Koha 18.11.04 release

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The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 18.11.04.

This is a maintenance release and contains 3 new features, 5 enhancements, 84 bugfixes.

Installation instructions can be found at:

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

New features

REST api

  • [16497] Add API routes for libraries
  • [22206] Add route to handle holds suspensions

Serials

  • [21467] Allow several receipts for a given subscription

Allows the user to set a quantity for a serial order, useful in the case where payments are made per receipt of individual issues. This development also allows for altering the total expected quantity for a serial in the case of a periodicity change.

Enhancements

Acquisitions

  • [18166] Show internal and vendor notes for received orders

Prior to this patch, internal and vendor notes would not be visible for received orders, but only for pending orders.

Patrons

  • [16276] When automatically deleting expired borrowers, make sure they didn’t log in recently

Correction to update statement, feature actually added in 16.11.

REST api

  • [20006] Adapt /v1/holds to new naming guidelines

Test Suite

  • [21798] We need t::lib::TestBuilder::build_sample_biblio
  • [21971] TestBuilder::build_sample_item

Critical bugs fixed

Acquisitions

  • [18736] Problems in order calculations (rounding errors)

This patch introduces to new system preference to govern how rounding is applied to values in acquisitions. It defaults to the american practice of rounding to the nearest ‘cent’ but future options should become available as we start to understand how other nations round for accounting purposes.

  • [22296] Invoice adjustments are not populating to budget views
  • [22498] Can not select any funds for invoice adjustments
  • [22565] Partially receiving order and adding internal note on invoice updates note on every order on the system

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

  • [22388] svc/split_callnumbers should have execute flag set

Cataloging

  • [16251] Material type is not correctly set for Rancor 008 widget
  • [22140] More use of EasyAnalyticalRecords pref

Command-line Utilities

  • [22396] koha-sip script does not start the server correctly

Database

  • [13515] Table messages is missing FK constraints and is never cleaned up
  • [22476] MarkLostItemsAsReturned has wrong defaults for new installs

Label/patron card printing

  • [22275] 18.06.00.060 DB update fails (incomplete/incorrect defaults)
  • [22429] Infinite loop in patron card printing

OPAC

  • [22360] On order information missing in OPAC normal display

Patrons

  • [22386] Importing using attributes as matchpoint broken

Reports

Searching

  • [22442] Item search CSV export broken

Searching – Elasticsearch

  • [19575] Use canonical field names and resolve aliased fields

Sponsored by Gothenburg University Library

This patchset makes some changes to Elasticsearch mappings in the database. The changes alter existing indices and are intended to fix issues with the current mappings, however, if you have done customization of mappings you may want to back them up before upgrading.

  • [20535] ModZebra called with $record with items stripped in ModBiblioMarc

System Administration

  • [22389] Classification splitting sources regex – cannot consistentlyadd/delete

Web services

  • [21832] Restore is_expired in ILS-DI GetPatronInfo service

Other bugs fixed

About

  • [7143] Bug for tracking changes to the about page

Acquisitions

  • [14850] Funds from inactive budgets appear in ‘Funds’ dropdown on acqui/invoice.pl
  • [20782] EDI: Clicking the ‘Invoice’ link on the ‘EDI Messages’ page does not take you directly to the corresponding invoice
  • [21427] Format prices on ordered/spent lists
  • [21966] Fix descriptions of acquisition permissions to be more clear (again)
  • [22171] Format shipping cost on invoice.pl with with 2 decimals

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

  • [18584] Our legacy code contains trailing-spaces
  • [21622] Incorrect GROUP BY clause in acqui/ scripts
  • [21987] Local cover ‘thumbnail’ size is bigger than ‘imagefile’ size in biblioimages table
  • [22084] Plugin upgrade method and database plugin version storage will never be triggered for existing installs
  • [22219] C4::Biblio->GetItemsForInventory can return wrong count / duplicated items when skipping waiting holds
  • [22391] Incorrect GROUP BY in /acqui/ajax-getauthvaluedropbox.pl

