Koha 3.16 beta released
A beta release of Koha 3.16 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.
Koha 3.16 is an enhancement and bugfix release. Changes of particular note include:
- The ability to use different templates for notices based on how the notice is to be sent. For example, is now possible to use different wording for email and SMS hold notifications.
- Users can now unselect active facets when refining search results.
- Search history can be now displayed and managed in the staff interface.
- Loan checkins can now be backdated to an arbitrary date.
- Holds can now be individually suspended and resumed from the OPAC.
- Creating orders from staged files now offers much more flexibility.
- The public reports service can now accept report parameters.
- There is experimental support for Plack for development use.
Draft release notes can be found below the fold. Share and enjoy (and test)!
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.16.0-beta
05 May 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 3.16.0-beta can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.16.00-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 3.16.0-beta is a major release, that comes with many new features.
It includes 2 features, 195 enhancements and 359 bugfixes.
New features in 3.16.0-beta
======================
Acquisitions
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8230 Show the ordered status in catalogue page
Searching
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10862 Add an search history for the staff interface
Enhancements in 3.16.0-beta
======================
Acquisitions
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7180 Order from staged file improvements
7267 Display accountnumber in PDF
7288 Invoice improvements - Show only subscriptions
7308 New column in admin/aqbudgets
9261 Allow librarians to make purchase suggestions for patrons
9416 We should have 2 kinds of notes for each order line
9807 There should be a way to show the content of a basketgroup without reopening it
10090 The ordered and spent page display the itemtype code
10789 Excessive and often incorrect use of finish in C4::Acquisitions
10875 Addorderiso2709: the link "show all funds" is missing.
10922 Display if prices are tax exc. or inc. when creating a new order
10983 Unused subroutines in C4:Budgets
11027 Add a column for basketgroups in late orders table
11141 Filters are not kept on receiving
11224 C4::Acquisition need more UT, and more robust ones.
11429 Add a link to basketgroup in basket detail page
11435 Show basketgroup information in Acquisition tab in catalogue page
11459 [Signed-Off] OrderPdfFormat pref description could be more verbose
11551 Allow to search on ordernumber in histsearch.pl
11552 After a transfer, allow to search on the original order line
11578 Improvement of the funds list view
11579 The ordernumber is not displayed on the basket page
11665 An ability to place orders directly from hold ratios list
11763 Consolidate fund action links into menu
11787 Use validation plugin when adding new vendor
11805 Use validation plugin when creating new basket in Acquisitions
11828 Add German PDF template for orders in acquisitions
11864 Show parent_orderline in received orders table
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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7372 RoadTypes should be folded into Authorised Values
10277 Add C4::Context->IsSuperLibrarian()
10533 Basketgroup js functions should in a separated js file
11051 Performance of opac-search
11268 Biblioitems URL field is too small for some URLs
11389 Re-enable PostgreSQL as a database scheme that Koha can connect to
11468 Remove use of smartmatch from DateUtils
11474 Remove experimental given/when from C4::Utils::Datatables
11478 Remove experimental given/when from Koha::SimpleMARC
11479 Remove experimental given/when from C4::MarcModificationTemplates
11518 Add new method to Koha::Schema::Result::Item that will always return the correct itemtype
11555 Make "All" one of the default options for datatables
11605 DT: default entry is 20
11730 C4::Charset call C4::Context without use it
11751 Some code related to "institution" is unused and obsolete
11957 Sample_only_param_tables.sql is not usable
11960 GetMemberDetails is unnecessarily called in CanBookBeRenewed
Authentication
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11146 Show a go back link on no permission page
