22 janv. 2021
Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The website for the Koha project is:
Koha 20.11.02 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 20.11.02 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 10 enhancements, 49 bugfixes.
Koha is continuously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for deployment:
Operating system:
Database:
Search engine:
Perl:
[24254] Add Koha::Items->filter_by_visible_in_opac
This patch introduces an efficient way of filtering Koha::Items result sets, to hide items that that shouldn't be exposed on public interfaces.
Filtering is governed by the following system preferences. A helper method is added to handle lost items:
- hidelostitems: Koha::Items->filter_out_lost is added to handle this.
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.
[1] Koha::Items->filter_by_visible_in_opac
[26962] Koha notice/slips/receipts should print in true black (#000000)
Almost black color in CSS rules (like #000066) are now replaced by true black color #000000
[26713] Add pagination to bottom of saved SQL reports table
This enhancement adds a second pagination menu to the bottom of saved SQL reports tables.
[25054] Display search field aliases in search engine configuration
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.
[25462] Shelving location should be on a new line in holdings table
In the holdings table, the shelving location is now displayed on a new line after the 'Home library'.
[27252] ES5 no longer supported (since 20.11.00)
This prepares Koha to officially no longer support Elasticsearch 5.X.
It adds a new system preference 'ElasticsearchCrossFields' to allow users to choose whether or not to enable this feature.
[27085] Corrections in overdue_notices.pl help text
Sponsored by Lund University Library
[26996] Elasticsearch: Multiprocess reindexing sometimes doesn't reindex all records
Sponsored by Lund University Library
[27043] Add to number_of_replicas and number_of_shards to index config
Elasticsearch 6 server has default value 5 for "number_of_shards" but warn about Elasticsearch 7 having default value 1. So its is better to set this value in configuration file. Patch also sets number_of_replicas to 1. If you have only one Elasticsearch node, you have to set this value to 0.
[27299] Zebra phrase register is incorrectly tokenized when using ICU
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.
[27310] Wrong CSS float on 'Visibility' in framework edition
This fixes the display of the 'Visibility' label when editing subfields for a framework. The label is now aligned correctly with the other labels.
[21301] Restriction of the informations given by GetRecords ILS-DI service
For privacy protection, ILS-DI webservice GetRecords will not give patron information anymore. Also old issues are not given anymore. This removes method C4::Circulation::GetBiblioIssues().
[27149] Z3950Responder removes itemnumber when adding item statuses
ElasticsearchCrossFields
The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha documentation is
As of the date of these release notes, the Koha manual is available in the following languages:
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages:
Partial translations are available for various other languages.
The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate list to volunteer:
The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
The release team for Koha 20.11.02 is
Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
Release Manager assistants:
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
QA Team:
Topic Experts:
Bug Wranglers:
Packaging Managers:
Documentation Manager: Caroline Cyr La Rose
Documentation Team:
Translation Managers:
Release Maintainers:
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 20.11.02:
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 20.11.02.
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 20.11.02
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha.
We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed, please send a patch against these release notes to koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 20.11.x.
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at:
He rau ringa e oti ai. (Many hands finish the work)
Autogenerated release notes updated last on 22 janv. 2021 14:08:52.