Koha 3.8.1 Released
The Koha release team is happy to announce the release of Koha 3.8.1
This is a stable release and contains bugfixes as well as updated translations.
You can download it at
http://download.koha-community.org/
Go forth, download, and enjoy 🙂
Release notes below the fold
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.1
21 May 2012
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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
Koha 3.8.1 can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.01.tar.gz
Installation instructions can be found:
in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
Koha 3.8.1 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
Highlights of 3.8.1
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7924 critical Fix handling of command line arguments in koha-remove
7998 critical 3.8 UI cleanup, tweaks to new styles
8035 critical bibs with comments show an error in opac
8072 critical reports wizard dies
8077 critical overdues with fines won’t run
3969 major Budget Search Doesn’t Work
7984 major Fix the upload_local_cover_images permission
8002 major Can’t add patron attribute type in newer installation
8027 major Wrong order for parameters in Z39.50 SQL INSERT
Bugs fixed in 3.8.1
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2399 normal All status fields in the item edit interface offer two blank/null entries per dropdown instead of one
3413 normal repeatable tickbox not sticking 1st time round
6335 normal Branch not set consistently in all SIP transactions
7604 normal Link on basket group name for closed basket groups is broken
7722 normal Insidious problem with searching
7820 normal Missing packages from install_misc/debian.packages
7842 normal Inconsistencies in Notices interface
7982 normal Typo in moremember-receipt.tt
8020 normal Prepare debian packages for 3.8 release
8022 normal Permissions test doesn’t check all languages
8025 normal Patron attribute not selected if value is zero
8045 normal Problems on Due date when checking in
8084 normal Suspend Until not set on by suspend button
5345 enhancement DataTables in Koha
5549 enhancement Hourly Loans
7178 enhancement Improve order item creation
7213 enhancement Document /svc/ HTTP API and provide example command-line client
7647 enhancement Checkout History Sort
7849 enhancement Instant Fine Calculation at Checkin
7870 enhancement Replace itemnumber by barcode in links of patron modification log
7903 enhancement add an ordernumber column in orders history table
7990 enhancement bad html attribute into aqplan.tt : styl= insted of style=
8001 enhancement Add some styling to the tags to allow them to be distinctive
System requirements
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Changes since 3.6:
* No new system requirements
Documentation
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As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The
home page for Koha documentation is
As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
Koha manual is available:
http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/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:
the following languages:
* French (100%)
* Spanish (100%)
* German (100%)
* Chinese -Taiwan- (97%, OPAC 100%)
* Italian (86%, OPAC 100%)
* Danish (81%)
* Portuguese (79%)
* French -canada- (76%)
* English -nz- (76%)
* Greek (74%)
* Norwegian (73%)
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 3.8 is
Release Manager: Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic@tamil.fr>
QA Manager: Ian Walls <koha.sekjal@gmail.com>
QA team: Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>,
Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>
Bug Wranglers: Katrin Fischer, Magnus Enger
Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com>
Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
Credits
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We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to
Koha 3.8.1.
2 Jared Camins-Esakov
3 Colin Campbell
8 Chris Cormack
2 Stéphane Delaune
7 Jonathan Druart
4 Magnus Enger
6 Katrin Fischer
4 Kyle M Hall
2 Srdjan Jankovic
4 Owen Leonard
1 Julian Maurice
1 Chris Nighswonger
1 Dobrica Pavlinusic
4 Paul Poulain
2 Liz Rea
2 Marcel de Rooy
3 Adrien Saurat
3 Robin Sheat
2 Lyon3 Team
2 Ian Walls
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 3.8.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
releases) is 3.8.x.
The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.10.0.
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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