Koha 3.18 beta released
A beta release of Koha 3.18 is now available for download. We encourage all users of Koha to consider downloading and testing the beta prior to its release later this month.
Debian packages for this beta will be available soon on the squeeze-dev repository.
Koha 3.18.0 is a major release, that comes with many new features. This beta
preview is released for testing purposes. Its use on production sites
is discouraged.
Draft release notes can be found below the fold. Share and enjoy (and test)!
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.18.0 beta
17 nov 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
Home
Koha 3.18.0 beta can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.18.00-beta.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 3.18.0 is a major release, that comes with many new features. This beta
preview is released for testing purposes. Its use on production sites
is discouraged.
It includes 14 features, 114 enhancements and 412 bugfixes.
New features in 3.18.0
======================
Acquisitions
----------
3050 Add an option to upload scanned invoices
10402 Add multiple contacts for vendors
12164 Rollover outstanding orders not yet received
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
11232 Retrieve facets from Zebra
Authentication
----------
8446 Shibboleth authentication
Circulation
----------
8836 Resurrect Rotating Collections
10860 On-site checkouts (was In-House Use)
11577 Automatic renewals
Searching
----------
11425 Search form for items
Templates
----------
10212 Columns configuration for tables
Tools
----------
11876 Add a diff view to staged MARC records
12403 Batch record deletion
Websites, Mailing Lists, etc
----------
11926 HEA - Report usage statistics to Koha community
Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers
----------
6536 Z3950 Search Enhancements: SRU targets and additional XSLT processing
Enhancements in 3.18.0
======================
About
----------
12790 Perl modules: Display required version numbers on about page
13087 Add a notice for use_zebra_facets problems in about page
Acquisitions
----------
7162 Factorize code for order cancellation and add field for giving a reason
7498 Cloning a budget: enable change of description
9088 Neworderempty should preselect the only active fund for new orders
11169 OPAC: Display acquisition details
12110 Display the order vendor note in basket and basketgroup CSV and PDF
12835 Acquisitions: Show search terms in z39.50 results
12958 Set a fund owner to its children
12984 Improvement of the funds list view on acqui home
12987 Update table footer with the visible rows
12988 Update table footer with the visible rows - budgets
12989 Update table footer with the visible rows - acqui-home
13042 Move budget action links into menu
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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7372 RoadTypes should be folded into Authorised Values
