Koha 3.8.5 Released
The Koha release team are proud to announce the release of 3.8.5. This is a maintenance release, and contains a lot of useful bug fixes.
You can download the release from http://download.koha-community.org packages will be available shortly at http://debian.koha-community.org
Please read on for the release notes.
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.5
22 Sep 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
Home
Koha 3.8.5 can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.05.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 3.8.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
Highlights of 3.8.5
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8071 blocker link beween bib and authorities with the authid
8495 blocker Javascript error when creating a new order
8002 critical Can't add patron attribute type in newer installation
8251 critical Patrons are systematically debarred at checkin
8293 critical Software error when clicking on first or last result of each page on OPAC
8418 critical Koha::Calendar is_holiday ignores all user data
8447 critical can't save new records / indicator error
8520 critical Authorities display incorrectly in staff results
8637 critical Lack of control on mandatory in orderreveive.tt
8706 critical Private lists can be accessed by anyone
8743 critical ZOOM error when merging authority change to biblios
5327 major Unit tests required for all C4 modules
6976 major User hold limit can be avoided by users in OPAC
7068 major autobarcode not working when duplicating patrons
8204 major Authority viewer in OPAC ugly, unfriendly, and mostly useless
8336 major SIP Server does not process renewal transaction correctly
8420 major tool statisticfines.pl(bz 6858) and hourly loan(bz5549)
8636 major Some dependencies are not listed by the installer
8656 major Koha::Calendar not loading both sets of special dates
8678 major XSLT stylesheets output XML, but HTML is needed
Bugs fixed in 3.8.5
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3782 normal delivered z39.50 targets wrong for NY Public Library and NY University Library
4064 normal Uninitialized variable errors in opac-search.pl
6617 normal table of contents not printing right if entered right
7409 normal Missing dependencies for Debian package
8275 normal xml parsing error when the webservice GetPatronInfo/show_loans is called
8413 normal Space in barcode breaks GET request in benchmark_staff.pl
8550 normal Z39.50 searches for ISBN/ISSN problematic
8594 normal A report containing a subquery that has a 'limit' will have that limit stripped out
8596 normal Reports interface date picker doesn't force ISO formatted dates
8621 normal Template for sending out carts not formatting correctly
8626 normal Encoding problem with = in cart emails
8640 normal GetHardDueDate functions incorrectly
8648 normal searchResults uses SQL query rather than GetMarcFromKohaField
8653 normal With DOM indexing turned on subject authority links are not indexed
8657 normal Default sort by call number does not work
8663 normal Circulation rules hard due date calendar wrong format
8675 normal Renewing item to specified date creates a due date with HH:MM set to 00:00
8704 normal Typo in etc/koha-conf.xml
8705 normal Software error on help of main page
8708 normal RSS feed for new comments is broken
8716 normal Reordering of routing list entries doesn't work
8719 normal Private lists always sorted by title (even when author or date is selected)
2553 minor alphabetize dropdown menus
3456 minor Serials receipt note
6886 minor Single branch mode should disable showing the branch name in front of all callnumbers
7690 minor hidelostitems not working in Normal Display
8017 minor Remove unnecessary processing on return of GetAllIssues
8261 minor Cannot search system preferences from Local Use tab
8339 minor div id="login" should be id="login_controls" in header.inc
8478 minor Update Ubuntu related files
8533 minor Non-numeric cardnumbers screw up autoMemberNum
8569 minor Paying for a lost item overwrites nonpublic notes
8593 minor Add unique IDs to pending approval markup on staff client home page
8646 minor Certain search terms cause browser "script taking too long" error
8666 minor Prevent to create baskets for inactive suppliers
8677 minor table overlapping to the right on holds waiting
8696 minor Tools menu says export bibs still
8717 minor Wrong subscription notes are showing in catalogue detail view of serials in staff client
8730 minor browse overlaying powered by
8765 minor Add series title to intranet search results
7143 trivial Bug for tracking changes to the about page
7368 trivial General staff client typo omnibus
8012 trivial defaultSortOrder and OPACdefaultSortOrder are set to "ascending" on install
8713 trivial Warning message triggered by clicking keyword to marc mapping.
8714 trivial Poorly ordered and triggers warning in marctagstructure.pl
8727 trivial Correct help text in rebuild_zebra_sliced.sh
7613 enhancement OCLC Connexion Gateway, including extension svc/import_bib
8524 enhancement Add barcode plugin that does not autofill
System requirements
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Important notes:
* Perl 5.10 is required
* Zebra is required
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
Documentation
As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
Koha manual is available:
http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/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:
* Arabic (100%)
* Armenian (100%)
* Chinese (Taiwan) (76%)
* Danish (75%)
* English (New Zealand) (99%)
* English (USA)
* French (100%)
* French (Canada) (76%)
* German (100%)
* German (Switzerland) (99%)
* Greek (69%)
* Italian (100%)
* Norwegian Bokmål (68%)
* Portuguese (Brazil) (100%)
* Spanish (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
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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>
Mason James <mason@kohaaloha.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
======================
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.8:
* Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.5.
2 Tomas Cohen Arazi
3 D Ruth Bavousett
10 Jared Camins-Esakov
9 Colin Campbell
2 David Cook
14 Chris Cormack
1 Christophe Croullebois
2 Jonathan Druart
1 Nicole Engard
3 Katrin Fischer
2 Kyle M Hall
1 Jorgia Kelsey
7 Owen Leonard
3 Julian Maurice
1 Melia Meggs
1 Maxime Pelletier
4 Paul Poulain
1 MJ Ray
2 Marcel de Rooy
7 Fridolyn SOMERS
1 Adrien Saurat
3 Robin Sheat
1 Mirko Tietgen
5 Mark Tompsett
1 Kathryn Tyree
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.8.5.
1 Koha Team Lyon 3
4 Tomas Cohen Arazi
5 Jared Camins-Esakov
1 Galen Charlton
92 Chris Cormack
10 Jonathan Druart
5 Nicole C. Engard
4 Katrin Fischer
9 Kyle M Hall
1 Doug Kingston
6 Owen Leonard
5 Julian Maurice
2 Melia Meggs
53 Paul Poulain
1 Liz Rea
1 Marc Veron
1 jorgia
1 wajasu
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
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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 3.8.x.
The last Koha release was 3.8.4, which was released on August 22, 2012.
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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