22 Apr 2020
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 18.11.16.
This is a maintenance release and contains many bugfixes and
1 enhancement.
As always you can download the release from:
Thank you very much to everyone involved in this release.
22 Apr 2020
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 19.05.10 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 19.05.10 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 5 enhancements, 55 bugfixes.
Koha is continiously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for
deployment:
Additional notes:
[17532] koha-shell -c does not propagate the error code
Before this development, the koha-shell script would always return a successful error code, making it hard for the callers to notice there was a problem with the command being run inside the instance’s shell.
This development makes koha-shell propagate the running scripts’ error code so the caller can take the required actions.
Note: this implies a behaviour change (for good) but a warning should be added to the release notes.
Right now it always returns
[22943] The in_ipset C4::Auth function name can be confusing
Sponsored by Catalyst
[5103] Dates in MARC details not formatted correctly
Sponsored by Catalyst
This fixes how dates are displayed for the list of items on the MARC view pages (in the OPAC and staff interface) and the add item page (staff interface) so that they use the ‘dateformat’ system preference.
[8595] Link to ‘host item’ confusing
Sponsored by Catalyst
[24789] Remove ‘ITS’ macro format
During the initial Rancor (advanced cataloging editor) development an existing macro language was copied. As development continued a Rancor macro language was developed. The new language accomplished all needs of the prior language. The old macro language was intended to be removed before submission to community, but was missed. These patches remove the legacy support in favour of the Koha specific model.
[24688] Hold priority isn’t adjusted correctly if checking out a middle priority hold
Sponsored by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. 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:
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
interface are available in this release for the following languages:
Partial translations are available for various other languages.
The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
list to volunteer:
The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
The release team for Koha 19.05.10 is
Release Manager: Martin Renvoize
Release Manager assistants:
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
QA Team:
Topic Experts:
Bug Wranglers:
Packaging Managers:
Documentation Managers:
Documentation Team:
Translation Managers:
Release Maintainers:
Release Maintainer mentors:
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 19.05.10:
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.05.10.
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 19.05.10
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha.
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.
The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
line is rmain1905.
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at:
He rau ringa e oti ai.
(Many hands finish the work)
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# RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.05.10
22 Apr 2020
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 Community](http://koha-community.org)
Koha 19.05.10 can be downloaded from:
– [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-19.05.10.tar.gz)
Installation instructions can be found at:
– [Koha Wiki](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation)
– OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
Koha 19.05.10 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 5 enhancements, 55 bugfixes.
### System requirements
Koha is continiously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for
deployment:
– Debian Jessie with MySQL 5.5
– Debian Stretch with MariaDB 10.1 (MySQL 8.0 support is experimental)
– Ubuntu Bionic with MariaDB 10.1 (MariaDB 10.3 support is experimental)
Additional notes:
– Perl 5.10 is required
– Zebra or Elasticsearch is required
## Enhancements
### Acquisitions
– [[24386]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24386) Prohibit Double Submit to happen when adding to a basket
### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
– [[24732]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24732) Make DumpTemplateVars more readable
### Cataloging
– [[7882]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7882) Add ability to move and reorder fields in MARC editor
### Command-line Utilities
– [[19008]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19008) More database cleanups
### Templates
– [[24875]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24875) Remove extra punctuation from tools home page
## Critical bugs fixed
### Acquisitions
– [[24294]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24294) Creating an order with ACQ framework using 00x fields doesn’t work with default value
### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
– [[24552]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24552) Koha does not work with Search::Elasticsearch 6.00
– [[24719]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24719) C4::Context::set_remote_address() prevents file upload for non-Plack Koha
– [[24788]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24788) Koha::Object->store calls column names as methods, relying on AUTOLOAD, with possibly surprising results
### Cataloging
– [[25144]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25144) Callnumber browser is broken
### Command-line Utilities
– [[24527]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24527) misc/cronjobs/update_totalissues.pl problem with multiple items
### ILL
– [[24565]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24565) ILL requests do not display in patron profile in intranet
### OPAC
– [[24711]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24711) Can’t log in to OPAC after logout if OpacPublic disabled
– [[24874]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24874) Printing is broken on opac-results.pl page
### Reports
– [[25000]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25000) SQL report not updated
### Staff Client
– [[24858]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24858) Incorrect labels on wording in ExcludeHolidaysFromMaxPickUpDelay system preference
## Other bugs fixed
### Acquisitions
– [[24733]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24733) Cannot search for duplicate orders using ‘Basket created by’ field
### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
– [[17532]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17532) koha-shell -c does not propagate the error code
>Before this development, the koha-shell script would always return a successful error code, making it hard for the callers to notice there was a problem with the command being run inside the instance’s shell.
