* commiting last version or 2.0.0pre1 release notes for history

* commiting 1st draft of future 2.0.0pre2 release notes
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RELEASE NOTES
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This release add many bugfixes, and some improvment in z3950 and repetable fields management.
It has been placed in the "unstable tree" because there are still some bugs.
But it's fully usable, and should not be modified a lot until a stable version is released.
PACKAGE NEEDED :
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DB modifications :
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No modif in the DB.
* added field in aqbudget, primary key :
aqbudgetid tinyint(4) NOT NULL auto_increment
PRIMARY KEY (aqbudgetid)
* added field in systempref :
options text
* bibliothesaurus
field father changed to char(80) (was bigint)
added full text index : FULLTEXT KEY category_2 (category,freelib)
z3950 :
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* added subject and subtitle to MARC subfields mapped to Koha old-DB.
* reordered bookfunds/budget admin tools.
languages/languages :
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DEFAULT template :
* english works.
* french should work, mostly. If you experiment some problems, test with english templates, and report the problem as general of french specific
NEW template :
a "unido" template is in this release. It's uncomplete, and based on vanilla template.
GUI reordering
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* Some unused links have been dropped.
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Bugs still open in bugs.koha.org
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always some, but less than in 1.9.3 (35 at this time)
always some, but less than in 1.9.3 (40 at this time. more than 20 of them are minor : spellcheck, image missing...)
Some of them (for more details, see http://bugs.koha.org) :
* 426 Reserving a book (with a reserve fee) results in a hostile message
* 452 Payment due flags not showing up for children
* 185 Barcode not auto-calculated when autobarcode is on
* 425 Add new website feature doesn't work
* 318 allow or not a book to be loan
* 236 Reserve book on future date doesn't work or copy is wrong
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bugs not reported here are either unconfirmed, not understood, minor, or partially fixed.
Feel free to ask for bugfixes and new features in bugs.koha.org.
NOTE that NEW FEATURES or IMPROVEMENTS will only be for 2.0.1 unless it's a very trivial or blocking one.
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* bug fixes (everybody)
* cleaning z3950 old searches (more than 1 hour/day old ?) (paul)
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RELEASE NOTES
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Bugfixes & some improvements (security & perf only)
DB modifications :
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None, but check that your systempreferences table is :
CREATE TABLE systempreferences (
variable varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
value varchar(200) default NULL,
explanation varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',
options text,
type varchar(20) default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (variable)
) TYPE=ISAM PACK_KEYS=1;
If you installed a 2.0.0pre1 from scratch, it should be ok.
If your version was a 1.9.x, it should not be ok.
SYSTEMPREFS :
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In systempreferences, add a gist field. Used to calculate gst when ordering, in acquisition module. Enter 0.12 for 12% rate.
IMPROVMENTS :
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* checkmarc.pl : added a check on fields mapped to item marc tag (from Paul).
* dramaticaly improving the speed of a MARC search in case of a A OR B search. Added possibility to search on more than 3 parameters. (from Esiee & Paul)
* overdue books backported from 1.2.x (& templated) (by Chris)
* some additionals check to verify a borrower can borrow a book (by Esiee)
BUGS FIXED :
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* 2 stupids & majors bug in MARC editor, due to too fast copy/paste. (fixed by Paul)
* bug 479 : I have problem to assign a Sticky due date, it uses day date as year due date !!! (fixed by ?)
* bug 471 : missing next / previous in itemtype admin page, in case there is more than 20 itemtypes (fixed by Paul)
* bug 474 : alternate contact no more required (fixed by Paul)
* bug 478 : value modification with single quote now works (in parameters section) (fixed by Paul)
* bug 489 : poor file copying during install (fixed by MJR)
* bug 526 : gst rate hardcoded. Moved to systempref (see SYSTEMPREFS chapter). (fixed by Paul)
If supplier parameters are set to do it, the gst are now auto calculated with javascript.
* bug 512 : bibliosubject table is not being populated (fixed by Paul)
* bug 513 : marclinks: default mapping typo (fixed by Paul)