Koha 3.12.13 released

<p>The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 3.12.13.
  This is a maintenance release and contains many bugfixes and
  enhancements.</p>
  
  <p>As always you can download the release from:</p>
  
  <p>http://download.koha-community.org</p>
  
  <p>This is my first release as the 3.12.x release maintainer.
  Thank you very much to everyone involved in this release.</p>

RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.12.13
23 Jun 2014
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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.  
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Koha 3.12.13 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.12.13.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 3.12.13 is a bugfix/maintenance release. It includes 8 enhancements and 51 bugfixes. Enhancements in 3.12.13 ====================== Acquisitions ---------- 10789 Excessive and often incorrect use of finish in C4::Acquisitions 11459 [Signed-Off] OrderPdfFormat pref description could be more verbose Architecture, internals, and plumbing ---------- 11730 C4::Charset call C4::Context without use it 11957 Sample_only_param_tables.sql is not usable Hold requests ---------- 11138 Auto-unsuspend holds not in default cronjobs Staff Client ---------- 11772 Show warning on About page:System information if no active currency is defined Templates ---------- 11272 Copy submit button on inventory Tools ---------- 11785 Use validation plugin when uploading local cover images Critical bugs fixed in 3.12.13 ====================== Acquisitions ---------- 11675 major Budget amount is not checked if a parent exist Architecture, internals, and plumbing ---------- 11493 critical Batch Item Modification not handling unicode characters 10611 major C4::Context->dbh checks if the DB is still running 11779 major Unexpected change in logged in branch when changing overdue notice triggers I18N/L10N ---------- 11290 major Members-home.pl displays badly if using non english templates and have a utf8 char in categorycode description Patrons ---------- 11352 critical Batch Patron Deletion/Anonmyzation deletes more than warning states it will delete Other bugs fixed in 3.12.13 ====================== Acquisitions ---------- 11644 normal Cannot update fund if total is equal to amount unallocated 11471 minor Basket groups display 0 0 11845 minor Set overlay and import status translatable in addorderiso2709.tt 11939 minor Sample of currencies with a working active value Architecture, internals, and plumbing ---------- 11687 normal Statecollection.pl is unused 11757 minor Dependency on POE is not longer necessary 11799 trivial Housekeeping: Remove _biblionumber_sth from VirtualShelves.pm 11803 trivial Consistent use of $dbh in _koha_modify_item Cataloging ---------- 9114 minor Exported MARC frameworks encoding should be UTF-8 Circulation ---------- 11756 normal Hold ratios report sorting incorrectly Hold requests ---------- 11531 normal Cannot add new libraries to the transport cost if previously used. I18N/L10N ---------- 11731 normal Typo "tranports" in installation 11363 minor Label printer profile units are not translatable 11366 minor Acq basket group "No group" untranslatable 11973 minor Fix Armenian language description Installation and upgrade (command-line installer) ---------- 10580 normal Remove NoZebra reference from Makefile.pl 10729 normal Support phrases-icu.xml in install and upgrade Lists ---------- 10714 minor Redirect to list contents view upon save after initiating edit from list contents view MARC Authority data support ---------- 10691 normal 5xx not properly linked by authid in authority search result list MARC Bibliographic data support ---------- 11695 normal Typo: "Tree-character alphabetic code" 11762 normal Sequence of MARC21 245 subfields different on XSLT result list and detail page Notices ---------- 8168 minor Ersatz CSV header in attachment of overdue notices sent to administrator OPAC ---------- 11647 normal Subscribe to email notification for serials needs user login 11809 normal OPAC patron details form shouldn't show 'Clear date' if field is required 11476 minor Opac self registration title pull down offers 2 empty options 11522 minor Self registration formatting 11329 trivial Check for marc record in opac-showmarc Patrons ---------- 11707 normal Additional attributes broken for category code with space Reports ---------- 11704 normal Wrong headers in {opac|intranet}/svc/report 11833 normal Filtering on saved report subgroup doesn't work 10777 minor Runreport.pl allows for sending html reports via email, but mimetype is wrong Searching ---------- 11796 normal Results with 6 facets have missing facet