Cataloging
----------
9366 On cataloguing each user can easily display tags or not
9673 Track when items are marked as lost or withdrawn
10970 Update MARC21 frameworks to Update Nr. 17 - DB update
11746 Add edit item links to record details page
Circulation
----------
7413 Allow OPAC renewal x days before due date
8231 Warning on Check in if borrower is restricted
9823 Code optimization: Change prototype of GetReservesFromBiblionumber
10694 Allow arbitrary backdating of returns
10845 Multi transport types for holds
10859 Alert if a patron already has an issue for the same biblio
10863 Add 2 circulation permissions: force_checkout and lift_restriction
11040 Add option to print regular slip to CircAutoPrintQuickSlip
11182 Warnings in circulation
11359 Add cardnumber and phonenumber columns to the branch overdues circulation report.
11486 Show renewal count on 'check out' and 'details' tabs in patron record
11561 Preventing duplicate print notices and enforcing a print notice if no notices can be generated
11630 AgeRestrictionMarker doesn't handle marker immediately followed by age
Command-line Utilities
----------
7844 Plack scripts for developers
10782 Add a koha-mysqlcheck script
10955 Add ability to skip deletions in zebraqueue
11078 Rebuild_zebra.pl can lose updates due to race condition during full rebuilds
11278 Adjusting bulkmarcimport.pl for customization routine and verbose printing
11484 Add option to purge z39.50 search records from import table to cleanup_database.pl
Course reserves
----------
11788 Use validation plugin when creating new course
11866 Staff side course reserves too restrictive
Database
----------
3445 Action_logs table needs some thought
Documentation
----------
11238 The version of the manual online link should be dynamically updated
Hold requests
----------
11138 Auto-unsuspend holds not in default cronjobs
I18N/L10N
----------
7934 Separate po file for help pages
8044 Localization for Perl scripts and modules
11495 I18n toolchain misses one instance of text "Select titles to: " in bootstrap
11631 Make translation toolchain ignore useless translatable strings
11848 Make Koha::I18N easier to use
12138 Use placeholders in translatable javascript strings
Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
----------
10138 Add some authorized values in french installer
Label printing
----------
11539 C4::Barcodes::PrinterConfig does not appear to be being used anywhere
12018 Add table sorting to patron card batches
Lists
----------
9032 Share a list
11789 Use validation plugin when creating new list
MARC Authority data support
----------
8334 Authority UNIMARC 100 field plugin
MARC Bibliographic data support
----------
11032 Validate passed records in Biblio.pm
11330 Inconsistent field/subfield descriptions on MARC21 bibliographic frameworks
11453 Update EN default UNIMARC bibliographic framework
MARC Bibliographic record staging/import
----------
10500 Improve isbn matching when importing records
10558 Convert records table in manage-marc-import.pl to ajax DataTable
10811 Add a 999$c record matching rule to the MARC21 defaults
Notices
----------
11598 Add --text option to overdue_notices similar to --html option
OPAC
----------
10774 Allow individual holds to be suspended and resumed from the OPAC
10807 OPAC: There is no authority search history
10907 Showing the staff members name who managed a suggestion should be optional
10951 Make the NoLoginInstructions a customizable field through preferences
10986 Limit the list of languages in advanced search through system preferences
11066 Export Citations not RDA compatible
11104 Label in opac topics in facets not easily css selectable
11105 Label - opac - places on facets not easily css selectable
11256 Set a number of items to display on a biblio detail page
11304 Bootstrap OPAC detail page doesn't display holding tabs properly
11465 Show counts and amounts on OPAC your summary tabs
11466 Purchase suggestion itemtypes, only default available if AdvancedSearchTypes not equal 'itemtypes'
11684 More mixed content warnings using SSL with amazon - opac-readingrecord and opac-user
11694 Improve handling of individual hold suspension in Bootstrap OPAC
11786 Improve RDFa schema.org mappings in prog and bootstrap
11860 Display subscription callnumber in OPAC detail page
12052 Display a patron message on the summary page
Packaging
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7234 Koha-common Debian package should include koha-sites.conf
10003 Koha-* scripts (packages) should provide tab-completion in bash
10646 Mod_rewrite should be enabled by the postinst script
10896 Add a --verbose option to koha-translate
10942 Provide a way for package upgrades to update template translations
11284 Package related updates for the new release
11655 Koha-translate --list shouldn't show 'en'
Patrons
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9448 Add separate permission for writing off fees
10318 Show email on patron search results
10834 Add Sort 1 and Sort 2 to list of searchable patron fields
10861 Add a check on cardnumber length
11671 Restructure patron lists add form for improved usability
11869 Add more informations to the member printing pages.
Reports
----------
9915 Allow opac/svc/report to be passed sql parameters
11679 Add an ods export choice for reports
12040 Add STMP authentication parameters to runreports.pl
Searching
----------
9940 Add a new index for original language of document
9972 Add/ change some zebra indexes (MARC21) (GRS1+DOM)
10857 Add facets cancellation
11069 Increase title ranking in relevance when using QueryWeightFields
11202 Improve UNIMARC biblio indexing
11334 Add facet for home library
Serials
----------
10809 Use template branches plugin in serials search
10851 Add missing statuses
10852 Add 3 filters to the serials search
11386 Mandatory fields in subscription add form should use standard formatting
11861 Add ISSN column in serials claims table
SIP2
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6273 SIP2 Fee Paid and Fee Paid Response support
8769 Allow SIP2 return backdating
9288 Add a script to test SIP from the command line
11351 Add support for SIP2 media types
Staff Client
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11101 Item Type label in OPAC not easily css selectable.
11333 Use jQuery validator plugin for CSV profile forms
11772 Show warning on About page:System information if no active currency is defined
System Administration
----------
11596 Missing indexing options in koha-conf.xml should be reported
11766 Use validation plugin when creating new authority type
11767 Use validation plugin when creating new authority framework tag
11769 Use validation plugin when creating new MARC framework
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
11806 Use validation plugin when creating new OAI set
Templates
----------
7484 Keeping typed values when searching for authorities
9677 Style button on notices and slips page with Bootstrap
10987 Too many 'see also' and 'usedfor/see from' labels occurences
11087 Have the fines tab default to pay fines rather than account
11272 Copy submit button on inventory
11312 Add span to facets (for css selection)
11328 Show local cover images in staff client search results
11398 A typo occurred with occured
11570 Upgrade jQueryUI to latest version in the staff client
11724 Make Funds/Status on suggestions page sortable/searchable
11946 Add table sorters to label batches
12088 Improve date handling and sorting in holds to pull report
12089 Remove use of dt_add_type_uk_date()
12101 Move Greybox library outside of language-specific directory
12102 Move humanmsg jQuery plugin outside of language-specific directory
12103 Move ajaxfileupload jQuery plugin outside of language-specific directory
12107 Move checkboxes jQuery plugin outside of language-specific directory
12116 Move fixFloat jQuery plugin outside of language-specific directory
12119 Move jeditable jQuery plugin outside of language-specific directory
Test Suite
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11452 Add some tests for Koha::Template::Plugin::Cache
