1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 21.05.01
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 21.05.01 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-21.05.01.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 21.05.01 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
22 It includes 2 enhancements, 23 bugfixes.
24 ### System requirements
26 You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/System_requirements_and_recommendations
33 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
35 - [[28519]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28519) Add a 2nd directory for Perl modules
39 - [[27931]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27931) Add GET /items/:item_id/pickup_locations
41 >This development adds routes for fetching an item's valid pickup location list.
44 ## Critical bugs fixed
46 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
48 - [[24434]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24434) C4::Circulation::updateWrongTransfer is never called but should be
52 - [[28489]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28489) CGI::Session is incorrectly serialized to DB in production env / when strict_sql_modes = 0
56 - [[28538]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28538) Regression - Date of birth entered without correct format causes internal server error
60 - [[28482]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28482) Floating point math prevents items from being returned
64 - [[28338]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28338) Validate item holdability and pickup location separately
65 - [[28496]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28496) Club holds form broken
67 >This fixes the libraries shown in the 'Pickup at' dropdown list when placing a club hold so that it shows all libraries, instead of just the currently logged in library.
68 - [[28503]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28503) When ReservesControlBranch = "patron's home library" and Hold policy = "From home library" all holds are allowed
69 - [[28520]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28520) Cancelling a hold that is in transit hides item's transit status
73 - [[28487]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28487) Overdue_notices does not fall back to default language
75 >Previously overdue notices exclusively used the default language, but bug 26420 changed this to the opposite - to exclusively use the language chosen by the patron.
77 >However, if there is no translation for the overdue notice for the language chosen by the patron then no message is sent.
79 >This fixes this so that if there is no translation of the overdue notice for the language chosen by the patron, then the default language notice is used.
83 - [[28600]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28600) Variable "$patron" is not available
87 - [[28616]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28616) Remove Data::Printer dependency
91 - [[28490]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28490) Cannot modify patrons in some categories (e.g. Child category)
95 - [[28586]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28586) Cannot resolve a claim
97 >This fixes an issue with the 'Returned claims' feature (enabled by setting a value for ClaimReturnedLostValue)- resolving returned claims now works as expected.
99 >Before this fix, an attempt to resolve a claim resulted in the page hanging and the claim not being able to be resolved.
106 - [[28171]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28171) Serial enumeration / chronology sorting is broken in biblio page
107 - [[28204]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28204) Table highlighting is broken at the cataloguing/additem.pl
108 - [[28383]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28383) Log in via the itemsearch URL leads to Internal Server Error
110 >When trying to access the item search form in the staff interface (/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/itemsearch.pl) when not logged in, an internal server error (error code 500) is received after entering your login details. This fixes the problem so that the item search form is displayed as expected.
114 - [[27064]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27064) Transferring an item with a hold allows the user to set a hold waiting without transferring to the correct branch
115 - [[28382]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28382) 'Reserve' should be passed through as transfer reason appropriately in branchtransfers
119 - [[28518]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28518) "Return to the last advanced search" exclude keywords if more than 3
123 - [[28350]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28350) Sort by "circ note" is broken on the patron search result view
125 >This fixes the patron search result page so that the results can be sorted using the 'Circ note' column. Before this fix you could not sort the results by this column.
129 - [[28488]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28488) Javascript error in self-checkout (__ is not defined)
133 - [[28467]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28467) Add wording to TrackLastPatronActivity description to tell users that it records SIP authentication
135 >This improves the wording for the TrackLastPatronActivity system preference to reflect that the 'last seen' date updates when a patron logs into the OPAC or connects using SIP.
139 - [[28353]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28353) Regression: Batch item deletion no longer shows which items were not removed
141 >This restores and improves the messages displayed when batch deleting items (Tools > Catalog > Batch item deletion).
143 >The messages displayed are:
144 >- "Warning, the following barcodes were not found:", followed by a list of barcodes
145 >- "Warning, the following items cannot be deleted:", followed by a list of barcodes
151 The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
154 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
156 As of the date of these release notes, the Koha manual is available in the following languages:
159 - [Arabic](https://koha-community.org/manual/21.05/ar/html/) (34.3%)
160 - [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://koha-community.org/manual/21.05/zh_TW/html/) (58.5%)
161 - [Czech](https://koha-community.org/manual/21.05/cs/html/) (27.6%)
162 - [English (USA)](https://koha-community.org/manual/21.05/en/html/)
163 - [French](https://koha-community.org/manual/21.05/fr/html/) (47.2%)
164 - [French (Canada)](https://koha-community.org/manual/21.05/fr_CA/html/) (25.2%)
165 - [German](https://koha-community.org/manual/21.05/de/html/) (67.2%)
166 - [Hindi](https://koha-community.org/manual/21.05/hi/html/) (98.2%)
167 - [Italian](https://koha-community.org/manual/21.05/it/html/) (47.8%)
168 - [Spanish](https://koha-community.org/manual/21.05/es/html/) (34.8%)
169 - [Turkish](https://koha-community.org/manual/21.05/tr/html/) (40.3%)
171 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
173 - [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
178 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
179 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
183 - Armenian (Classical) (89%)
184 - Chinese (Taiwan) (81.6%)
186 - English (New Zealand) (62.2%)
190 - French (Canada) (83.5%)
192 - German (Switzerland) (61.4%)
196 - Nederlands-Nederland (Dutch-The Netherlands) (62.5%)
197 - Norwegian Bokmål (58.2%)
200 - Portuguese (Brazil) (87.8%)
209 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
211 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
213 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
215 For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
218 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
220 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
222 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
226 The release team for Koha 21.05.01 is
229 - Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
231 - Release Manager assistants:
235 - QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
253 - UI Design -- Owen Leonard
254 - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
255 - Elasticsearch -- Fridolin Somers
256 - Zebra -- Fridolin Somers
257 - Accounts -- Martin Renvoize
265 - Documentation Manager: David Nind
268 - Documentation Team:
272 - Translation Managers:
273 - Bernardo González Kriegel
275 - Release Maintainers:
277 - 20.11 -- Fridolin Somers
278 - 20.05 -- Victor Grousset
279 - 19.11 -- Wainui Witika-Park
283 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 21.05.01
285 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (9)
288 - Jonathan Druart (16)
290 - Andrew Fuerste-Henry (1)
292 - Joonas Kylmälä (17)
296 - Martin Renvoize (9)
298 - Koha translators (1)
301 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
302 patches to Koha 21.05.01
304 - Athens County Public Libraries (1)
306 - Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) (1)
307 - ByWater-Solutions (11)
308 - Independant Individuals (2)
309 - Koha Community Developers (16)
310 - Prosentient Systems (2)
312 - Solutions inLibro inc (1)
313 - Theke Solutions (9)
314 - University of Helsinki (17)
316 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
319 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (5)
322 - Jonathan Druart (46)
324 - Andrew Fuerste-Henry (5)
325 - Victor Grousset (7)
329 - Christian Nelson (2)
332 - Martin Renvoize (14)
335 - Petro Vashchuk (10)
339 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
340 please send a patch against these release notes to koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org.
342 ## Revision control notes
344 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
345 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
347 - [Koha Git Repository](https://git.koha-community.org/koha-community/koha)
349 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
352 ## Bugs and feature requests
354 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
357 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
359 He rau ringa e oti ai.
360 (Many hands finish the work)
362 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 24 Jun 2021 16:41:01.