Koha 3.2.1 is now available

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It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.2.1 two days ahead of the scheduled release date.

The package can be retrieved from:

http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.01.tar.gz

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Release notes for 3.2.1 are below the fold.

Come and get it!

RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.2.1 - 20 November 2010
========================================================================

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 3.2.1 can be downloaded from:

    http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.01.tar.gz

Installation instructions can be found at:

    http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation

Koha 3.2.1 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

Highlights of 3.2.1
======================

Some of the higher profile bugs addressed in this release are:

    * Further fixes smoothing the upgrade process from 3.0.x to 3.2.x. (Bug 4141)
    * Subject links in search results are now properly formed. (Bug 4074)
    * Advanced notice preferences set during new patron creation are now saved
      correctly. (Bug 4254)
    * Img tags in XSLT templates are now handled correctly during automatic
      translation. (Bug 4472)
    * The "Show More" link listed with facets has been made to work. (Bug 4520)
    * Amanzon book covers will now work with ISBN13. (Bug 4305)
    * The staff client XSLT templates are now unique. (Bug 4423)
    * The Unimarc XSLT templates are now translated in English. (Bug 5204)

Other notable fixes in this release include:

    * A number of spelling corrections
    * Various fixes to formerly non-translatable phrases
    * Some tweaks to fix display problems in Internet Explorer

This release also contains a variety of minor enhancements improving Koha's interface.

Maintenance activities performed in this release include:

    * A number of new and improved test cases
    * Removal of unused dependencies

Bugs fixed in 3.2.1
======================

2122    Grayed out Fields not always visible
2567    008 editor falsely populating Illustrations and Nature of Contents positions
3013    Value builder for 006 and 008 need choices for all format types
3211    cataloging value plugin forms should be valid XHTML
3271    Missing message when adding to a list with no items selected
3811    biblios record.abs indexes 008 language as numeric (marc21)
4074    The 'Subject(s)' link(s) are malformed resulting in no search results
4141    reconcile 3.0.x and HEAD database updates for 3.2.0
4254    adding new patron advanced notice doesn't save
4261    keyword mapping should show which framework the map is for
4305    Amazon book covers do not work with ISBN13
4359    noItemTypeImages not active in OPAC
4423    Staff Client XSLT is just a copy of the OPAC one
4472    img tags in xslt broken after automatic translation
4498    Acq always shows '1 suggestions waiting'
4515    Few very small errors in opac-search.pl
4520    facets "show more" doesn't work
4866    Optionally enable Change event for item plugins
4912    After editing private list, user should be redirect to private lists
4913    Budget planning pages should show currency name instead of symbol
4924    Public/Internal notes missing in staff normal view
4933    Link to subfield's edit tab from MARC subfield structure admin summary
4963    sys prefs need date hints and/or picker
4979    Acq: input fields for new record are too short
4980    Acq: pull down 'Restrict access to:' for funds not translatable
4986    move serials prefs from cataloging tab
4991    Overhaul Calendar interface
5003    Can not search for organisation by name
5004    Do not block deletion of cities when instances exist in borrowers table
5008    "Remove" link missing when viewing Cart in expanded "More details" view
5019    funds link doesn't go to list
5037    If patron category is empty it shouldn't show
5050    Staff client's language preference should be grouped with I18N/L10N preferences
5056    Untranslatable strings in members.js
5059    Inconsistent use of ordering price and list price in vendor form
5066    Incorrect use of localtime function when calling _session_log
5075    Terms not highlighted w/ xslt on
5082    Not translatable name of default framework 'Default' in MARCdetail.tmpl
5110    NewItemsDefaultLocation should be under cataloging
5112    Organisation does not show links to professional patrons
5114    Can't edit basket in Internet Explorer
5117    Misspelled word: Orgnisztion
5118    Misspelled word: Currencey
5119    Misspelled word: correspounding
5121    Misspelled words: stripts biographyl Begininning
5122    Misspelled word: Transfered/transfered
5123    Misspelled words: Depdending Commited flutucations
5124    Duplicate and Misspelled words: periodicy outputing
5128    Define default 9xx fields for Unimarc setup in all languages
5130    Misspelled words: biblographic delimeter extention
5132    Misspelled words: Acquistion Succesfully professionnal
5133    Misspelled words: reservior notifiying deleete
5134    Misspelled words: exisiting anomolies genereated
5135    Authorized value input maxlength should match table column
5136    Replace embedded SQL query with call to GetAuthorisedValues
5137    Remove obsolete code for counting issues by item type in circulation
5142    Untranslatable strings in tag review template
5146    Patron Import Requires Header Row
5149    Link to noItemTypeImages pref on item types is wrong
5151    Saved Report Breadcrumb in bold
5152    confirm buttons different styles on lists
5162    patron attributes 'new' link should create blank value
5163    holds to pull is titled pending holds
5168    add holdings' should read 'add/edit items'
5171    edit items should be edit item when under 1 item
5175    The opac XSLTDetails view field Publisher: doesn't provide a hyperlink as the non XSLT view does.
5177    Descending sort search result defined by syspref doesn't work
5190    MARC and UNIMARC bibliographic fields documentation accesible when cataloging
5204    Unimarc xslt default templates are in french
5210    Function of back button on batch modification result page unclear
5214    undefined itype images cause broken image icon in request.pl
5219    Perltidy code
5221    Preselect tab containing itemtype/authorized value image in use
5223    related subjects' should read 'subjects'
5224    Replace Shopping Basket with basket
5235    checkout receipt should include patron name
5236    "hide my tags" link does nothing
5237    Special characters in patron barcodes cause renewals to fail.
5243    C4::Search::SimpleSearch call in AuthoritiesMarc.pm
5254    no need to scroll left to right on acq z search
5258    Order should read 'order line' in receive table
5301    In C4/XSLT.pm, itemcallnumber can contain special XML characters
5308    subscriptionroutinglist table is too lax
5309    Progress bar inaccurate
5311    Language dropdown in advanced search broken?
5315    Authority search Templates refer to unused variable
5318    rank weight error in ccl.properties
5322    pwgen not a dependency for the packages
5326    when ExtendedPatronAttributes off error links to old sys prefs
5327    Unit tests required for all C4 modules
5363    Remove dependency on Cache::Memcached::Fast
5368    Browse Shelf link appears even if there isn't an itemcallnumber
5370    Fix all the references to koha.org
5372    Editing a bilbio record, existing value can be replace by default value
5380    an end to copy-and-paste-itis
5381    Fines in notices prints always 0.00
5385    Correct POD errors as highlighted by podchecker
5389    Business::ISBN should be marked as required dependency
5392    reserve/renewscript logging lots of warnings
5393    test case for verifying XML/XSLT files are well-formed
5396    UseTablesortForCirc syspref to toggle table sorter on circ/circulation.pl
5400    add test case to detect merge conflict markers in the code
5412    Double quotes in publisher name, no date cause search results links to break