11480 Tests in Output_JSON.t make invalid assumptions
11537 Increasing test coverage for C4::Log
11540 Increasing test coverage for C4::Charset
11541 Increasing test coverage for C4::Installer
11542 Increasing test coverage for C4::Print
11543 Increasing test coverage for C4::Category
11544 Increasing test coverage for C4::Installer_PerlModule
11545 Increasing test coverage for C4::Languages
11562 QA: the sysprefs.sql is not correctly sorted
Tools
----------
2693 Tagging: Add filter by name
7567 News by Library: refactor, enhance, and fix
9016 Multi transport types for notices
10832 Multi transport types for overdue notices
10833 Multi transport types for advanced notices
11441 Ability to globally remove authorities with no bibliographic record linked.
11785 Use validation plugin when uploading local cover images
11850 Bulkmarcimport does not append in logfile
11867 Multi transport types: Manage *_PHONE notices
11868 Multi transport types: disable sms and phone if not in use
Transaction logs
----------
11477 Add names for librarian and borrowers in the logs
Web services
----------
11491 Extending report service to be annotated
Critical bugs fixed in 3.16.0-beta
======================
(this list include all bugfixes since the previous major version. Most of them have already been fixed in maintainance releases)
Acquisitions
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9948 critical Acq data going on first item even if not received
11322 critical Suggestion "notes" field should be sanitized or escaped
11755 critical Argument 'booksellerid' not properly handled in orderreceive.pl
10613 major Gst is not calculated correctly on the invoice page
11549 major After transferring an order, receive and cancel the receipt will delete the order
11675 major Budget amount is not checked if a parent exist
11680 major Tax rate changes on edit
11699 major Notes entered when receiving are not saved
12019 major Funds displayed on acquisition home show funds of all branches
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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11493 critical Batch Item Modification not handling unicode characters
11660 critical Tools/pdfViewer.pl is vulnerable to displaying the contents of an arbitrary file on the server
11661 critical Edithelp.pl can be used to write arbitrary files to the server
11662 critical Member-picupload.pl can write to arbitrary files on the server
11666 critical Admin/import_export_framework.pl allows execution of arbitrary SQL without authentication
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
Authentication
----------
11219 critical CAS authentication fails with URL parameters
Cataloging
----------
6435 major [ENH] Added daemon mode parameters to rebuild_zebra.pl
8018 major New subfields have a default max length of zero
11286 major Bug 10602 prevents to create new subfields in authorities
11338 major Items that are captured for holds can be deleted without warning
11410 major Cataloging search finds no results for searches with ampersands
Circulation
----------
9532 major Reserve rules with itemtype on biblio
Command-line Utilities
----------
11417 major Remove_unused_authorities.pl doesn't accept --test
Course reserves
----------
11534 major Impossible to remove instructors on course reserve
Database
----------
11846 major Correct database update for debarments with 9999-12-31
Hold requests
----------
11258 major Holds queue is still making transfer requests that contradict the branch holds policy
11336 major Priority is not updated on deleting holds
11947 major Hold priorities not re-calculated when hold is confirmed on checkin.
I18N/L10N
----------
2546 major Description of charges: string hardcoded
11290 major Members-home.pl displays badly if using non english templates and have a utf8 char in categorycode description
11571 major Bug 7934 introduces a regression in the translate script
Lists
----------
11248 major Problems with translated list email sent
Notices
----------
9210 major Automatic carriage return are missing in print letters generated for holds
OPAC
----------
11307 critical Potential XSS attack vector in opac rss feed
11341 critical XSS attack vector in facets in OPAC - prog theme
10605 major Problems with translated cart email sent
10952 major Store anonymous search history in session
11277 major Bootstrap theme: error in link for showing all facets
11535 major Patron self-registration form does not sanitize its input
11978 major OverDrive API now prepends http:// to URLs
12046 major Authentication using CAS - bootstrap
Patrons
----------
11282 blocker Not possible to create multiple restrictions from patron details/new restriction overwrites existing
10453 critical Updating child to adult loses password
11352 critical Batch Patron Deletion/Anonmyzation deletes more than warning states it will delete
12134 critical Members are restricted even if the debarment is ended
6739 major Expired patrons not blocked from opac actions
11009 major Do not allow reading records of anonymous patron
Searching
----------
11096 major Koha cannot retrieve big records from Zebra
11533 major "use" QueryParser breaks authority search
Serials
----------
11262 major Don't require hardcoded translations for seasonal numbering pattern to work
11689 major New missing statuses is not well managed
11995 major Followup for Bug 7688 - FIX GetNextDate in serialsUpdate.pl
12003 major Next issues for irregular pattern not correctly predicted
12080 major Superserials permission appears to be broken
Staff Client
----------
11369 major Too many search cursor cookies overflow HTTP-header size, when making multiple searches in the staff client.
