Koha 3.14.7 released

The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 3.14.7.

This is a maintenance release and contains some enhancements and several bugfixes.
As always you can download the release from http://download.koha-community.org

Please read more for the full release notes

RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.14.7
27 mai 2014
========================================================================

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 

    http://koha-community.org/

Koha 3.14.7 can be downloaded from:

    http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.14.07.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 3.14.7 is a bugfix/maintenance release.


It includes 28 enhancements and 66 bugfixes.


Enhancements in 3.14.7
======================

Acquisitions
----------
	10789	Excessive and often incorrect use of finish in C4::Acquisitions
	11787	Use validation plugin when adding new vendor
	11805	Use validation plugin when creating new basket in Acquisitions

Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
	11478	Remove experimental given/when from Koha::SimpleMARC
	11479	Remove experimental given/when from C4::MarcModificationTemplates
	11730	C4::Charset call C4::Context without use it

Circulation
----------
	9823	Code optimization: Change prototype of GetReservesFromBiblionumber

Command-line Utilities
----------
	10955	Add ability to skip deletions in zebraqueue
	11078	Rebuild_zebra.pl can lose updates due to race condition during full rebuilds

Course reserves
----------
	11788	Use validation plugin when creating new course
	11866	Staff side course reserves too restrictive

Database
----------
	3445	Action_logs table needs some thought

I18N/L10N
----------
	11631	Make translation toolchain ignore useless translatable strings

Lists
----------
	11789	Use validation plugin when creating new list

Packaging
----------
	7234	Koha-common Debian package should include koha-sites.conf

Searching
----------
	11202	Improve UNIMARC biblio indexing

System Administration
----------
	11766	Use validation plugin when creating new authority type
	11767	Use validation plugin when creating new authority framework tag
	11771	Use validation plugin when creating new MARC framework tag
	11791	Use validation plugin when creating new city
	11792	Use validation plugin when creating new currency
	11793	Use validation plugin when creating new item type
	11795	Use validation plugin when creating new Z39.50 server

Templates
----------
	11087	Have the fines tab default to pay fines rather than account
	11272	Copy submit button on inventory
	11328	Show local cover images in staff client search results

Test Suite
----------
	11562	QA: the sysprefs.sql is not correctly sorted

Tools
----------
	11785	Use validation plugin when uploading local cover images


Critical bugs fixed in 3.14.7
======================


Acquisitions
----------
	11755	critical	Argument 'booksellerid' not properly handled in orderreceive.pl
	11675	major	Budget amount is not checked if a parent exist

Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
	11493	critical	Batch Item Modification not handling unicode characters
	10611	major	C4::Context->dbh checks if the DB is still running
	11563	major	Class noEnterSubmit no longer functioning
	11779	major	Unexpected change in logged in branch when changing overdue notice triggers

I18N/L10N
----------
	11290	major	Members-home.pl displays badly if using non english templates and have a utf8 char in categorycode description

Staff Client
----------
	11369	major	Too many search cursor cookies overflow HTTP-header size, when making multiple searches in the staff client.

Test Suite
----------
	12271	critical	Valid-templates.t does not test bootstrap opac templates


Other bugs fixed in 3.14.7
======================


Acquisitions
----------
	11644	normal	Cannot update fund if total is equal to amount unallocated
	11777	normal	Created by name is not coming in order receiving page
	11798	normal	Problems with column sorting and row visibility in invoices table
	11471	minor	Basket groups display 0 0

Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
	11616	normal	The tablesorter plugin is no longer in use
	11687	normal	Statecollection.pl is unused
	11757	minor	Dependency on POE is not longer necessary
	11799	trivial	Housekeeping: Remove _biblionumber_sth from VirtualShelves.pm
	11803	trivial	Consistent use of $dbh in _koha_modify_item

Cataloging
----------
	11611	trivial	Fix possible confusion between UNIMARC and MARC21 in some sysprefs

Circulation
----------
	11756	normal	Hold ratios report sorting incorrectly

Hold requests
----------
	8918	normal	ILS-DI: HoldTitle and HoldItem do not calculate rank of hold
	10452	minor	AllowHoldsOnDamagedItems should control using damaged items to fulfill holds

