Koha 3.20 beta released
A beta release of Koha 3.20 is now available for download. We encourage all users of Koha to consider downloading and testing the beta prior to its release later this month.
Debian packages for this beta will be available soon on the unstable repository.
Koha 3.20 is a major release, that comes with many new features. This beta
preview is released for testing purposes. Its use on production sites
is discouraged.
Draft release notes can be found below the fold. Share and enjoy (and test)!
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.20 (beta)
12 may 2015
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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 3.20 (beta) can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.20.00-beta.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 3.20 (beta) is a major release, that comes with many new features.
It includes 5 new features, 118 enhancements and 351 bugfixes.
New features in 3.20 (beta)
======================
Cataloging
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12412 Add ability for plugins to convert arbitrary files to MARC from record staging tool
Hold requests
----------
5786 Move AllowOnShelfHolds and OpacItemHolds system preferences to the Circulation Matrix
OPAC
----------
9580 Cover image from Coce, a remote image URL cache
Patrons
----------
8007 Discharge management
Tools
----------
11395 Batch modifications for records
Enhancements in 3.20 (beta)
======================
About
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13404 More System information about GRS1 vs DOM settings
Acquisitions
----------
6820 Hide receive option if there is nothing to receive
9089 Show suggestion number on suggestion management
10753 Creating suggestions for 'Any library' uses _ANY as branchcode
12648 Link patrons to an order
12743 Allow default values from the ACQ framework to be used when creating a record in acquisitions
12944 There is no way to search orders by creator
13156 Display borrower's cardnumber who did a suggestion in suggestion.pl
13214 Improve performance of acqui/addorderiso2709.pl, stop fetching all import_records needlessly
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
11337 Calls to GetSubscriptions can be replaced by Searchsubscriptions
11814 Serial statuses should be stored in constants
11927 Add greek support to CHR
12969 VAT and price calculation should be done in a subroutine
12970 Refactor VAT and price calculation - basket page
12973 Allow passing code to XSLT_Handler instead of filename
12975 Refactor VAT and price calculation - basketgroup page
12976 Refactor VAT and price calculation - invoice page
13001 Refactor VAT and price calculation - parcel page
13019 Add base classes on which to build Koha objects
13262 Add parameters to XSLT Handler transform method
13346 The type of the OpacExportOptions pref should be multiple
13545 Add barcode image generator service
13570 Koha-conf.xml mentions win32
13758 KOHAVERSION should be statically set
13790 Add unique id issue_id to issues and old_issues tables
13852 Manage C4::VirtualShelves in C4::Auth for performance
13893 Add ability to execute perl scripts in atomicupdates
Authentication
----------
10177 Koha Accepts Seven "Space" Characters as a Valid Password
13499 Auth.pm needs a tidy
13507 Add intranet support for CAS authentication
Cataloging
----------
7741 Clear search terms in Z3950 search page
10480 Improvements for framework plugins in cataloguing/item editor
13023 Nonpublic note for items should be mapped to a database column like itemnotes
13218 Usability enhancement for z39.50 search
13322 Update MARC21 frameworks to Update No. 19 (October 2014)
13364 Add a call number browser to add item page
13773 Add stock number to details and items display
13885 Cataloging search header should include more options
13886 Add ability to merge records directly from cataloging search
Circulation
----------
11201 List pending in-house checkouts
11239 Show hour of due date in history circulation
12122 TransferSlip should accept both itemnumber and barcode
13408 Tell librarians they may continue scanning while checkouts table is loading
13492 Add location to the checkouts tables
13549 Add cardnumber to overdue circulation report overdue.pl
13611 Serial enumeration not visible in the opac-user.pl when browsing own holds.
Command-line Utilities
----------
11399 Batch Rebuild Items Tables
13166 Add all restrictions purge to cleanup_database.pl
Database
----------
11008 Useless column supplierreference in aqorders table
11165 Auth_header.datemodified should be updated
Developer documentation
----------
12889 Improving documentation in C4::Members.pm
13575 Updating developer list.
Hold requests
----------
9528 Add delivery branch to the place hold display
13299 Add home library column to the holds ratios report
13623 Enhance html for holds queue viewer
I18N/L10N
----------
7939 Separate po files for different MARC dialects