Templates
----------
766 major Use of CGI::scrolling_list prevents customization in template
Tools
----------
11414 critical Marc modification template limitations should alert the user
11287 major Import borrowers doesn't take into account the new restriction system
11412 major Bulkmarcimport can crash when searching for duplicates
Other bugs fixed in 3.16.0-beta
======================
(this list include all bugfixes since the previous major version. Most of them have already been fixed in maintainance releases)
About
----------
7143 trivial Bug for tracking changes to the about page
Acquisitions
----------
7791 normal Deleting basket should not delete all existing orders without warning
8683 normal Acq: Clear button doesn't clear all item fields
9224 normal Acqui/finishreceive.pl is not Plack-compatible
9593 normal Prices not imported correctly from a staged file
11018 normal Add order from a reverted file
11059 normal Not possible to sort staged dates in metric format
11111 normal The basket group is not displayed on the parcel page
11166 normal Branch filter in budgets admin uses pattern match instead of equals
11170 normal The pending order list should only display orders to receive
11171 normal The basket group is not displayed on the supplier list page
11237 normal Clarify explanation for the new pref AcqItemSetSubfieldsWhenReceived
11243 normal Supplier list counts all items, even canceled ones
11397 normal Displaying itemnumber list on the Acquisition detail tab is useless
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
11914 normal Ordering from suggestions: fund (budget id) is not retained; price calculations not working
11056 minor Dead code in basketgroup.pl : remove code depending on "validate" param
11314 minor Restore ability to see only 5 entries on parcel.pl
11471 minor Basket groups display 0 0
11550 minor Add a couple of unit tests for C4::Acq::GetOrder
11820 minor Dead code in basketgroup.pl : "add" operation is never invoked without a booksellerid
11845 minor Set overlay and import status translatable in addorderiso2709.tt
11939 minor Sample of currencies with a working active value
9654 trivial Missing space between amount and currency symbol in basket groups
12111 trivial Improving templates regarding order notes
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
7965 normal Silence warns in staff error log (koha-error_log)
10626 normal Remove doubled up TT plugins
11035 normal Replace shortcut plugin jquery.hotkeys.min.js
11061 normal Koha::Calendar::_mock_init is unused
11112 normal Koha::Calendar->new loads all holidays
11148 normal Two routines are useless in Koha::DateUtils
11391 normal Suggestions.suggesteddate has a problematic default value
11616 normal The tablesorter plugin is no longer in use
11687 normal Statecollection.pl is unused
11384 minor Koha should not use "ctid" as a column name
11402 minor Labels::_guide_box should return undef if undefned data is passed
11757 minor Dependency on POE is not longer necessary
12076 minor Xt/tt_valid.t can miss an invalid construct
12112 minor C4::Breeding::ImportBreeding() is not used
12131 minor C4/TmplToken.pm has an unnecessary dependency on Exporter
11077 trivial Correct silent warnings in C4/Auth.pm
11587 trivial IsSuperLibrarian generates warnings
11799 trivial Housekeeping: Remove _biblionumber_sth from VirtualShelves.pm
11803 trivial Consistent use of $dbh in _koha_modify_item
11856 trivial Minor improvements on code documentation (omnibus)
Authentication
----------
7002 normal Inaccurate checks for borrower flags == 1
11048 normal Fix logout redirection for CAS authentication
Cataloging
----------
7125 normal Can't change tag in frameworks
7442 minor Crash when selecting an authority with 200$x or 200$y
9114 minor Exported MARC frameworks encoding should be UTF-8
10808 minor Thesaurus search form does not correspond to current search query
11313 minor Empty value in mandatory combobox in record edition
11955 minor Remove spaces in empty indicators after linking an authority to a biblio record.
11316 trivial Plugin icon missing tooltip in addbiblio.pl
11611 trivial Fix possible confusion between UNIMARC and MARC21 in some sysprefs
Circulation
----------
11756 normal Hold ratios report sorting incorrectly
11075 minor Clicking 'select all' link in export tab in checkout page clears renew checkboxes
11231 minor Notes should be reservenotes in pendingreserves.pl and reserveratios.pl
Command-line Utilities
----------
11188 minor Make gather_print_notices.pl die on failed open()
Course reserves
----------
11179 minor Opac-course-details.pl shows item as available when it is checked out
Database
----------
5377 normal Database fields too small for multiple ISBN and ISSN
11155 normal PostgreSQL schema contains syntax errors
11249 normal Add db indexes on borrowers names
11275 normal Make deleteditems.materials of type text
11928 normal Table aqorderdelivery seem useless
6331 minor Obsolete marc column in deleteditems
Documentation
----------
11483 normal New serial pages missing help
11383 minor There is no help page for the marc modification templates tool
11403 minor Renew page missing help file
Hold requests
----------
8918 normal ILS-DI: HoldTitle and HoldItem do not calculate rank of hold
11445 normal It is possible for duplicate hold notifications to be sent
11531 normal Cannot add new libraries to the transport cost if previously used.
12000 normal Staff users can set hold suspension dates to occur in the past
12079 normal CheckReserves() and _Findgroupreserve do not return reserve_id
9788 minor Improvements for calling GetReservesFromItemnumber
10452 minor AllowHoldsOnDamagedItems should control using damaged items to fulfill holds
I18N/L10N
----------
5052 normal Can't choose languages if all choices are sublanguages
11225 normal \n in translation strings should be removed
11227 normal Staff po files contain some Javascript
11411 normal Bootstrap theme (enhancement) for (right to left).
11488 normal Untranslatable warning "Are you sure you want to write off ..."