10330 Rename system preference authoritysep to AuthoritySeparator
11319 Marc modification templates improvements
11826 Improving code for XSLT handling
11891 Make Koha::Schema use C4::Context->dbh
12041 Improve Koha::Cache
12151 Remove remaining uses of the Perl smartmatch operator
12233 Remove prog and CCSR OPAC themes
12237 Remove the "horrible hack" in C4::Templates
12538 Solr removal
12609 Replace use of DBI in C4::Ratings with DBIx::Class
12674 GetMarcISSN should not return empty ISSN
12745 Add a sanity check for QueryParser configuration on about.pl
12827 NewOrder returns basketno
12830 Move the order-related code into its own module
12844 Introduce a centralized way to display prices
Cataloging
----------
1561 Show search terms in z39.50 results
6681 Provide a way for removing authority links and holdings on Z39.50 record import
10308 Authorities linker should handle the "local subject added entry" fields.
12435 Update MARC21 frameworks to Update No. 18 (April 2014)
Circulation
----------
643 Allow override of 'debarred' status
11230 Refactor C4::Stats::UpdateStats and add UT
11629 Add ability to update not for loan status on checkin
11703 Convert checkouts table to ajax datatable
12230 Add maximum suspension days as a new issuing rule
12448 Ask for confirmation when checking out an item with rental fees
12495 Street number missing from hold alert on checkin page
12523 Add patron email in Holds awaiting pickup circulation report
13106 Encapsulate Circulation::GetAgeRestriction() and modify it to check borrowers age as well
13113 Prevent juvenile/children from reserving ageRestricted material
13116 Make it possible to propagate errors from C4::Reserves::CanItemBeReserved() to the web-templates.
13183 Improve visibility of automatic on-site checkout rule when OnSiteCheckoutsForce is on
Command-line Utilities
----------
8218 Add a script to sanitize entity where "&" character was wrongly replaced with "&"
8687 Improvements in overdue_notices.pl
Course reserves
----------
10632 Enable datatables for courses and course details in the OPAC
Developer documentation
----------
12545 Add EditorConfig file to the source tree
Documentation
----------
12828 Update Z39.50/SRU online help
13140 Add a notice on the About page about GRS-1 deprecated
Hold requests
----------
8735 Expire holds waiting only on days the library is open
11126 Make the holds system optionally give precedence to local holds
11634 Allow renewal of item with unfilled holds if other available items can fill those holds
11990 Holds ratio report (circ/reserveratios.pl) sorts numeric values as text
I18N/L10N
----------
11392 Logaction() modulename and action are untranslatable
11593 Subtag_registry.sql files contain the same information for each language
12061 Tmpl_process3.pl new features
12649 Add Croatian language
Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
----------
11586 Better default framework for UNIMARC
12658 Select all options on installer screen
MARC Bibliographic data support
----------
3977 MARC21 Tag 321b
12501 Show Dissertation note (MARC21 502) in XSLT results
Notices
----------
9530 Allow separate 'Reply To' and 'From' email address for notices
OPAC
----------
7720 Ambiguity in OPAC Details location.
7825 Change OPACItemHolds syspref to be of type Choice, choices being "no", "yes", "force"
9043 Adding system preferences to control the visibility of the content on the Advanced Search page
12162 Add class="branchcode" to body tag to make OPAC CSS-styleable per branch
12296 OPAC search box should be customisable
12330 Hide item types, collections, locations on advanced search if hidden by opachiddenitems
12519 Convert OPAC list download pop-up to modal dialog
12521 Arrangement of divs on opac-advsearch.tt
12568 Improve visibility of successful renewal via opac
12576 Search links need style id
12677 Use Bootstrap "label" style for inline OPAC renewal messages
12683 Use NoLoginInstructions to customize text for OPAC user/pass information
12724 Show RDA tag 264 on OPAC Detail XSLT view
12726 Show RDA tag 264 on OPAC Results XSLT view
Packaging
----------
8566 Enable koha-foreach to insert the instancename into commands
8567 Set output directory for fines.pl in cron config created by the packages
8773 Add per-instance koha-index-daemon in .deb setup
12350 Disable apache indexes on package installation by default
12869 Update for 3.17
Patrons
----------
6254 Set default for privacy by patron category
7673 New patron permissions to manage items (edit, batchmod, delete all)
9811 Patrons search improvements
11401 Add support for Norwegian national library card
12258 Datatable in Patrons Account Fines
12550 Add ability to delay loading of patron's checkouts in circulation and patron details
Reports
----------
13141 Add ability for biblio_framework to be a dropdown in Guided Reports
Searching
----------
4927 Remove doubled call number entry from OPAC advanced search page
5672 Add RSS feeds to catalog search history
12582 Control of branch displayed in search results linked to HomeOrHoldingBranch
13088 Allow the user to specify a max amount of facets to show.
Serials
----------
5342 Serial claiming improvements
12377 Add date pickers to serials-edit.pl
SIP2
----------
12571 Add ability to customize SIP2 screen messages
Staff Client
----------
12725 Show RDA tag 264 on Intranet Results and Detail XSLT view (MARC21)
13176 Add links "My account" and "My checkouts" for logged in user to drop down in staff client header
System Administration
----------
12190 Move creators preference to tools tab
12760 Add restrictions purge to cleanup_database.pl
Templates
----------
10220 IDs on checkin columns
12334 Make it easier to hide parts of material type and format information in OPAC
12572 Use jQueryUI Accordion to display message transport types
12692 Markup improvements to holds awaiting pickup report
13112 Add name of template file in html comment for each '.tt' file.
13128 Add span with id for logged in branch name, add hidden span for branchcode
13139 Move treeview jQuery plugin outside of language-specific directory
Tools
----------
12238 Tools/export.pl: file list of ids as input parameter
12309 Add more fields to batch patron modification tool
12716 Import patrons form should have drop-downs for some values
Web services
----------
12590 Support deletion of biblio in svc API
Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers
----------
12265 Improve Z39.50 servers administration (incl DBIx)
Critical bugs fixed in 3.18.0
======================
(this list include all bugfixes since the previous major version. Most of them have already been fixed in maintainance releases)
Acquisitions
----------
12891 critical NewOrder does not return ordernumber
11744 major Cancel receipt doesn't work for one item
12619 major Shipment date gets lost on finishing the invoice
12927 major Problems with item information tab on acq order from staged page
12955 major The budget list always shows my funds
12985 major All basketgroups are not listed
13220 major Shipment date not saved when creating an invoice which has a duplicated number
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
10126 major C4::Reports::Guided is not Plack safe
11715 major Z39.50 search page does not check authorization
13071 major Currency page shows perl error under some circumstances
13115 major Holidays.t will fail some unit tests on Sundays
13131 major Remove Solr file left behind
Authentication
----------
8148 critical Ldap authentication should FAIL if ldap contains NEW password, and user types the PREVIOUS password
12398 critical CAS authentication not working
Cataloging
----------
7817 critical Items Permanent location (shelving location) is set to NULL when item is edited
12295 critical Javascript error when merging authorities
Circulation
----------
12596 critical Backdating returns with SpecifiyReturnDate causes fines for items not overdue!
12778 major Regression: Item lost status doesn't show in list of checkouts
13018 major Static fine should apply only once for a given borrower
13104 major Changing date or time format on a production server will create duplicate fines!
13190 major Export checkout list does not work anymore
13226 major Significant slowdown of checkins with fix for notices ignoring the dateformat preference
Command-line Utilities
----------
13230 major Bug 12995 causes test case failures
Database
----------
12781 major DBIx::Class schema should preserve case for column names
Hold requests
----------
4045 critical No check for maximum number of allowed holds from OPAC.
12873 critical Reserve can be cancelled by any logged in user
10883 major OPACAllowHoldDateInFuture can let a patron jump to the top of the holds list
12086 major Hold priorities incorrect, when waiting status was reversed
Holidays
----------
12801 critical Koha::Calendar is caching holidays for the wrong branch!
Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
----------
13169 blocker C4::Templates::themelanguage fails if the DB is not populated
Notices
----------
12396 critical MTT FIX: Due notices (DUEDGST) are multiplicated and everybodys all ODUEDGST are sent to everyone who should receive them.
12717 critical Library no longer receiving Overdue email for patrons without email address
9180 major Default rules are not always used for overdues
11244 major Notices ignoring the dateformat preference
13035 major Overdue notices send notices for due date in future.
