Koha 3.4.2 is now available
It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.4.2.
The package can be retrieved from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.02.tar.gz
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Release notes for 3.4.2 are below the fold.
Come and get it!
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.4.2 - 27 June 2011
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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 3.4.2 can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.02.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 3.4.2 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
Highlights of 3.4.2
======================
6518 blocker XSS vulnerabilities in the OPAC
2246 critical Label printing doesn't work with Unicode characters
4993 critical ldap search always anonymous when using auth_by_bind
5658 critical can't delete subfields in frameworks
5683 critical link_bibs_to_authorities.pl can corrupt records
5860 critical Adding duplicate stocknumber will fail silently
6343 critical Label Creator not working, Current Branch: NULL
6395 critical cannot create routing list - template error?
6472 critical HidePatronName no longer works as stated
6525 critical hold filled emails not going out
3140 major It is possible to email someone else's private list
4319 major waiting items cannot be reserved
5094 major auth_by_bind authentication can fail even if given a
correct password and userid
5918 major When AddPatronLists is set to "general" and
EnhancedMessagingPreferences is set, messaging prefs
not copied from defaults
6258 major Guided reports wizard 'Build new' brings up empty page
6300 major can't get to other pages of marc import
6340 major Pagination bar on guided reports result page broken
6351 major Cannot delete library-specific circulation rules
6370 major news showing that it's for the opac when it's for the
librarian interface
6452 major Missing SQL placeholders
6497 major MARC URLs not showing up in both OPAC and staff client
Details page under non-XSLT view
Bugs fixed in 3.4.2
======================
5509 Packaging scripts get upset when there's an LDAP configuration in the koha_conf.xml
5653 default new label layout and sample data have broken call number placeholder
5684 Z3950 search on OCLC pulls in items (tag 952)
5868 Subject indexes do not search most 6xx fields
6031 koha-rebuild-zebra doesn't allow XML and verbose indexing
6067 When Add Duplicate changing framework would lose data
6103 Many MARC21 fields not searched with CCL indexes due to misconfiguration
6131 (unimarc only) improper index name for personal-name
6170 'More options' in advanced search broken
6306 It is not possible edit news
6337 Variable scope errors in staff client cart print view
6338 Datepickers on OPAC hold form does not work
6342 Help link doesn't popup anymore contextual help page
6353 Erroneous prefixes before the singleBranchMode preference
6355 Late orders report shows cancelled orders
6363 The "Item Location" selectbox in inventory.pl doesn't appear when the default MARC framework is the only one avaiable.
6364 Display of item availability broken on OPAC detail screen
6365 Missing information about tab number when mandatory fields unfilled
6402 Lists sorted by year appear to be empty
6408 column alignment off on the patron categories admin
6409 pagination bar for guided report output does not work if report has parameters
6417 Template variable errors in Guided Reports
6436 Don't allow deletion of an itemtype used in items.itype
6444 Encoding problems with vendor names in subscription-add.pl
6446 batch item deletion interface problems
6463 Authorities browsing error when using auth. plugins
6487 No error explanation if patron expiration date is missing
6510 "Sort by" in intranet search alters search and number of hits
6512 Time missing from Item circulation history table
6521 Editing a patron fails with blank cardnumber
5268 Language Issue: Debarred
5714 Unescaped ampersands in OPAC facets
6091 Remove undeclared syspref OPACAdvSearchInputCount
6357 Items (un)availability not displayed correctly (OPAC)
6367 'Preview MARC' hover button does not show correct MARC record
6375 Markup and style corrections for overdue report
6377 fines should be red on patron search
6378 Misaligned columns on tags approval page
6388 Broken pager images in branch_transfer_limits.tt
6389 Administration menu like Tools menu
6397 Mis-named variable in .TT causes table cell shift
6442 opacnav pref explained wrong
6453 The "Compare barcodes list to results" functionnality of inventory.pl can't find barcodes
6462 Authority type is not displayed in OPAC
5020 on patron record sex should be gender
6332 missing 'clear date' link
6350 Bug for tracking updates to the history file
6401 Give Ian Walls credit in the history file.
6459 Needless call to C4::Context->dbh in C4::Templates::themelanguage()
5929 Use branch admin email for advance_notice.pl emails
6050 GetItemsInfo ignores second parameter
6294 Add {BIBLIONUMBER} parsing support to SearchForTitleIn syspref
6347 Bug in opac-reserve.pl stopping item level holds
6362 Fix MARC display in OPAC
6415 Can't make a patron card batch
6429 Updating development team in about
6433 rebuild_zebra.pl does not handle MARC::Record exceptions gracefully
6464 Add inconsistence check for '%s' count in tmpl_process3.pl
6491 Add Div in privacy page
System requirements
======================
Changes since 3.2:
* Template::Toolkit
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, only the english version of the
Koha manual is available:
http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual/
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
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 3.4 is
Release Manager: Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic@tamil.fr>
Release Maintainer (3.2.x):
Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
Release Maintainer (3.4.x):
Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
QA Manager: Colin Campbell
Credits
======================
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to
Koha 3.4.2.
Tomas Cohen Arazi
Alex Arnaud
D Ruth Bavousett
Jared Camins-Esakov
Colin Campbell
Frédérick Capovilla
Galen Charlton
Chris Cormack
Jeremy Crabtree
Elliott Davis
Frédéric Demians
Nicole C. Engard
Magnus Enger
Katrin Fischer
Srdjan Janković
Janusz Kaczmarek
Owen Leonard
Frère Sébastien Marie
Ricardo Dias Marques
Chris Nighswonger
Dobrica Pavlinusic
Ian Walls
MJ Ray
Liz Rea
Marcel de Rooy
Robin Sheat
Fridolyn Somers
We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly 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 Koha 3.4.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
releases) is 3.4.x.
The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.6.0.
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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