11505 normal Untranslatable table headers in Label batch manager
11588 normal Untranslatable subscription frequency units
11618 normal JQuery timepicker is not picked up by the i18n toolchain
11646 normal Untranslatable confirm popup in field 006 and 008 builders
11686 normal "please note your reason here..." does not get translated
11731 normal Typo "tranports" in installation
12034 normal MSG_REMOVE_FROM_LIST different wording between OPAC and staff client
12056 normal Untranslatable strings in calendar
12081 normal Tmpl_process3.pl does not delete temp files
11363 minor Label printer profile units are not translatable
11366 minor Acq basket group "No group" untranslatable
11497 minor I18n toolchain fails to pick up TT code in the format 'SomeVariable or "Some Text"' for translation
11508 minor Untranslatable pull-down in auth_subfields_structure.pl
11639 minor Untranslatable strings in 007 builder
11973 minor Fix Armenian language description
11993 minor Untranslatable confirm popup in request.tt
10818 trivial System preference OAI-PMH:ConfFile isn't translatable
11189 trivial Rename Print label in UNIMARC advanced search
11393 trivial Language menu not show up as name for Thai (th-THA was shown)
Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
----------
10580 normal Remove NoZebra reference from Makefile.pl
10729 normal Support phrases-icu.xml in install and upgrade
Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
----------
11260 normal Update German web installer
11261 normal Sample frequencies and numbering patterns should better be mandatory on install
Label printing
----------
8375 normal Common diacritics not shown correctly when exporting batch label to PDF
9854 normal Add 'ttf-dejavu*' packages to debian/control file, for label printing (bug 8375)
11222 normal A regression on label-item-search.pl done by Bug 9239
Lists
----------
8262 normal Special kohaadmin cannot create lists
10714 minor Redirect to list contents view upon save after initiating edit from list contents view
MARC Authority data support
----------
10691 normal 5xx not properly linked by authid in authority search result list
10905 minor Author tracings incorrect when UseAuthoritiesForTracings is turned on
11652 minor Merging authority records does not correct biblios
11797 minor Auth_finder.pl: Odd number of elements in anonymous hash
MARC Bibliographic data support
----------
11004 normal Make xmlControlfield.js use the marcflavour syspref to look for XML files
11695 normal Typo: "Tree-character alphabetic code"
11762 normal Sequence of MARC21 245 subfields different on XSLT result list and detail page
11912 minor GetMarcISBN wrongly prepends a space to ISBNs
MARC Bibliographic record staging/import
----------
11923 normal Marc record batches not sorting by citation descending
Notices
----------
8258 normal Branch specific DUEDGST notice is not used
9216 normal Make table headings translatable
11696 normal Multi transport types: the print notices should be processed in first
11760 normal In notices, code of road type is used instead of descritpion
8168 minor Ersatz CSV header in attachment of overdue notices sent to administrator
11732 trivial Eliminate warning on undefined branchcode
OPAC
----------
8952 normal Add http:// to url in social media links on opac-detail
10195 normal Records hidden with OpacSuppression can still be accessed
10647 normal Make OPAC MARC plain view work for all flavours of MARC
10865 normal Don't show list permissions when adding public lists/sharing lists is not allowed
11127 normal OPAC suggestion: the delete link is active when no suggestion selected
11183 normal Warnings in opac
11308 normal RSS feed is slightly broken in bootstrap theme
11310 normal Update XSLT stylesheets in bootstrap theme
11489 normal OPAC search results in 404 error when the only search result is supressed
11647 normal Subscribe to email notification for serials needs user login
11743 normal Remove unused DataTables plugin from OPAC theme directories
11768 normal Show patron cardnumber in opac personal details
11809 normal OPAC patron details form shouldn't show 'Clear date' if field is required
11951 normal OPAC search suggestions template error
11986 normal Tags searching doesn't work in OPAC if biblio DOM indexing is being used
12058 normal OverDrive search results page doesn't show cart, lists, or login links
8661 minor Break out additional authors in opac like in staff
10781 minor Remove C4::ILSDI::Utility
10797 minor Move styling from element to CSS file for search input field in OPAC
10944 minor Mixed content warnings in results and detail with Amazon images on https
11242 minor Fix opac-MARCdetail.pl bizarre ordering of data and noisy warnings
11342 minor Error with opac self registration if BorrowersTitles is empty
11381 minor IDreamBooks too close to title on bootstrap
11476 minor Opac self registration title pull down offers 2 empty options
11516 minor OPAC highlight lost in results browser
11522 minor Self registration formatting
11709 minor Bootstrap OPAC lists interface requires some revisions
11752 minor In OPAC, the serials details display the wrong periodicity
12073 minor OPAC detail page printing show links URL
10798 trivial OPAC_SEARCH_LIMIT behaves badly with search groups
11094 trivial Bootstrap theme: typo loaction