>
>This development makes koha-shell propagate the running scripts’ error code so the caller can take the required actions.
>
>Note: this implies a behaviour change (for good) but a warning should be added to the release notes.
>
>Right now it always returns
– [[22943]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22943) The in_ipset C4::Auth function name can be confusing
**Sponsored by** *Catalyst*
– [[23384]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23384) Calling Koha::Article::Status::* without “use” in Patron.pm can cause breakage
– [[24114]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24114) Remove warn statements from Koha::Patrons
– [[24760]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24760) BackgroundJob tests fail with latest versions of YAML or YAML::Syck
– [[24809]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24809) OAI PMH can fail on fetching deleted records
### Cataloging
– [[5103]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5103) Dates in MARC details not formatted correctly
**Sponsored by** *Catalyst*
>This fixes how dates are displayed for the list of items on the MARC view pages (in the OPAC and staff interface) and the add item page (staff interface) so that they use the ‘dateformat’ system preference.
– [[8595]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=8595) Link to ‘host item’ confusing
**Sponsored by** *Catalyst*
– [[21708]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21708) Editing a record moves field 999 to first in the marcxml
– [[24789]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24789) Remove ‘ITS’ macro format
>During the initial Rancor (advanced cataloging editor) development an existing macro language was copied. As development continued a Rancor macro language was developed. The new language accomplished all needs of the prior language. The old macro language was intended to be removed before submission to community, but was missed. These patches remove the legacy support in favour of the Koha specific model.
### Circulation
– [[24456]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24456) previousIssuesDefaultSortOrder and todaysIssuesDefaultSortOrder sort incorrectly
### Command-line Utilities
– [[24324]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24324) delete_records_via_leader.pl cron error with item deletion
### Fines and fees
– [[21879]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21879) Code cleaning in printinvoice.pl
### Hold requests
– [[19288]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19288) Holds placed on a specific item after a next available hold will show varied results
– [[24688]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24688) Hold priority isn’t adjusted correctly if checking out a middle priority hold
**Sponsored by** *Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand*
### I18N/L10N
– [[24870]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24870) Translate installer data label
### ILL
– [[24518]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24518) Partner filtering does not work in IE11
### Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
– [[17464]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17464) Order deny,allow / Deny from all was deprecated in Apache 2.4 and is now a hard error
– [[24851]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24851) No sample libraries for UNIMARC installations
– [[24856]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24856) invalid itemtypes.imageurl in fr-FR sample data
### Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
– [[24872]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24872) Set languages system preferences after web install
### Label/patron card printing
– [[23488]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23488) Line wrapping doesn’t always respect word order in Patron card creator
– [[23900]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23900) Label maker cannot concatenate database fields
### MARC Bibliographic data support
– [[22969]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22969) fix biblionumber on 001 in UNIMARC XSLT
### Notices
– [[23411]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23411) SMS messages sent as print should not fall back to ’email’
### OPAC
– [[23383]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23383) IdRef link appears even with syspref is off
– [[23968]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23968) OPACMySummaryNote does not work
– [[24605]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24605) Series link from 830 is not uri encoded