OPAC
----------
12371 critical Links in every patron self-registration email points to a single borrower
12784 critical A patron cannot change his personal details
13174 critical Opac detail view with XSLT is broken
12517 major Download and send list popups broken in bootstrap OPAC
12849 major Sending a list has malformed links
Packaging
----------
12234 blocker Package dependency updates for master
10467 major Package dependency updates for master
12312 major 3.16 packages ask to change Apache configuration even if Apache version is < 2.4
13173 major Path changes make package build fail
Patrons
----------
12833 major Patron search no longer searches extended attributes
13084 major Prevent mixup of columns in deletedborrowers
13232 major Patron letter browse not working
Reports
----------
12432 major Saved reports tabs not working
Searching
----------
10542 critical QueryParser + OpacSuppression doesn't allow search in 'all libraries'
12005 critical Zebra searches sometimes fail silently under Plack
12593 critical Search facets die with regex error if biblio has square brackets in fields
13163 critical Duplicate records in Zebra after editing NORMARC records with DOM
12738 major Search behaviour inconsistent with QueryParser on Perl 5.18
Serials
----------
11226 major Working with serials now requires admin (parameters) permission
Staff Client
----------
12892 major Holds Waiting: not showing from check out screen
System Administration
----------
12454 critical Can't add new patron categories
Templates
----------
766 major Omnibus: Use of CGI::scrolling_list prevents customization in template
10519 major Suggestions: 'Organize by' and correct display of tab descriptions broken
11014 major Slip Print Problem in Chrome
12407 major Phone label or data switched
12755 major MARC Preview doesn't always display in managed MARC record
12963 major Columns misplaced in moremember.tt
13080 major Addition of noEnterSubmit class should not apply to textarea, only to input
13170 major Remove of prog theme broke the OPAC's "view plain" option for MARC details
13254 major Delete record don't wait for confirmation
Test Suite
----------
12642 major SMS.t requires a database
12953 major Bug 12827 causes a test to fail
13172 major T/Koha_Email.t depends on the database
Tools
----------
12025 critical Inventory tool fails with "Could not reads headers", or sometimes a timeout
12229 critical Tools/export.pl fix to forbid adding of invalid records
12315 critical MTT FIX: Advanced notices are duplicated and not sent to the right patron
12727 critical Patron category filter in batch patron deletion tool is broken
11742 major Overdue notice/status triggers displaying the wrong notice for default
12859 major Patron import tool doesn't import extened attributes values any longer
13085 major Bugfix : tools/export.pl don't works in commandline without id_list_file parameter
Websites, Mailing Lists, etc
----------
13149 major B 11926 (HEA - Render community koha statistic usages) introduces an column count error in sysprefs.ql
Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers
----------
12898 critical Z39.50 title search doesn't work with multiple words
Other bugs fixed in 3.18.0
======================
(this list include all bugfixes since the previous major version. Most of them have already been fixed in maintainance releases)
About
----------
7143 trivial Bug for tracking changes to the about page
Acquisitions
----------
11714 normal GetBudgetHierarchy needs optimization
12508 normal The removal of a contract which is linked to a basket does not display an error
12557 normal Cannot revert the changes done by AcqItemSetSubfieldsWhenReceived on canceling a receipt
12646 normal Only "top 20" rows visible in invoices search result
12937 normal Deleting suggestions should ask for a confirmation
12956 normal Users are not linked to a fund
12992 normal Fund planning does not display actual values
12438 minor Bad encoding in acquisition basket
12554 trivial C4::Biblio GetMarcPrice does not handle NORMARC
13065 trivial Receive shipment error message incorrectly styled
13207 trivial "Branch:" on basket page should read "Library:"
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
9013 normal Cart in staff interface displays location pulled from Description (OPAC)
9967 normal Authorized values are not Plack-compatible
10652 normal Ajaxfileupload.js failing in IE9 for local image upload
11575 normal OPACBaseURL sometimes set by ENV variable and not system preference
11842 normal MARC framework editing is broken when memcache is enabled
12023 normal Web installer fails under plack
12338 normal Remove smartmatch operator from C4/Serials.pm
12343 normal TransformKohaToMarc() is adding MARC subfields in random order
12456 normal The file C4/Maintainance.pm can be removed
12467 normal Lost items marked as not on loan even if they are!
12482 normal C4::Budgets : Replacement of subroutine calls of C4::SQLHelper by DBIx::Class
12487 normal C4::Contract.pm : Replacement of subroutine calls of C4::SQLHelper by DBIx::Class
12539 normal PROG/CCSR deprecation: Remove hardcoded theme from C4/Templates.pm
12558 normal DBIx::Class schema update 07/2014
12583 normal DelItem takes $dbh in parameter
12623 normal SQLHelper replacement - Koha::Borrower::Modifications
12626 normal SQLHelper replacement - C4::Acquisition
12627 normal SQLHelper replacement - C4::Suggestions
12651 normal DOM indexing should be the default
12672 normal GetMarcISBN should return the corresponding subfield
12957 normal Get rid of warning in aqbudgets.pl
12979 normal Price formatting should only be defined at one place
13011 normal Parsing a date on sending a letter generates a warning
12174 minor Zotero connection with Koha: problem with UTF-8
12800 minor Can't access MARC bibliographic frameworks and other pages
12884 minor Get rid of redefined subroutine warnings from dateaccessioned.pl
11856 trivial Minor improvements on code documentation (omnibus)
12462 trivial Fix some POD errors
12728 trivial Add StatisticsFields to sysprefs.sql
13194 trivial Tiny typo in POD for SetMessagingPreferencesFromDefaults
Authentication
----------
13114 minor Disabled Shibboleth authentication spams logs
13051 trivial And remember, usernames are not case sensitive
Browser compatibility
----------
12862 trivial HTML fixes triggered by cleaning up language="javascript"
Cataloging
----------
8837 normal Dewey cn_sort inaccurate
9093 normal 008 forgetting what material type was chosen
10473 normal Prompt for confirmation if more than 99 items are being added
11030 normal Add 359, 947 and 969 fields in french unimarc_complete framework
11292 normal Barcode scanner clicking 'save'
11905 normal When editing item, cursor is positioning in search box and not to item
12380 normal Can't tab to save buttons on add item
12419 normal Not for loan items are not listed
12424 normal Ddc sorting of call numbers truncates long Cutter parts
12874 normal On editing an item, some fields can be set to NULL
13225 normal Z39.50 result Card View doesn't work for UNIMARC
9859 minor C4::Charset -> nsb_clean() remove Â
10648 minor In records merge greatest field can not be added
11021 minor Delete useless 9XX field in french unimarc_complet default Framework
12307 minor Catalog details page displaying incorrect status for items with itemtype level notforloan status
13062 minor Cataloging search no longer passes search terms to z39.50 search
13129 minor HTML and JS escapes missing in unimarc_field_4XX.tt
12592 trivial Minor correction for C4::DelBiblio documentation
13203 trivial Plugin housekeeping: UNIMARC field 123i, 123j, 210c
Circulation
----------
8868 normal ILS-DI: CancelHold needs to take a reserve_id
9245 normal Visual Bug under fines tab
10960 normal Holds Queue Report display loc code not description
12205 normal It should be possible for Holds charges to count towards blocking checkout
12337 normal Multi-clicking the renewal buttons on circulation.pl can trigger "renewal failed" message.