11174 trivial Wrong parameter 'valuec' in opac-authoritiessearchresultlist
11329 trivial Check for marc record in opac-showmarc
11663 trivial Bootstap theme opac holding tab improperly displayed when opacbookbag syspref is disabled
Packaging
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10735 normal Koha-dump not working
11705 normal New Debian policy enforcement is breaking the build script
8921 minor Koha-common*.deb should depend on cron
11509 trivial Koha-create should print better usage information
11510 trivial Typo in koha-translate usage message
Patrons
----------
11184 normal Fix wrong attribute type cloning
11207 normal Impossibility to remove a sms number
11283 normal Restriction type is not translatable
11628 normal Staffaccess permission is missing in french userflags.sql file
11707 normal Additional attributes broken for category code with space
12069 normal If you access members/mod_debarment.pl when logged out you are redirected to OPAC login
12100 normal Messaging preferences did not save Days in Advance
11125 minor Remove Problematic Logic from Patron Messaging Preferences Form
11802 minor Patron purchase suggestions page requires some corrections
11855 trivial Tiny code cleanup in members
Reports
----------
11704 normal Wrong headers in {opac|intranet}/svc/report
11833 normal Filtering on saved report subgroup doesn't work
12114 normal Reports web service JSON output has an encoding problem
10777 minor Runreport.pl allows for sending html reports via email, but mimetype is wrong
Searching
----------
7518 normal Searches with quotation marks don't work
10688 normal QueryParser doesn't recognize QP queries when used in a fielded search box
10893 normal Location facet not working in UNIMARC
11131 normal Authority search does not display summary while searching by all auth types
11192 normal Fix two definitions in ccl.properties
11252 normal Rebuild_zebra.pl should not have --munge-config
11255 normal Sort by relevance asc generates a wrong query
11741 normal < > not displaying correctly in XSLT result list
11796 normal Results with 6 facets have missing facet
4397 minor Display problems (umlauts, ß) with scan index in advanced search
6886 minor Single branch mode should disable showing the branch name in front of all callnumbers
9578 minor Error when search and sort not on relevance
10544 minor Stocknumber index is an alias of Number-local-acquisition
11635 minor 995$r defined twice in record.abs
11572 trivial Keyword searches no longer detect isbn from "Search the catalog"
11619 trivial Duplicate key in QueryParser config
Self checkout
----------
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
----------
10837 normal Exporting serial claims does not work if no notice defined
11091 normal Limits in catalog search when creating subscription
11228 normal Explanation on 'patron notification' is not quite right
11263 normal New 'locale' setting in subscriptions is not user friendly
11265 normal Problems with locale saving/editing on serial subscriptions
11309 normal Duplicated patterns when subscription table is updated
11637 normal No way to prevent a prediction date for the next issue in serials
10429 minor Branch filter not working in serial claims
11214 minor Allow create routing list in serial collection page
11416 minor Serials editor improperly hides fields
12048 minor Doesn't display other libraries subscriptions when superlibrarian user
12098 minor User can edit some subcriptions he should be prevented to
SIP2
----------
9865 normal Make SIP2 message encoding configurable via SIPconfig.xml
11783 normal Record level unavailable holds sending empty CD field rather than item barcode
Staff Client
----------
10415 normal Add course reserves to staff client home page
11906 normal Bad display of utf-8 chars in Patron lists (Datatable)
12060 normal Indentation issues allow markup errors in header.inc
12075 normal JQueryUI upgrade broke keyboard shortcuts
12024 minor Add to list opens the list adding UI in two windows
12071 minor Javascript broken for a search with double quotes
9075 trivial Rename type to material type
System Administration
----------
7491 normal Description for item-level_itypes is misleading
10012 minor Remove all traces of NoZebraIndexes
11513 minor Warnings in Patron categories
Templates
----------
2310 normal Delete grayed out w/out explanation
10661 normal Mandatory item fields should be formatted the same on all forms
10751 normal Title should be mandatory for creating suggestions in staff
10790 normal Adding/editing item types screen mis aligned if noItemTypeImages not showing
11117 normal Right to left text in facets + facet count = mixed text
11503 normal Several typos
11692 normal Number 9 showing on topissues
11710 normal Use new DataTables include in cataloging Z39.50 search template
11711 normal Use new DataTables include in circ templates
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
11718 normal Use new DataTables include in reports templates
11719 normal Use new DataTables include in serials templates
11721 normal Use new DataTables include in suggestions template
11734 normal Use new DataTables include in batch modification templates
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
11738 normal Use new DataTables include in batch patron modification 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