13400 Untranslatable "Are you sure you want to delete this authority?"
Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
----------
13068 New feature for DB update and sandbox
Label/patron card printing
----------
13407 Remove methods which are included in the 0.36 release of PDF::Reuse
Lists
----------
13417 New permission to allow staff to remove public lists
13419 Add filters and server-side processing to the shelves list view
13421 Add the creation time for virtual shelves
MARC Authority data support
----------
11961 Add a "Z39.50 search" button to the authority creation and modfication forms.
MARC Bibliographic data support
----------
1487 Set only the used fields/subfields
12842 Add classification to MARC21 XSLT detail page
Notices
----------
13819 Add biblioitems to available tables in ISSUESLIP and ISSUEQSLIP
OPAC
----------
1917 Add RSS Feeds for Lists
7843 Create RSS for OPAC news
8992 Add an interfacing with the idref webservice
11900 OPAC cart can confuse patrons
13119 Use XSLT to display tagged titles in the OPAC
13695 Allow ISBD format export
13729 Give news in Opac a unique anchor
13826 OPAC: Display RSS icon on list of recent comments
Packaging
----------
13359 Provide virtual-mysql-server Depends On to facilitate alternate mysql implementations
13571 koha-conf.xml.in has fallen out of sync with koha-conf.xml
13785 koha-disable should also stop SIP/Zebra/Indexer for instance
Patrons
----------
13021 DataTables server-side processing - guarantor search
13349 Allow library code to display against users pending changes
13583 Able to view menu for Statistics even when user does not have permission
13584 Able to view menu for Purchase Suggestions even when user does not have permission
13891 Make all patron searches use DataTables server-side processing
13892 SQLHelper replacement - C4::Members::Search - ysearch.pl
13894 SQLHelper replacement - C4::Members::Search - reserve.pl
Reports
----------
10706 Keyword search on reports should search report number
13372 Items lost report improvements
13880 Allow svc/report to be passed sql parameters
13994 Add a back link to error message in Reports
14013 Use name of a saved report as part of the file name for download
Searching
----------
11430 Search history: Delete selected lines
13307 Create a link to the last advanced search in search result page (OPAC)
13528 Ability to search on the different isbn variations
Self checkout
----------
8033 Remove unused sco/receipt template file
Serials
----------
12671 Guess next serial date when there are several issues per unit
SIP2
----------
7904 SIP modules handling of @INC is confused
13159 Enhancements to the SIP2 command line emulator
13252 SIP2 server should accept IPv6 connections
Staff Client
----------
13889 Add information about cron jobs to system log
System Administration
----------
13436 Add more options to UsageStatsLibraryType
Templates
----------
4041 Address Format as a I18N/L10N system preference
13381 RDA: 245 field changes in XSLT
13385 RDA: 508 display in XSLT
13386 246 display in XSLT
13433 655 display in XSLT
13434 586 XSLT improvements
13496 Wrong Koha version on installer title
13864 Columns configuration - Late orders
13865 Columns configuration - Orders search
13866 Columns configuration - Patrons search
13887 Add datatables to item specific holds table
Test Suite
----------
12603 TestBuilder - Module to simplify the writing of tests
12604 TestBuilder - Refactoring Category.t
13264 Full stack encoding tests (UTF-8)
13814 Add unit tests for C4::Boolean
Tools
----------
12404 CSV profiles improvements
12543 Add userid as matchpoint for "Import patrons" tool
13040 Improve exporter to allow multiple branch selections
Critical bugs fixed in 3.20 (beta)
======================
(this list include all bugfixes since the previous major version. Most of them have already been fixed in maintainance releases)
Acquisitions
----------
4277 major Budget planning refreshes funny
6059 major Problem with changing quantity on uncertain prices list
13352 major Editing amount in Acquisitions budget causes error due to formatting
13731 major Suggestions reason doesn't save
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
13577 blocker The correct COLLATE is not set to all DB tables
13810 blocker Prevent updatedatabase.pl from breaking because of case insensitive utf8 collation
11944 major Cleanup Koha UTF-8
13379 major Authorised_values.category is varchar(16)
13544 major Admin/auth_subfields_structure.pl does not compile in older perls
13554 major Bug 12969 introduces a test case that fails
13596 major Prevent updatedatabase.pl from reverting utf8_mb4 databases to utf8
13690 major Koha::Schema should be lazy-loaded
13876 major Permission issues on updating via installer - dev installations
Cataloging
----------
13296 critical Error when using z3950 with UNIMARC authorities
13465 critical Fields controlled by authorized values cannot be unset (Lost, damaged, not for loan status, ...)