12542 normal Tabs inconsistency in different circ-menu.inc uses
12662 normal Ajax-based check in does not work for some system preference settings enabled
12729 normal Overdue items won't show as overdue in red in circulation
12811 normal Patron 'Details' and 'Check out' pages not working properly for staff users which don't have renewal override permissions
12899 normal Row grouping in checkouts table is alphabetical and layout depends on words chosen in translation
12938 normal Strings.inc is missing a semicolon in var CIRCULATION_RENEW_FAILED = _("Renew failed:")
13020 normal Checkouts table default ordering is incorrect
13168 normal "Today's checkouts" sort improperly because issuedate lacks seconds.
13179 normal Circulation page layout problem when OnSiteCheckoutsForce is enabled
13184 normal Circulation template problems if OnSiteCheckouts is off but OnSiteCheckoutsForce is on
13195 normal Regression: Circulation checkouts table no longer shows item type description
13196 normal "Always show checkouts immediately" cookie should persist across sessions
13236 normal Regression: Table of checkouts no longer preselects overdue items for rewewal
13258 normal Clicking the "show checkouts" button should return focus to the barcode field
12666 minor Offline Circulation has poor HTML
12914 minor Wrong message 'Patron(..) is blocked for 2014-09-30 day(s).
13253 minor Unnecessary white space above checkouts table in circulation
12332 trivial Purchase-suggestions.pl tabs do not show selected
12837 trivial Ajax Circ - various things out of alignment
Command-line Utilities
----------
9000 normal Misc/cronjobs/rss/rss.pl uses HTP
11945 normal Cronjob delete_expired_opac_registrations.pl fails with error in SQL syntax
12720 minor Turn off Authority logging when running "bulkmarcimport.pl"
12995 minor Script update_totalissues.pl stops on corrupted record
13028 minor Remove uninitialized value warning and add partial flag to cmp_sysprefs script
Course reserves
----------
12635 minor Course reserves item list should use "Checked out" instead of "On Loan"
Database
----------
11007 normal Useless column cancelledby in aqorders table
Developer documentation
----------
13257 minor Update_dbix_class_files.pl need a POD
12479 trivial Update mailmap for master
Documentation
----------
10136 normal Misc/translator/translator_doc.html outdated
12685 normal Search history page missing help file
11958 minor Classification sources help file has typo
12434 trivial Typos in help files
12661 trivial Capitalisation error for "Item Type" in prog/en/modules/help/reports/manager.tt
Hold requests
----------
9350 normal Don't block bulk holds if one or more titles have no items
10226 normal Suspended holds still show not available
12522 normal Fatal database error when viewing Holds for Bib with no Items
12876 normal Reserve in waiting/transfer status may be cancelled by user
13122 normal Patron holds table no longer display date item went in transit
4231 minor Placing holds from cart fails silently
11801 minor In transit hold items incorrectly labeled as "Waiting to be pulled" on request.pl
12287 minor Hold priority for new hold incorrect if record has holds in transit
I18N/L10N
----------
8938 normal Transport cost matrix script and template contain untranslatable strings
11068 normal Update MARC21 es-ES default frameworks fields and translation
11365 normal Label card element title texts cannot be translated
11614 normal Untranslatable label_element_title in label management
11672 normal Untranslatable report areas in step 1 of Guided Reports
12150 normal Use more placeholders in translatable javascript strings
12165 normal Add description of charges (bug 2546) to Bootstrap OPAC
12250 normal Update descriptions for languages, scripts and regions
12279 normal Diacritics in system preference editor broken
12301 normal Translate script raised warnings with perl 5.18
12534 normal PROG/CCSR deprecation: Make getlanguages() theme independent for opac
12535 normal PROG/CCSR Deprecation: Make opac translation theme independent
12999 normal Untranslatable string on enhanced_content.pref
11504 minor Untranslatable "Item Type" or "Collection Code" in branch transfer limits
12062 minor Untranslatable "Reserve not found"
12222 minor Members-update.tt has a giant hash variable
13075 minor Use of uninitialized value while proving db_dependent/Holds.t
12223 trivial Members-update.tt has misspelled field B_phone name
12299 trivial SQL setup (MARC21), translation of relators codes - Italian
12621 trivial Z39.50-targets - Record type is untranslatable
12882 trivial Translations: Resolve ambiguity for word "checked" in Z39.50 server administration
Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
----------
12453 normal Do not use by default Host-Item-Number in UNIMARC
13224 normal Use TOUT-UF8 base for z3950 BNF server
12361 minor No default value for opaccolorstylesheet syspref
12466 trivial Bad updatedatabase.pl message for $DBversion = "3.15.00.049";
Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
----------
10582 normal Koha OPAC URL shows Perl error message before web installer was run
13027 trivial Typo RoutlingListNote
Label/patron card printing
----------
5502 normal Patron card category search field should be menu
12068 normal Label-create-pdf.pl Add support for RTL languages
12589 normal Manage label batch view should show item type description instead of code
Lists
----------
8521 normal Error in warning message when deleting list
12749 trivial Better translatability for list module
MARC Authority data support
----------
11650 normal Multiplicated authorities after link_bibs_to_authorities.pl
12654 minor Incorrect quoting in regexp in AuthoritiesMarc
12573 trivial Blinddetail-biblio-search uses wrong comparison operator
MARC Bibliographic data support
----------
12465 normal XSLT: Missing punctuation between 710$a and $b