11753 normal Replace jQuery qTip plugin with Bootstrap tooltip on patron search form
11794 normal OpacSerialDefaultTab being ignored
11819 normal Don't show catalog edit menu if user has no edit permissions
11821 normal Staff client catalog: delete menu items greyed out without explanation
11829 normal JavaScript error on staff client biblio details pages if template variables are undefined
11877 normal Eliminate use of deprecated jQuery .live() method
11878 normal Eliminate use of deprecated jQuery .toggle() method usage
11885 normal Inconsistent HTML in MARC Details
12094 normal JQueryUI upgrade broke default tab selection
12105 normal Remove duplicated plugin jquery.dataTables.columnFilter.js
12117 normal Remove unused image myshadow.png from the staff client
12118 normal Unnecessary YUI assets included in offline circ manifest
12127 normal Incorrect DataTable types in Holds to Pull list
10825 minor Detail.tt displays duplicated enumchron values for serial items
11502 minor Branch filter in "Holds To Pull" is too fuzzy
11648 minor Use word item instead of copy
11649 minor Always use words "copy number"
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
11832 minor JavaScript error on staff client place hold screen if record has no items
10823 trivial Add class info to enumchron data in detail.tt, for better styling
11246 trivial Followup for Bug 10465 fields 780 and 785 in UNIMARC XSLT should be removed in bootstrap theme
11554 trivial Capitalization fix in patron account on fines tab
11608 trivial Don't need the word 'library' on funds
11918 trivial Typo on authorized value page
11935 trivial Capitalization: OPAC prog theme, checkouts tab
11938 trivial Capitalization: Serial prediction pattern preview - Publication Date
Test Suite
----------
11124 normal The staff benchmark script does not work with sql administrator account
11439 normal UT: XISBN.t returns failure
11457 normal T/db_dependent/Bookseller.t can fail when subscription table is not empty
11499 normal Zebra_setup.pl not correctly setting indexing mode
11470 minor Circulation_transfers.t can fail, spuriously
11934 trivial Replace given by if-else in Circulation_issuingrules.t
Tools
----------
5031 normal CSV export profile form doesn't indicate that profile marcfields are required
10996 normal Cannot exclude numeric subfields on export
11208 normal Multi transport types: a sms message without sms number should be marked as failed
11209 normal Multi transport types: same messages are sent for a patron
11245 normal Typo in modborrowers.tt javascript string
11254 normal Breeding search must normalize ISBN
11279 normal Quote of the day feature won't pick a quote
11343 normal The max number of items to process in a batch is hardcoded
11475 normal Batch modification process ends with broken link
11636 normal Impossible to remove patrons from patron list during add process
12032 normal TinyMCE rewrites urls in a very annoying and unexpected way
11253 minor Tools/inventory.pl output_pref ignores 'iso' parameter passed
12115 minor Follow up fix for tools/inventory.pl's output_pref issues
Transaction logs
----------
11473 normal View log template has malformed conditionals, and logging info incorrect/inconsistent/unexpected
Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers
----------
1047 normal Punctuation in site names breaks Edit/Delete z39.50 server administration
11701 normal Fix C4::Context::Zconn
9612 minor SRU Response is different when DOM indexing is enabled
11419 minor Z39.50 searches not displaying errors
New sysprefs in 3.16.0-beta
======================
* AcquisitionDetails
* AdvancedSearchLanguages
* AggressiveMatchOnISBN
* AllowMultipleIssuesOnABiblio
* BlockExpiredPatronOpacActions
* DisplayLibraryFacets
* EnableSearchHistory
* MarcFieldsToOrder
* MaxItemsForBatch
* NoLoginInstructions
* OpacMaxItemsToDisplay
* OPACMySummaryNote
* OpacSuggestionManagedBy
* OpacSuppressionMessage
* OpacSuppressionRedirect
* SelfCheckReceiptPrompt
* SpecifyReturnDate
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/3.16/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 (80%)
* Armenian (93%)
* Chinese (China) (95%)
* Chinese (Taiwan) (99%)
* Czech (96%)
* Danish (87%)
* English (New Zealand) (81%)
* French (95%)
* French (Canada) (86%)
* German (99%)
* German (Switzerland) (94%)
* Italian (93%)
* Kurdish (69%)
* Norwegian Bokmål (62%)
* Polish (62%)
* Portuguese (93%)
* Portuguese (Brazil) (85%)
* Slovak (95%)
* Spanish (95%)
* Swedish (88%)
* Turkish (95%)
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 3.16.0-beta is
Release Manager: Galen Charlton
Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard
Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
QA Team: Ruth Bavousett
Chris Cormack
Marcel de Rooy ,
Jonathan Druart ,
Brendan Gallagher
Kyle Hall
Paul Poulain
Martin Renvoize
Module Maintainers: Tomás Cohen Arazi
Jared Camins-Esakov
Kyle Hall
Bug Wranglers: Chris Cormack
Magnus Enger
Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat
VM Manager: Samuel Desseaux
Database Documentation Managers:
Joy Nelson
Samuel Desseaux
Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Kyle 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 3.16.0-beta:
* Hochschule für Gesundheit (hsg), Germany
* Universidad Nacionald de Cordoba
* Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.16.0-beta.
