1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 20.11.01
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 20.11.01 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-20.11.01.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 20.11.01 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
22 It includes 45 bugfixes.
24 ### System requirements
26 Koha is continuously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for
35 - Ubuntu 20.10 (experimental)
36 - Debian 11 (experimental)
47 - Perl >= 5.14 is required and 5.24, 5.26, 5.28 or 5.30 are recommended. These are the versions of the recommended operating systems.
54 ## Critical bugs fixed
56 ### Command-line Utilities
58 - [[27276]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27276) borrowers-force-messaging-defaults throws Incorrect DATE value: '0000-00-00' even though sql strict mode is dissabled
62 - [[24658]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24658) Deleting items with fines does not update itemnumber in accountlines to NULL causing ISE
63 - [[27003]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27003) action_logs table error when adding an item
67 - [[26634]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26634) Hold rules applied incorrectly when All Libraries rules are more specific than branch rules
68 - [[27205]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27205) Hold routes are not dealing with invalid pickup locations
72 - [[24398]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24398) Error when viewing single news item and NewsAuthorDisplay pref set to OPAC
73 - [[27148]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27148) Internal Server Error during self registration 20.11
75 >This fixes a bug when using self registration and there is no patron category available for selection in the registration form.
76 - [[27200]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27200) "Browse search" is broken
80 - [[27004]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27004) Deleting a staff account who have created claims returned causes problem in the return_claims table because of a NULL value in return_claims.created_by.
81 - [[27144]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27144) Cannot delete any patrons
85 - [[27142]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27142) Patron batch update from report module - no patrons loaded into view
87 >This fixes an error when batch modifying patrons using the reports module. After running a report (such as SELECT * FROM borrowers LIMIT 50) and selecting batch modification an error was displayed: "Warning, the following cardnumbers were not found:", and you were not able to modify any patrons.
91 - [[27166]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27166) SIP2 Connection is killed when an item that was not issued is checked in and generates a transfer
92 - [[27196]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27196) Waiting title level hold checked in at wrong location via SIP leaves hold in a broken state and drops connection
96 - [[12430]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12430) Relevance ranking should also be used without QueryWeightFields system preference
100 - [[27256]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27256) "Add" button on point of sale page fails on table paging
104 - [[27124]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27124) JS error "select2Width is not defined"
108 - [[27055]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27055) Update Firefox version used in Selenium GUI tests
112 - [[26665]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26665) OAI 'Set' and 'Metadata' dropdowns broken
114 >With OAI-PMH enabled, if you clicked on Sets or Metadata in the search results no additional information was displayed (example query: <OPACBaseURL>/cgi-bin/koha/oai.pl?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=marc21). This patch fixes this so that the additional information for Sets and Metadata is now correctly displayed.
121 - [[26905]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26905) Purchase suggestion button hidden for users with suggestion permission but not acq permission
123 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
125 - [[16067]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16067) Koha::Cache, fastmmap caching system is broken
126 - [[26849]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26849) Fix Array::Utils dependency in cpanfile
127 - [[27030]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27030) The new "Processing" hold status is missing in C4::Reserves module documentation
128 - [[27209]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27209) Add Koha::Hold->set_pickup_location
129 - [[27331]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27331) fr-FR/1-Obligatoire/authorised_values.sql is invalid
133 - [[22243]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22243) Advanced Cataloguer editor fails if the target contains an apostrophe in the name
134 - [[26921]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26921) Create cover image even when there is no record identificator
136 **Sponsored by** *Orex Digital*
137 - [[27128]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27128) Follow-up to bug 25728 - Don't prefill av's code
141 - [[25583]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25583) When ClaimReturnedLostValue is not set, the claim returned tab doesn't appear
142 - [[27133]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27133) Header missing for "Copy no" on the relative's checkouts table
144 ### Command-line Utilities
146 - [[14564]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14564) Incorrect permissions prevent web download of configuration backups
150 - [[17809]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17809) Correct some authorised values in fr-FR
154 - [[24519]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24519) Change calculation and validation in Point of Sale should match Paycollect
158 - [[26976]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26976) When renewalsallowed is empty the UI is not correct
