RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 20.05.05

27 Oct 2020

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 Community

Koha 20.05.05 can be downloaded from:

• Download

Installation instructions can be found at:

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

Koha 20.05.05 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 30 enhancements, 31 bugfixes.

System requirements

Koha is continuously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for
deployment:

• Debian Jessie with MySQL 5.5 (End of life)
• Debian Stretch with MariaDB 10.1
• Debian Buster with MariaDB 10.3
• Ubuntu Bionic with MariaDB 10.1
• Debian Stretch with MySQL 8.0 (Experimental MySQL 8.0 support)

Additional notes:

• Perl 5.10 is required (5.24 is recommended)
• Zebra or Elasticsearch is required

Security Bugs

• [26592] XSS vulnerability when ysearch is used
• [26562] Searches are shared between sessions

Enhancements

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

• [16357] Plack error logs are not time stamped

Cataloging

• [15933] Add cataloguing plugin to search for existing publishers in other records
• [19322] Typo in UNIMARC field 140 plugin

Circulation

• [26424] Better performance of svc/checkouts

Command-line Utilities

• [25624] Update patrons category script should allow finding null and not null and wildcards
• [26451] Small typo in bulkmarcimport.pl

I18N/L10N

• [26118] Move translatable strings out of tags/review.tt and into tags-review.js
• [26217] Move translatable strings out of templates into acq.js
• [26225] Move translatable strings out of audio_alerts.tt and into audio_alerts.js
• [26230] Move translatable strings out of item_search_fields.tt and into item_search_fields.js
• [26240] Move translatable strings out of sms_providers.tt and into sms_providers.js
• [26242] Move translatable strings out of results.tt and into results.js
• [26243] Move translatable strings out of templates and into circulation.js
• [26256] Move translatable strings out of templates and into serials-toolbar.js

OPAC

• [25242] Accessibility: The ‘Holdings’ table partially obscures navigation links at 200% zoom

Searching – Elasticsearch

• [24807] Add “year” type to improve sorting by publication date

Staff Client

• [26435] AutoSelfCheckID syspref description should warn it blocks OPAC access

Templates

• [25317] Move translatable strings out of additem.js.inc
• [25320] Move translatable strings out of merge-record-strings.inc into merge-record.js
• [25321] Move translatable strings out of strings.inc into the corresponding JavaScript
• [26120] Remove the use of jquery.checkboxes plugin from tags review template
• [26151] Remove the use of jquery.checkboxes plugin from suggestions management page
• [26245] Remove unused functions from members.js
• [26261] Split calendar.inc into include file and JavaScript file
• [26291] Move translatable strings out of z3950_search.inc into z3950_search.js
• [26334] Move translatable strings out of members-menu.inc into members-menu.js
• [26339] Move translatable strings out of addorderiso2709.tt into addorderiso2709.js
• [26504] Remove the use of jquery.checkboxes plugin from checkout notes page

Test Suite

• [26157] Redirect expected DBI warnings

Tools

• [26431] Use split button to offer choice of WYSIWYG or code editor for news

Critical bugs fixed

Acquisitions

• [26438] Follow up to bug 23463 – return from Koha::Item overwrites existing variable

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

• [26341] Database update for bug 21443 is not idempotent and will destroy settings
• [26434] Plugin dirs duplicates in @INC with plack

Circulation

• [26510] Transport Cost Matrix editor doesn’t show all data when HoldsQueueSkipClosed is enabled

Hold requests

• [18958] If patron has multiple record level holds on one record transferring first hold causes next hold to become item level

Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)

• [26548] [20.05] Update for 20.05.03.001 has wrong SQL

MARC Authority data support

• [25273] Elasticsearch Authority matching is returning too many results

MARC Bibliographic record staging/import

• [26231] bulkmarcimport.pl does not import authority if it already has a 001 field

Notices

• [26420] Overdue notices script does not care about borrower’s language, always takes default template

Patrons

• [26556] Cities autocomplete broken in patron edition

Searching – Elasticsearch

• [25265] Elasticsearch – Batch editing items on a biblio can lead to incorrect index
• [26507] New items not indexed

Other bugs fixed

Acquisitions

• [10921] You can edit an order even when it is in a closed basket
• [26497] “Hide all columns” throws Javascript error on aqplan.pl

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

• [26260] elasticsearch>cnx_pool missing in koha-conf-site.xml.in
• [26464] Code correction in opac-main when news_id passed

Cataloging

• [19327] Typo in UNIMARC field 128a plugin
• [24780] 952$i stocknumber does not display in batch item modification

Circulation

• [26224] Prevent double submit of header checkin form

Command-line Utilities

• [26407] fix query in ‘title exists’ in search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl
• [26448] koha-elasticsearch –commit parameter is not used

Fines and fees

• [26541] Apply discount button misleading
• [26785] JS errors in pos/pay.tt in 20.05.x

Hold requests

• [23485] Holds to pull (pendingreserves.pl) should list barcodes
• [26460] Wrong line ending (semicolon vs comma) in request.tt

Lists

• [25913] Internal server error when calling get_coins on record with no title (245) but with 880 linked to 245

OPAC

• [26512] Display issue with buttons for OPAC checkout note

Searching – Elasticsearch

• [25957] Elasticsearch 5.X – empty subfields cause error on suggestible fields

Staff Client

• [26249] keep_text class not set inconsistently in cat-search.inc

Templates

• [26049] Replace li with span class results_summary in UNIMARC intranet XSLT

Tools

• [26414] Unable to export Withdrawn status using CSV profile
  

  This patch fixes the export of MARC records and the withdrawn status when using CSV profiles. Before this fix the full 952 field was exported, rather than just the withdrawn status.

