RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 23.11.10

07 Nov 2024

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 23.11.10 can be downloaded from:

• Download

Installation instructions can be found at:

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

Koha 23.11.10 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 12 bugfixes and 4 security fixes.

System requirements

You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha on the community wiki.

Security bugs

• 33339 Formula injection (CSV Injection) in export functionality
• 37724 Remove Koha version number from public generator metadata
• 37737 Users with ‘execute_reports’ permission can create reports 23.11 and lower
• 37861 Fix XSS vulnerability in barcode append functionSponsored by KillerRabbitAos

Bugfixes

Accessibility

Other bugs fixed

• 37586 Improve accessibility of top navigation in the OPAC with aria-labels

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Other bugs fixed

• 36474 updatetotalissues.pl should not modify the record when the total issues has not changed
  

  This updates the misc/cronjobs/update_totalissues.pl script so that records are only modified if the number of issues changes. Previously, every record was modified – even if the number of issues did not change.

  In addition, with CataloguingLog enabled, this previously added one entry to the log viewer for every record – as all the records were modified even if the number of issues did not change. Now, only records where the number of issues have changed are included in the log viewer, significantly reducing the number of entries.

Cataloging

Other bugs fixed

• 37591 Moredetail.tt page is opening very slowly
  

  This improves the loading time of a record’s items page in the staff item when there are many items and check-outs.

  Sponsored by Koha-Suomi Oy

Circulation

Other bugs fixed

• 32696 Recalls can inadvertently extend the due dateSponsored by Ignatianum University in Cracow
• 37413 Updating an item level hold on an item with no barcode to a next available hold also modifies the other holds on the record
  

  This fixes updating existing item level holds for an item without a barcode. When updating an existing item level hold from “Only item No barcode” (Holds for a record > Existing holds > Details column) to “Next available”, it would incorrectly change any other item level holds to “Next available”.

Command-line Utilities

Critical bugs fixed

• 37775 update_totalissues.pl uses $dbh->commit but does not use transactions

Database

Other bugs fixed

• 37593 Fix typo in schema description for items.bookable

ERM

Critical bugs fixed

• 37308 Add user-agent to SUSHI outgoing requests

Hold requests

Critical bugs fixed

• 38148 Check value of holdallowed circ rule properly (Bug 29087 follow-up)Sponsored by Whanganui District Council

OPAC

Other bugs fixed

• 37339 Default messaging preferences are not applied when self registering in OPAC
  

  This fixes a regression in Koha 24.05, 23.11, and 23.05 (caused by Bug 30318). Default messaging preferences for the self registraton patron category were not set for patron’s self-registering using the OPAC.

System Administration

Other bugs fixed

• 36907 OAI set mapping form field maxlength should match table column sizes
  

  This fixes the OIA set mappings form so that you can’t enter more characters than the maximum length for the input fields (Field (3), Subfield (1), and Value (80)). Previously, you could enter more characters – however, when you saved the form it generated an error.

Test Suite

Other bugs fixed

• 37623 t/db_dependent/Letters.t tests fails to consider EmailFieldPrimary system preferenceSponsored by Pymble Ladies’ College

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, the Koha manual is available in the following languages:
• Armenian (hy_ARMN) (58%)
• Bulgarian (bg_CYRL) (98%)
• Chinese (Traditional) (77%)
• English (100%)
• English (USA)
• French (49%)
• German (38%)
• Greek (72%)
• Hindi (72%)

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:

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 23.11.10 is

• Release Manager: Katrin Fischer
• Release Manager assistants:
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • Martin Renvoize
  • Jonathan Druart
• QA Manager: Martin Renvoize
• QA Team:
  • Marcel de Rooy
  • Kyle M Hall
  • Emily Lamancusa
  • Nick Clemens
  • Lucas Gass
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • Julian Maurice
  • Victor Grousset
  • Aleisha Amohia
  • David Cook
  • Laura Escamilla
  • Jonathan Druart
  • Pedro Amorim
  • Matt Blenkinsop
  • Thomas Klausner
• Topic Experts:
  • UI Design — Owen Leonard
  • Zebra — Fridolin Somers
  • ERM — Matt Blenkinsop
  • ILL — Pedro Amorim
  • SIP2 — Matthias Meusburger
  • CAS — Matthias Meusburger
• Bug Wranglers:
  • Aleisha Amohia
  • Jacob O’Mara
• Packaging Managers:
  • Mason James
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
• Documentation Manager: Philip Orr
• Documentation Team:
  • Aude Charillon
  • Caroline Cyr La Rose
  • Lucy Vaux-Harvey
  • Emmanuel Bétemps
  • Marie-Luce Laflamme
  • Kelly McElligott
  • Rasa Šatinskienė
  • Heather Hernandez
• Wiki curators:
  • Thomas Dukleth
  • George Williams
• Release Maintainers:
  • 24.05 — Lucas Gass
  • 23.11 — Fridolin Somers
  • 23.05 — Wainui Witika-Park
  • 22.11 — Fridolin Somers

Credits

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 23.11.10

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 23.11.10

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 23.11.10

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

We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
please send a patch against these release notes to koha-devel@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 main branch of:

• Koha Git Repository

The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
line is 23.11.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 07 Nov 2024 13:34:53.