7561 major Cannot fast catalog with fast cataloging permissions
13523 major AddBiblio fails on mysql with STRICT_TRANS_TABLES
Circulation
----------
13934 critical Check in fails on master "Can't bless non-reference at .../ItemType.pm Line 64"
9481 major Charge not showing fines
11872 major Lost overdue items should not generate fines
12895 major Dropbox mode doesn't work correctly
13461 major Circ always asking for confirmation if RentalFeesCheckoutConfirmation is used
13679 major There is a bug in overdues if you have overdues that match a rule, and have some items due in the future they are included in the list of overdues
13909 major Suspension days calculation doesn't honour finesCalendar
13919 major Renewal possible with item level hold on item
13923 major Holds tab on the circulation page is broken
14011 major Triggering slip print with enter key collides with 'barcode submitted' message
Database
----------
14069 blocker Follow-up 13790: Fix database update to drop PK on issues/old_issues first
Label/patron card printing
----------
10773 major Add item-level descriptions for Label Printing
13124 major Record titles with parentheses causing label weirdness
Notices
----------
12344 major Multi transport types for issues and checkins
13468 major Overdue notice lists all checked out books
OPAC
----------
13510 blocker Cross site scripting in opac lists
13609 critical Cross Site Scripting problem in authority search
12858 major Syndetics index apreciably slow page load for items without result at Syndetics
13672 major OPAC locks up browser when browsing items from series link with NoveList and OpacHighlightedWords
13917 major OPAC: Putting holds still possible by URL even if turned off by system preference
13998 major Opac-ratings-ajax.pl is broken
14016 major Due dates in OPAC show 0:00 when it should be 23:59
Packaging
----------
13398 critical Perl files for rotating collections are missing in installations
13431 critical Shared FastMmap file causes issues
14055 critical Bug 13979 breaks package upgrades
14068 critical Bug 14055 breaks new package installs
13377 major Automatic_renewals.pl not marked executable
13759 major debian/git-build-snapshot misses YUI and dies of sorrow during build
13979 major Packages uninstallable on Debian Jessie
Patrons
----------
13470 critical Pay fines with extended borrower attributes result in application error
13936 critical Fix patrons search on using the checkout tab
13602 major Username/password already exists when editing borrower attributes and messaging preferences
14044 major Backslashes ( and possibly other characters ) break patron search
Searching
----------
13425 critical There is an xss vulnerability in 3.16, 3.18 and master in the opac and intranet facets
13428 major Fix facet deletion
13476 major Item Search feature gets datatables error and doesn't complete search
13636 major Search results item status incorrect for holds
13753 major INDEXER_DAEMON default is incorrect in koha-indexer
13789 major Facets with accented utf-8 characters generate double encoded links
Serials
----------
12669 major "Template process failed: undef error - Invalid local time for date in time zone"
13109 major Serial failure for received and general viewing
SIP2
----------
13432 major SIP Server does not respect timeout setting
Staff Client
----------
14103 critical PDF::FromHTML headaches related to optional discharging.
System Administration
----------
6007 major Checking 'Display only used Tags/Subfields' on MARC framework page results in unusable output
Test Suite
----------
13933 blocker T/DateUtils.t causes the build to break (from bug 13601)
Tools
----------
14148 blocker Stage-marc-import.pl broken if plugins not enabled
13473 critical Plugins fail when loading templates
13938 critical Staging MARC records for import fails
8246 major Can't delete bibs in big batch delete
13522 major Tools/viewlog.pl does not compile in older perls
13606 major Batch modification for records is limited to ~500
14057 major Inventory is painfully slow
Other bugs fixed in 3.20 (beta)
======================
(this list include all bugfixes since the previous major version. Most of them have already been fixed in maintainance releases)
About
----------
13579 normal History file should be open using utf-8 encoding
14006 normal About.pl checks the wrong zebra index mode
7143 trivial Bug for tracking changes to the about page
Acquisitions
----------
3969 normal Budget Search Doesn't Work
4402 normal Date filter in parcels.tt requires db format dates
7480 normal The Basket manager is always the logged in user
10388 normal Acq edited items showing 'null's
10752 normal Impossible to add 2 identical suggestions, but without any explanation
12323 normal Acquisitions search results fixed in order of biblionumber
12905 normal Deleting parent fund will orphan child funds, leaving them un-editable.
