1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.05.07
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 19.05.07 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-19.05.07.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 19.05.07 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
22 It includes 8 enhancements, 42 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 - [[24173]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24173) Advanced Editor: Show subtitle & published date on the search page
47 >This enhancement adds Subtitle (all parts) and date published to the results that come up for the Advanced Editor Search.
51 - [[24308]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24308) Suggestions table on suggestions.pl should have separate columns for dates
55 - [[24063]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24063) Add Sami language characters to Zebra
57 >This patch adds some additional characters to the default zebra mappings for Sami languages to aid in searching on systems with such data present.
59 ### Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
61 - [[24314]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24314) Update de-DE MARC21 frameworks for updates 28+29 (May and November 2019)
63 ### MARC Bibliographic data support
65 - [[23731]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23731) Display LC call number in OPAC and staff detail pages
67 >This enhancement enables the display of the LOC classification number in the OPAC an staff client.
68 - [[24312]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24312) Update MARC21 frameworks to Updates 28+29 (May and November 2019)
72 - [[10469]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10469) Display more when editing subfields in frameworks
73 - [[23889]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23889) Improve style of menu header in advanced cataloging editor
75 >This enhancement updates the styling of dropdown menu headers to make them apply more consistently across the system.
78 ## Critical bugs fixed
82 - [[24242]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24242) Funds with no library assigned do not appear on edit suggestions page
83 - [[24244]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24244) Cannot create suggestion with branch set to 'Any'
87 - [[23382]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23382) Issuing rules failing after bug 20912
88 - [[24259]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24259) Circulation fails if no circ rule defined but checkout override confirmed
92 - [[20948]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20948) Item-level hold info displayed regardless its priority (detail.pl)
94 ### Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
96 - [[24137]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24137) Marc21 bibliographic fails to install for ru-Ru and uk-UA
100 - [[24235]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24235) /misc/cronjobs/advance_notices.pl DUEDGST does NOT send sms, just e-mail
104 - [[24191]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24191) Sorting doesn't use to_model
106 **Sponsored by** *ByWater Solutions*
108 ### Searching - Elasticsearch
110 - [[24264]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24264) Elasticsearch - Cannot search for genre/form authorities
114 - [[21232]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21232) Problems when linking a subscription to a non-existing biblionumber
121 - [[5365]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5365) It should be more clear how to reopen a basket in a basket group
123 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
125 - [[23997]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23997) sample_z3950_servers.sql is failing on MySQL 8
129 - [[11500]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=11500) Use dateformat syspref and datepicker on additems.pl (and other item cataloguing pages)
130 - [[24090]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24090) Subfield text in red when mandatory in record edition
131 - [[24232]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24232) Fix permissions for deleting a bib record after attaching the last item to another bib
135 - [[24166]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24166) Barcode removal breaks circulation.pl/moremember.pl
136 - [[24335]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24335) Cannot mark checkout notes seen/not seen in bulk
137 - [[24337]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24337) Checkout note cannot be marked seen if more than 20 exist
139 ### Command-line Utilities
141 - [[19465]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19465) Allow choosing Elasticsearch server on instance creation
145 - [[24283]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24283) Missing close parens and closing strong tag in course reserves
149 - [[23995]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23995) Check constraints are supported differently by MySQL and MariaDB so we should remove them for now.
