1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.05.01
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 19.05.01 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-19.05.01.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 19.05.01 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
22 It includes 47 bugfixes and 1 security bug.
25 ## Security bugs fixed
27 - [[23058]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23058) Cross-site scripting in OPAC search
29 ## Critical bugs fixed
31 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
33 - [[23095]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23095) Circulation rules not displayed (empty vs null)
37 - [[22585]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22585) Fix remaining double-escaped CAS links
41 - [[22877]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22877) Returning a lost item not marked as returned can generate additional overdue fines
45 - [[17526]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17526) OPAC lists sortfield breaks with a (
47 ### MARC Authority data support
49 - [[23053]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23053) Local-Number cannot be used for authority matching due to non-existence of 'phrase' index
53 - [[22915]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22915) Cannot subscribe to Mana-KB
55 > This fix updates the Mana server URL in etc/koha-conf.xml so that it uses the correct URL - https://mana-kb.koha-community.org.
61 - [[23082]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23082) Fatal error editing a restricted patron
63 ### System Administration
65 - [[23104]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23104) Regression (18925) in circ rules - unlimited vs 0
69 - [[23093]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23093) Error during upgrade of OpacNavRight preference to Koha news
76 - [[21662]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21662) Missing developers from history
77 - [[23037]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23037) Henry Bolshaw is missing from the contributors list
79 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
81 - [[16750]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16750) Redirect from selectbranchprinter.pl to additem.pl causes software error
82 - [[23117]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23117) additem.pl crashes on nonexistent biblionumber
86 - [[7890]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7890) Required fields in the MARC editor should be highlighted
88 > This bugfix modifies the basic MARC editor so that required fields have the standard "Required" label on them instead of a small red asterisk.
91 - [[21887]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21887) 856$u link problem in XSLT result lists and detail page
95 - [[13094]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13094) It should be easy to hide the 'Cancel all' button on the holds over report
96 - [[18344]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18344) Overdue fines 'cap at replacement price' and 'cap by amount' should work together
97 - [[22982]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22982) Paying lost fee does not always remove lost item from checkouts
101 - [[23022]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23022) Koha is not compatible with MySQL >= 8.0.11 because of NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER mode
103 ### Developer documentation
105 - [[22358]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22358) Add POD to Koha::SharedContent
109 - [[22633]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22633) Barcodes in the patrons 'holds' summary should link to the moredetail page
113 - [[22099]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22099) "List requests" button displays when listing requests
115 > Sponsored by Catalyst IT
118 ### Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
120 - [[22770]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22770) Typo in German translation for Greek in language pull down
124 - [[22941]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22941) Giving malformed sortfield to list results in Internal Server Error
126 ### MARC Authority data support
128 - [[22919]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22919) Authorities MARC Structure not inserted with SQL strict modes
130 ### MARC Bibliographic data support
132 - [[20986]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20986) MARC21 Supplement and Index Textual Holdings don't display
136 - [[22945]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22945) Markup error in OPAC search results around lists display
137 - [[22948]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22948) Markup error in OPAC bibliographic detail template
138 - [[22950]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22950) Markup error in OPAC recent comment template
139 - [[22952]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22952) Markup error in OPAC suggestions template
140 - [[22953]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22953) Markup warning in OPAC user summary template
141 - [[22954]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22954) Minor markup error in OPAC messaging template
142 - [[22955]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22955) Markup error in OPAC lists template
143 - [[23076]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23076) Include OpacUserJS on OPAC maintenance page
145 > This fix allows the OPAC maintenance page to use JavaScript included in the OPACUserJS system preference.
151 - [[22910]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22910) Unique attributes should not be copied when duplicating a patron
155 - [[19457]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19457) If CheckPrevCheckout is set to "Do", then checkouts are blocked at the SIPServer
159 - [[14794]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14794) Searching patron by birthday returns no results if format incorrect
161 ### Searching - Elasticsearch
163 - [[21534]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21534) ElasticSearch - Wildcards not being analyzed
167 - [[10215]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10215) Increase the size of opacnote and librariannote for table subscriptionhistory
168 - [[11492]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=11492) Receiving a serial item causes routing list notes to be lost
170 > Sponsored by Plant and Food Research Limited
175 - [[22958]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22958) The Help link on SMS providers page should link to the correct chapter in the manual
177 ### System Administration
179 - [[8558]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=8558) Better confirmation message for importing frameworks
181 > Sponsored by Catalyst IT
183 - [[22947]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22947) Markup error in OPAC preferences file
187 - [[22906]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22906) Minor corrections to plugins home page
188 - [[22960]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22960) Typo found in circulation.pref in UpdateItemLocationOnCheckin preference
192 - [[23027]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23027) Suggestions.t is failing if no biblio in DB
196 - [[23006]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23006) Can't use inventory tool with barcodes that contain regex relevant characters ($,...)
200 ## System requirements
204 - Perl 5.10 is required
209 The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
212 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
214 As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
215 Koha manual is available:
217 - [Koha Manual](http://koha-community.org/manual/19.05/en/html/)
220 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
222 - [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
226 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
227 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
232 - Chinese (China) (60.8%)
233 - Chinese (Taiwan) (98.3%)
236 - English (New Zealand) (83.9%)
240 - French (Canada) (96.3%)
242 - German (Switzerland) (87.1%)
246 - Norwegian Bokmål (90.1%)
247 - Occitan (post 1500) (56.9%)
250 - Portuguese (Brazil) (92.3%)
258 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
260 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
262 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
264 For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
267 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
269 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
271 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
275 The release team for Koha 19.05.01 is
277 - Release Manager: Martin Renvoize
278 - Release Manager assistants:
281 - QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
292 - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
294 - UI Design -- Owen Leonard
295 - Elasticsearch -- Alex Arnaud
296 - ILS-DI -- Arthur Suzuki
297 - Authentication -- Martin Renvoize
304 - Packaging Manager: Mirko Tietgen
305 - Documentation Manager: David Nind
306 - Documentation Team:
308 - Caroline Cyr-La-Rose
311 - Translation Managers:
313 - Bernardo González Kriegel
314 - Release Maintainers:
315 - 19.05 -- Fridolin Somers
316 - 18.11 -- Lucas Gass
319 We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
320 new features in Koha 19.05.01:
323 - Plant and Food Research Limited
325 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.05.01.
330 - Jonathan Druart (13)
338 - Martin Renvoize (13)
339 - Justin Rittenhouse (1)
341 - Fridolin Somers (5)
344 - Koha translators (1)
347 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
348 patches to Koha 19.05.01
350 - abunchofthings.net (1)
354 - ByWater-Solutions (15)
357 - Independant Individuals (6)
358 - Koha Community Developers (13)
364 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
368 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (1)
369 - Arthur Bousquet (3)
373 - Jonathan Druart (1)
375 - Katrin Fischer (34)
387 - Martin Renvoize (84)
388 - Marcel de Rooy (11)
390 - Fridolin Somers (76)
399 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
400 please send a patch against these release notes to
401 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
403 ## Revision control notes
405 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
406 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
408 - [Koha Git Repository](git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git)
410 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
413 ## Bugs and feature requests
415 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
418 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
420 He rau ringa e oti ai.
421 (Many hands finish the work)
423 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 27 juin 2019 08:08:46.