Documentation

The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
documentation is

• Koha Documentation

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

• Koha Manual

The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at

• Koha Git Repository

Translations

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

• Arabic (99.3%)
• Armenian (100%)
• Armenian (Classical) (99.7%)
• Chinese (Taiwan) (94.5%)
• Czech (81%)
• English (New Zealand) (67.1%)
• English (USA)
• Finnish (70%)
• French (82.1%)
• French (Canada) (95.5%)
• German (99.2%)
• German (Switzerland) (74.9%)
• Greek (61.9%)
• Hindi (100%)
• Italian (89.6%)
• Norwegian Bokmål (71.6%)
• Polish (73.5%)
• Portuguese (87.6%)
• Portuguese (Brazil) (98.6%)
• Slovak (89.5%)
• Spanish (99.2%)
• Swedish (78%)
• Telugu (90.1%)
• Turkish (94.9%)
• Ukrainian (66.6%)

Partial translations are available for various other languages.

The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see

• Koha Translation Info

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

• Koha Translate List

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

• Koha Translation

Release Team

The release team for Koha 19.11.10 is

• Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
• Release Manager assistants:
  • Martin Renvoize
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
• QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
• QA Team:
  • Marcel de Rooy
  • Joonas Kylmälä
  • Josef Moravec
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • Nick Clemens
  • Kyle Hall
  • Martin Renvoize
  • Alex Arnaud
  • Julian Maurice
  • Matthias Meusburger
• Topic Experts:
  • Elasticsearch — Frédéric Demians
  • REST API — Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • UI Design — Owen Leonard
  • Zebra — Fridolin Somers
  • Accounts — Martin Renvoize
  • CAS/Shibboleth — Matthias Meusburger
• Bug Wranglers:
  • Michal Denár
  • Holly Cooper
  • Henry Bolshaw
  • Lisette Scheer
  • Mengü Yazıcıoğlu
• Packaging Manager: Mason James
• Documentation Managers:
  • Caroline Cyr La Rose
  • David Nind
• Documentation Team:
  • Martin Renvoize
  • Donna Bachowski
  • Lucy Vaux-Harvey
  • Kelly McElligott
  • Jessica Zairo
  • Chris Cormack
  • Henry Bolshaw
  • Jon Drucker
• Translation Manager: Bernardo González Kriegel
• Release Maintainers:
  • 20.05 — Lucas Gass
  • 19.11 — Aleisha Amohia
  • 19.05 — Victor Grousset
• Release Maintainer mentors:
  • • 19.11 — Hayley Mapley
    • 19.05 — Martin Renvoize

  Credits

  We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 20.05.05.

  • Colin Campbell (1)
  • Nick Clemens (12)
  • David Cook (5)
  • Jonathan Druart (14)
  • Katrin Fischer (6)
  • Andrew Fuerste-Henry (3)
  • Lucas Gass (11)
  • David Gustafsson (1)
  • Kyle Hall (2)
  • Mason James (1)
  • Joonas Kylmälä (3)
  • Owen Leonard (28)
  • Martin Renvoize (1)
  • Alexis Ripetti (1)
  • Marcel de Rooy (1)
  • Andreas Roussos (1)
  • Fridolin Somers (5)
  • Koha Translators (1)

  We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
  patches to Koha 20.05.05

  • Athens County Public Libraries (28)
  • BibLibre (5)
  • Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) (6)
  • ByWater-Solutions (28)
  • Dataly Tech (1)
  • Göteborgs Universitet (1)
  • Koha Community Developers (14)
  • KohaAloha (1)
  • Prosentient Systems (5)
  • PTFS-Europe (2)
  • Rijks Museum (1)
  • Solutions inLibro inc (1)
  • University of Helsinki (3)

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

  • Bob Bennhoff (6)
  • Henry Bolshaw (2)
  • Nick Clemens (11)
  • Chris Cormack (1)
  • Michal Denar (1)
  • Jonathan Druart (82)
  • Bouzid Fergani (1)
  • Katrin Fischer (52)
  • Andrew Fuerste-Henry (5)
  • Bonnie Gardner (1)
  • Lucas Gass (87)
  • Didier Gautheron (1)
  • Victor Grousset (1)
  • Kyle Hall (4)
  • Sally Healey (1)
  • Heather Hernandez (1)
  • Brandon Jimenez (2)
  • Joonas Kylmälä (4)
  • Owen Leonard (1)
  • Julian Maurice (3)
  • David Nind (22)
  • Martin Renvoize (16)
  • Alexis Ripetti (4)
  • Marcel de Rooy (13)
  • Lisette Scheer (2)
  • Fridolin Somers (1)
  • Arthur Suzuki (5)
  • Timothy Alexis Vass (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:

  • Koha Git Repository

  The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
  line is new-security-release-20.05.05.

  Bugs and feature requests

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

  • Koha Bugzilla

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

  Autogenerated release notes updated last on 27 Oct 2020 20:41:22.