RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.10.8 23 jul 2013 ======================================================================== 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 http://koha-community.org/ Koha 3.10.8 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.10.08.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 3.10.8 is a bugfix/maintenance release. It includes 3 enhancements and 23 bugfixes. Enhancements in 3.10.8 ====================== Architecture, internals, and plumbing ---------- 9370 Use Library::CallNumber::LC when splitting LC call numbers for spine labels Lists ---------- 9458 Add sorting to lists Packaging ---------- 10524 Dependency updates to account for liblibrary-callnumber-lc-perl Critical bugs fixed in 3.10.8 ====================== Hold requests ---------- 10311 major Holds queue ignores item-level holds where only one items exists Installation and upgrade (web-based installer) ---------- 10443 major Table borrower_files does not exists in kohastructure.sql file OPAC ---------- 10590 critical In opac-topissues limit param is not protected 8884 major Opacheader is not in the header on CCSR Templates ---------- 766 major Use of CGI::scrolling_list prevents customization in template Other bugs fixed in 3.10.8 ====================== Acquisitions ---------- 10317 normal Parcel should display a message when called with an nonexistent invoiceid Cataloging ---------- 9826 normal Missing fields in MARC21 authority framework Documentation ---------- 10425 minor Help page missing for Local Use preferences Installation and upgrade (web-based installer) ---------- 10474 normal Translate some missed English strings in German sample notices Notices ---------- 10439 normal Cannot modify the notice's library OPAC ---------- 7110 normal Renewal messages still displays in OPAC if OpacRenewalAllowed is disabled. 9541 normal Opac-user doesn't load correct CSS for multiple branches Packaging ---------- 10379 minor Koha-rebuild-zebra gets noisy if no instances are defined Patrons ---------- 10297 minor Categorycode and branchcode should be required when adding patrons Reports ---------- 10396 minor Catalog stats shows calendar in callnumber field Staff Client ---------- 6281 normal Bug in LCC sort routine Templates ---------- 10464 minor Patron search on placing a hold doesn't use jqueryui.autocomplete 10466 minor Lists: Use "size" as names/hash keys leads to an unexpected results when using Template::Toolkit (name of a virtual method there) Test Suite ---------- 10290 normal UT: VirtualShelves.t needs to create its own data 10336 normal UT: HoldsQueue.t needs to create its own data 10386 normal UT: VirtualShelves.t needs some more adjustments 10495 minor T/db_dependent/HoldsQueue.t can fail unnecessarily Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers ---------- 10458 trivial Remove obsolete Z3950 module and test System requirements ====================== Important notes: * Perl 5.10 is required * Zebra is required Documentation ====================== The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook. The home page for Koha documentation is http://koha-community.org/documentation/ As of the date of these release notes, English and Spanish versions of the Koha manual are available: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.10/en/ http://es.koha-community.org/manual/3.10/es/ 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: * English (USA) * Arabic (97%) * Armenian (99%) * Chinese (China) (64%) * Chinese (Taiwan) (97%) * Danish (100%) * English (New Zealand) (98%) * French (95%) * French (Canada) (66%) * German (98%) * German (Switzerland) (94%) * Greek (60%) * Italian (100%) * Kurdish (94%) * Norwegian Bokmål (63%) * Portuguese (97%) * Portuguese (Brazil) (97%) * Slovak (99%) * Spanish (100%) * Turkish (99%) 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 3.10.8 is Release Manager: Paul Poulain Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard Installation Documentation Managers: Samuel Desseaux Mason James Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel QA Manager: Katrin Fischer QA Team: Chris Cormack Marcel de Rooy , Jonathan Druart , Brendan Gallagher Kyle Hall Mason James Paul Poulain Bug Wranglers: Magnus Enger Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat Live CD Manager: Nguyen Quoc Uy VM Manager: Samuel Desseaux Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Hall Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Tomás Cohen Arazi Credits ====================== We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.10.8: * Universidad Nacional de Córdoba We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.10.8. * 1 Tomas Cohen Arazi * 1 Jared Camins-Esakov * 1 Colin Campbell * 9 Galen Charlton * 1 David Cook * 5 Jonathan Druart * 1 Magnus Enger * 1 Katrin Fischer * 7 Kyle M Hall * 3 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel * 2 Owen Leonard * 1 Sophie Meynieux * 3 Marcel de Rooy * 2 Fridolyn SOMERS * 3 Robin Sheat * 1 Juan Sieira We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.10.8 * 2 ACPL * 1 BSZ BW * 8 BibLibre * 7 ByWater-Solutions * 1 C & P Bibliography * 3 Catalyst * 9 Equinox * 1 Libriotech * 1 PTFS-Europe * 1 Prosentient Systems * 3 Rijksmuseum * 1 Xercode * 4 unidentified We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha 3.10.8. * 34 Tomas Cohen Arazi * 5 Jared Camins-Esakov * 44 Galen Charlton * 1 David Cook * 17 Chris Cormack * 7 Jonathan Druart * 1 Magnus Enger * 6 Katrin Fischer * 14 Kyle M Hall * 1 Mason James * 42 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel * 1 Owen Leonard * 4 Marcel de Rooy * 2 Robin Sheat * 2 Srdjan * 1 Delaye Stephane * 1 Cedric Vita * 1 George Williams 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 git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.10.x. The last Koha release was 3.12.1, which was released on June 23, 2013. Bugs and feature requests ====================== Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at http://bugs.koha-community.org/ He rau ringa e oti ai. (Many hands finish the work)