Circulation

  • [13763] Renew feature does not check for the BarcodeInputFilter option

Sponsored by Catalyst IT

  • [17236] Add minute and hours to last checked out item display for hourly loans
  • [18957] Item renewed online does not show the time of renewal
  • [21030] Date widget on suspend modal not working correctly
  • [22130] Batch checkout: authorized value description is never shown with notforloan status
  • [22351] SCSS conversion broke style on last checked out information

Command-line Utilities

  • [12488] Make bulkmarcimport.pl -d use DELETE instead of TRUNCATE
  • [22323] Cronjob runreport.pl has a CSV encoding issue
  • [22397] Wrong message in koha-sip –start

Developer documentation

  • [20544] Wrong comment in database documentation for items.itemnotes

Hold requests

  • [21765] AutoUnsuspendReserves manually sets holds fields instead of calling ->resume

Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)

  • [17496] install-CPAN.pl documentation/removal
  • [20174] Remove xml_sax.pl target from Makefile.pl

Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)

  • [21710] Fix typo atributes in some installer files

OPAC

  • [10676] OpacHiddenItems not working for restricted on OPAC detail
  • [21335] Remove redundant includes of right-to-left.css
  • [21846] Using emoji as tags doesn’t discriminate between emoji when calculating weights or searching

Please note, this patch fixes issues going forward. It includes a maintenance script to allow you to fix any possible existing cases. Please see bugzilla for details.

Patrons

  • [22067] Koha::Patron->can_see_patron_infos should return if no patron is passed

Reports

  • [18393] Statistics wizard for acquisitions not filtering correctly by collection code
  • [22147] Hide ‘Batch modify’ button when printing reports
  • [22287] Correct new charts CSS

SIP2

  • [19832] SIP checkout removes extra hold on same biblio
  • [21997] SIP patron information requests can lock patron out of account

Searching

  • [20823] UNIMARC XSLT does not display 604$t

Searching – Elasticsearch

  • [22228] Elasticsearch – standalone colons should be escaped when performing a search
  • [22246] Elasticsearch indexing needs a maximum length for __sort fields

Self checkout

Serials

  • [13735] Item form in serials module doesn’t respect max length set in the frameworks
  • [15149] Serials: Test prediction pattern does not consider Subscription start and end date
  • [21845] Sort of issues in OPAC subscription table
  • [22156] Subscription result list sorts on “checkbox” by default
  • [22239] JavaScript error on subscription detail page when there are no orders
  • [22404] Some labels in subscription add form has wrong parameter “for”

Staff Client

  • [19046] IntranetCatalogSearchPulldown doesn’t retain last selection
  • [21904] Patron search library dropdown should be limited by group if “Hide patron info” is enabled for group
  • [22419] Removing multiple records from intranet cart causes browser timeout

System Administration

  • [18143] Silence floody MARC framework export
  • [22170] Library group description input field should be longer

Templates

  • [8387] Hide headings in tools when user has no permissions for any listed below
  • [20102] Remove attribute “text/css” for style element used in staff client templates
  • [20658] Move template JavaScript to the footer: Installer and onboarding
  • [21130] Detail XSLT produces translatable HTML class
  • [22080] Easier translation of ElasticSearch mappings page
  • [22300] Staff search results: Opt groups in ‘sort’ pull down are not well formatted
  • [22303] Wrong bottom in virtualshelves/addbybiblionumber.tt
  • [22422] improve item location display with class “shelvingloc”
  • [22466] TT methods must not be escaped
  • [22477] Missing DataTables configuration when searching patrons for holds

Test Suite

  • [21692] Koha::Account->new has no tests
  • [22416] Search.t tests need adjustment for EasyAnalyticRecords syspref
  • [22493] DecreaseLoanHighHolds.t creates some items/patrons with set values