153 - [[18688]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18688) Warnings about UTF-8 charset when creating a new language
154 - [[24046]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24046) 'Activate filters' untranslatable
155 - [[24358]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24358) "Bibliographic record does not exist!" is not translatable
159 - [[21270]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21270) "Not finding what you're looking" display needs to be fixed
161 ### Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
163 - [[24328]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24328) Bibliographic frameworks fail to install
165 ### MARC Authority data support
167 - [[24267]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24267) C4::Breeding::ImportBreedingAuth is ineffective
169 ### MARC Bibliographic data support
171 - [[24274]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24274) New installations should not contain field 01e Coded field error (RLIN)
172 - [[24281]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24281) Fix the list of types of visual materials
176 - [[24212]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24212) OPAC send list dialog opens too small in IE
178 **Sponsored by** *Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology*
179 - [[24240]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24240) List on opac missing close form tag under some conditions
180 - [[24245]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24245) opac-registration-confirmation.tt has incorrect HTML body id
184 - [[13806]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13806) No input sanitization where creating Reports subgroup
188 - [[14419]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14419) Expanding facets (Show more) performs a new search
189 - [[24121]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24121) Item types icons in intra search results are requesting icons from opac images path
191 **Sponsored by** *Governo Regional dos Açores*
195 - [[22381]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22381) Wording on Calendar-related system preferences not standardized
197 ### System Administration
199 - [[24184]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24184) Reword FallbackToSMSIfNoEmail syspref text
203 - [[23956]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23956) Replace famfamfam calendar icon in staff client with CSS data-url
204 - [[24054]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24054) Typo in ClaimReturnedWarningThreshold system preference
205 - [[24104]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24104) Item search - dropdown buttons overflow
206 - [[24230]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24230) intranet_js plugin hook is after body end tag
207 - [[24282]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24282) SCSS conversion broke style in search results item status
212 The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
215 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
217 As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
218 Koha manual is available:
220 - [Koha Manual](http://koha-community.org/manual/19.05/en/html/)
223 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
225 - [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
229 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
230 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
235 - Chinese (China) (60.4%)
236 - Chinese (Taiwan) (99.5%)
239 - English (New Zealand) (83.4%)
243 - French (Canada) (99.9%)
245 - German (Switzerland) (86.4%)
249 - Norwegian Bokmål (89.2%)
250 - Occitan (post 1500) (56.5%)
253 - Portuguese (Brazil) (94.6%)
261 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
263 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
265 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
267 For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
270 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
272 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
274 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
278 The release team for Koha 19.05.07 is
281 - Release Manager: Martin Renvoize
283 - Release Manager assistants:
287 - QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
299 - SIP2 -- Colin Campbell
300 - EDI -- Colin Campbell
301 - Elasticsearch -- Fridolin Somers
302 - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
303 - ILS-DI -- Arthur Suzuki
304 - UI Design -- Owen Leonard
305 - ILL -- Andrew Isherwood
313 - Packaging Managers:
317 - Documentation Managers:
318 - Caroline Cyr La Rose
321 - Documentation Team:
326 - Translation Managers:
327 - Bernardo González Kriegel
329 - Release Maintainers:
330 - 19.11 -- Joy Nelson
331 - 19.05 -- Lucas Gass
332 - 18.11 -- Hayley Mapley
334 - Release Maintainer mentors:
335 - 19.11 -- Martin Renvoize
336 - 19.05 -- Nick Clemens
337 - 18.11 -- Chris Cormack
340 We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
341 new features in Koha 19.05.07:
343 - [ByWater Solutions](https://bywatersolutions.com/)
344 - Governo Regional dos Açores
345 - Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
347 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.05.07.
351 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (7)
352 - Cori Lynn Arnold (1)
353 - Philippe Blouin (1)
355 - Jonathan Druart (20)
359 - Bernardo González Kriegel (3)
361 - Martin Renvoize (13)
364 - Fridolin Somers (3)
365 - Koha Translators (1)
368 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
369 patches to Koha 19.05.07
374 - ByWater-Solutions (23)
375 - Independant Individuals (2)
376 - Koha Community Developers (20)
381 - Solutions inLibro inc (3)
382 - The Donohue Group (1)
383 - Theke Solutions (7)
384 - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (3)
386 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
389 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (3)
393 - Jonathan Druart (37)
395 - Katrin Fischer (21)
396 - Andrew Fuerste-Henry (3)
398 - Andrew Isherwood (1)
399 - Dilan Johnpullé (1)
401 - Bernardo González Kriegel (7)
403 - Nicolas Legrand (1)
405 - Kelly McElligott (3)
408 - Séverine Queune (1)
409 - Martin Renvoize (74)
410 - Marcel de Rooy (13)
413 - Fridolin Somers (1)
414 - Myka Kennedy Stephens (1)
418 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
419 please send a patch against these release notes to
420 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
422 ## Revision control notes
424 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
425 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
427 - [Koha Git Repository](git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git)
429 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
432 ## Bugs and feature requests
434 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
437 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
439 He rau ringa e oti ai.
440 (Many hands finish the work)
442 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 22 Jan 2020 21:42:40.