Koha 3.12.2 released

The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 3.12.2. This is a maintenance release and contains many bugfixes and enhancements.

Please read the “New dependencies” section of this release notes if you are upgrading from a previous version.

As always you can download the release from http://download.koha-community.org

RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.12.2
22 Jul 2013
========================================================================

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 

    http://koha-community.org/

Koha 3.12.2 can be downloaded from:

    http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.12.02.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 3.12.2 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 9 enhancements and 50 bugfixes.


New dependencies
======================

 * Library::CallNumber::LC

IMPORTANT: in order to fix annoying bugs related to call numbers a new
dependency is introduced for this release (Library::CallNumber::LC). This
means people using packages will have to do

 $ sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

instead of the normal

 $ sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade

As usual, people building from sources should run

 $ ./koha_perl_deps -m -u

to check for missing dependencies before running the upgrade process.


Enhancements in 3.12.2
======================

Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
	9370	Use Library::CallNumber::LC when splitting LC call numbers for spine labels

Cataloging
----------
	10488	New MARC21 authority tags and subfields should be propagated to non-default frameworks

I18N/L10N
----------
	10431	Spanish Zebra language definition file

MARC Bibliographic data support
----------
	5858	Update default MARC21 framework to Update No. 16 (April 2013)
	10141	Enable "18-21 Illustrations" and "24-27 Nature of contents" options for marc21_field_008.pl plugin

OPAC
----------
	10245	OPAC items table CSS classes

Packaging
----------
	10411	Add cache control headers to static resources in the apache config
	10524	Dependency updates to account for liblibrary-callnumber-lc-perl

Templates
----------
	10315	Use easier readable font for generated passwords


Critical bugs fixed in 3.12.2
======================


Authentication
----------
	10384	major	Software error when LDAP connexion fails

Circulation
----------
	10490	major	Overdue fines cap (amount) in circulation rules is saved incorrectly (rounded)

I18N/L10N
----------
	10560	major	No way to disable english

Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
----------
	10443	major	Table borrower_files does not exists in kohastructure.sql file

OPAC
----------
	10590	critical	In opac-topissues limit param is not protected
	6553	major	Parentheses in corporate author break tracings
	8884	major	Opacheader is not in the header on CCSR

Templates
----------
	766	major	Use of CGI::scrolling_list prevents customization in template


Other bugs fixed in 3.12.2
======================


Acquisitions
----------
	4907	normal	Suggestions "organize by" menu doesn't reflect current choice
	10317	normal	Parcel should display a message when called with an nonexistent invoiceid
	10475	normal	Item form in acquisition not hiding subfields properly
	10535	minor	By default sort funds by name

Authentication
----------
	10029	normal	CAS authentication fails in OPAC reserve

Cataloging
----------
	9113	normal	Batch modification removes +
	9533	normal	Batch item modification should ignore defaults
	9826	normal	Missing fields in MARC21 authority framework
	10428	trivial	Undefined check in add additem.pl

Circulation
----------
	10529	minor	Dollar sign hardcoded in patron message

Documentation
----------
	10425	minor	Help page missing for Local Use preferences

I18N/L10N
----------
	10447	normal	Language definitions for 'ru' and 'uk' are not available during install

Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
----------
	10548	trivial	Koha_perl_deps.pl miscounts dependencies displayed

Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
----------
	10474	normal	Translate some missed English strings in German sample notices
	10534	minor	Update of italian SQL files [3.12 only]

Lists
----------
	5894	normal	Adding multiple items from a cart to a list shows only the first title

Notices
----------
	10439	normal	Cannot modify the notice's library

OPAC
----------
	7110	normal	Renewal messages still displays in OPAC if OpacRenewalAllowed is disabled.
	9541	normal	Opac-user doesn't load correct CSS for multiple branches
	8911	minor	Docs/history.txt file missing for about.pl
	10510	minor	OPAC's renew selected link has glitchy icon

Packaging
----------
	9890	normal	Fix the new plugin system for package installs
	10379	minor	Koha-rebuild-zebra gets noisy if no instances are defined

Patrons
----------
	10297	minor	Categorycode and branchcode should be required when adding patrons
	10507	trivial	Typo when warning about creating duplicate patron attribute

Reports
----------
	10396	minor	Catalog stats  shows calendar in callnumber field

Serials
----------
	10484	normal	Serials-edit.pl not checking for barcode field before checking for barcode subfield

Staff Client
----------
	6281	normal	Bug in LCC sort routine
	9665	normal	Staff client bibliographic record export missing some options available in the OPAC