13319 normal On inserting an order, the parent_ordernumber attribute is not set to the object
13333 normal Basket group is not displayed for already received orders
13378 normal There is no way to search suggestions not linked to a fund
13380 normal Auto fill order cancellation reasons from authorised values
13675 normal The budget of an order is set to null if not changed on receiving
9333 minor Confirm close JavaScript alerts is not used
10971 minor Hide EAN search option for MARC21 when 'ordering from subscription'
12059 minor Publisher code always empty on invoice
12565 minor Acq: Link to basket in breadcrumbs broken
14018 minor Ordering from suggestion shows 'copy. year:2014'
13222 trivial Accessors for import_record.status have variable names suggesting overlay_status
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
9978 normal Update GNU licenses header in Koha files from GPL2 to GPL3
10900 normal Incorrect calling conventions accessing C4::Context
12601 normal Aqorders.budget_id should be a foreign key
12839 normal Aqbooksellers.gstreg is never used
12841 normal Aqorders fields should not be mapped
12845 normal C4::Output::FormatData is unused
12850 normal C4::Serials::GetLateIssues is not used
12852 normal The "preview" param is never used in serials/claims.pl
12868 normal GetMemberDetails calls GetMemberAccountRecords incorrectly
12896 normal Move the bookseller-related code into its own module
12980 normal GetHistory does useless processing
13006 normal Suggestions.mailoverseeing is not used
13007 normal Suggestions.budgetid should be a foreign key
13201 normal GetSuggestion takes suggestionid
13240 normal Advanced_notices.pl contains code obfuscation
13244 normal GetCancelledOrders and GetOrders can be merged
13318 normal C4::Acq::GetParcel is not used and can be removed
13320 normal Some prices calculation are done in template side
13343 normal Items are not embedded when sending a basket/shelf
13360 normal C4::Ris considers that hashes are ordered
13393 normal The C4::VirtualShelves::Merge package is empty
13441 normal Branchcodes should not be allowed to have spaces in them
13497 normal The pref AddPatronLists should be removed
13586 normal Makefile.PL mentions win32
13601 normal Get rid of DateTime::Format::DateParse
13645 normal DBIx connection needs to be cached
13684 normal C4::Output uses C4::Budgets
13713 normal Remove useless constraint in Koha::Schema::Result::Biblio
13740 normal Timeout on deleting patrons if too many patrons
13793 normal The installer does not output the result of the update using Plack
13850 normal C4::Ris does not manage correctly 660 and 661 - UNIMARC
13875 normal Columns configuration - table name cannot contain underscore
13898 normal Remove unused code in moremember.pl related to permission
13939 normal ILS-DI function GetServices doesn't work when the item/biblio is available for hold for specific patron
13975 normal Warning "Use of the encoding pragma is deprecated" in misc/export_borrowers.pl
14042 normal The authority type admin page manage its own pagination
14046 normal CheckIfIssuedToPatron fails if biblionumber != biblioitemnumber
14066 normal Koha code does not really use Readonly
10606 minor MySQLism in GetUpcomingDueIssues
12792 minor C4::Reserves breaks my vim syntax color
13418 minor The C4::VirtualShelves::Page needs some cleaning
13836 minor Koha/Number/Price.pm: format_for_editing fails 3 tests because of leading spaces in output
10328 trivial Rename opaccolorstylesheet to OpacAdditionalStyleSheet
Authentication
----------
1861 normal Unique patrons logins not (totally) enforced
12887 normal User logged out on refresh after CAS authentication
11400 trivial Show "Login as a different user" instead of "Logout" if not enough premissions
13521 trivial Auth.pm code issues
Cataloging
----------
9742 normal Confirm overlay prompt always appears on creating record from Z39.50
10985 normal Unimarc: Authority summary does not work as expected
13331 normal Subfield does not show in cataloging editor - if subfield is disabled in OPAC/enabled in Staff, via frameworks
13603 normal AutoBarcode setting hbyymmincr not taking month into account when looking up next increment
13635 normal $record->title is called even if marc flavour is UNIMARC
13648 normal OPAC = hidden removes pull down from item form
13204 trivial Plugin housekeeping: Remove labs_theses.pl plugin
13416 trivial Typo in marc21_leader.pl position 5 (record status)
13987 trivial Z39.50 Authority search result not displaying server name
Circulation
----------
2542 normal Manual fine/credit fail on superfluous characters ( e.g. '$' )
8276 normal Circ history not sorting right
10423 normal Date not well formatted on 'print summary' from patron account
11120 normal The date option for the overdue_notices cronjob is broken
12135 normal Pending suggestions table width is wrong
13069 normal Enable sort by title to ignore articles on circulation and patron detail pages
13315 normal Add feedback for last item checked out to circulation.pl
13482 normal A race condition prevents item info from being available for ReserveSlip (hold notice) printing.
13908 normal Checkouts table sorting is not honoring default sort preferences
13982 normal Checkouts table not sorting on correct column
13025 minor Software error: Undefined subroutine &C4::Circulation::HasOverdues called at /home/koha/kohaclone/C4/Circulation.pm line 1925
13290 minor Add better feedback for returns to the checkouts table
13415 minor Prevent librarians from scanning multiple items into a single barcode field
13537 minor Focus should move to barcode after renewing via checkouts table
13841 minor Returns via backdating or SIP2 can create new fines with an amount outstanding of 0
10051 trivial Surname and first name should have comma in overdues report
13647 trivial On-site checkouts: Allow library to specifiy due date
13804 trivial Returns via the checkouts tables uses the phrase "Returned" rather than "Checked in"
14014 trivial Argument "" isn't numeric in numeric gt (>) in circulation.tt
Command-line Utilities
----------
13728 normal Koha-translate -l -a shows po files instead of language codes
Course reserves
----------
13817 normal Edit links on course items may point to the wrong course!
