Koha 3.14.7 released
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 3.14.7.
This is a maintenance release and contains some enhancements and several bugfixes.
As always you can download the release from http://download.koha-community.org
Please read more for the full release notes
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.14.7
27 mai 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.
The website for the Koha project is
Home
Koha 3.14.7 can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.14.07.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 3.14.7 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 28 enhancements and 66 bugfixes.
Enhancements in 3.14.7
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Acquisitions
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10789 Excessive and often incorrect use of finish in C4::Acquisitions
11787 Use validation plugin when adding new vendor
11805 Use validation plugin when creating new basket in Acquisitions
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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11478 Remove experimental given/when from Koha::SimpleMARC
11479 Remove experimental given/when from C4::MarcModificationTemplates
11730 C4::Charset call C4::Context without use it
Circulation
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9823 Code optimization: Change prototype of GetReservesFromBiblionumber
Command-line Utilities
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10955 Add ability to skip deletions in zebraqueue
11078 Rebuild_zebra.pl can lose updates due to race condition during full rebuilds
Course reserves
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11788 Use validation plugin when creating new course
11866 Staff side course reserves too restrictive
Database
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3445 Action_logs table needs some thought
I18N/L10N
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11631 Make translation toolchain ignore useless translatable strings
Lists
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11789 Use validation plugin when creating new list
Packaging
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7234 Koha-common Debian package should include koha-sites.conf
Searching
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11202 Improve UNIMARC biblio indexing
System Administration
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11766 Use validation plugin when creating new authority type
11767 Use validation plugin when creating new authority framework tag
11771 Use validation plugin when creating new MARC framework tag
11791 Use validation plugin when creating new city
11792 Use validation plugin when creating new currency
11793 Use validation plugin when creating new item type
11795 Use validation plugin when creating new Z39.50 server
Templates
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11087 Have the fines tab default to pay fines rather than account
11272 Copy submit button on inventory
11328 Show local cover images in staff client search results
Test Suite
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11562 QA: the sysprefs.sql is not correctly sorted
Tools
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11785 Use validation plugin when uploading local cover images
Critical bugs fixed in 3.14.7
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Acquisitions
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11755 critical Argument 'booksellerid' not properly handled in orderreceive.pl
11675 major Budget amount is not checked if a parent exist
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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11493 critical Batch Item Modification not handling unicode characters
10611 major C4::Context->dbh checks if the DB is still running
11563 major Class noEnterSubmit no longer functioning
11779 major Unexpected change in logged in branch when changing overdue notice triggers
I18N/L10N
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11290 major Members-home.pl displays badly if using non english templates and have a utf8 char in categorycode description
Staff Client
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11369 major Too many search cursor cookies overflow HTTP-header size, when making multiple searches in the staff client.
Test Suite
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12271 critical Valid-templates.t does not test bootstrap opac templates
Other bugs fixed in 3.14.7
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Acquisitions
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11644 normal Cannot update fund if total is equal to amount unallocated
11777 normal Created by name is not coming in order receiving page
11798 normal Problems with column sorting and row visibility in invoices table
11471 minor Basket groups display 0 0
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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11616 normal The tablesorter plugin is no longer in use
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
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11611 trivial Fix possible confusion between UNIMARC and MARC21 in some sysprefs
Circulation
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11756 normal Hold ratios report sorting incorrectly
Hold requests
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8918 normal ILS-DI: HoldTitle and HoldItem do not calculate rank of hold
10452 minor AllowHoldsOnDamagedItems should control using damaged items to fulfill holds
I18N/L10N
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11731 normal Typo "tranports" in installation
Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
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10580 normal Remove NoZebra reference from Makefile.pl
Lists
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10714 minor Redirect to list contents view upon save after initiating edit from list contents view
MARC Authority data support
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11652 minor Merging authority records does not correct biblios
Notices
