1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 20.11.02
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 20.11.02 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-20.11.02.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 20.11.02 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
22 It includes 10 enhancements, 49 bugfixes.
24 ### System requirements
26 Koha is continuously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for
36 - Ubuntu 20.10 (experimental)
37 - Debian 11 (experimental)
51 - 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.
58 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
60 - [[24254]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24254) Add Koha::Items->filter_by_visible_in_opac
62 >This patch introduces an efficient way of filtering Koha::Items result sets, to hide items that that shouldn't be exposed on public interfaces.
64 >Filtering is governed by the following system preferences. A helper method is added to handle lost items:
65 >- hidelostitems: Koha::Items->filter_out_lost is added to handle this.
67 >Some patrons have exceptions so OpacHiddenItems is not enforced on them. That's why the new method [1] has an optional parameter that expects the logged in patron to be passed in the call.
69 >[1] Koha::Items->filter_by_visible_in_opac
73 - [[27306]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27306) Add subtitle to return claims table
75 ### Command-line Utilities
77 - [[24541]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24541) Database cleanups, purge messages
79 ### Label/patron card printing
81 - [[26875]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26875) Allow printing of just one barcode
82 - [[26962]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26962) Koha notice/slips/receipts should print in true black (#000000)
84 >Almost black color in CSS rules (like #000066) are now replaced by true black color #000000
88 - [[26847]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26847) Make borrower category code accessible in all pages of the OPAC
92 - [[26713]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26713) Add pagination to bottom of saved SQL reports table
94 >This enhancement adds a second pagination menu to the bottom of saved SQL reports tables.
96 ### Searching - Elasticsearch
98 - [[24863]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24863) QueryFuzzy syspref says it requires Zebra but Elasticsearch has some support
99 - [[25054]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25054) Display search field aliases in search engine configuration
101 >This adds a new column aliases to the search fields tabs of the search engine configuration table. The aliases table shows the abbreviated and alternative index names available for each defined index.
105 - [[25462]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25462) Shelving location should be on a new line in holdings table
107 >In the holdings table, the shelving location is now displayed on a new line after the 'Home library'.
110 ## Critical bugs fixed
112 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
114 - [[27252]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27252) ES5 no longer supported (since 20.11.00)
116 >This prepares Koha to officially no longer support Elasticsearch 5.X.
118 >It adds a new system preference 'ElasticsearchCrossFields' to allow users to choose whether or not to enable this feature.
120 ### Command-line Utilities
122 - [[27245]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27245) bulkmarcimport.pl error 'Already in a transaction'
126 - [[15448]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15448) Placing hold on specific items doesn't enforce OpacHiddenItems
130 - [[27420]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27420) A mistake in bug 5161 leads to some patron attributes appearing without a fieldset
137 - [[24470]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24470) Set import_status when file used to populate basket in acquisitions
139 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
141 - [[25292]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25292) L1 cache too long in Z3950 server (z3950-responder)
142 - [[26848]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26848) Fix Readonly dependency in cpanfile
143 - [[27345]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27345) C4::Auth::get_template_and_user is missing some permissions for superlibrarian
147 - [[20971]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20971) Corrupted storable string breaks SubfieldsToUseWhenPrefill functionality
148 - [[27130]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27130) Adding local cover image at item level shows 'File type' section
149 - [[27135]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27135) Viewing local cover images at item level shows a link to upload image at record level
150 - [[27164]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27164) Fix item search CSV export
151 - [[27308]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27308) Advanced editor should skip blank lines when inserting new fields
155 - [[26953]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26953) Phone & SMS transports always displayed in overdue status triggers
157 ### Command-line Utilities
159 - [[17429]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17429) Document the --plack option for koha-list
160 - [[26851]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26851) Overdue notices should not send a report to the library if there is no content
161 - [[27085]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27085) Corrections in overdue_notices.pl help text
163 **Sponsored by** *Lund University Library*
167 - [[26593]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26593) Rental discounts are applied in wrong precedence order
168 - [[27180]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27180) Fines cronjob does not update fines on holidays when finesCalendar is set to ignore
172 - [[26367]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26367) Warn in HoldsQueue if request itemtype set but request is not item specific
174 ### MARC Bibliographic record staging/import
176 - [[26171]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26171) Show biblionumber in Koha::Exceptions::Metadata::Invalid
180 - [[27047]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27047) Purchase suggestions search filter is broken
181 - [[27090]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27090) In the location column of an OPAC cart the 'In transit from' and 'to' fields are empty
182 - [[27168]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27168) Most popular doesn't always sort correctly
183 - [[27178]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27178) OPAC results and lists pages contain invalid attributes (xmlns:str="http://exslt.org/strings")
184 - [[27297]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27297) When itemtype is marked as required in OpacSuggestion MandatoryFields the field is not required
188 - [[26417]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26417) Remove warn in Koha::Patron is_valid_age
189 - [[26797]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26797) Error when trying to access Relative Checkouts between Professional and Organizational patron categories
193 - [[26957]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26957) Find duplicate removes operators from the middle of search terms
195 ### Searching - Elasticsearch
197 - [[26996]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26996) Elasticsearch: Multiprocess reindexing sometimes doesn't reindex all records
199 **Sponsored by** *Lund University Library*
200 - [[27043]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27043) Add to number_of_replicas and number_of_shards to index config
202 >Elasticsearch 6 server has default value 5 for "number_of_shards" but warn about Elasticsearch 7 having default value 1.
203 >So its is better to set this value in configuration file.
204 >Patch also sets number_of_replicas to 1.
205 >If you have only one Elasticsearch node, you have to set this value to 0.