159 - [[27117]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27117) Staff without modify_holds_priority permission can't update hold pick-up from biblio
161 ### MARC Bibliographic record staging/import
163 - [[27099]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27099) Stage for import button not showing up
167 - [[26941]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26941) Missing OPAC password recovery error messages
168 - [[27230]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27230) purchase suggestion authorized value opac_sug doesn't show opac description
172 - [[26956]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26956) Allow "Show checkouts/fines to guarantor" to be set without a guarantor saved
176 - [[23475]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23475) Search context is lost when simple search leads to a single record
177 - [[26946]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26946) Limit size of cash register's name on the UI
179 ### System Administration
181 - [[27250]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27250) DELETE calls are stacked on the SMTP servers admin page
185 - [[27127]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27127) Wrong display of messages if there was only 1 record modified
189 - [[27317]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27317) (Bug 27127 follow-up) fix t/db_dependent/Koha/BackgroundJobs.t
193 - [[26336]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26336) Cannot import items if items ignored when staging
194 - [[27247]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27247) Missing highlighting in Quote of the day
199 The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
202 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
204 As of the date of these release notes, the Koha manual is available in the following languages:
206 - [English](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/en/html/)
207 - [Arabic](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/ar/html/)
208 - [Chinese - Taiwan](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/zh_TW/html/)
209 - [Czech](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/cs/html/)
210 - [French](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/fr/html/)
211 - [French (Canada)](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/fr_CA/html/)
212 - [German](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/de/html/)
213 - [Hindi](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/hi/html/)
214 - [Italian](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/it/html/)
215 - [Portuguese - Brazil](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/pt_BR/html/)
216 - [Spanish](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/es/html/)
217 - [Turkish](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/tr/html/)
219 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
221 - [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
225 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
226 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
230 - Armenian (Classical) (89%)
231 - Chinese (Taiwan) (85.7%)
233 - English (New Zealand) (60%)
237 - French (Canada) (91.4%)
239 - German (Switzerland) (67.4%)
243 - Norwegian Bokmål (63.9%)
246 - Portuguese (Brazil) (88.7%)
254 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
256 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
258 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
260 For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
263 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
265 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
267 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
271 The release team for Koha 20.11.01 is
274 - Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
276 - Release Manager assistants:
280 - QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
296 - UI Design -- Owen Leonard
297 - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
298 - Zebra -- Fridolin Somers
299 - Accounts -- Martin Renvoize
306 - Packaging Managers:
311 - Documentation Manager: Caroline Cyr La Rose
314 - Documentation Team:
315 - Marie-Luce Laflamme
320 - Translation Managers:
322 - Bernardo González Kriegel
324 - Release Maintainers:
325 - 20.11 -- Fridolin Somers
326 - 20.05 -- Andrew Fuerste-Henry
327 - 19.11 -- Victor Grousset
330 We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
331 new features in Koha 20.11.01:
335 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 20.11.01.
337 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (7)
340 - Jonathan Druart (27)
341 - Victor Grousset (2)
343 - Andrew Isherwood (1)
349 - Martin Renvoize (3)
350 - Fridolin Somers (5)
353 - Koha Translators (1)
355 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
356 patches to Koha 20.11.01
358 - Athens County Public Libraries (4)
360 - ByWater-Solutions (10)
361 - Independant Individuals (2)
362 - Koha Community Developers (29)
364 - Prosentient Systems (2)
366 - Theke Solutions (9)
367 - University of Helsinki (1)
369 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
372 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (5)
376 - Jonathan Druart (40)
378 - Andrew Fuerste-Henry (1)
379 - Brendan Gallagher (2)
381 - Victor Grousset (26)
389 - Kelly McElligott (2)
392 - Martin Renvoize (10)
393 - Fridolin Somers (58)
398 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
399 please send a patch against these release notes to
400 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
402 ## Revision control notes
404 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
405 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
407 - [Koha Git Repository](https://git.koha-community.org/Koha-community/Koha.git)
409 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
412 ## Bugs and feature requests
414 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
417 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
419 He rau ringa e oti ai.
420 (Many hands finish the work)
422 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 06 janv. 2021 16:24:16.