Self checkout ---------- 11773 normal Crash 'undefined value as a HASH' in sco-main.pl Serials ---------- 10837 normal Exporting serial claims does not work if no notice defined System Administration ---------- 11513 minor Warnings in Patron categories Templates ---------- 10751 normal Title should be mandatory for creating suggestions in staff 11819 normal Don't show catalog edit menu if user has no edit permissions 11821 normal Staff client catalog: delete menu items greyed out without explanation 11877 normal Eliminate use of deprecated jQuery .live() method 11832 minor JavaScript error on staff client place hold screen if record has no items 11554 trivial Capitalization fix in patron account on fines tab 11608 trivial Don't need the word 'library' on funds 11918 trivial Typo on authorized value page 11935 trivial Capitalization: OPAC prog theme, checkouts tab Test Suite ---------- 11934 trivial Replace given by if-else in Circulation_issuingrules.t 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
Documentation
As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the Koha manual is available: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.12/en/ 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: * English (USA) * Arabic (88%) * Armenian (99%) * Chinese (China) (99%) * Chinese (Taiwan) (99%) * Czech (99%) * Danish (99%) * English (New Zealand) (91%) * French (99%) * French (Canada) (97%) * German (100%) * German (Switzerland) (99%) * Greek (54%) * Italian (100%) * Kurdish (77%) * Norwegian Bokmål (63%) * Polish (99%) * Portuguese (100%) * Portuguese (Brazil) (91%) * Slovak (99%) * Spanish (100%) * Swedish (96%) * Turkish (99%) 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 3.12.13 is Release Manager: Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com> Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com> Installation Documentation Manager: Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com> Translation Manager: Ruth Bavousett <druthb@bywatersolutions.com> QA Manager: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de> QA Team: Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>, Elliott Davis <elliott@bywatersolutions.com>, Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>, Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com> Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com> Bug Wranglers: Magnus Enger <magnus@enger.priv.no>, Chris Hall Mirko Tietgen Marc Veron Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz> Live CD Manager: Vimal Kumar V. Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Liz Rea <lrea@catalyst.net.nz> Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz> Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz> Credits ====================== We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.12.13: * Hochschule für Gesundheit (hsg), Germany * Universidad Nacional de Cordoba We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.13. * 1 Jacek Ablewicz * 1 Roman Amor * 5 Tomas Cohen Arazi * 1 Daniel Barker * 1 Colin Campbell * 10 Galen Charlton * 2 Chris Cormack * 1 Stéphane Delaune * 10 Jonathan Druart * 3 Nicole Engard * 5 Kyle M Hall * 1 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel * 1 Nicolas Legrand * 13 Owen Leonard * 2 Jesse Maseto * 1 Holger Meißner * 2 Sophie Meynieux * 1 Francesca Moore * 1 Nicholas van Oudtshoorn * 2 Liz Rea * 5 Marcel de Rooy * 1 A. Sassmannshausen * 3 Fridolin Somers * 1 Zeno Tajoli * 1 Mark Tompsett * 2 Marc Véron We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.13 * 13 ACPL * 1 BSZ BW * 16 BibLibre * 1 BigBallOfWax * 10 ByWater-Solutions * 3 Catalyst * 10 Equinox * 2 PTFS-Europe * 5 Rijksmuseum * 1 biblos.pk.edu.pl * 1 bulac.fr * 1 cineca.it * 11 unidentified * 2 veron.ch We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha 3.12.13. * 1 Aleisha * 1 Tomas Cohen Arazi * 1 Nathalie CHATILLON * 2 Jared Camins-Esakov * 69 Galen Charlton * 20 Chris Cormack * 30 Jonathan Druart * 2 Magnus Enger * 2 Aurelie Fichot * 29 Katrin Fischer * 80 Kyle M Hall * 5 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel * 5 Owen Leonard * 1 Sean McGarvey * 1 Holger Meissner * 1 Holger Meißner * 1 Paul Poulain * 2 Martin Renvoize * 7 Marcel de Rooy * 1 Paola Rossi * 65 Fridolin Somers * 9 Mark Tompsett * 9 Marc Véron * 1 Jesse Weaver * 2 remy juliette * 2 wajasu 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 git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is (no branch). The last Koha release was 3.16.0, which was released on June 22, 2014. Bugs and feature requests ====================== Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at http://bugs.koha-community.org/ He rau ringa e oti ai. (Many hands finish the work)