Commits in 3.2.1 without a referenced bug report:

    * Adding a simple test for Service.pm
    * create unit test files
    * Create Unit Test for ImportBatch
    * unit test stub for Z3950.pm
    * Test modules compile
    * Updated links in Main Page Help
    * remove extraneous semicolon
    * History updates
    * history updates - recent releases
    * Adding 3.2 Release Maintainer to Release Team List
    * Adding possibility to cleanup_database.pl to purge only older sessions
    * Display available error information during bulkmarcimport
    * add missing help file for merging records
    * (MT 2985) simplify CanBookBeReserved
    * fix use of outdated boilerplate
    * remove unused template include
    * Misspells: deleteing -> deleting
    * Misspell: Quanity -> Quantity

System requirements
======================

    Changes since 3.0:

    * The minimum version of Perl required is now 5.8.8.
    * There are a number of new Perl module dependencies.
      Run ./koha_perl_deps.pl -u -m to get a list of
      any new modules to install during upgrade.

Upgrades
======================

The structure of the acquisitions tables have changed significantly
from 3.0.x.  In particular, the budget hierarchy is quite different.
During an upgrade, a new database table is created called fundmapping
that contains a record of how budgets were mapped.  It is strongly
recommended that users of Koha 3.0.x acquisitions carefully review
the results of the upgrade before resuming ordering in Koha 3.2.x.

Documentation
======================

As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook.  The
home page for Koha documentation is

    
Documentation


As of the date of these release notes, several translations of the
Koha manual are available:

English: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual/
Spanish: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual-es/
French:  http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual-fr/

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:

  * Chinese
  * Danish
  * English (New Zealand)
  * English (USA)
  * French (France)
  * French (Canada)
  * German
  * Greek
  * Hindi
  * Italian
  * Norwegian
  * Portuguese
  * Spanish
  * Turkish

Translation related commits new to 3.2.1:

  * Staff interface .po file updates
  * Russian and Ukranian opac language updates
  * Ukranian and Russian syspref language updates
  * German and italian language updates

Partial translations are available for various other languages.

The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see

    http://www.kohadocs.org/usersguide/apb.html

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.org/

Release Team
======================

The release team for Koha 3.2 is

Release Manager:        Galen Charlton <gmcharlt@gmail.com>
Documentation Manager:  Nicole Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
Translation Manager:    Chris Cormack <chris@bigallofwax.co.nz>
Release Maintainer (3.0.x):
                        Henri-Damien Laurent <henridamien.laurent@biblibre.com>
Release Maintainer (3.2.x):
                        Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>

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

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.2.1.

Nahuel Angelinetti
Tomás Cohen Arazi
Jared Camins-Esakov
Colin Campbell
Galen Charlton
Chris Cormack
Nate Curulla
Frédéric Demians
Andrew Elwell
Brian Engard
Nicole Engard
Magnus Enger
Katrin Fischer
Daniel Grobani
Kyle M Hall
Srdjan Jankovic
Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
Henri-Damien Laurent
Owen Leonard
Chris Nighswonger
Paul Poulain
MJ Ray
Liz Rea
Marcel de Rooy
Robin Sheat
ByWater Solutions
Zeno Tajoli
Ian Walls

We regret any omissions.  If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed,
please send patch against these release notes to
koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.

The 3.2.x Release Maintainer especially thanks the 3.4 Release Team and all
who participated in QA for their diligent labors in testing and pushing well
over 100 patches since the 3.2.0 relese. Their work very much makes possible
the release of 3.2.1 on its announced schedule.

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 Koha 3.2.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
releases) is 3.2.x.

The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.4.0.

Bugs and feature requests
======================

Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at

    http://bugs.koha-community.org/

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