– [[24892]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24892) Resolve some warnings in opac-memberentry
### Reports
– [[24614]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24614) Can’t edit reports if not using cache
### SIP2
– [[24250]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24250) SIP2 returns debarred comment twice in patron screen message AF field
– [[24566]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24566) UpdateItemLocationOnCheckin triggers SIP2 alert flag, even with checked_in_ok enabled
### Staff Client
– [[24747]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24747) Library Transfer Limit page incorrectly describes its behavior
– [[24838]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24838) Help link from patron categories should go to relevant manual page
– [[24848]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24848) Help link from label creator batch/layout/template points to card creator in manual
### System Administration
– [[24682]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24682) Clarify UsageStatsGeolocation syspref description and behaviour
### Templates
– [[23753]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23753) Add missing humanMsg library to pages using background job JavaScript
– [[24798]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24798) smart-rules.tt has erroneous comments
### Test Suite
– [[24200]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24200) Borrower_PrevCheckout.t failing randomly
– [[24756]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24756) Occasional failures for Koha/XSLT/Security.t
– [[24813]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24813) api/v1/holds.t is failing randomly
### Tools
– [[23236]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23236) Remove ‘its items may still be processed’ in action if no match is found
– [[25020]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25020) Extending due dates to a specified date should preserve time portion of original due date
## Documentation
The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
documentation is
– [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
Koha manual is available:
– [Koha Manual](http://koha-community.org/manual/19.05/en/html/)
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
– [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
## Translations
Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
interface are available in this release for the following languages:
– Arabic (98.9%)
– Armenian (100%)
– Basque (59.4%)
– Chinese (China) (60%)
– Chinese (Taiwan) (99.7%)
– Czech (92.6%)
– Danish (52.3%)
– English (New Zealand) (83%)
– English (USA)
– Finnish (79.1%)
– French (98.7%)
– French (Canada) (99.4%)
– German (100%)
– German (Switzerland) (86%)
– Greek (73.7%)
– Hindi (100%)
– Italian (90.1%)
– Norwegian Bokmål (88.7%)
– Occitan (post 1500) (56.1%)
– Polish (82.8%)
– Portuguese (100%)
– Portuguese (Brazil) (94.1%)
– Slovak (86.8%)
– Spanish (100%)
– Swedish (88.2%)
– Turkish (99.8%)
– Ukrainian (73%)
– Vietnamese (51%)
Partial translations are available for various other languages.
The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
– [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
list to volunteer:
– [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
– [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
## Release Team
The release team for Koha 19.05.10 is
– Release Manager: Martin Renvoize
– Release Manager assistants:
– Tomás Cohen Arazi
– Jonathan Druart
– QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
– QA Team:
– Jonathan Druart
– Marcel de Rooy
– Joonas Kylmälä
– Josef Moravec
– Tomás Cohen Arazi
– Nick Clemens
– Kyle Hall
– Topic Experts:
– SIP2 — Colin Campbell
– EDI — Colin Campbell
– Elasticsearch — Fridolin Somers
– REST API — Tomás Cohen Arazi
– ILS-DI — Arthur Suzuki
– UI Design — Owen Leonard
– ILL — Andrew Isherwood
– Bug Wranglers:
– Michal Denár
– Cori Lynn Arnold
– Lisette Scheer
– Amit Gupta
– Packaging Managers:
– Mirko Tietgen
– Mason James
– Documentation Managers:
– Caroline Cyr La Rose
– David Nind
– Documentation Team:
– Donna Bachowski
– Lucy Vaux-Harvey
– Sugandha Bajaj
– Translation Managers:
– Bernardo González Kriegel
– Release Maintainers:
– 19.11 — Joy Nelson
– 19.05 — Lucas Gass
– 18.11 — Hayley Mapley
– Release Maintainer mentors:
– 19.11 — Martin Renvoize
– 19.05 — Nick Clemens
– 18.11 — Chris Cormack
## Credits
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 19.05.10:
– [Catalyst](https://www.catalyst.net.nz/products/library-management-koha)
– Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.05.10.