11517 minor MARC21slim2intranetResults.xsl has swapped braille and combination
MARC Bibliographic record staging/import
----------
8970 normal MARC import gives error under Starman/Plack
Notices
----------
3186 normal Invalid or uninstalled SMSSendDriver (or bad number format) causes process_message_queue to fail
12294 normal Revert BZ9372
12529 normal Overdue notices do not respect holidays
OPAC
----------
3144 normal Anti-spam for opac-suggestions
9214 normal Show damaged status in the OPAC for items which are not for loan
11346 normal Deprecate the PROG and CCSR themes
11347 normal PROG/CCSR deprecation: Remove opacsmallimage system-preference
11349 normal PROG/CCSR deprecation: Remove .tmpl -> .tt translation
11357 normal Biblio.size value not correctly displayed in list emails sent from OPAC and intranet
12220 normal Bootstrap not responsive on all devices
12280 normal "Others..." reason for suggestions not showing in Bootstrap OPAC
12281 normal RTL display for records using 880 broken in Bootstrap
12293 normal Remove Problematic Logic from Patron Messaging Preferences Form - bootstrap
12308 normal Show all title subfields on the holds list
12336 normal Author of reserved book is not displayed in opac-user.pl
12393 normal OverDrive does not depend on SSL modules for LWP, causing searches to fail
12428 normal "OPAC info" is not displayed in the OPAC
12464 normal Bootstrap XSLT view no longer displaying 505 correctly formatted
12485 normal Show OPAC search history when opacuserlogin is OFF
12511 normal Novelist Select not using https in bootstrap
12574 normal BiblioDefaultView doesn't affect XSLT results view
12655 normal PROG/CCSR deprecation: Correct hard-coded opac-tmpl/prog path in XSLT
12718 normal Show extended patron attributes in the OPAC
12901 normal BiblioDefaultView doesn't do anything with NORMARC or UNIMARC XSLT
13052 normal OPAC Cart JavaScript is included twice in the footer
13144 normal Google transliteration does not work on bootstrap
10433 minor Colspan calculation done by opac/opac-reserve.pl should be moved to template
10936 minor Standardnumber doubled up in Advanced search - more options
11810 minor Input fields in OPAC suggestion form are a bit short (Bootstrap)
12143 minor Hiding alternate address on patron self registration doesn't hide heading
12668 minor Stray dollar ($) -sign in opac-reserve.pl
12697 minor Surplus closing in OPAC advanced search (bootstrap)
12863 minor News in OPAC: HTML broken with nested p tags and multiple thead in same table
13083 minor Hard-coded " by " in opac-tags.pl
13120 minor Invalid HTML generated by MARC21slim2OPACResults.xsl
13227 minor Display856uAsImage displays images in OPAC in original size
12763 trivial Add more information for users to OPAC Error 404 page
12916 trivial Use of uninitialized values $max and $min in C4/Tags.pm
12974 trivial Argument "" isn't numeric in numeric gt (>) in opac-results.tt
13095 trivial An email will be sent shortly
13145 trivial UNIMARC 610 tag isn't displayed in OPAC when there is no $9 subfield
Packaging
----------
12439 normal Apache 2.4 may not have the CGI module enabled by default, and we need it.
12657 normal PROG/CCSR deprecation: Remove hard-coded theme from debian/* scripts
12870 normal Require a higher version of Test::Simple for building
11362 trivial Increase zebra AUTH register sizes, from 4G to 20G
Patrons
----------
4013 normal Road type missing on search results
7237 normal Duplicating patron not using patron's branch
7462 normal Duplicate patron shows flags
7944 normal Attribute error could be clearer
9221 normal Contact note not showing
10155 normal Patron search should remember search options selected
11857 normal Number of patrons on a patron list not accurate
12304 normal Creating a user via LDAP doesn't populate message preferences
12595 normal Finding a patron witht firstname and surname should display the patron detail
12693 minor Colspan calculation done by members/statistics.pl should be moved to template
Reports
----------
2969 normal Report Name should be mandatory for saved reports
12622 normal Exporting report as Open Document Spreadsheet results in Perl error when report has no results
13161 normal Report name should be mandatory when editing saved reports
12587 minor Improve output of filter information on patrons with the most checkouts report
11673 trivial Columns.def has swapped last and first name of alt contact
Searching
----------
9368 normal Specific behavior of yr and acqdate indexes
12443 normal Initial re-factoring of buildQuery
12647 normal QueryParser fails tests
12788 normal Refine search displays 4xx fields from authority records
13064 normal Indexing problem with ICU on control characters
9828 minor Zebra indexes useless subfields in UNIMARC 6XX
12405 minor Search links on callnumber fails on intranet results page
6149 trivial Operator Highlighted in Search Results
12600 trivial Duplicated use statement in Search.pm
Self checkout
----------
12690 minor Opacuserjs gets loaded twice in self checkout
Serials
----------
12659 trivial Receive is spelt wrong on subscription history page
SIP2
----------
11633 normal Cannot use the override function AllowFineOverride on the Staff client because this stops the pay function working on the SelfCheck (SC) machines
12263 normal SIPServer does not respond correctly to signals
Staff Client
----------
10571 normal IntranetBiblioDefaultView doesn't do anything with MARC21 XSLT
12698 normal If user changes home library in Opac change is not visible in staff client
12900 normal IntranetBiblioDefaultView doesn't do anything with NORMARC or UNIMARC XSLT
12091 minor HTML from auth_subfields_structure.tt doesn't pass firefox's html validator
12744 minor Set library in staff client should have 'Cancel' link
12866 minor Incorrect display of Email Address in Alternate Address Patron Details
10878 trivial Display856uAsImage works in Results pages, can remove caveat text from system preference.