I18N/L10N
----------
	11731	normal	Typo "tranports" in installation

Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
----------
	10580	normal	Remove NoZebra reference from Makefile.pl

Lists
----------
	10714	minor	Redirect to list contents view upon save after initiating edit from list contents view

MARC Authority data support
----------
	11652	minor	Merging authority records does not correct biblios

Notices
----------
	11732	trivial	Eliminate warning on undefined branchcode

OPAC
----------
	11743	normal	Remove unused DataTables plugin from OPAC theme directories
	11516	minor	OPAC highlight lost in results browser
	11663	trivial	Bootstap theme opac holding tab improperly displayed when opacbookbag syspref is disabled

Patrons
----------
	11628	normal	Staffaccess permission is missing in french userflags.sql file
	11707	normal	Additional attributes broken for category code with space

Reports
----------
	11704	normal	Wrong headers in {opac|intranet}/svc/report
	10777	minor	Runreport.pl allows for sending html reports via email, but mimetype is wrong

Searching
----------
	11796	normal	Results with 6 facets have missing facet
	10544	minor	Stocknumber index is an alias of Number-local-acquisition

Self checkout
----------
	11773	normal	Crash 'undefined value as a HASH' in sco-main.pl
	11415	minor	SCO has no option to disable automatic receipt printing
	11784	minor	Patron images broken in Self checkout

Serials
----------
	10837	normal	Exporting serial claims does not work if no notice defined

SIP2
----------
	11783	normal	Record level unavailable holds sending empty CD field rather than item barcode

System Administration
----------
	10012	minor	Remove all traces of NoZebraIndexes

Templates
----------
	10751	normal	Title should be mandatory for creating suggestions in staff
	11710	normal	Use new DataTables include in cataloging Z39.50 search template
	11713	normal	Use new DataTables include in course reserves templates
	11716	normal	Use new DataTables include in label manage template
	11717	normal	Use new DataTables include in member templates
	11721	normal	Use new DataTables include in suggestions template
	11735	normal	Use new DataTables include in calendar template
	11736	normal	Use new DataTables include in Koha news templates
	11737	normal	Use new DataTables include in quotes management template
	11739	normal	Use new DataTables include in notices template
	11740	normal	Use new DataTables include in quotes upload template
	11748	normal	Remove unused jquery.uitablefilter.js plugin
	11794	normal	OpacSerialDefaultTab  being ignored
	11819	normal	Don't show catalog edit menu if user has no edit permissions
	11829	normal	JavaScript error on staff client biblio details pages if template variables are undefined
	11670	minor	Remove sorting from patron lists action columns
	11749	minor	Remove unused jQuery plugin jquery.hoverIntent.minified.js from the staff client
	11764	minor	Move repeatedly redefined function toUC() into staff-global.js
	11765	minor	Remove unused function isDate from templates
	11608	trivial	Don't need the word 'library' on funds

Tools
----------
	11343	normal	The max number of items to process in a batch is hardcoded
	11636	normal	Impossible to remove patrons from patron list during add process
	11253	minor	Tools/inventory.pl output_pref ignores 'iso' parameter passed
	12115	minor	Follow up fix for tools/inventory.pl's output_pref issues


New sysprefs in 3.14.7
======================

  * MaxItemsForBatch
  * SelfCheckReceiptPrompt


System requirements
======================

    Important notes:
    
    * Perl 5.10 is required
    * Zebra is required


Documentation
======================

The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.The home page for Koha 
documentation is 

    http://koha-community.org/documentation/

As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
Koha manual is available:

    http://manual.koha-community.org/3.14/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 (82%)
  * Armenian (99%)
  * Chinese (China) (98%)
  * Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)
  * Czech (100%)
  * Danish (90%)
  * English (New Zealand) (83%)
  * French (99%)
  * French (Canada) (88%)
  * German (100%)
  * German (Switzerland) (99%)
  * Greek (52%)
  * Italian (100%)
  * Kurdish (71%)
  * Norwegian Bokmål (63%)
  * Polish (64%)
  * Portuguese (99%)
  * Portuguese (Brazil) (89%)
  * Slovak (100%)
  * Spanish (100%)
  * Swedish (91%)
  * 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
======================