– Aleisha Amohia (5)
– Tomás Cohen Arazi (1)
– Nick Clemens (11)
– David Cook (2)
– Jonathan Druart (21)
– Magnus Enger (1)
– Katrin Fischer (4)
– Andrew Fuerste-Henry (2)
– Lucas Gass (6)
– David Gustafsson (1)
– Kyle Hall (1)
– Andrew Isherwood (2)
– Mason James (1)
– Bernardo González Kriegel (2)
– Owen Leonard (4)
– Hayley Mapley (1)
– Julian Maurice (2)
– Liz Rea (1)
– Martin Renvoize (1)
– Marcel de Rooy (10)
– Caroline Cyr La Rose (1)
– Maryse Simard (2)
– Fridolin Somers (11)
– Koha Translators (1)
– Nazlı Çetin (2)
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 19.05.10
– ACPL (4)
– Andrews-MacBook-Pro.local (1)
– BibLibre (13)
– BSZ BW (4)
– ByWater-Solutions (19)
– Catalyst (1)
– Devinim (2)
– Göteborgs Universitet (1)
– Independant Individuals (6)
– Koha Community Developers (21)
– KohaAloha (1)
– Libriotech (1)
– Prosentient Systems (2)
– PTFS-Europe (3)
– Rijks Museum (10)
– Solutions inLibro inc (3)
– Theke Solutions (1)
– Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (2)
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha.
– Tomás Cohen Arazi (3)
– Nick Clemens (3)
– Kevin Cook (1)
– Gabriel DeCarufel (1)
– Michal Denar (5)
– Jonathan Druart (31)
– Bouzid Fergani (3)
– Katrin Fischer (22)
– William Frazilien (1)
– Andrew Fuerste-Henry (4)
– Lucas Gass (94)
– Kyle Hall (19)
– Sally Healey (2)
– Jon Knight (1)
– Bernardo González Kriegel (11)
– Owen Leonard (5)
– Ere Maijala (1)
– Kelly McElligott (1)
– Joy Nelson (85)
– David Nind (8)
– Séverine Queune (1)
– Martin Renvoize (94)
– Marcel de Rooy (16)
– Maryse Simard (4)
– Emmi Takkinen (1)
– Mark Tompsett (6)
– George Williams (1)
– Mengü Yazıcıoğlu (1)
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:
– [Koha Git Repository](git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git)
The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
line is rmain1905.
## Bugs and feature requests
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at:
– [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
He rau ringa e oti ai.
(Many hands finish the work)
Autogenerated release notes updated last on 22 Apr 2020 21:40:11.
22 Apr 2020
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 19.11.05 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 19.11.05 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 15 enhancements, 77 bugfixes.
Koha is continiously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for
deployment:
Additional notes:
This enhancement allows you to view the search query used by Zebra or Elastic Search, to help with troubleshooting. To use, enable the new system preference DumpSearchQueryTemplate, enable DumpTemplateVarsIntranet and DumpTemplateVarsOpac, and then search the page source in the staff interface or OPAC for ‘search_query’.
This Elasticsearch enhancement strips the initial characters from search fields in accordance with nonfiling character indicators.
Before this development, the koha-shell script would always return a successful error code, making it hard for the callers to notice there was a problem with the command being run inside the instance’s shell.
This development makes koha-shell propagate the running scripts’ error code so the caller can take the required actions.
Note: this implies a behaviour change (for good) but a warning should be added to the release notes.
Right now it always returns
This fixes how dates are displayed for the list of items on the MARC view pages (in the OPAC and staff interface) and the add item page (staff interface) so that they use the ‘dateformat’ system preference.
During the initial Rancor (advanced cataloging editor) development an existing macro language was copied. As development continued a Rancor macro language was developed. The new language accomplished all needs of the prior language. The old macro language was intended to be removed before submission to community, but was missed. These patches remove the legacy support in favour of the Koha specific model.
The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. 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:
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
interface are available in this release for the following languages:
Partial translations are available for various other languages.
The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
list to volunteer:
The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
The release team for Koha 19.11.05 is
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 19.11.05:
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.11.05.
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 19.11.05
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha.
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.
The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
line is 19.11.x.
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at:
He rau ringa e oti ai.