Templates
----------
	10496	normal	CCSR theme OPAC tabs to not show correct active state
	10497	normal	Star ratings not showing right in ccsr detail
	10444	minor	In advanced search(more), [+] and [-] should behave like links on hover
	10464	minor	Patron search on placing a hold doesn't use jqueryui.autocomplete
	10466	minor	Lists: Use "size" as names/hash keys leads to an unexpected results when using Template::Toolkit (name of a virtual method there)
	9519	trivial	Wrong language code for Italian in the advanced search language limitations
	10346	trivial	"Add multiple copies" should be labelled "Add multiple items"
	10494	trivial	KohaBranchName sends useless warnings to log if supplied library code is null or not present

Test Suite
----------
	10289	normal	UT: Reserves.t needs to create its own data
	10336	normal	UT: HoldsQueue.t needs to create its own data
	10386	normal	UT: VirtualShelves.t needs some more adjustments
	10495	minor	T/db_dependent/HoldsQueue.t can fail unnecessarily

Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers
----------
	10458	trivial	Remove obsolete Z3950 module and test



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 

    http://koha-community.org/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 (90%)
  * Armenian (99%)
  * Chinese (China) (61%)
  * Chinese (Taiwan) (90%)
  * Czech (55%)
  * Danish (100%)
  * English (New Zealand) (93%)
  * French (99%)
  * French (Canada) (99%)
  * German (100%)
  * German (Switzerland) (99%)
  * Greek (56%)
  * Italian (100%)
  * Kurdish (92%)
  * Norwegian Bokmål (64%)
  * Portuguese (92%)
  * Portuguese (Brazil) (91%)
  * Slovak (100%)
  * Spanish (100%)
  * 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 3.12.2 is

  Release Manager:       Jared Camins-Esakov 
  Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard 
  Installation Documentation Managers:
                         Samuel Desseaux 
                         Mason James 
  Translation Manager:   Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel 
  QA Manager:            Katrin Fischer 
  QA Team:               Chris Cormack 
                         Marcel de Rooy ,
                         Jonathan Druart ,
                         Brendan Gallagher 
                         Kyle Hall 
                         Mason James 
                         Paul Poulain 
  Bug Wranglers:         Magnus Enger 
  Packaging Manager:     Robin Sheat 
  Live CD Manager:       Nguyen Quoc Uy 
  VM Manager:            Samuel Desseaux 

  Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Hall 
  Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel 
  Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Tomás Cohen Arazi 


Credits
======================

We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.12.2:
  * Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.2.
  *     13	Tomas Cohen Arazi
  *      1	Jared Camins-Esakov
  *      3	Colin Campbell
  *     15	Galen Charlton
  *      1	David Cook
  *      1	Chris Cormack
  *      6	Jonathan Druart
  *      1	Magnus Enger
  *      3	Katrin Fischer
  *      1	Chris Hall
  *      3	Kyle M Hall
  *      5	Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
  *      1	Sonia LEMAIRE
  *      9	Owen Leonard
  *      1	Sophie Meynieux
  *      1	Liz Rea
  *      4	Marcel de Rooy
  *      7	Fridolyn SOMERS
  *      5	Robin Sheat
  *      1	Juan Sieira
  *      1	Silvia Simonetti
  *      1	Mark Tompsett
  *      1	Marc Veron

We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.2
  *       9 ACPL                                                                                          
  *       3 BSZ BW                                                                                         
  *      15 BibLibre                                                                                    
  *       3 ByWater-Solutions                                                                   
  *       1 C & P Bibliography                                                                    
  *       8 Catalyst                                                                                 
  *      15 Equinox                                                                                   
  *       1 Libriotech                                                                                 
  *       3 PTFS-Europe                                                                              
  *       1 Prosentient Systems
  *       4 Rijksmuseum                                                                               
  *       1 Xercode                                                                                       
  *       1 cineca.it
  *      19 unidentified
  *       1 veron.ch

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.12.2.
  *      82 Tomas Cohen Arazi
  *       1 Jared Camins-Esakov
  *      93 Galen Charlton
  *       4 David Cook
  *      36 Chris Cormack
  *      11 Jonathan Druart
  *       2 Nicole C. Engard
  *       1 Magnus Enger
  *      22 Katrin Fischer
  *      30 Kyle M Hall
  *       2 Mason James
  *       5 Owen Leonard
  *       7 Marcel de Rooy
  *       3 Robin Sheat
  *       1 Silvia Simonetti
  *       3 Srdjan
  *       2 Mirko Tietgen
  *       2 Cedric Vita

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 3.12.x.

The last Koha release was 3.12.1, which was released on June 23, 2013.


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)