1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 17.11.18
4 Koha is the first free and open source software library automation
5 package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types
6 and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The
7 website for the Koha project is:
9 - [Koha Community](http://koha-community.org)
11 Koha 17.11.18 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-17.11.18.tar.gz)
15 Installation instructions can be found at:
17 - [Koha Wiki](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation)
18 - OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
20 Koha 17.11.18 is a bugfix/maintenance release containing security fixes.
22 It includes 3 security fixes and 4 bugfixes.
29 +- [[22068]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22068) Canceling article request should verify the request belongs to the borrower
30 +- [[22478]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22478) Cross-site scripting vulnerability in paginations
31 +- [[22542]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22542) Back browser should not allow to see other patrons details (see bug 5371)
33 ## Critical bugs fixed
37 - [[21049]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21049) Rancor 007 field does not retain value
41 - [[22652]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22652) Editing Course reserves is broken
45 - [[21832]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21832) Restore is_expired in ILS-DI GetPatronInfo service
52 - [[19497]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19497) Translatability: Get rid of "Edit [% field.name |html %] field"
54 > Sponsored by Catalyst IT
59 ## System requirements
63 - Perl 5.10 is required
68 The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
71 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
73 As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
74 Koha manual is available:
76 - [Koha Manual](http://koha-community.org/manual/17.11/en/html/)
79 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
81 - [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
85 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
86 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
91 - Chinese (China) (79.4%)
92 - Chinese (Taiwan) (99.4%)
95 - English (New Zealand) (99.1%)
99 - French (Canada) (91.8%)
101 - German (Switzerland) (99%)
105 - Norwegian Bokmål (54.2%)
106 - Occitan (post 1500) (72.5%)
110 - Portuguese (Brazil) (84.2%)
117 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
119 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
121 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
123 For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
126 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
128 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
130 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
134 The release team for Koha 17.11.18 is
136 - Release Manager: [Nick Clemens](mailto:nick@bywatersolutions.com)
137 - Release Manager assistants:
138 - [Jonathan Druart](mailto:jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org)
139 - [Tomás Cohen Arazi](mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com)
140 - QA Manager: [Katrin Fischer](mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de)
142 - [Alex Arnaud](mailto:alex.arnaud@biblibre.com)
143 - [Julian Maurice](mailto:julian.maurice@biblibre.com)
144 - [Kyle Hall](mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com)
146 - [Martin Renvoize](mailto:martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com)
147 - [Jonathan Druart](mailto:jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org)
148 - [Marcel de Rooy](mailto:m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl)
149 - [Tomás Cohen Arazi](mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com)
150 - [Chris Cormack](mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz)
152 - SIP2 -- Colin Campbell
153 - EDI -- Colin Campbell
154 - Elasticsearch -- Ere Maijala
155 - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
156 - UI Design -- Owen Leonard
160 - [Indranil Das Gupta](mailto:indradg@l2c2.co.in)
161 - Packaging Manager: [Mirko Tietgen](mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net)
162 - Documentation Manager: Caroline Cyr-La-Rose
163 - Documentation Team:
167 - Translation Managers:
168 - [Indranil Das Gupta](mailto:indradg@l2c2.co.in)
169 - [Bernardo González Kriegel](mailto:bgkriegel@gmail.com)
172 - Caroline Cyr-La-Rose
173 - Release Maintainers:
174 - 18.11 -- [Martin Renvoize](mailto:martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com)
175 - 18.05 -- Lucas Gass
176 - 18.05 -- Jesse Maseto
177 - 17.11 -- [Fridolin Somers](mailto:fridolin.somers@biblibre.com)
178 - Release Maintainer assistants:
179 - 18.05 -- [Kyle Hall](mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com)
182 We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
183 new features in Koha 17.11.18:
187 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 17.11.18.
189 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (1)
190 - Jonathan Druart (3)
194 - Fridolin Somers (5)
196 - Koha translators (1)
198 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
199 patches to Koha 17.11.18
203 - Koha Community Developers (3)
205 - Theke Solutions (1)
206 - Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (1)
208 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
211 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (2)
212 - Mikaël Olangcay Brisebois (1)
216 - Jonathan Druart (3)
222 - Martin Renvoize (13)
225 - Fridolin Somers (12)
229 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
230 please send a patch against these release notes to
231 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
233 ## Revision control notes
235 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
236 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
238 - [Koha Git Repository](git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git)
240 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
243 ## Bugs and feature requests
245 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
248 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
250 He rau ringa e oti ai.
251 (Many hands finish the work)
253 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 30 avril 2019 08:06:13.