1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.05.06
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 19.05.06 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-19.05.06.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 19.05.06 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
22 It includes 2 enhancements, 34 bugfixes.
24 ### System requirements
26 Koha is continiously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for
29 - Debian Jessie with MySQL 5.5
30 - Debian Stretch with MariaDB 10.1 (MySQL 8.0 support is experimental)
31 - Ubuntu Bionic with MariaDB 10.1 (MariaDB 10.3 support is experimental)
35 - Perl 5.10 is required
36 - Zebra or Elasticsearch is required
45 - [[23389]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23389) Add 'All' option to report value dropdowns
47 >This enhancement adds the ability to optionally include an `all` option in report placeholders allowing for an 'All' option to be displayed in filter select lists.
49 >**Usage**: `WHERE branchcode LIKE <<Branch|branches:all>>`
53 - [[22677]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22677) Include hint on OAI-PMH URL for Koha in system preference
56 ## Critical bugs fixed
58 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
60 - [[24243]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24243) Bad characters in MARC cause internal server error when searching catalog
64 - [[13958]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13958) Add a suspensionsCalendar syspref
66 **Sponsored by** *Universidad Nacional de Córdoba*
68 >Before 18.05, suspension expiry date calculation didn't take the calendar into account. This behaviour changed with bug 19204, and some libraries miss the old behaviour.
70 >These patches decouple overdue days calculation configuration (`finesCalendar`) from how the expiry date is calculated for the suspension through a new system preference: `SuspensionsCalendar`, that has the exact same options but only applies to suspensions. On upgrade, the new preference is populated with the value from `finesCalendar`, thus respecting the current configuration.
71 - [[24075]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24075) Backdating a return to the exact due date and time results in the fine not being refunded
72 - [[24138]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24138) suspension miscalculated when Suspension charging interval bigger than 1 and Max. suspension duration is defined
74 ### Command-line Utilities
76 - [[24164]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24164) Patron emailer cronjob is not generating unique content for notices
80 - [[24168]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24168) Errors with use of CanItemBeReserved return value
84 - [[24064]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24064) DUEDGST typoed as DUEGST
85 - [[24072]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24072) Typos in advance_notices.pl causes DUEDGST not to be sent
86 - [[24268]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24268) advance_notices.pl dies on undefined letter
90 - [[23970]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23970) itemsearch - publication date not taken into account if not used in the first field
92 ### Searching - Elasticsearch
94 - [[23089]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23089) Elasticsearch - cannot sort on non-text fields
101 - [[24136]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24136) Add libraries (sponsors) to the about page
103 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
105 - [[24106]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24106) In returns.pl, don't search for item if no barcode is provided
109 - [[23427]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23427) Better sorting of previous checkouts
110 - [[24024]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24024) Holds Awaiting Pickup (Both Active and Expired) Sorts by Firstname
114 - [[23952]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23952) Fix body id on OPAC course details page
118 - [[23483]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23483) When writing off a fine, the title of the patron is shown as description
122 - [[13749]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13749) On loading holds in patron account 'processing' is not translatable
124 ### MARC Bibliographic data support
126 - [[17831]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17831) Remove non-existing bibliosubject.subject mapping from frameworks
130 - [[23506]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23506) Sound material type displays wrong icon in OPAC/Staff details
131 - [[23785]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23785) Software error Can't call method "get_coins" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac/opac-search.pl line 692.
135 - [[21939]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21939) Permission for holds history tab is too strict
139 - [[23768]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23768) ISBN search in IntranetCatalogPulldown searches nothing if passed an invalid ISBN and using SearchWithISBNVariations
140 - [[24120]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24120) Search terms in search dropdown must be URI filtered
142 ### Searching - Elasticsearch
144 - [[24128]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24128) Add alias for biblionumber => local-number
148 - [[23246]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23246) Record detail page jumps into the 'images' tab if no holdings
150 **Sponsored by** *American Numismatics Society*
151 - [[23987]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23987) batchMod.pl provides a link back to the record after the record is deleted
153 ### System Administration
155 - [[23751]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23751) Description of staffaccess permission should be improved
156 - [[24170]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24170) sysprefs search result does not have a consistent order
160 - [[23954]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23954) Format notes in suggestion management
164 - [[24144]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24144) regressions.t tests have not been updated after bug 23836
165 - [[24145]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24145) Auth.t is failing because of wrong mocked ->param
166 - [[24199]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24199) t/Auth_with_shibboleth.t is failing randomly
170 - [[24124]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24124) Cannot select authorities in batch deletion tool in Chrome
173 - SuspensionsCalendar
177 The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
180 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
182 As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
183 Koha manual is available:
185 - [Koha Manual](http://koha-community.org/manual/19.05/en/html/)
188 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
190 - [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
194 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
195 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
200 - Chinese (China) (60.5%)
201 - Chinese (Taiwan) (99.8%)
204 - English (New Zealand) (83.6%)
208 - French (Canada) (100%)
210 - German (Switzerland) (86.7%)
214 - Norwegian Bokmål (89.5%)
215 - Occitan (post 1500) (56.6%)
218 - Portuguese (Brazil) (94.9%)
226 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
228 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
230 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
232 For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
235 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
237 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
239 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
243 The release team for Koha 19.05.06 is
246 - Release Manager: Martin Renvoize
248 - Release Manager assistants:
252 - QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
265 - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
267 - UI Design -- Owen Leonard
268 - Elasticsearch -- Alex Arnaud
269 - ILS-DI -- Arthur Suzuki
270 - Authentication -- Martin Renvoize
279 - Packaging Manager: Mirko Tietgen
281 - Documentation Manager: David Nind
283 - Documentation Team:
285 - Caroline Cyr La Rose
288 - Translation Managers:
290 - Bernardo González Kriegel
292 - Release Maintainers:
293 - 19.05 -- Fridolin Somers
294 - 18.11 -- Lucas Gass
297 We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
298 new features in Koha 19.05.06:
300 - American Numismatics Society
301 - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
303 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.05.06.
305 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (4)
307 - Jonathan Druart (14)
314 - Martin Renvoize (4)
315 - Fridolin Somers (3)
316 - Koha Translators (1)
318 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
319 patches to Koha 19.05.06
324 - ByWater-Solutions (20)
325 - Koha Community Developers (14)
328 - Theke Solutions (4)
329 - University of Helsinki (1)
331 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
335 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (5)
336 - Cori Lynn Arnold (1)
340 - Jonathan Druart (22)
347 - Kelly McElligott (1)
350 - Séverine Queune (5)
352 - Martin Renvoize (51)
353 - Marcel de Rooy (10)
356 - Fridolin Somers (2)
357 - George Williams (2)
362 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
363 please send a patch against these release notes to
364 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
366 ## Revision control notes
368 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
369 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
371 - [Koha Git Repository](git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git)
373 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
376 ## Bugs and feature requests
378 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
381 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
383 He rau ringa e oti ai.
384 (Many hands finish the work)
386 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 23 Dec 2019 20:05:32.