* 9 Jacek Ablewicz
* 1 Aleisha Amohia
* 2 Roman Amor
* 1 Nuño López Ansótegui
* 35 Tomas Cohen Arazi
* 1 Daniel Barker
* 1 JaTara Barnes
* 1 Pablo Bianchi
* 3 Blou
* 1 Gaetan Boisson
* 1 Isaac Brodsky
* 1 Jared Camins-Esakov
* 12 Colin Campbell
* 3 Frédérick Capovilla
* 312 Galen Charlton
* 10 David Cook
* 17 Chris Cormack
* 1 Samuel Crosby
* 1 Stéphane Delaune
* 6 Frédéric Demians
* 235 Jonathan Druart
* 1 Rachel Dustin
* 7 Nicole Engard
* 4 Magnus Enger
* 1 Vitor FERNANDES
* 31 Katrin Fischer
* 1 Amit Gupta
* 1 Chris Hall
* 88 Kyle M Hall
* 1 Tim Hannah
* 1 Emma Heath
* 1 Tom Houlker
* 2 Mason James
* 5 Srdjan Jankovic
* 1 Janusz Kaczmarek
* 6 Pasi Kallinen
* 3 Doug Kingston
* 5 Olli-Antti Kivilahti
* 21 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
* 2 Ketan Kulkarni
* 1 Nicolas Legrand
* 111 Owen Leonard
* 2 Jesse Maseto
* 26 Julian Maurice
* 7 Holger Meißner
* 3 Matthias Meusburger
* 7 Sophie Meynieux
* 3 Francesca Moore
* 1 Joy Nelson
* 1 Chris Nighswonger
* 1 Nicholas van Oudtshoorn
* 2 Dobrica Pavlinusic
* 1 Paul Poulain
* 6 Liz Rea
* 1 Martin Renvoize
* 48 Marcel de Rooy
* 1 Fridolin SOMERS
* 33 Fridolyn SOMERS
* 27 Mathieu Saby
* 2 A. Sassmannshausen
* 1 Adrien Saurat
* 1 Dan Scott
* 8 Robin Sheat
* 1 Juan Sieira
* 17 Fridolin Somers
* 1 Claire Stent
* 3 Zeno Tajoli
* 3 Lyon3 Team
* 1 Peggy Thrasher
* 2 Mirko Tietgen
* 26 Mark Tompsett
* 3 Marc Véron
* 1 Ian Walls
* 1 Jesse Weaver
* 2 alex_h
* 3 blou
* 1 daniel
* 1 merllissia
* 1 “ByWater
We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.16.0-beta
* 111 ACPL
* 31 BSZ BW
* 7 BSZ BW
* 326 BibLibre
* 12 BigBallOfWax
* 98 ByWater-Solutions
* 1 C & P Bibliography
* 25 Catalyst
* 312 Equinox
* 1 Foundations
* 2 KohaAloha
* 3 Libeo
* 4 Libriotech
* 1 MASmedios
* 15 PTFS-Europe
* 10 Prosentient Systems
* 48 Rijksmuseum
* 6 Tamil
* 3 Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3
* 20 Université Rennes 2
* 1 Xercode
* 2 abunchofthings.net
* 9 biblos.pk.edu.pl
* 1 bulac.fr
* 1 bywatersolutions
* 1 bywatersolutions.com”
* 2 carvingit.com
* 3 cineca.it
* 1 coffeecode.net
* 1 dover.nh.gov
* 1 hibs.school.nz
* 6 inlibro.com
* 1 isaacbrodsky.com
* 5 jns.fi
* 1 keep.pt
* 1 massey.ac.nz
* 6 pttk.fi
* 3 randomnotes.org
* 2 rot13.org
* 107 unidentified
* 3 veron.ch
* 1 wegc.school.nz
* 2 xtra.co.nz
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.16.0-beta.
* 1 Koha Team Lyon 3
* 2 Koha team AMU
* 3 Jacek Ablewicz
* 5 Aleisha
* 1 Joel Aloi
* 1 Aleisha Amohia
* 1 Roman Amor
* 3 Pierre Angot
* 21 Tomas Cohen Arazi
* 5 Petter Goksoyr Asen
* 1 Aurélie
* 3 Sonia BOUIS
* 1 Isabelle Beroud
* 1 Nora Blake
* 10 Christopher Brannon
* 1 Heather Braum
* 2 Nicolas Bravais
* 5 Broust
* 1 Nathalie CHATILLON
* 4 Jared Camins-Esakov
* 1211 Galen Charlton
* 21 David Cook
* 153 Chris Cormack
* 3 Charlene Criton
* 1 Jen DeMuth
* 1 Stephane Delaye
* 3 Frédéric Demians
* 287 Jonathan Druart
* 12 Nicole C. Engard
* 7 Magnus Enger
* 1 Suzanne Fayle
* 3 Aurelie Fichot
* 404 Katrin Fischer
* 2 Corey Fuimaono
* 18 Brendan Gallagher
* 224 Kyle M Hall
* 2 Emma Heath
* 1 Tom Houlker
* 1 JMBroust
* 1 Mason James
* 1 Pasi Kallinen
* 15 Olli-Antti Kivilahti
* 1 Barbara Knibbs
* 42 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
* 1 Melissa Lefebvre
* 4 Nicolas Legrand
* 1 Leila
* 58 Owen Leonard
* 2 Havilah Lyon
* 4 Jesse Maseto
* 4 Julian Maurice
* 1 Sean McGarvey
* 1 Tom McMurdo
* 2 Melia Meggs
* 1 Holger Meissner
* 5 Holger Meißner
* 1 Matthias Meusburger
* 1 Sophie Meynieux
* 2 Michot
* 4 Francesca Moore
* 4 Chris Nighswonger
* 3 David Noe
* 10 Dobrica Pavlinusic
* 3 Paul Poulain
* 7 Liz Rea
* 52 Martin Renvoize
* 1 Chris Rohde
* 4 Benjamin Rokseth
* 116 Marcel de Rooy
* 7 Paola Rossi
* 2 Fridolyn SOMERS
* 9 Mathieu Saby
* 1 Garming Sam
* 2 Joel Sasse
* 2 A. Sassmannshausen
* 1 Adrien Saurat
* 1 Kim Schwant
* 1 Dan Scott
* 4 Robin Sheat
* 3 Fridolin Somers
* 3 Srdjan
* 69 Mark Tompsett
* 1 Ed Veal
* 4 Marc Veron
* 5 Cedric Vita
* 1 Cédric Vita
* 40 Marc Véron
* 5 Jesse Weaver
* 1 alex_h
* 2 marjorie barry-vila
* 3 sonia bouis
* 1 cedric.vita@dracenie.com
* 1 daniel
* 1 Signed-off-by jmbroust
* 6 remy juliette
* 3 merlissia
* 1 silvere
* 9 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 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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