Koha 3.4.6 is now available
It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.4.6.
The package can be retrieved from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.06.tar.gz
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Release notes for 3.4.6 are below the fold.
Come and get it!
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.4.6 - 09 Nov 2011
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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 3.4.6 can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.06.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 3.4.6 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
Highlights of 3.4.6
======================
1139 blocker ISBN search fails with double dashes
5995 blocker Glitch with checkauth
2453 critical (very) large biblio/item handling
6575 critical funds with no restrictions not see by librarians
6576 critical changing framework while cataloging looses data
6687 critical cannot move people in the holds queue
6854 critical import_borrowers.pl : Double password encryption on member update if there is no password in the csv and no default password value.
6879 critical Actual price should show correctly on order line and basket summary
6959 critical Can't import record via Z39.50 from MARC edit page
2599 major Search limits not working for NoZebra
5796 major actual price not taken into account in encumbrance
5945 major can't search patron's email anymore
6014 major Log viewer needs permissions
6414 major actual price not recorded when ordering
6465 major Errors in UNIMARC plugins for fixed length fields (for | and space) (T::T issue)
6490 major Lost and paid not updated when book is checked out.
6660 major limiting search to a patron category shows all patrons in category
6801 major Patron details page slow to load when many checkouts present
6927 major Typo in Overdues.pm
6974 major MARC21 Leader plugin no longer auto-fills the 000 field
6977 major Support for repeated subfields when importing an authority into a biblio record field.
7134 major patron records getting funny birthdays
Bugs fixed in 3.4.6
======================
3258 normal routing-preview.pl : button text + redirect issue
3704 normal SIP Checkin of not checked out item returns error without additional reason
5369 normal se queries with paranthesis fail
5630 normal CAS improvements
6070 normal On a new order defined from suggestion some fields were missing.
6217 normal Searching for 3 part patron names brings no results
6253 normal Unified Patron Search subroutine
6280 normal Invalid SQL being passed in circulation checkout
6390 normal Basket only visible for librarian who created it
6460 normal No log generated if Action set to All or Modify or Delete
6513 normal Library and Category filters when searching for a borrower to add to a routing list don't work correctly.
6885 normal Superlibrarian users can't delete items from another library when IndependantBranches
6966 normal Update Help Files for Koha 3.6 Release
6972 normal Hardcoded template paths to en in showmarc
6996 normal Encoding problem in opac-showmarc
6997 normal koha-remove leaves system in inconsistent state if there is an error
7202 normal z39.50 search on bib edit not working
959 enhancement We need to be abble to modifie order line after receipt
5528 enhancement Analytical records support
5572 enhancement refinements to function merge sub merge in C4::AuthoritiesMarc
5983 enhancement Change the wording around the CAS login
6012 enhancement Set up a working example of a CAS proxy
6296 enhancement Allow authentication to Koha via PKI / x.509 certificates
6670 enhancement Link patron name on returns screen to circulation page instead of patron detail page
6875 enhancement de-nesting C4 packages
6884 enhancement Improve TinyMCE configuration on Koha News page
System requirements
======================
Changes since 3.2:
* Template::Toolkit
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://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual/
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:
* Chinese
* Danish
* English (New Zealand)
* English (USA)
* French (France)
* French (Canada)
* German
* Greek
* Hindi
* Italian
* Norwegian
* Portuguese
* Spanish
* Turkish
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 3.4 is
Release Manager: Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic@tamil.fr>
Release Maintainer (3.2.x):
Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
Release Maintainer (3.4.x):
Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
QA Manager: Colin Campbell
Credits
======================
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to
Koha 3.4.6 (The numeral in the first column represents the number
of patches included in this release):
1 Alex Arnaud
1 Larry Baerveldt
1 Greg Barniskis
2 D Ruth Bavousett
1 Jared Camins-Esakov
2 Colin Campbell
2 Frédérick Capovilla
1 Galen Charlton
17 Chris Cormack
8 Frédéric Demians
2 Jonathan Druart
1 Nicole Engard
2 Magnus Enger
3 Katrin Fischer
2 Mason James
6 Srdjan Jankovic
1 Janusz Kaczmarek
12 Owen Leonard
1 Matthias Meusburger
1 Joy Nelson
4 Chris Nighswonger
2 Maxime Pelletier
11 Paul Poulain
1 Meenakshi R
1 MJ Ray
4 Liz Rea
10 Marcel de Rooy
7 Robin Sheat
1 Juan Sieira
18 Ian Walls
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 Koha 3.4.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
releases) is 3.4.x.
The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.6.0.
Bugs and feature requests
======================
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at
http://bugs.koha-community.org/
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini
##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 09 Nov 2011 at 16:50:37Z #####