13818 minor Editing and saving a course reserve displays the add item form
Database
----------
2806 normal Issuingbranch isn't used
13539 normal Table patroncards not used
11706 trivial Typo "efault" in updatedatabase.pl
Developer documentation
----------
14129 normal Templates.readme is outdated
Documentation
----------
10703 normal Add/update database documentation
13771 normal Koha 3.18 Help Files
13872 trivial Typographical error on columns_settings.tt
13878 trivial Typo in help file (aqbudgets.tt)
14051 trivial Tiny adjustment of ReturnPathDefault pref description
Hold requests
----------
13368 normal Checking out an item not on loan, but with a hold, busts the holds priority
8474 minor Holds done by librarians cause silent errors in koha-error_log
13298 minor Holds ratios report ignores ordered items
13670 minor Patron holds table not loading when holds tab anchor is used
I18N/L10N
----------
11364 normal Label layout types and text justification types are not translatable
12279 normal Diacritics in system preference editor broken
13341 normal Hard-coded "Preview" text in OPAC openlibrary.js
13357 normal Untranslatable strings on itemsearch.tt
13700 normal Translated item search not working
13748 normal Acquisition wizard: some strings not translatable
13861 normal \n in strings don't translate well
12192 minor Template toolkit code in HTML attributes is picked up into po-files
13362 minor Translate script creates dirs on update
13450 minor Title and breadcrumb of Patron form can look weird in translations
13741 minor "No fund found" not translatable
13794 minor Text input field values not translated
13856 minor Hard to translate strings on patron search results page
14030 minor Add Georgian language and fix Kannada language code
13350 trivial Untranslatable strings in aqbudgetperiods.tt
13351 trivial Untranslatable javascript in members.tt
13410 trivial Untranslatable "Change messaging preferences to default for this category?"
13422 trivial SCO: "Would you like to print a receipt" not translatable
13566 trivial Change translation for 'Rotating collection' in German web installer
13686 trivial Add a hint about collation to the "alphabet" syspref
Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
----------
13984 normal CardnumberLength missing in sysprefs.sql
Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
----------
13373 normal Update Polish web installer sample data files
11954 minor Clean up currency default files
13285 minor Updatedatabase throws an error if opacthemes is not set
13712 trivial Missing newline in DB update 3.19.00.010
Label/patron card printing
----------
8796 normal Patron cards not starting on designated card
13954 normal Patroncards: images show inadequate rough pixelation
14122 minor Patron card: Software error when creating using borrower_number as parameter from URL
Lists
----------
11574 normal Clean up printing of lists in OPAC
MARC Bibliographic data support
----------
9124 normal 942e tied to undefined CN_EDITION in default MARC21 framework
10241 normal Easy analyticals creates two 773 fields. Search/link from host to children is broken
13855 normal Fastadd framework has 2x 100$c, missing 100$a
8909 minor MARC21 240$a (Uniform title) is not a URL
MARC Bibliographic record staging/import
----------
10906 normal Reimported records into Koha are imported only as DEFAULT frameworks, not what they were originally
13531 normal Bulkmarcimport bombs if no match is found
13530 trivial Typo in bulkmarcimport
Notices
----------
12123 normal HTML notices can break the notice viewer
12739 normal SendAlerts function does not take care of "html" format or UTF-8
12847 normal Date comparisons in C4::Members::IssueSlip are broken
12922 normal Do not DIE the advance_notices.pl -cronjob if "no letter of * type" is found
13504 normal The marker '----' is not removed for CHECKIN and CHECKOUT
OPAC
----------
5844 normal Unhilight cuts off some strings
6950 normal Cannot sort the results of a tag search
7391 normal Return to cart after adding items to a list
9120 normal Typing the ENTER key when submitting a tag from search results reloads the page
12702 normal Suggestions still accessible in OPAC when deactivated
13599 normal Add patron cardnumber to self registration confirmation
12399 minor Opaccredits printing at top on printable version
12861 minor Noisy warns in C4/AuthoritiesMarc.pm
13335 minor Holds and priority display via OPACShowHoldQueueDetails confusing
13339 minor Cart button doesn't open the cart
13449 minor Syndetics TOC will not display in some cases
13469 minor Unapi path to XSLTs is wrong in OPAC
13832 minor Missing table header IDs on record holdings table in OPAC
14075 minor Undefined value creates noisy warns in C4::AuthoritiesMarc
11345 trivial Self registration captcha
13689 trivial Remove opac-old.css and sco-old.css
13857 trivial Email input field for sharing lists is too small
14065 trivial Typo in opac self registration form
Packaging
----------
8050 normal debian/build-git-snapshot should warn user if it fails
4847 minor Python required for Debian package builds
13784 minor Allow running Zebra daemon for disabled instances in packages
13896 trivial PID is created in /tmp/ instead of in /var/run/koha/...