(Many hands finish the work)
Autogenerated release notes updated last on 22 Apr 2020 16:57:46.
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Volume 11, Issue 3
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Chad Roseburg, Koha Community Newsletter Editor
Please submit news items to 
by Joy Nelson
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 19.11.04.
Koha 19.11.04 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 1 new feature, 6 enhancements, 44 bugfixes.
The full release notes are available at https://koha-community.org/koha-19-11-04-release/
by Lucas Gass
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 19.05.09.
Koha 19.05.09 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 2 new features, 4 enhancements, 33 bugfixes.
The full release notes are available at https://koha-community.org/koha-19-05-09-release/
by Hayley Mapley
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 18.11.15.
Koha 18.11.15 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 5 bugfixes.
The full release notes are available at https://koha-community.org/koha-18-11-15-released/
by Heather Hernandez
Interested in cataloging? Just have a question that a cataloger might help with? Check out the new Koha US Cataloging SIG (Special Interest Group), open to all–like all the new Koha US SIGs, you don’t have to be a Koha US member or in the United States! The Cataloging SIG is one of Koha US’s new SIGs, listed here: http://koha-us.org/special-interest-groups/ You can join via the “Join” button on this page, or email info@koha-us.org for assistance with joining any of the SIGs.
The Cataloging SIG has a monthly round table on the 1st Thursday of the month @ 8am – 9am PT (9 MT/10 CT/11 ET), also open to all, which is recorded and available on the Koha US YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV58VVGJH5V1wNHZqYpAfX7y1dU9eWTXq
We generally start with a topic and let the conversation go from there! (And sometimes I wear my pearls, but I haven’t yet been tempted to clutch them!) Our next round table topic is going to be on MarcEdit (on April 2)–we’ll be playing around with it, so please join us to ask questions and share your tips and tricks, via the chat or via audio & video! In May we’ll look at authorities, and in June Z39.50 (especially building a library via Z39.50 without OCLC).
Please bring any questions, tips, tricks, etc. to any of our meetings or to the group or to me, heather_hernandez@nps.gov, via email at anytime. And guest presenters & hosts are most welcome if you have something you’d like to share! Full details on our SIG meetings, as well as those of the other SIGS, are on the Koha US calendar, http://koha-us.org/calendar/
And if you’re telecommuting an increased amount right now and would just like to get in a little socializing with fellow Kohans, please feel free to join us for that as well! No knowledge of MARC required, no question too basic!
By Sofia Zapounidou
On 24th of February, the National Library of Greece has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with 14 Public Libraries. All 14 Libraries are migrating to Koha with the financial support of the National Library of Greece. The migration process has been completed for ten of them. Moreover, the National Library of Greece has trained the 14 libraries’ librarians and other staff in using Koha. In these training sessions, the Koha Hellenic Users’ Group participated with Mr.Roussos, a member of the KOHA HUG administration team.
The Koha Hellenic Users’ Group administration team:
Dimitrios Antonakis, Georgia Katsarou, Evgenios Papadopoulos, Andreas Roussos, Giorgos Veranis, Sofia Zapounidou.
Working from home? Read some tips from the staff at ByWater Solutions.
Paul Poulain started a wiki page on remote training.
Kelly McElligott and Jessie Zairo have added some great new tutorials to their Monday Minutes series:
Kelly McElligott explains Koha’s Overdue Notice Status & Triggers.
Learn about the new Claims Returned Enhancement in Koha 19.11 with Kelly McElligot.
Andrew Fuerste-Henry has some ideas for setting items to quarantine status upon return.
Andrew Fuerste-Henry answers the question, where are my circ rules in the database?.
Review this handy list from Andrew Fuerste-Henry as you prepare for library closures.
Hear about the new Patron Clubs Hold Feature from Kelly McElligot.
Thinking of getting involved in the Koha development process? Check out these two posts from ByWater Solutions.