11888 trivial Random password suggestion does not work twice
12746 trivial Remove empty onclick attribute from memberentrygen.tt
System Administration
----------
7988 normal Warning on authorized values confusing
8539 normal Library transfer limits page has incorrect permission
12245 normal PROG/CCSR deprecation: Remove OPACMobileUserCSS system preference
12246 normal PROG/CCSR deprecation: Remove OpacMainUserBlockMobile system preference
12494 normal Remove yuipath system preference
12512 normal PROG/CCSR deprecation: Remove OpacShowFiltersPulldownMobile system preference
12513 normal PROG/CCSR deprecation: Remove OpacShowLibrariesPulldownMobile system preference
13123 normal Duplicate label ids for language and opaclanguages
13200 normal Followup of Bug 12246 - noisy C4/Auth.pm
12231 minor AllowMultipleIssuesOnABiblio description misleading
12451 minor Circulation rule cant be edited if itemtype contains a space character
13211 trivial Added: GoogleIndicTransliteration as a System Preference
Task Scheduler
----------
12031 normal Task Scheduler not sending mail
Templates
----------
11638 normal Remove HTML from addbiblio.pl
12261 normal Staff client next/previous links lead to unknown record
12429 normal Patron seeing fines codes
12559 normal Wrong message if all cover images deleted
12597 normal Give better visual indication of currently-selected language in the staff client
12612 normal Remove CGI::scrolling_list from auth_tag_structure.pl
12613 normal Remove CGI::scrolling_list from koha2marclinks.pl
12614 normal Remove CGI::scrolling_list from auth_subfields_structure.pl
12615 normal Remove CGI::scrolling_list from marc_subfields_structure.pl
12673 normal Remove CGI::scrolling_list from C4::Items.pm
12675 normal Remove CGI::scrolling_list from labeledMARCdetail.pl
12687 normal Remove CGI::scrolling_list from circulation.pl
12694 normal Remove CGI::scrolling_list from unimarc_field_4XX.pl
12696 normal Remove CGI::scrolling_list from C4/Reports.pm
12704 normal Remove CGI::scrolling_list from unimarc_field_225a.pl
12706 normal Remove CGI::scrolling_list from serial_stats.pl
12707 normal Remove CGI::scrolling_list from some Reports
12708 normal Unexpected behaviour in IE 9 and lower when using openWindow
12986 normal Upgrade the DataTables jQuery plugin to the latest version
13089 normal Tab key triggers JavaScript error in the checkEnter function
13138 normal Remove jQuery plugins which were used by Solr
2889 minor Templates should not use [% IF ( loop.odd ) %]
11812 minor Add missing "required" indicator to fields which are required
12176 minor Remove HTML from additem.pl
12177 minor Remove HTML from authorities.pl
12180 minor Remove HTML from batchMod.pl
12207 minor TTparser parses certain TT statements wrong
12211 minor Wrong home link in bootstrap opac-auth
12379 minor Double use of module KohaDates
12463 minor Capitalization: Calendar tool, headings for different types of holidays
12481 minor Staff client detail-view "next" link is greyed out when the last search result of any results page is clicked or navigated into
12686 minor Make more selected option XHTML complian
12695 minor Remove CGI::scrolling_list from marc21_linking_section.pl
12829 minor Incorrect ISBN visualization on the normal view if invalid/cancelled ISBN present
12890 minor Improve title and breadcrumbs when editing saved SQL report
13043 minor Remove incorrect link to unused DataTables columnFilter plugin on staff client search history page
13105 minor Columns misplaced in member search result
13164 minor Incorrect ISSN visualization on the normal view if invalid/cancelled ISSN present
13233 minor Patron search by birth date tooltip broken
12106 trivial Capitalization: Patron Attributes on tools/patron import
12147 trivial Column width for action links on invoices too small
12184 trivial Typo "retricted" in returns.tt
12255 trivial Amazon cover images have useless image alt text in bootstrap
12386 trivial 'Days in advance' pull down in bootstrap OPAC is huge
12560 trivial Wrong capitalization on acquisition statistics page
12562 trivial Capitalization: 'Save Report' when saving a new SQL report
12563 trivial Capitalization: 'Set Status' on detail pages item's tab
12564 trivial Capitalization: Buttons in inventory tool
12639 trivial Z39.50 administration page should use "message" dialog for adds and updates
12699 trivial Capitalization: All Libraries in pull down on news tool page
12700 trivial Capitalization: "Close Help Window" in context help
12765 trivial Capitalization: Cataloguing > Z39.50 search > "Try another search"
12776 trivial Capitalization: confirmation messages in circulation
12779 trivial Capitalization: strings on subscription add page
12821 trivial Capitalization: about page fixes
13103 trivial No checkouts count on member details page
13256 trivial Typographical error on item search template
Test Suite
----------
12406 normal Adding a column maxsuspensiondays in the table issuingrules breaks the UT t/db_dependent/Circulation_Issuingrule.t
12409 normal The test t/db_dependent/Record.t fails with Perl 5.18.2
12416 normal DelUniqueDebarment (Debarments.pm) is not tested in Borrower_Debarments.t
12417 normal Koha::Borrower::Files.pm needs unit tests
12427 normal C4::Members::Attributes.pm needs unit tests
12445 normal C4::Suggestions.pm needs more unit tests
