RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.11.06

21 May 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 19.11.06 can be downloaded from:

• Download

Installation instructions can be found at:

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

Koha 19.11.06 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 23 enhancements, 122 bugfixes.

System requirements

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

• Debian Jessie with MySQL 5.5
• Debian Stretch with MariaDB 10.1 (MySQL 8.0 support is experimental)
• Ubuntu Bionic with MariaDB 10.1 (MariaDB 10.3 support is experimental)

Additional notes:

• Perl 5.10 is required
• Zebra or Elasticsearch is required

Enhancements

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

• [24994] TableExists should be used instead of IF NOT EXISTS in updatedatabase

Cataloging

• [25231] Remove alert when replacing a bibliographic record via Z39.50

Command-line Utilities

• [21865] Add Elasticsearch support to, and improve verbose output of, remove_unused_authorities.pl

Course reserves

• [25341] When adding a single item to course reserves, ignore whitespace

Fines and fees

• [24604] Add ‘Pay’ button under Transactions tab in patron accounting

Hold requests

• [24547] Add more action logs for holds

  Trapping and filling holds will now create entries in the logs, when HoldsLog system preference is activated.

Lists

• [20754] Db revision to remove double accepted list shares

MARC Authority data support

• [25235] Don’t alert when replacing an authority record via Z39.50

MARC Bibliographic data support

• [15727] Add 385$a – Audience to MARC21 detail pages

OPAC

• [24740] Use biblio title if available rather than biblio number in OPAC search result cover images tooltips

Plugin architecture

• [24183] Introduce before_send_messages hook

  This patch adds a new plugin hook to allow pre-processing of the message queue prior to sending messages.

REST API

• [24908] Allow fetching text-formatted MARC data

SIP2

• [20816] Add ability to send custom field(s) containing patron information in SIP patron responses

Searching – Elasticsearch

• [22828] Add display of errors encountered during indexing on the command line
• [23137] Add a command line tool to reset elasticsearch mappings

Staff Client

• [23601] Middle clicking a title from search results creates two tabs or a new tab and a new window in Firefox

  This fixes an issue in Firefox where middle-clicking or CTRL-clicking a title in the results screen of the staff client opens two new tabs.

• [24522] Nothing happens when trying to add nothing to a list in staff
• [24995] Add issuedate to table_account_fines and finest in Accounting tab
• [25027] Result browser should not overload onclick event
• [25053] PatronSelfRegistrationExpireTemporaryAccountsDelay system preference is unclear

System Administration

• [20484] Always show Elasticsearch configuration page when permission is set

Templates

• [22468] Standardize on labeling ccode table columns as collection

• [25416] Add information about anonymous session for XSLT use

  Sponsored by Universidad ORT Uruguay

Critical bugs fixed

Acquisitions

• [25223] Ordered.pl can have poor performance on large databases

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

• [25040] Problematic current_timestamp syntax generated by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader
• [25481] koha-plack not working under D10
• [25485] TinyMCE broken in Debian package installs

Cataloging

• [25335] Use of an authorised value in a marc subfield causes strict mode SQL error

Circulation

• [25133] Specify Due date changes from PM to AM if library has their TimeFormat set to 12hr
• [25184] Items with a negative notforloan status should not be captured for holds
• [25418] Backdated check out date loses time
• [25531] Patron may not be debarred if backdated return

Course reserves

• [23727] Editing course reserve items is broken

Fines and fees

• [24339] SIP codes are missing from the default payment_types on installation
• [25123] MaxFines does not count the current updating fine
• [25127] Fines with an amountoutstanding of 0 can be created due to maxFine but cannot be forgiven
• [25417] Backdating returns and forgiving fines causes and internal server error
• [25478] Inconsistent naming of account_credit_type for lost and returned items [19.11 Version]

ILL

• [24043] ILL module can’t show requests from more than one backend

MARC Authority data support

• [22437] Subsequent authority merges in cron may cause biblios to lose authority information

OPAC

• [25024] OPAC incorrectly marks branch as invalid pickup location when similarly named branch is blocked

• [25086] OPAC Self Registration – Field ‘changed_fields’ doesn’t have a default value

  Sponsored by Orex Digital

Packaging

• [25510] Typo in koha-common.postinst causing shell errors
• [25524] Debian packages always append to /etc/koha/sites/$site/log4perl.conf

Patrons

• [24964] Do not filter patrons AFTER they have been fetched from the DB (when searching with permissions)

SIP2

• [23403] SIP2 lends to wrong patron if cardnumber is missing
• [24800] Koha does incomplete checkin when no return date is provided
• [24966] Fix calls to maybe_add where method call does not return a value

