université Rennes 2
* 1 keep.pt
* 4 rot13.org
* 1 unidentified
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.10.5.
* 4 Tomas Cohen Arazi
* 1 Larry Baerveldt
* 1 Brendan
* 51 Jared Camins-Esakov
* 5 Galen Charlton
* 60 Chris Cormack
* 1 Frédéric Demians
* 14 Jonathan Druart
* 1 Frédéric Durand
* 1 Nicole C. Engard
* 4 Magnus Enger
* 25 Katrin Fischer
* 6 Kyle M Hall
* 6 Mason James
* 5 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
* 9 Owen Leonard
* 1 Sophie Meynieux
* 1 Chris Nighswonger
* 1 Dobrica Pavlinusic
* 6 Paul Poulain
* 1 MJ Ray
* 5 Liz Rea
* 5 Marcel de Rooy
* 1 Mathieu Saby
* 1 Robin Sheat
We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed,
please send a patch against these release notes to
koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
Revision control notes
======================
The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of
git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git
The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.10.x.
The last Koha release was 3.8.10, which was released on February 23, 2013.
Bugs and feature requests
======================
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at
http://bugs.koha-community.org/
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