Patrons
----------
12637 normal UTF-8 problems when creating a patron list from the patron search results page
13235 normal Revise layout of patron search form
13458 normal Add new patron shows default / hardcoded patron categories after search
13502 normal A bug was introduced by 1861 - meaning borrowers sometimes cant be added
13605 normal _AUTHOR_ not replaced in relatives checkouts
13879 normal DataTables server-side processing for patrons - sort is broken
13926 normal SQLHelper replacement - C4::Members::Search - circulation.pl
13957 normal Patron autocomplete shows NULL in list of results
14119 normal Missing de-DE DISCHARGE message
13526 minor Mandatory fields should not be able to be hidden in borrower self-registration
13582 minor Able to view menu for Circulation History even when user does not have permission
13657 minor Don't show extra comma after guarantor name on patron details
Reports
----------
4281 normal Reports dictionary limited to only 1 field
10976 normal The assistant for reports uses the wrong value for the list of item types
12567 normal Catalog Statistitics wizard's publication year doesn't work for MARC21
13447 normal Runreport.pl html email fails
13578 normal Parameter public is lost on creating a report
13992 normal Software error in reports if field or table does not exist
14008 normal Filters are not displayed on search for reports
Searching
----------
13442 normal Facet links broken when collection code limit is used
13562 normal Item search: Not possible to add other search fields from 952?
12948 minor The language filter in advance search doen't work with DOM MARC21 - NORMARC
13516 minor Display issue for search results with items both checkout out and lost
13787 minor Clean up noisy koha qa tool warnings
13800 minor Diacritics not mapped
13981 minor Transliterate rule for oe and ae
Serials
----------
13746 normal On creating a new subscription, notes fields get confused
13890 normal Full serial permission is needed to change sequence on a routing list
14022 normal Subscription form resets 'subscription length' to issues on editing
13868 minor Date on routing list slip is not well formatted
13947 minor Serials/subscription-history.pl calls GetBiblio incorrectly
SIP2
----------
12820 normal SIP2 does not send rental charge fee!
9848 minor SIP tests : fix in 10renew_all.t (additional checkin)
13803 minor SelfCheck not setting flag when item requires transit
13506 trivial Sip/Configuration/*.pm classes are unused
Staff Client
----------
3873 normal Gracefully handle errors when item in staff client cart has been deleted
10285 normal Error 500 in staff client displays old start page
11890 normal Control-Click/Command-Click to open a link in a new tab not consistently working
12210 normal Baker & Taylor book jackets not disabled when BakerTaylorBookstoreURL is not populated
11982 minor Show local cover images in the biblio details page in the intranet.
13460 trivial Use price template toolkit plugin across all of intranet
13834 trivial News: Wording not consistent for Publication date / Creation date
13991 trivial Uninitialized value $src in /tools/viewlog.pl
System Administration
----------
5002 normal No error message if category code already exists
5511 normal Check for Change in Remote IP address for Session Security. Disable when remote ip address changes frequently.
11464 minor Saving preferences - Nothing to Save
13401 minor Sort branches alphabetically in admin/authorised_values.pl
10131 trivial System preference search doesn't work for search terms starting with *
13676 trivial OpacSuppression description says 'items' but means 'records'
Templates
----------
8096 normal Card number twice on patron search results
12253 normal MARCURLS not showing in OPAC basket
13142 normal Change "mobile phone" label back to "other phone"
13270 normal On receiving, "vendor note" label should not be displayed if nothing to display
13355 normal System preferences tab value wrong in templates
13369 normal [Datatables] tr and td are not correctly highlighted
13459 normal Datatables paging slightly broken
13487 normal DataTables pagination needs some fixes
13525 normal Date sorting on accounts (fines) tab doesn't work correctly
13612 normal Remove old YUI javacript libraries from opac-tmpl
13744 normal Paging on some datatables slightly broken
13768 normal In quotes.tt line 14 the use of \" break the translation