Searching

• [24458] Search results don’t use Koha::Filter::MARC::ViewPolicy

Searching – Elasticsearch

• [25050] Elasticsearch – authority indexing depends on mapping order
• [25342] Scripts not running under plack can cause duplication of ES records

Serials

• [25081] new item for a received issue is (stochastically) not created

System Administration

• [25400] Circulation and fine rules cloning from one table to another does not copy “current checkouts allowed”

Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers

• [25277] Z3950responder keyword search does not work with Elasticsearch 6

Other bugs fixed

Acquisitions

• [21927] Acq: Allow blank values in pull downs in the item form when subfield is mandatory
• [22778] Suggestions with no “suggester” can cause errors
• [25130] Reason for accepting/rejecting a suggestion is not visible when viewing (not editing)

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

• [18227] Koha::Logger utf8 handling defeating “wide characters in print”
• [18670] RewriteLog and RewriteLogLevel unavailable in Apache 2.4
• [20370] Misleading comment for bcrypt – #encrypt it; Instead it should be #hash it
• [25006] Koha::Item->as_marc_field generates undef subfields
• [25008] Koha::RecordProcessor->options doesn’t refresh the filters
• [25019] Non standard initialization in ViewPolicy filter
• [25095] Remove warn left in FeePayment.pm
• [25107] Remove double passing of $server variable to maybe_add in C4::SIP::Sip::MsgType
• [25311] Better error handling when creating/updating a patron
• [25535] Hold API mapping maps cancellationdate to cancelation_date, but it should be cancellation_date

Cataloging

• [11446] Authority not searching full corporate name with and (&) symbol
• [17232] When creating a new framework from an old one, several fields are not copies (important, link, default value, max length, is URL)
• [19312] Typo in UNIMARC field 121a plugin
• [25308] When cataloguing search fields are prefilled from record, content after & is cut off

Circulation

• [13557] Add hint for on-site checkouts to list of current checkouts in OPAC
• [15751] Koha offline circulation Firefox addon does not update last seen date for check-ins
• [24620] Existing transfers not closed when hold is set to waiting
• [24768] “Return claims” column is missing from column configuration page
• [24840] Datetime issues in automatic_renewals / CanBookBeReserved
• [25291] Barcode should be escaped everywhere in html code
• [25468] Preserve line breaks in hold notes

Command-line Utilities

• [20101] Cronjob automatic_item_modification_by_age.pl does not log run in action logs

• [24266] Noisy error in reconcile_balances.pl

  Sponsored by Horowhenua District Council

• [25157] delete_patrons.pl is never quiet, even when run without -v
• [25480] koha-create may hide useful error

Course reserves

• [24750] Instructor search does not return results if a comma is included after surname or if first name is included

Developer documentation

• [22335] Comment on column suggestions.STATUS is not complete

Documentation

• [25388] There is no link for the “online help”

I18N/L10N

• [24636] Acquisitions planning sections untranslatable
• [25118] Return claims has some translation issues

Label/patron card printing

• [14369] Only show ‘Create labels’ link on staged records import when status is ‘Imported’
• [23514] Call numbers are not splitted in Label Creator with layout types other than Biblio

MARC Bibliographic data support

• [23119] MARC21 added title 246, 730 subfield i should display before subfield a
• [25082] Unknown language code if 041 $a is linked to an authorized value list

Notices

• [19014] Patrons should not get an ‘on_reserve’ notification if the due date is far into the future
• [24826] Use of uninitialized value $mail{“Cc”} in substitution (s///) at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/Sendmail.pm

OPAC

• [17853] MARC21: Don’t remove () from link text for 780/785

• [17938] XSLT: Label of 583 is repeated for multiple tags and private notes don’t display in staff

  This fixes the display for records with multiple 583s. Previously the label “Action note” was repeated, now the label appears once and multiple fields are separated by a |. There is now a space between $z and other subfields.

  Private notes are now displayed in the staff interface.

  Notes:
  Indicator 1 = private: These will not display in the OPAC.
  Indicator 1 = 0 or empty: These will display in the OPAC.
  The staff interface will display all 583s.

