Koha 18.05.01 release

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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 18.05.01

22 Jun 2018

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:

Koha 18.05.01 can be downloaded from:

Installation instructions can be found at:

  • Koha Wiki
  • OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball

Koha 18.05.01 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 42 bugfixes.

This is my first release as maintainer of the 18.05.x series and I would
like to thank all those involved, both in writing code and for walking me
through the release process this first time.

Critical bugs fixed

Acquisitions

  • [20798] Client side validation for for fund selection prevents adding only some records to a basket
  • [20827] Can’t add owner to a fund
  • [20861] Correct EDI permissions on some pages

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

  • [18821] TrackLastPatronActivity is a performance killer
  • [20918] left-side navigation broken on the checkout history page
  • [20922] Koha::Number::Price must not be used in updatedatabase.pl

Cataloging

  • [20761] Advanced Cataloging Editor – Rancor – Some js files are not fetched using Asset

Circulation

  • [20825] Cannot checkout if item types at biblio level
  • [20889] Items marked as not for loan can be checked out

Fines and fees

  • [20840] Internal Server Error when clicking on “Details” button

Hold requests

  • [20822] Can’t find HOLD_SLIP template when printing

OPAC

  • [20763] AllowPurchaseSuggestionBranchChoice triggers error opac-suggestions.pl is visited without logging in
  • [20832] Opac user page crash when there is an overdue fine and not any rental charge for a patron
  • [20875] OpacAddMastheadLibraryPulldown displays an empty list

Patrons

  • [20981] Organization name missing from patron search results

Searching

  • [20838] Search by group of libraries is broken

Staff Client

  • [20652] Sort after item type search fails
  • [20899] Patron name not showing on issuehistory.pl

Other bugs fixed

About

  • [20818] Missing QA manager entry in 18.05 release notes

Acquisitions

  • [20892] Wrong basketgroup link in histsearch.pl

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

  • [20696] Remove a few ugly “eq undef” comparisons
  • [20767] “The method is not covered by tests!” should give more information
  • [20851] Missing module in circ/article-request-slip.pl
  • [20886] Koha::Object::TO_JSON indiscriminately casting to integer
  • [20911] Search history page forms use ‘GET’ and this limits the number of entries that can be submitted

Cataloging

  • [19970] Revise change of bug 19413 to work better for translations
  • [20760] Advanced Cataloging Editor – Rancor – AuthorisedValues are incorrectly fetched
  • [20829] ‘Link to host item’ gives internal server error

Circulation

  • [17561] ReserveSlip needs itemnumber for item level holds on same biblio
  • [20120] Prevent writeoffs of more than the amount owed for a fee

Fines and fees

  • [20285] Lost item refund won’t always pay down lost item fee first

MARC Bibliographic data support

  • [20700] Update MARC21 leader/007/008 codes

OPAC

  • [20053] Drop type attribute “text/javascript” for <script> elements used in OPAC templates

Prevents warnings about type attribute being generated for <script> elements when testing the OPAC pages using W3C Validator for HTML5.

  • [20756] OPAC “Share list” button should be styled with an icon

Patrons

  • [3886] Can’t print receipt w/out allowing “Add or modify borrowers” permission

Serials

  • [20778] Unable to delete a subscription

Staff Client

  • [20781] 0 months is not a valid enrollment period and causes errors

Templates

  • [20752] Files tab in patron account is not properly capitalized
  • [20774] Trivial HTML error in itemslost.tt
  • [20791] Correct capitalization on ‘Notices and slips’ page
  • [20831] (Bug 9573 follow-up) Pass id as first parameter instead of selector

Test Suite

  • [20866] ArticleRequests.t fails on existing requests

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

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

The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at

Translations

Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
interface are available in this release for the following languages:

  • Arabic (98%)
  • Armenian (99.9%)
  • Basque (73.6%)
  • Chinese (China) (77.9%)
  • Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)
  • Czech (92.2%)
  • Danish (64.4%)
  • English (New Zealand) (96.9%)
  • English (USA)
  • Finnish (93%)
  • French (100%)
  • French (Canada) (89.6%)
  • German (100%)
  • German (Switzerland) (99.9%)
  • Greek (79.7%)
  • Hindi (100%)
  • Italian (98.2%)
  • Norwegian Bokmål (65.7%)
  • Occitan (post 1500) (71.2%)
  • Persian (53.6%)
  • Polish (95.1%)
  • Portuguese (99.9%)
  • Portuguese (Brazil) (82.1%)
  • Slovak (95.3%)
  • Spanish (99.9%)
  • Swedish (95.1%)
  • Turkish (99.9%)
  • Vietnamese (65.9%)

Partial translations are available for various other languages.

The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see

For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
list to volunteer:

The most up-to-date translations can be found at:

Release Team

The release team for Koha 18.05.01 is

Credits

We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 18.05.01:

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 18.05.01.

  • Nick Clemens (6)
  • Marcel de Rooy (4)
  • Jonathan Druart (26)
  • Katrin Fischer (4)
  • Bernardo González Kriegel (1)
  • Owen Leonard (5)
  • Kyle M Hall (10)
  • Josef Moravec (2)
  • Martin Renvoize (2)
  • Benjamin Rokseth (1)
  • Fridolin Somers (1)
  • Koha translators (1)

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 18.05.01

  • ACPL (5)
  • BibLibre (2)
  • BSZ BW (4)
  • bugs.koha-community.org (26)
  • ByWater-Solutions (8)
  • bywatetsolutions.com (8)
  • deichman.no (1)
  • PTFS-Europe (2)
  • Rijksmuseum (4)
  • unidentified (2)
  • Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (1)

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha.

  • Blou (1)
  • Nick Clemens (60)
  • Tomas Cohen Arazi (4)
  • Chris Cormack (5)
  • Marcel de Rooy (20)
  • Jonathan Druart (17)
  • Charles Farmer (2)
  • Katrin Fischer (16)
  • Brendan Gallagher (1)
  • Amit Gupta (1)
  • Andrew Isherwood (2)
  • Jon Knight (1)
  • Pierre-Luc Lapointe (2)
  • Owen Leonard (6)
  • Julian Maurice (1)
  • Kyle M Hall (7)
  • Josef Moravec (2)
  • Séverine QUEUNE (3)
  • Martin Renvoize (66)
  • Maksim Sen (1)
  • Maryse Simard (2)
  • Mark Tompsett (5)
  • Ed Veal (1)
  • George Williams (1)

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:

The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
line is 18.05.x.

Bugs and feature requests

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

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

Autogenerated release notes updated last on 22 Jun 2018 09:34:17.