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11732 trivial Eliminate warning on undefined branchcode
OPAC
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11743 normal Remove unused DataTables plugin from OPAC theme directories
11516 minor OPAC highlight lost in results browser
11663 trivial Bootstap theme opac holding tab improperly displayed when opacbookbag syspref is disabled
Patrons
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11628 normal Staffaccess permission is missing in french userflags.sql file
11707 normal Additional attributes broken for category code with space
Reports
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11704 normal Wrong headers in {opac|intranet}/svc/report
10777 minor Runreport.pl allows for sending html reports via email, but mimetype is wrong
Searching
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11796 normal Results with 6 facets have missing facet
10544 minor Stocknumber index is an alias of Number-local-acquisition
Self checkout
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11773 normal Crash 'undefined value as a HASH' in sco-main.pl
11415 minor SCO has no option to disable automatic receipt printing
11784 minor Patron images broken in Self checkout
Serials
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10837 normal Exporting serial claims does not work if no notice defined
SIP2
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11783 normal Record level unavailable holds sending empty CD field rather than item barcode
System Administration
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10012 minor Remove all traces of NoZebraIndexes
Templates
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10751 normal Title should be mandatory for creating suggestions in staff
11710 normal Use new DataTables include in cataloging Z39.50 search template
11713 normal Use new DataTables include in course reserves templates
11716 normal Use new DataTables include in label manage template
11717 normal Use new DataTables include in member templates
11721 normal Use new DataTables include in suggestions template
11735 normal Use new DataTables include in calendar template
11736 normal Use new DataTables include in Koha news templates
11737 normal Use new DataTables include in quotes management template
11739 normal Use new DataTables include in notices template
11740 normal Use new DataTables include in quotes upload template
11748 normal Remove unused jquery.uitablefilter.js plugin
11794 normal OpacSerialDefaultTab being ignored
11819 normal Don't show catalog edit menu if user has no edit permissions
11829 normal JavaScript error on staff client biblio details pages if template variables are undefined
11670 minor Remove sorting from patron lists action columns
11749 minor Remove unused jQuery plugin jquery.hoverIntent.minified.js from the staff client
11764 minor Move repeatedly redefined function toUC() into staff-global.js
11765 minor Remove unused function isDate from templates
11608 trivial Don't need the word 'library' on funds
Tools
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11343 normal The max number of items to process in a batch is hardcoded
11636 normal Impossible to remove patrons from patron list during add process
11253 minor Tools/inventory.pl output_pref ignores 'iso' parameter passed
12115 minor Follow up fix for tools/inventory.pl's output_pref issues
New sysprefs in 3.14.7
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* MaxItemsForBatch
* SelfCheckReceiptPrompt
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/3.14/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 (82%)
* Armenian (99%)
* Chinese (China) (98%)
* Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)
* Czech (100%)
* Danish (90%)
* English (New Zealand) (83%)
* French (99%)
* French (Canada) (88%)
* German (100%)
* German (Switzerland) (99%)
* Greek (52%)
* Italian (100%)
* Kurdish (71%)
* Norwegian Bokmål (63%)
* Polish (64%)
* Portuguese (99%)
* Portuguese (Brazil) (89%)
* Slovak (100%)
* Spanish (100%)
* Swedish (91%)
* Turkish (100%)
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 3.14.7 is
Release Manager: Galen Charlton
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
Release Maintainer (3.14.x): Fridolin Somers
Credits
======================
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.14.7:
* Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.14.7.
* 1 Jacek Ablewicz
* 3 Tomas Cohen Arazi
* 1 JaTara Barnes
* 3 Colin Campbell
* 21 Galen Charlton
* 1 Chris Cormack
* 1 Stéphane Delaune
* 1 Frédéric Demians
* 16 Jonathan Druart
* 2 Nicole Engard
* 1 Amit Gupta
* 11 Kyle M Hall
* 1 Janusz Kaczmarek
* 1 Pasi Kallinen
* 1 Doug Kingston
* 2 Olli-Antti Kivilahti
* 1 Ketan Kulkarni
* 37 Owen Leonard
* 1 Jesse Maseto
* 3 Julian Maurice
* 1 Sophie Meynieux
* 1 Nicholas van Oudtshoorn
* 10 Marcel de Rooy
* 1 Fridolin SOMERS
* 4 Fridolyn SOMERS
* 2 Mathieu Saby
* 10 Fridolin Somers
* 2 Mark Tompsett
* 2 Marc Véron
We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.14.7
* 37 ACPL
* 36 BibLibre
* 1 BigBallOfWax
* 14 ByWater-Solutions
* 21 Equinox
* 3 PTFS-Europe
* 10 Rijksmuseum
* 1 Tamil
* 1 Université Rennes 2
* 1 biblos.pk.edu.pl
* 1 carvingit.com
* 2 jns.fi
* 1 pttk.fi
* 1 randomnotes.org
* 10 unidentified
* 2 veron.ch
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.14.7.
* 1 Aleisha
* 1 Tomas Cohen Arazi
* 1 Petter Goksoyr Asen
* 1 Aurélie
* 5 Christopher Brannon
* 1 Jared Camins-Esakov
* 138 Galen Charlton
* 35 Chris Cormack
* 54 Jonathan Druart
* 32 Katrin Fischer
* 2 Brendan Gallagher
* 31 Kyle M Hall
* 5 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
* 4 Owen Leonard
* 1 Jesse Maseto
* 3 Julian Maurice
* 1 Sean McGarvey
* 1 Holger Meissner
* 1 Holger Meißner
* 1 Paul Poulain
* 1 Martin Renvoize
* 23 Marcel de Rooy
* 1 Paola Rossi
* 1 Mathieu Saby
* 1 Robin Sheat
* 135 Fridolin Somers
* 1 Srdjan
* 9 Mark Tompsett
* 1 Marc Veron
* 9 Marc Véron
* 3 merlissia
* 5 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 3.14.x.
The last Koha release was 3.14.06, which was released on April 30, 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)
##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 27 mai 2014 16:15:43 Z #####
A great thanks to all contributors.