Koha Virtual Hackfest – Code Spaghetti, Koha Virtual Hackfest – Documentation.
from Paul Poulain
Posted on Koha Development List
In case you were still wondering “should I go to the hackfest this year ?”, I’ll answer for you : I’ve decided to cancel the hackfest. Too sad, but everyone is better at home, taking care of his family.
by Kathryn Tyree
Kia ora koutou,
Unfortunately it seems increasingly unlikely that Kohacon will go ahead.
Our recommendation is that you do not book any flights or accommodation
at this stage.
We intend to make a decision to go ahead, or not, in July.
Very best wishes to you all, and your families, through this difficult time.
The Kohacon organizing team
by Jason Robb
koha-US online meetings and events are free and open to all.
See our calendar for a full list: http://koha-us.org/calendar/
*Meetings*
Board Meeting – Wednesday, April 1st @ 8:30-9:30 PT (9:30 MT / 10:30 CT / 11:30 ET)
*Learning Opportunities*
*Special Interest Groups*
See what other SIGs are in the works and join groups on topics important to
you: http://koha-us.org/special-interest-groups/
Are you currently suffering from Koha withdrawal because your library is
closed? Consider joining the *Demonstration SIG
*to
dive into the koha-US demonstration instance — help with setup, database
population, and more! As the name implies, this instance will be used to
show off Koha everywhere we go, but we’re also eager to explore additional
uses!
The April General IRC meeting will be held the 8th at 21:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
The April Development IRC meeting will be held the 1st at 14:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
The April Documentation IRC meeting will be held the 9th at 19:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
An education meeting will be held the 14th at 19:00 UTC. (note: Zoom meeting)
The March General IRC meeting was held the 11th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
The March Development IRC meeting was held the 4th at 14:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
The March Documentation IRC meeting was held the 5th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
25 Mar 2020
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 19.05.09 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 19.05.09 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 1 new feature, 4 enhancements, 33 bugfixes.
Koha is continiously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for
deployment:
Additional notes:
This fixes a problem with the QOTD tool – you can now add and edit quotes again.
This fixes an issue where hiding the return date column for the “Pay Fines” and “Account Fines” screens does not work.
The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. 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:
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
interface are available in this release for the following languages:
Partial translations are available for various other languages.
The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
list to volunteer:
The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
The release team for Koha 19.05.09 is
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 19.05.09:
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.05.09.
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 19.05.09
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha.
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.
The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
line is rmain1905.
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at:
He rau ringa e oti ai.
(Many hands finish the work)
Autogenerated release notes updated last on 25 Mar 2020 16:04:04.
23 Mar 2020
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 18.11.15.
This is a maintenance release and contains several bugfixes.
Koha 18.11.15 can be downloaded from:
Thank you very much to everyone involved in this release.
24 Mar 2020
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 19.11.04 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 19.11.04 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 1 new features, 6 enhancements, 44 bugfixes.
Update 30 March 2020
This release also contains 2 security fixes
Authentication check missing on calendar tools
CSRF vulnerability in opac-messaging.pl
Koha is continiously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for
deployment:
Additional notes:
Sponsored by National Library of Finland
Important Note: You will need to make sure you install
Cache::Memcached::Fast::Safeto continue to use memcached after this.
This fixes a problem with the QOTD tool – you can now add and edit quotes again.
Sponsored by California College of the Arts
Sponsored by Catalyst
This fixes an issue where hiding the return date column for the “Pay Fines” and “Account Fines” screens does not work.
The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. 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:
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
interface are available in this release for the following languages:
Partial translations are available for various other languages.
The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
list to volunteer:
The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
The release team for Koha 19.11.04 is
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 19.11.04:
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.11.04.
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 19.11.04
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha.
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.
The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
line is 19.11.x.
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at:
He rau ringa e oti ai.
(Many hands finish the work)
Autogenerated release notes updated last on 24 Mar 2020 18:44:56.
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Volume 11, Issue 2
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Chad Roseburg, Koha Community Newsletter Editor
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by Joy Nelson
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 19.11.03.
Koha 19.11.03 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 7 enhancements, 78 bugfixes.