206 - [[27307]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27307) "Keyword as phrase" option in search dropdown doesn't work with Elastic
208 ### Searching - Zebra
210 - [[27299]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27299) Zebra phrase register is incorrectly tokenized when using ICU
212 >Previously, Zebra indexing in ICU mode was incorrectly tokenizing text for the "p" register. This meant that particular phrase searches were not working as expected. With this change, phrase searching works the same in ICU and CHR modes.
216 - [[27336]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27336) JS error in Administration - System preferences page
218 ### System Administration
220 - [[27280]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27280) Explanation for "Days mode" is not consistent
221 - [[27310]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27310) Wrong CSS float on 'Visibility' in framework edition
223 >This fixes the display of the 'Visibility' label when editing subfields for a framework. The label is now aligned correctly with the other labels.
224 - [[27349]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27349) Mana system preference wrong type YesNo
225 - [[27351]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27351) UsageStatsCountry system preference wrong type YesNo
229 - [[27109]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27109) Better labels for background job details
233 - [[25954]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25954) Header search forms should be labeled
234 - [[27031]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27031) Koha.Preference() should be used more often in header.inc and js_includes.inc
235 - [[27292]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27292) TablesSettings.GetColumns() returning nothing creates unexpected Javascript on request.tt
236 - [[27356]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27356) Don't hide the SMTP servers table when last displayed is deleted
240 - [[26364]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26364) XISBN.t makes a bad assumption about return values
244 - [[26894]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26894) Marc Modification Templates treat subfield 0 as no subfield set when moving fields
245 - [[26983]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26983) Selecting ALL Items in Inventory- only selects 20
246 - [[27413]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27413) Cannot add debarment with batch patron modification tool
250 - [[21301]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21301) Restriction of the informations given by GetRecords ILS-DI service
252 >For privacy protection, ILS-DI webservice GetRecords will not give patron information anymore. Also old issues are not given anymore.
253 >This removes method C4::Circulation::GetBiblioIssues().
255 ### Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers
257 - [[27149]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27149) Z3950Responder removes itemnumber when adding item statuses
260 - ElasticsearchCrossFields
264 The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
267 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
269 As of the date of these release notes, the Koha manual is available in the following languages:
271 - [English](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/en/html/)
272 - [Arabic](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/ar/html/)
273 - [Chinese - Taiwan](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/zh_TW/html/)
274 - [Czech](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/cs/html/)
275 - [French](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/fr/html/)
276 - [French (Canada)](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/fr_CA/html/)
277 - [German](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/de/html/)
278 - [Hindi](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/hi/html/)
279 - [Italian](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/it/html/)
280 - [Portuguese - Brazil](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/pt_BR/html/)
281 - [Spanish](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/es/html/)
282 - [Turkish](http://koha-community.org/manual/20.11/tr/html/)
284 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
286 - [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
290 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
291 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
295 - Armenian (Classical) (89%)
296 - Chinese (Taiwan) (86.2%)
298 - English (New Zealand) (59.9%)
302 - French (Canada) (91.7%)
304 - German (Switzerland) (67.3%)
308 - Norwegian Bokmål (63.8%)
311 - Portuguese (Brazil) (89.2%)
320 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
322 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
324 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
326 For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
329 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
331 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
333 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
337 The release team for Koha 20.11.02 is
340 - Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
342 - Release Manager assistants:
346 - QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
362 - UI Design -- Owen Leonard
363 - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
364 - Zebra -- Fridolin Somers
365 - Accounts -- Martin Renvoize
372 - Packaging Managers:
377 - Documentation Manager: Caroline Cyr La Rose
380 - Documentation Team:
381 - Marie-Luce Laflamme
386 - Translation Managers:
388 - Bernardo González Kriegel
390 - Release Maintainers:
391 - 20.11 -- Fridolin Somers
392 - 20.05 -- Andrew Fuerste-Henry
393 - 19.11 -- Victor Grousset
396 We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
397 new features in Koha 20.11.02:
399 - Lund University Library
401 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 20.11.02.
403 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (8)
406 - Christophe Croullebois (1)
407 - Jonathan Druart (27)
409 - Andrew Fuerste-Henry (1)
411 - Didier Gautheron (1)
412 - Victor Grousset (3)
418 - Martin Renvoize (5)
421 - Andreas Roussos (1)
423 - Fridolin Somers (14)
424 - Koha Translators (1)
425 - Timothy Alexis Vass (1)
427 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
428 patches to Koha 20.11.02
430 - Athens County Public Libraries (5)
432 - Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) (2)
433 - ByWater-Solutions (28)
435 - Independant Individuals (1)
436 - Koha Community Developers (30)
437 - Latah County Library District (1)
438 - Prosentient Systems (3)
441 - The City of Joensuu (1)
442 - Theke Solutions (8)
445 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
448 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (1)
451 - Jonathan Druart (81)
452 - Katrin Fischer (23)
453 - Andrew Fuerste-Henry (4)
455 - Victor Grousset (18)
458 - Barbara Johnson (3)
463 - Kelly McElligott (2)
467 - Séverine Queune (2)
468 - Martin Renvoize (29)
469 - Caroline Cyr La Rose (1)
470 - Fridolin Somers (105)
474 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
475 please send a patch against these release notes to
476 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
478 ## Revision control notes
480 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
481 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
483 - [Koha Git Repository](https://git.koha-community.org/Koha-community/Koha.git)
485 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
488 ## Bugs and feature requests
490 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
493 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
495 He rau ringa e oti ai.
496 (Many hands finish the work)
498 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 22 janv. 2021 14:08:52.