Tools

  • [22411] Dates in log viewer not formatted correctly

New sysprefs

  • OrderPriceRounding

System requirements

Important notes:

  • Perl 5.10 is required
  • Zebra is required

Documentation

The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. 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 (99%)
  • Armenian (99.8%)
  • Basque (63.4%)
  • Chinese (China) (64.2%)
  • Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)
  • Czech (93.4%)
  • Danish (55.6%)
  • English (New Zealand) (88.6%)
  • English (USA)
  • Finnish (84.1%)
  • French (95.7%)
  • French (Canada) (100%)
  • German (99.9%)
  • German (Switzerland) (92.2%)
  • Greek (77.5%)
  • Hindi (100%)
  • Italian (94.2%)
  • Norwegian Bokmål (95.3%)
  • Occitan (post 1500) (59.8%)
  • Polish (86.3%)
  • Portuguese (100%)
  • Portuguese (Brazil) (85.7%)
  • Slovak (90.5%)
  • Spanish (97.9%)
  • Swedish (90.8%)
  • Turkish (98.8%)
  • Ukrainian (61.9%)
  • Vietnamese (53.5%)

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 18.11.04 is

Credits

We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 18.11.04:

  • Catalyst IT
  • Gothenburg University Library

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 18.11.04.

  • Jasmine Amohia (2)
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi (24)
  • Alex Arnaud (2)
  • Philippe Blouin (1)
  • David Bourgault (1)
  • Nick Clemens (31)
  • David Cook (1)
  • Jonathan Druart (32)
  • Magnus Enger (1)
  • Katrin Fischer (17)
  • David Gustafsson (5)
  • Kyle Hall (5)
  • Jiří Kozlovský (1)
  • Owen Leonard (11)
  • Ere Maijala (2)
  • Hayley Mapley (2)
  • Julian Maurice (1)
  • Josef Moravec (8)
  • Martin Renvoize (14)
  • Marcel de Rooy (5)
  • Fridolin Somers (17)
  • Pierre-Marc Thibault (1)
  • Mark Tompsett (3)
  • Koha translators (1)

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 18.11.04

  • ACPL (11)
  • BibLibre (20)
  • BSZ BW (17)
  • ByWater-Solutions (36)
  • Catalyst (2)
  • f1ebe1bec408 (1)
  • Göteborgs Universitet (4)
  • Independant Individuals (12)
  • jkozlovsky.cz (1)
  • Koha Community Developers (32)
  • Libriotech (1)
  • Prosentient Systems (1)
  • PTFS-Europe (14)
  • Rijks Museum (5)
  • Solutions inLibro inc (2)
  • Theke Solutions (24)
  • University of Helsinki (2)
  • Wellington East Girls’ College (2)

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

  • Jasmine Amohia (1)
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi (20)
  • Alex Arnaud (1)
  • Oliver Behnke (1)
  • Mikaël Olangcay Brisebois (5)
  • Nick Clemens (185)
  • Chris Cormack (1)
  • Devlyn Courtier (2)
  • Michal Denar (3)
  • Jonathan Druart (10)
  • Charles Farmer (3)
  • Katrin Fischer (28)
  • Lucas Gass (1)
  • Claire Gravely (1)
  • Kyle Hall (13)
  • Jack Kelliher (1)
  • Owen Leonard (13)
  • Ere Maijala (1)
  • Hayley Mapley (2)
  • Julian Maurice (8)
  • Janet McGowan (2)
  • Jose-Mario Monteiro-Santos (3)
  • Josef Moravec (66)
  • David Nind (4)
  • Björn Nylen (1)
  • Séverine Queune (7)
  • Martin Renvoize (243)
  • Benjamin Rokseth (2)
  • Marcel de Rooy (32)
  • Maryse Simard (3)
  • Pierre-Marc Thibault (12)
  • Bin Wen (4)
  • Nazlı Çetin (2)

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 18.11.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 25 Mar 2019 17:15:20.