It also contains 1 security patch. Release notes updated 2/25/2020
The full release notes are available at https://koha-community.org/koha-19-11-03-release/
by Lucas Gass
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 19.05.08.
Koha 19.05.08 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 2 new features, 5 enhancements, 58 bugfixes.
The full release notes are available at: https://koha-community.org/koha-19-05-08-release/
by Hayley Mapley
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 18.11.14.
Koha 18.11.14 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 21 bugfixes.
The full release notes are available at: https://koha-community.org/koha-18-11-14-released/
The following two libraries were granted the Equinox Open Source Grant:
Both grantees will receive hosting and support of Koha.
Kelly McElligott and Jessie Zairo have added some great new tutorials to their Monday Minutes series:
Andrew Fuerste-Henry shows you a new option for sending notices for Long Overdue Items.
Nick Clemens gives you some tips on setting up sounds in Koha.
ByWater Solutions Welcomes Mitch Morrison as Systems Team Lead.
by Paul Poulain
almost everything is in the title : you can register for the hackfest by
sending me an email.
As announced previously, it will take place in BibLibre office,
Marseille, France, March 23-27
Some explanations for those who need them:
from the Koha Dev Listserv
by Kathryn Tyree
Kia ora tātau katoa,
The Kohacon20 team are very pleased to let you know that the initial
programme is out! You can see it at:
https://2020.kohacon.org/posts/programme/
Thank you so much to everyone who proposed a talk for Kohacon. We
wouldn’t have a programme without you!
If you are able to attend, please register here:
https://kohacon20.lilregie.com/booking/attendees/new
It’s only 8 months to go. We hope all our international friends and
colleagues are getting excited about travelling to New Zealand.
With any queries at all, please contact kohacon2020@catalyst.net.nz
Ngā mihi nui,
The Kohacon team
from the Koha Listserv
The March General IRC meeting will be held the 11th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
The March Development IRC meeting will be held the 4th at 14:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
The March Documentation IRC meeting will be held the 5th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
An education meeting will be held the 14th at 19:00 UTC. (note: Zoom meeting)
The February General IRC meeting was be held the 12th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
The February Documentation IRC meeting was be held the 6th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
21 Feb 2020
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:
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 18.11.14.
This is a maintenance release and contains many bugfixes and
enhancements.
As always you can download the release from:
Thank you very much to everyone involved in this release.
21 Feb 2020
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 19.05.08 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 19.05.08 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 2 new features, 5 enhancements, 58 bugfixes.
Koha is continiously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for
deployment:
Additional notes:
This new feature allows plugin authors to construct absolute paths to resources contained within their plugins using the new
bundle_pathmethod.This can be used to aid in serving static content.
Warning: Care should be taken when installing any plugins and only plugins you trust should be used.
Sponsored by Theke Solutions
This new feature allows plugin authors to serve static files through the API without the requirement to tweak the Apache configuration files. Routes to the static files tree are automatically loaded from a specially crafted file the plugin authors need to include in the distributed .kpz files.
Warning: Care should be taken when installing any plugins and only plugins you trust should be used.
This enhancement allows the administrator to set if, and which, fields should not be sent to third-party SIP2 clients for privacy reasons.
Sponsored by Koha-Suomi Oy
Using
userenvwithin Koha::* object classes is deprecated in favour of passing parameters.
This fix updates the help links for 09x, 59x, and 69x fields in the basic and advanced MARC21 editor. The links now go to the correct Library of Congress documentation pages.
Updates URLs for the default entries (sites now use https, and an update to the Open Library’s URL search pattern).
This patch removes markup that is no longer required in the pay.tt template (this template is used in the accounting section for patrons).
The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. 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:
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
interface are available in this release for the following languages:
Partial translations are available for various other languages.
The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
list to volunteer:
The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
The release team for Koha 19.05.08 is
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 19.05.08:
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.05.08.
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 19.05.08
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha.
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.
The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
line is rmain1905.
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at:
He rau ringa e oti ai.
(Many hands finish the work)
Autogenerated release notes updated last on 21 Feb 2020 16:51:09.