13858 normal Datatables paging for news page is broken
13859 normal Fix item search result list - obsolete "by" and display of publication date for MARC21
13863 normal Datatables paging for cities and search history pages is broken
9878 minor Flag display is inconsistent between circulation.pl and memberentry.pl
12084 minor Published date for serial items not formatted according to dateformat system preference
12291 minor Replace the acronym HTML tag with abbr
13268 minor Biblioitems.size value not correctly displayed (more)
13370 minor Inputs overflow in filters
13375 minor Syspref search highlight styling broken in Chrome
13495 minor Use "Checked in" instead of "Returned" in circulation
13564 minor Items search: rename Stock number to Inventory number
13638 minor Batch patron modification tool missing option to switch language
13745 minor Serial collection page shows branchcode instead of branchname
13750 minor Holds queue: Always show branch name, not branch code
13941 minor Add ids to tag in staff client where missing
14125 minor Version variable not properly replaced in csv profiles help page
14127 minor Typo in message preference form - "mesage"
9958 trivial RoutingSerials description misleading
10174 trivial Digest is confusing
13017 trivial Login page image replacement technique fails when browser width exceeds 2000 pixels
13587 trivial Authorized Values toolbar missing '+' Icons
13593 trivial 'Stock number' should be 'Inventory number'
13682 trivial Capitalization: Holds Queue
13869 trivial Wrong capitalization on guided reports page
14033 trivial Capitalization: confirmation message on deleting an authority type
14126 trivial Typo on order receive page
Test Suite
----------
13451 minor Holidays.t assumes default data
13453 minor Koha.t daily quote tests assume sample data
13456 minor Serials/Claims.t expects no subscriptions
13457 minor Suggestions.t expects sample itemtypes
13928 minor Noisy t/Borrower tests
13882 trivial Adding new unit tests in t/Borrower.t, testing all 'borrower' database fields
13940 trivial Testing C4::OAI::Sets
13942 trivial Testing the 'recordpayment' function in C4::Accounts
Tools
----------
6520 normal Items don't display when viewing staged records
6911 normal Log viewer should remember search terms
10887 normal Batch item deletion -- doesn't need Use default values section
12631 normal Inventory: fix "wrong place" and "item not scanned" statuses
12860 normal Tools > Data export : "Don't export fields" option doesn't work
13167 minor Stage MARC for Import hangs for biblio containing valid 979* ISBN-13
13189 minor Patron card creator patron search browse by last name broken by extended attributes
13709 minor Patron cards creator doesn't work with diacritics, utf-8 or ttf fonts
14056 trivial Small punctuation error in description for deleting a holiday
Web services
----------
13568 normal OAI Server doesn't handle properly resumption token
13801 normal SVC bib bad encoding
Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers
----------
12823 minor Add some hints for Host, Database and SRU search fields mappings
New sysprefs in 3.20 (beta)
======================
* AddressFormat
* CardnumberLength
* Coce
* CoceHost
* CoceProviders
* CronjobLog
* IdRef
* OpacAdditionalStylesheet
* SearchWithISBNVariations
* SessionRestrictionByIP
* useDischarge
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/3.20/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 (98%)
* Armenian (98%)
* Czech (98%)
* Danish (84%)
* French (96%)
* German (100%)
* Italian (99%)
* Kurdish (61%)
* Polish (79%)
* Portuguese (97%)
* Slovak (98%)
* Spanish (100%)
* Swedish (79%)
* Turkish (100%)
* Vietnamese (88%)
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 3.20 (beta) is
Release Manager: Tomás Cohen Arazi
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard
Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
QA Team: Jonathan Druart
Brendan Gallagher
Kyle Hall
Paul Poulain
Martin Renvoize
Marcel de Rooy
Bug Wranglers: Magnus Enger
Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat
Release Maintainer (3.18.x): Chris Cormack
Release Maintainer (3.16.x): Mason James
Release Maintainer (3.14.x): Fridolin Somers
Credits
======================
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features/enhancements in Koha 3.20 (beta):
* CCSR
* Orex Digital
* Universidad de El Salvador
* Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.20 (beta).