12455 normal The module C4/SMS.pm needs more unit tests
12457 normal The module C4::Members.pm needs more unit tests
12470 normal C4::Circulations.pm needs more unit tests
12493 normal The module C4::Acquisition.pm contains subroutines which belong to C4::Contract.pm
12499 normal The module C4::Letters.t needs more unit tests
12653 normal PROG/CCSR deprecation: Correct hard-coded opac-tmpl/prog path in tests
12782 normal T/db_dependent/XISBN.t should work on DOM too
12918 normal Error in test case causes test failure
12264 trivial Tiny typo in t/db_dependent/Items.t
12570 trivial Warnings in t/Biblio.t could be tested
12753 trivial Warnings in t/SIP_Sip.t could be tested
12808 trivial Remove useless diags from t/db_dependent/Context.t
12879 trivial Remove unnecesary diags from Holds.t
Tools
----------
4162 normal Inventory Tool Fails Silently
11331 normal CSV export for viewlog.pl is missing newlines
11413 normal Marc modification template has not the expected behavior if the condition and source fields are on the same field
12507 normal News does not always display in staff or OPAC
12705 normal News not possible for one sublanguage if two sublanguages are installed
12929 normal Bug 12716 introduces a regression on the patron import tools
13082 normal Tools/export.pl fix to forbid adding of all invalid records
9312 minor Strict perl for picture-upload.pl
9667 minor Inventory scrolling to top with every click
12458 minor Holidays calendar has wrong colors for weekly and yearly repeatable
12660 minor Mispelling of Accomodation in two tools templates - in comments
12740 minor It should not be possible to store empty news
12367 trivial Import patrons still says "MD5 hash"
Web services
----------
12871 minor Wthdrawn instead of withdrawn in ILSDI
Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers
----------
12325 normal Marc and Card view in Z39.50 Results doesn't work properly in IE 8
12864 minor Add LOC SRU server to sample z3950servers.sql
New system preferences in 3.18.0
======================
* AcqEnableFiles
* AcqItemSetSubfieldsWhenReceiptIsCancelled
* AllowRenewalIfOtherItemsAvailable
* ExpireReservesOnHolidays
* FacetMaxCount
* GoogleIndicTransliteration
* LocalHoldsPriority
* LocalHoldsPriorityItemControl
* LocalHoldsPriorityPatronControl
* NorwegianPatronDBEnable
* NorwegianPatronDBEndpoint
* NorwegianPatronDBPassword
* NorwegianPatronDBSearchNLAfterLocalHit
* NorwegianPatronDBUsername
* NotHighlightedWords
* OnSiteCheckouts
* OnSiteCheckoutsForce
* OPACAcquisitionDetails
* OpacAdvSearchMoreOptions
* OpacAdvSearchOptions
* OpacCustomSearch
* OPACFallback
* OpacLocationBranchToDisplay
* OpacLocationBranchToDisplayShelving
* OverdueNoticeCalendar
* RentalFeesCheckoutConfirmation
* StaffSearchResultsDisplayBranch
* SubfieldsToAllowForRestrictedBatchmod
* SubfieldsToAllowForRestrictedEditing
* UpdateNotForLoanStatusOnCheckin
* UsageStats
* UsageStatsCountry
* UsageStatsID
* UsageStatsLastUpdateTime
* UsageStatsLibraryName
* UsageStatsLibraryType
* UsageStatsLibraryUrl
Renamed system preferences in 3.18.0
====================================
* AuthoritySeparator (renamed from authoritysep)
System requirements
======================
Important warnings:
* CCSR and PROG themes have been completely removed.
* ILS-DI (API change): CancelHold now takes a reserve_id. (Bug 8868)
* overdue_notices.pl added some fields for the CSV export. (Bug 8687)
* Notices in HTML format now need explicit line-breaks (
). (Bug 12294)
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
Documentation
As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
Koha manual is available:
http://manual.koha-community.org/3.18/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 (95%)
* Armenian (95%)
* Czech (99%)
* Danish (82%)
* French (90%)
* German (98%)
* Italian (95%)
* Kurdish (64%)
* Polish (82%)
* Portuguese (94%)
* Slovak (95%)
* Spanish (99%)
* Swedish (83%)
* Turkish (99%)
* Vietnamese (92%)
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 3.18.0 is
Release Manager: Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen@gmail.com>
Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com>
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de>
QA Team: Galen Charlton <gmc@esilibrary.com>
Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>
Brendan Gallagher <brendan@bywatersolutions.com>
Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>
Julian Maurice <julian.maurice@biblibre.com>
Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
Martin Renvoize <martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com>
Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>
Bug Wranglers: Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@ptfs-europe.com>
Zeno Tajoli <z.tajoli@cineca.it>
Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz>
Release Maintainer (3.16.x): Galen Charlton <gmc@esilibrary.com>
Release Maintainer (3.14.x): Fridolin Somers <fridolin.somers@biblibre.com>
Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>
Credits
======================
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.18.0:
* BSZ
* CCSR
* Hochschule für Gesundheit (hsg), Germany
* Oslo Public Library
* Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
* Ville de Victoriaville, QC
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.18.0.