• [22515] OPACViewOthersSuggestions if set to Show will only show when patron has made a suggestion
• [24854] Remove IDreamBooks integration
• [24957] OpenLibrarySearch shouldnt display if nothing is returned
• [25038] OPAC reading history checkouts and on-site tabs not working
• [25211] Missing share icon on OPAC lists page
• [25233] Staff XSLT material type label “Book” should be “Text”
• [25274] JavaScript error in OPAC cart when more details are shown
• [25276] Correct hover style of list share button in the OPAC
• [25340] opac-review.pl doesn’t show title when commenting

Patrons

• [18680] sort1/sort1 dropdowns (when mapped to authorized value) have no empty entry
• [21211] Patron toolbar does not appear on all tabs in patron account in staff

• [25046] C4::Utils::DataTables::Members does not SELECT othernames from borrowers table

  Sponsored by Eugenides Foundation Library

• [25069] AddressFormat=”fr” behavior is broken
• [25299] Date not showing on Details page when patron is going to expire
• [25300] Edit details in “Library use” section uses bad $op for Expiration Date
• [25301] Category code is blank when renewing or editing expired/expiring patron
• [25309] Unable to save patron if streetnumber is too long

Plugin architecture

• [25099] Sending a LANG variable to plug-in template

  Sponsored by Bibliothèque Universitaire des Langues et Civilisations (BULAC)

Reports

• [24940] Serials statistics wizard: order vendor list alphabetically

SIP2

• [24993] koha-sip –restart is too fast, doesn’t always start SIP
• [25227] SIP server returns wrong error message if item was lost and not checked out

Searching

• [22937] Searching by library groups uses group Title rather than Description
• [23081] Make items.issues and deleteditems.issues default to 0 instead of null

Searching – Elasticsearch

• [25229] Elasticsearch should use the authid (record id) rather than the 001 when returning auth search results
• [25278] Search fields cache must be separate for different indexes under Elasticsearch

Self checkout

• [21565] SCO checkout confirm should be modal

Serials

• [24903] Special characters like parentheses in numbering pattern cause duplication in recievedlist
• [24941] Serials: Link to basket in acqusition details is broken

Staff Client

• [20501] Unhighlight in search results when the search terms contain the same word twice removes the word

• [25007] AmazonCoverImages doesnt check for ISBN in details.tt

  This fixes the display of cover images in the staff interface where there is no ISBN and both Amazon and local cover images are enabled.

  Covers different combinations:

  • Amazon cover present, no local cover.
  • No Amazon cover, local cover image present.
  • Both Amazon and local cover image present.

• [25022] Display problem in authority editor with repeatable field
• [25072] Printing details.tt is broken
• [25224] Add “Large Print” from 008 position 23 to default XSLT

System Administration

• [10561] DisplayOPACiconsXSLT and DisplayIconsXSLT descriptions should be clearer
• [25120] In system preference editor first tab is now Accounting and not Acquisitions

Templates

• [25010] Fix typo in debit type description: rewewal
• [25012] Fix class on OPAC view link in staff detail page
• [25013] Fix capitalization: Edit Items on batch item edit
• [25014] Capitalization: Call Number in sort options in staff and OPAC

• [25016] Coce should not return a 1-pixel Amazon cover image

  This patch improves the display of cover images where Coce is enabled and Amazon is a source. Where the image from Amazon is a 1×1 pixel placeholder (meaning Amazon has no image) it is no longer displayed.

• [25176] Styling problem with checkout form
• [25186] Lots of white space at the bottom of each tab on columns configuration
• [25343] Use of item in review/comment feature is misleading
• [25409] Required dropdown missing “required” class near label

Test Suite

• [24801] selenium/administration_tasks.t failing if too many categories/libraries displayed
• [24881] Circulation.t still fails if tests are ran slowly

Tools

• [9422] Patron picture uploader ignores patronimages syspref

• [19475] Calendar copy creates duplicates

  Sponsored by Koha-Suomi Oy

• [24764] TinyMCE shouldnt do automatic code cleanup when editing HTML in News Feature

• [25247] Exporting ‘modification log’ to a file should not send objects

  New sysprefs

• TrapHoldsOnOrder

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 (98.5%)
• Armenian (100%)
• Basque (56.2%)
• Chinese (China) (57%)
• Chinese (Taiwan) (99.2%)
• Czech (91.3%)
• English (New Zealand) (78.9%)
• English (USA)
• Finnish (74.9%)
• French (95.5%)
• French (Canada) (94.5%)
• German (100%)
• German (Switzerland) (81.5%)
• Greek (70.8%)
• Hindi (100%)
• Italian (86.4%)
• Norwegian Bokmål (84%)
• Occitan (post 1500) (53.5%)
• Polish (78.3%)
• Portuguese (99.5%)
• Portuguese (Brazil) (100%)
• Slovak (83.7%)
• Spanish (100%)
• Swedish (85.7%)
• Telugu (62.9%)
• Turkish (99.4%)
• Ukrainian (73.7%)

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 19.11.06 is

• Release Manager: Martin Renvoize

• Release Manager assistants:

  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • Jonathon Druart

• QA Manager: Katrin Fischer

• QA Team:

  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • Joonas Kylmälä
  • Nick Clemens
  • Jonathan Druart
  • Kyle Hall
  • Josef Moravec
  • Marcel de Rooy

• Topic Experts:

  • REST API — Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • SIP2 — Colin Campbell
  • UI Design — Owen Leonard
  • Elasticsearch — Fridolin Somers
  • ILS-DI — Arthur Suzuki

• Bug Wranglers:

  • Michal Denár
  • Lisette Scheer
  • Cori Lynn Arnold
  • Amit Gupta

• Packaging Manager: Mason James

• Documentation Manager: Caroline Cyr La Rose and David Nind

• Documentation Team:

  • Caroline Cyr La Rose
  • Lucy Vaux-Harvey
  • Donna Bachowski
  • Sugandha Bajaj
  • David Nind

• Translation Managers:

  • Bernardo González Kriegel

• Release Maintainers:

  • 19.11 — Joy Nelson
  • 19.05 — Lucas Gass
  • 18.11 — Hayley Mapley

Credits

We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 19.11.06:

• Bibliothèque Universitaire des Langues et Civilisations (BULAC)
• Eugenides Foundation Library
• Horowhenua District Council
• Koha-Suomi Oy
• Orex Digital
• Universidad ORT Uruguay

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.11.06.

• Aleisha Amohia (1)
• Tomás Cohen Arazi (13)
• Nick Clemens (35)
• David Cook (6)
• Jonathan Druart (45)
• Katrin Fischer (24)
• Andrew Fuerste-Henry (4)
• Lucas Gass (8)
• Didier Gautheron (2)
• Kyle Hall (23)
• Andrew Isherwood (1)
• Janusz Kaczmarek (1)
• Olli-Antti Kivilahti (1)
• Bernardo González Kriegel (3)
• Nicolas Legrand (1)
• Owen Leonard (13)
• Julian Maurice (1)
• Grace McKenzie (1)
• Josef Moravec (1)
• Agustín Moyano (1)
• Joy Nelson (21)
• Liz Rea (1)
• Martin Renvoize (20)
• Phil Ringnalda (4)
• David Roberts (6)
• Marcel de Rooy (7)
• Andreas Roussos (1)
• Slava Shishkin (2)
• Joseph Sikowitz (1)
• Fridolin Somers (4)
• Emmi Takkinen (2)
• Theodoros Theodoropoulos (1)
• Petro Vashchuk (2)
• George Veranis (1)

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 19.11.06

• ACPL (13)
• BibLibre (7)
• BSZ BW (24)
• Bulac (1)
• ByWater-Solutions (91)
• chetcolibrary.org (4)
• dataly.gr (2)
• flo.org (1)
• Independant Individuals (11)
• jns.fi (1)
• Koha Community Developers (45)
• koha-ptfs.co.uk (6)
• lib.auth.gr (1)
• live.nl (2)
• Prosentient Systems (6)
• PTFS-Europe (21)
• Rijks Museum (5)
• Theke Solutions (14)
• Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (3)

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

• Aleisha Amohia (1)
• Tomás Cohen Arazi (18)
• Nick Clemens (23)
• David Cook (6)
• Chris Cormack (3)
• Frédéric Demians (5)
• Michal Denar (1)
• Devinim (1)
• Jonathan Druart (110)
• Clemens Elmlinger (2)
• Bouzid Fergani (2)
• Katrin Fischer (55)
• Andrew Fuerste-Henry (13)
• Lucas Gass (10)
• Didier Gautheron (2)
• Victor Grousset/tuxayo (22)
• Kyle Hall (23)
• Stina Hallin (3)
• Felix Hemme (1)
• Heather Hernandez (2)
• Abbey Holt (1)
• Catherine Ingram (1)
• Bernardo González Kriegel (12)
• Owen Leonard (12)
• Ere Maijala (1)
• Kelly McElligott (3)
• Josef Moravec (5)
• Joy Nelson (230)
• David Nind (33)
• Séverine Queune (1)
• Laurence Rault (3)
• Liz Rea (3)
• Martin Renvoize (222)
• Phil Ringnalda (2)
• David Roberts (9)
• Marcel de Rooy (27)
• Sally (2)
• Joel Sasse (1)
• Lisette Scheer (1)
• Fridolin Somers (5)
• Lari Taskula (1)
• Mark Tompsett (1)
• Mengü Yazıcıoğlu (2)

We thank the following individuals who mentored new contributors to the Koha project.

• Andrew Nugged
• Andreas Roussos
• Peter Vashchuk

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 19.11.x.

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 21 May 2020 22:26:06.