* Nicole (11)
* Barton (1)
* Blou (1)
* “ByWater (1)
* Chris (1)
* mxbeaulieu (1)
* Samuel (1)
* शंतनू (1)
* Justin (2)
* Abby (3)
* Aleisha (3)
* Brandon (3)
* Liz (3)
* Rochelle (3)
* Thomas (8)
* Jacek Ablewicz (3)
* Larry Baerveldt (2)
* Maxime Beaulieu (2)
* Colin Campbell (7)
* Frédérick Capovilla (2)
* Alexander Cheeseman (1)
* Nick Clemens (5)
* Tomás Cohen Arazi (120)
* David Cook (5)
* Kahurangi Cormack (1)
* Chris Cormack (8)
* Christophe Croullebois (1)
* Stéphane Delaune (2)
* Frédéric Demians (7)
* Marcel de Rooy (24)
* Simith D'Oliveira (5)
* Jonathan Druart (336)
* Yohann Dufour (8)
* Hector Eduardo Castro Avalos (3)
* Nicole Engard (2)
* Magnus Enger (2)
* Julian FIOL (7)
* Katrin Fischer (49)
* Bernardo González Kriegel (12)
* Amit Gupta (2)
* Morag Hills (2)
* Koha instance knakk-koha (1)
* Rolando Isidoro (1)
* Mason James (2)
* Srdjan Jankovic (2)
* Pasi Kallinen (1)
* Attila Kinali (1)
* Olli-Antti Kivilahti (9)
* Rafal Kopaczka (4)
* Nicolas Legrand (1)
* Owen Leonard (17)
* Julian Maurice (4)
* Matthias Meusburger (4)
* Kyle M Hall (94)
* Thomas Misilo (1)
* Josef Moravec (1)
* Chris Nighswonger (2)
* Dobrica Pavlinusic (8)
* Paul Poulain (2)
* Liz Rea (1)
* Martin Renvoize (11)
* David Roberts (1)
* Benjamin Rokseth (4)
* Winona Salesky (6)
* Viktor Sarge (3)
* Adrien Saurat (1)
* Robin Sheat (10)
* Fridolin Somers (13)
* Emmanuele Somma (1)
* ByWater Staff (1)
* Zeno Tajoli (12)
* Lyon3 Team (1)
* Mirko Tietgen (3)
* Mark Tompsett (20)
* Marc Véron (37)
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 3.20 (beta)
* ACPL (17)
* BSZ BW (49)
* BibLibre (370)
* BigBallOfWax (3)
* ByWater-Solutions (111)
* Catalyst (20)
* Cineca (12)
* Foundations (2)
* KohaAloha (2)
* Libeo (2)
* Libriotech (2)
* Oslo Public Library (4)
* PTFS-Europe (19)
* Prosentient Systems (5)
* Rijksmuseum (24)
* Solutions inLibro inc (9)
* Tamil (7)
* Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (132)
* Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (1)
* abunchofthings.net (3)
* bancaditalia.it (1)
* biblos.pk.edu.pl (3)
* bulac.fr (1)
* bywatersolutions.com” (1)
* jns.fi (9)
* kinali.ch (1)
* live.com (2)
* msd.govt.nz (1)
* poczta.onet.pl (4)
* pttk.fi (1)
* quecheelibrary.org (4)
* quechelibrary.org (1)
* regionhalland.se (3)
* rot13.org (8)
* veron.ch (37)
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.20 (beta).
* Abby (1)
* Aleisha (6)
* Attila Kinali (1)
* Benjamin Rokseth (2)
* Brandon (1)
* Brendan Gallagher (47)
* Chris (8)
* Chris Cormack (53)
* Chris Nighswonger (6)
* Christophe Brocquet (1)
* Christopher Brannon (6)
* Cindy Ames (1)
* Colin Campbell (4)
* Courret (7)
* David Cook (1)
* David Roberts (2)
* Dobrica Pavlinusic (28)
* Frédéric Demians (16)
* Gaetan Boisson (1)
* Heather Braum (2)
* Hector Castro (2)
* Jacek Ablewicz (2)
* Jason Robb (1)
* Jeanne Heicher (1)
* Jen DeMuth (2)
* Jesse Maseto (5)
* joel aloi (1)
* John Andrews (1)
* Jonathan Druart (172)
* Josef Moravec (13)
* Julius Fleschner (1)
* Justin (2)
* Katrin Fischer (302)
* Larry Baerveldt (6)
* Luce Barbey (1)
* Lucie (8)
* Magnus Enger (12)
* Marc Véron (104)
* marjorie (1)
* Mark Tompsett (42)
* Martin Renvoize (62)
* Mason James (2)
* Mirko Tietgen (17)
* Morag Hills (4)
* Nick (10)
* Nick Clemens (30)
* Nicolas Legrand (7)
* Nicole (9)
* Nicole Engard (10)
* Olli-Antti Kivilahti (6)
* Owen Leonard (17)
* Paola Rossi (67)
* Pierre (5)
* Robin Sheat (7)
* Rochelle (1)
* Sean McGarvey (2)
* Sheila Kearns (2)
* sonia BOUIS (5)
* Sophie Meynieux (1)
* Thomas (2)
* Thomas Misilo (1)
* Tom Misilo (1)
* vagrant (1)
* valerie bertrand (4)
* wajasu (4)
* Zeno Tajoli (1)
* Jason Burds (2)
* Koha Team AMU (4)
* Manuel Cohen Arazi (1)
* Tomas Cohen Arazi (944)
* Hector Eduardo Castro Avalos (2)
* Nicole C. Engard (4)
* Kyle M Hall (322)
* Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel (31)
* Koha Team Lyon 3 (1)
* Andreas Hedström Mace (1)
* Marcel de Rooy (74)
* Eivin Giske Skaaren (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
git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git
The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is master.
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)
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