* 14 Jacek Ablewicz
* 197 Tomás Cohen Arazi
* 1 Alex Arnaud
* 3 Petter Goksoyr Asen
* 1 Héctor Eduardo Castro Avalos
* 3 Natalie Bennison
* 1 Gaetan Boisson
* 4 Jared Camins-Esakov
* 6 Colin Campbell
* 2 Frédérick Capovilla
* 31 Galen Charlton
* 2 Evonne Cheung
* 1 Nick Clemens
* 15 David Cook
* 26 Chris Cormack
* 5 Stéphane Delaune
* 3 Frédéric Demians
* 181 Jonathan Druart
* 26 Yohann Dufour
* 4 Nicole Engard
* 6 Magnus Enger
* 35 Katrin Fischer
* 1 Brendon Ford
* 1 Brendan Gallagher
* 2 Amit Gupta
* 102 Kyle M Hall
* 2 Sean Hamlin
* 2 Mason James
* 1 Janusz Kaczmarek
* 5 Pasi Kallinen
* 13 Olli-Antti Kivilahti
* 2 Admin User Koha
* 7 Rafal Kopaczka
* 50 Bernardo González Kriegel
* 1 Nicolas Legrand
* 93 Owen Leonard
* 1 Jesse Maseto
* 16 Julian Maurice
* 1 Janet McGowan
* 9 Holger Meißner
* 2 Karl Menzies
* 2 Matthias Meusburger
* 2 Sophie Meynieux
* 2 Brian Norris
* 5 Dobrica Pavlinusic
* 1 Maxime Pelletier
* 3 Paul Poulain
* 4 Liz Rea
* 18 Martin Renvoize
* 1 David Roberts
* 51 Marcel de Rooy
* 3 Fridolyn SOMERS
* 9 Mathieu Saby
* 5 Viktor Sarge
* 3 Juhani Seppälä
* 21 Robin Sheat
* 19 Fridolin Somers
* 3 Zeno Tajoli
* 19 Mark Tompsett
* 24 Marc Véron
* 2 Reed Wade
* 2 Jesse Weaver
* 1 charles
* 3 mbeaulieu
* 7 simith
We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.18.0
* 93 ACPL
* 44 BSZ BW
* 233 BibLibre
* 7 BigBallOfWax
* 108 ByWater-Solutions
* 4 C & P Bibliography
* 55 Catalyst
* 31 Equinox
* 9 Hochschule für Gesundheit
* 2 KohaAloha
* 3 Libeo
* 1 Libriotech
* 26 PTFS-Europe
* 15 Prosentient Systems
* 51 Rijksmuseum
* 3 Tamil
* 247 Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
* 4 Université Rennes 2
* 14 biblos.pk.edu.pl
* 1 bulac.fr
* 3 cineca.it
* 2 informaticsglobal.com
* 11 inlibro.com
* 13 jns.fi
* 2 localhost
* 1 manhattan.edu
* 7 poczta.onet.pl
* 5 pttk.fi
* 1 quecheelibrary.org
* 5 regionhalland.se
* 5 rot13.org
* 3 student.uef.fi
* 2 typist.geek.nz
* 62 unidentified
* 24 veron.ch
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.18.0.
* 2 Koha Team Lyon 3
* 9 Koha Team AMU
* 3 Jacek Ablewicz
* 16 Aleisha
* 2 Cindy Murdock Ames
* 2 Aleisha Amohia
* 7 Giuseppe Angilella
* 963 Tomas Cohen Arazi
* 5 Petter Goksoyr Asen
* 1 Coralie Barsacq
* 2 Ian Beardslee
* 3 Gaetan Boisson
* 19 Christopher Brannon
* 2 Corinne Bulac
* 1 Jason Burds
* 4 Jared Camins-Esakov
* 94 Galen Charlton
* 6 Chris
* 1 Axelle Clarisse
* 38 Nick Clemens
* 15 David Cook
* 169 Chris Cormack
* 2 Britta Cramer
* 17 Frederic Demians
* 195 Jonathan Druart
* 2 Yohann Dufour
* 12 Nicole C. Engard
* 8 Magnus Enger
* 486 Katrin Fischer
* 31 Brendan Gallagher
* 162 Kyle M Hall
* 2 Robert Higgins
* 2 Olli-Antti Kivilahti
* 1 Ulrich Kleiber
* 1 Rafal Kopaczka
* 109 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
* 1 Leila
* 1 Veronica Lencinas
* 89 Owen Leonard
* 1 Havilah Lyon
* 1 Holger Meissner
* 6 Matthias Meusburger
* 5 Dobrica Pavlinusic
* 16 Paul Poulain
* 1 Karam Qubsi
* 4 Liz Rea
* 66 Martin Renvoize
* 1 Jason Robb
* 1 Chris Rohde
* 1 Benjamin Rokseth
* 76 Marcel de Rooy
* 53 Paola Rossi
* 1 Mathieu Saby
* 2 Joel Sasse
* 2 Juhani Seppälä
* 6 Robin Sheat
* 4 Fridolin Somers
* 1 Leila and Sonia
* 3 Srdjan
* 2 Delaye Stephane
* 2 Zeno Tajoli
* 14 Mark Tompsett
* 8 Marc Veron
* 1 Cedric Vita
* 45 Marc Véron
* 2 Jesse Weaver
* 1 Cathi Wiggins
* 1 George Williams
* 2 marjorie barry-vila
* 1 cachan
* 1 bondiurbano costalc@gmail.com
* 1 jeremie.benarros
* 1 jmbroust
* 1 simith
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 clean_master.
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 17 nov 2014 13:27:41 Z #####