Koha 3.6.7 released
The Koha release team is happy to announce the release of Koha 3.6.7.
This is a stable release and contains bugfixes as well as updated translations.
You can download it at http://download.koha-community.org/
Go forth, download, and enjoy.
Release notes are below the fold.
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.6.7
21 Jul 2012
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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 3.6.7 can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.07.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 3.6.7 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
Highlights of 3.6.7
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7894 blocker Broken detail page for first link on page 2 from search result page in OPAC
8140 blocker Error when exporting label xml
8144 critical 775 tag in the MARC record causes display issue
8082 major The: IssuingInProcess configuration setting is working in reverse.
8201 major can't change receive date
Bugs fixed in 3.6.7
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3638 normal Status of hold not changed when item checked in via SIP2 Interface
4330 normal Copyright statements out of date
5795 normal Missing ReservesControlBranch system pref in database installer
7548 normal Missing arguments in the pagination of receptions
7599 normal Cart JavaScript contains untranslatable English strings
7604 normal Link on basket group name for closed basket groups is broken
8111 normal Language chooser display problem in self-checkout
8116 normal z3950 empty search causes silent warning in koha-error_log
8176 normal $sqlwhere is undefined in C4::Serials in GetSubscriptions
7948 minor Printing transfer slip loses barcode field focus
3521 trivial Items table in catalogue/detail.pl and cataloguing/additem.pl is sorted nonsensically
7496 trivial Personally identifying information sent in opac user TITLE
6684 enhancement koha-remove should check the number of arguments it gets
7847 enhancement OPAC search dies with plack
8001 enhancement Add some styling to the tags to allow them to be distinctive
8080 enhancement login and password is pre-filled by the browser when creating a new patron
8489 enhancement Revised ubuntu-pkg-check.sh, renamed ubuntu package files, tweaked 12.04 package file, copied 12.04 package file to ubuntu.packages
New sysprefs in 3.6.7
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* ReservesControlBranch
System requirements
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Important notes:
* Perl 5.10 is required
* Zebra is required
Documentation
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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/3.6/en/
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary
Translations
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Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
interface are available in this release for the following languages:
* Arabic (51%)
* Chinese (China) (96%)
* Chinese (Taiwan) (99%)
* Danish (99%)
* English (New Zealand) (97%)
* English (USA)
* English (United Kingdom) (64%)
* French (99%)
* French (Canada) (95%)
* German (100%)
* Greek (94%)
* Italian (100%)
* Norwegian Bokmål (62%)
* Portuguese (Brazil) (99%)
* Spanish (100%)
* Tetun (52%)
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 3.6 is
Release Manager: Chris Cormack
Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard
Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians
QA Manager: Ian Walls
Bug Wranglers: MJ Ray, Marcel de Rooy, Paul Poulain, Mason James
Past Release Maintainer (3.6.x):
Chris Nighswonger
Release Maintainer (3.6.x):
Jared Camins-Esakov
Credits
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We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.6:
* Arcadia Public Library
* Athens County Public Libraries
* East Brunswick Public Library
* Halton Borough Council
* Horowhenua Library Trust
* Los Gatos Public Library
* NEKLS
* South Taranaki District Council
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.6.7.
4 Jared Camins-Esakov
3 Colin Campbell
7 Chris Cormack
1 Frédéric Demians
4 Katrin Fischer
1 Amit Gupta
4 Kyle M Hall
1 Piotr Kowalski
3 Owen Leonard
3 Paul Poulain
1 MJ Ray
1 Robin Sheat
1 Simon Story
1 Mark Tompsett
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.6.7.
39 Jared Camins-Esakov
33 Chris Cormack
3 Jonathan Druart
2 Magnus Enger
23 Paul Poulain
2 MJ Ray
5 Liz Rea
1 Marc Veron
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
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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 3.6.x.
The last Koha release was 3.8.0, which was released on April 22, 2012.
Bugs and feature requests
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Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at
http://bugs.koha-community.org/
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