The release team for Koha 3.14.7 is

  Release Manager:       Galen Charlton 
  Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard 
  Installation Documentation Managers:
                         Samuel Desseaux 
                         Mason James 
  Translation Manager:   Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel 
  QA Manager:            Katrin Fischer 
  QA Team:               Chris Cormack 
                         Marcel de Rooy ,
                         Jonathan Druart ,
                         Brendan Gallagher 
                         Kyle Hall 
                         Mason James 
                         Paul Poulain 
  Bug Wranglers:         Magnus Enger 
  Packaging Manager:     Robin Sheat 
  Live CD Manager:       Nguyen Quoc Uy 
  VM Manager:            Samuel Desseaux 

  Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Hall 
  Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel 
  Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Tomás Cohen Arazi 
  Release Maintainer (3.14.x): Fridolin Somers 

Credits
======================

We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.14.7:
  * Universidad Nacional de Cordoba

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.14.7.
  *      1	Jacek Ablewicz
  *      3	Tomas Cohen Arazi
  *      1	JaTara Barnes
  *      3	Colin Campbell
  *     21	Galen Charlton
  *      1	Chris Cormack
  *      1	Stéphane Delaune
  *      1	Frédéric Demians
  *     16	Jonathan Druart
  *      2	Nicole Engard
  *      1	Amit Gupta
  *     11	Kyle M Hall
  *      1	Janusz Kaczmarek
  *      1	Pasi Kallinen
  *      1	Doug Kingston
  *      2	Olli-Antti Kivilahti
  *      1	Ketan Kulkarni
  *     37	Owen Leonard
  *      1	Jesse Maseto
  *      3	Julian Maurice
  *      1	Sophie Meynieux
  *      1	Nicholas van Oudtshoorn
  *     10	Marcel de Rooy
  *      1	Fridolin SOMERS
  *      4	Fridolyn SOMERS
  *      2	Mathieu Saby
  *     10	Fridolin Somers
  *      2	Mark Tompsett
  *      2	Marc Véron

We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.14.7
  *      37 ACPL                                                                                          
  *      36 BibLibre                                                                                    
  *       1 BigBallOfWax                                                                          
  *      14 ByWater-Solutions                                                                   
  *      21 Equinox                                                                                   
  *       3 PTFS-Europe                                                                              
  *      10 Rijksmuseum                                                                               
  *       1 Tamil                                                                                           
  *       1 Université Rennes 2
  *       1 biblos.pk.edu.pl
  *       1 carvingit.com
  *       2 jns.fi
  *       1 pttk.fi
  *       1 randomnotes.org
  *      10 unidentified
  *       2 veron.ch

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.14.7.
  *       1 Aleisha
  *       1 Tomas Cohen Arazi
  *       1 Petter Goksoyr Asen
  *       1 Aurélie
  *       5 Christopher Brannon
  *       1 Jared Camins-Esakov
  *     138 Galen Charlton
  *      35 Chris Cormack
  *      54 Jonathan Druart
  *      32 Katrin Fischer
  *       2 Brendan Gallagher
  *      31 Kyle M Hall
  *       5 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
  *       4 Owen Leonard
  *       1 Jesse Maseto
  *       3 Julian Maurice
  *       1 Sean McGarvey
  *       1 Holger Meissner
  *       1 Holger Meißner
  *       1 Paul Poulain
  *       1 Martin Renvoize
  *      23 Marcel de Rooy
  *       1 Paola Rossi
  *       1 Mathieu Saby
  *       1 Robin Sheat
  *     135 Fridolin Somers
  *       1 Srdjan
  *       9 Mark Tompsett
  *       1 Marc Veron
  *       9 Marc Véron
  *       3 merlissia
  *       5 wajasu

We regret any omissions.  If a contributor has been inadvertently 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 3.14.x.

The last Koha release was 3.14.06, which was released on April 30, 2014.


Bugs and feature requests
======================

Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at

    http://bugs.koha-community.org/


He rau ringa e oti ai.
(Many hands finish the work)

##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 27 mai 2014 16:15:43 Z #####

A great thanks to all contributors.