1 RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.12.6
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5 Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package
6 (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes,
7 volunteers, and support companies from around the world.
8 The website for the Koha project is
10 http://koha-community.org/
12 Koha 3.12.6 can be downloaded from:
14 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.12.06.tar.gz
16 Installation instructions can be found at:
18 http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation
20 OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
23 Koha 3.12.6 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
26 It includes 2 enhancements and 11 bugfixes.
29 Enhancements in 3.12.6
30 ======================
34 8507 Koha-create should be updated to use DOM indexing for bib
38 10349 Don't show empty Descriptions/Title notes tabs in OPAC and staff
41 Critical bugs fixed in 3.12.6
42 ======================
47 10272 critical CheckReserves returns not respecting ReservesControlBranch
50 Other bugs fixed in 3.12.6
51 ======================
54 Architecture, internals, and plumbing
56 8705 normal Software error on help of main page
58 MARC Bibliographic data support
60 10324 trivial Editorial series do not display correctly in normal view (UNIMARC / no XSLT)
64 10672 normal Add subtitle to display of checkouts, overdues, and holds on the patron summary
68 10802 normal History.txt missing in packages
72 10218 minor Add individual CSS classes for bibliographic information on OPAC results and detail pages (UNIMARC)
73 10721 minor Improve DataTables configuration on transfers to receive report
74 10793 minor XSLT change 780/785 search queries to use ti,phr indexes like other linking entries
75 10609 trivial Use branch name rather than branch code in serials-collection.pl
79 10333 normal UT: Labels/t_Batch.t needs to create its own data
81 Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers
83 10742 minor Simple search to z39.50 search keeps index
87 ======================
91 * Perl 5.10 is required
96 ======================
98 The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.The home page for Koha
101 http://koha-community.org/documentation/
103 As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
104 Koha manual is available:
106 http://manual.koha-community.org/3.12/en/
108 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
110 http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary
114 ======================
116 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
117 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
123 * Chinese (China) (100%)
124 * Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)
127 * English (New Zealand) (92%)
129 * French (Canada) (97%)
131 * German (Switzerland) (98%)
135 * Norwegian Bokmål (64%)
138 * Portuguese (Brazil) (92%)
145 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
147 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
149 http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha
151 for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
154 http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate
156 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
158 http://translate.koha-community.org/
162 ======================
164 The release team for Koha 3.12.6 is
166 Release Manager: Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com>
167 Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
168 Installation Documentation Managers:
169 Samuel Desseaux <samuel.desseaux@ecp.fr>
170 Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>
171 Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com>
172 QA Manager: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de>
173 QA Team: Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
174 Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>
175 Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>
176 Brendan Gallagher <brendan@bywatersolutions.com>
177 Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>
178 Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>
179 Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
180 Bug Wranglers: Magnus Enger <magnus@enger.priv.no>
181 Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz>
182 Live CD Manager: Vimal Kumar V.
183 VM Manager: Samuel Desseaux <samuel.desseaux@ecp.fr>
185 Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Hall <chrish@catalyst.net.nz>
186 Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com>
187 Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen@gmail.com>
191 ======================
193 We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
194 new features in Koha 3.12.6:
195 * Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
197 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.6.
198 * 4 Tomas Cohen Arazi
209 We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.6
212 * 2 ByWater-Solutions
214 * 1 Prosentient Systems
215 * 1 Université Rennes 2
216 * 1 abunchofthings.net
219 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
221 * 16 Tomas Cohen Arazi
228 * 2 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
232 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
233 please send a patch against these release notes to
234 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
237 Revision control notes
238 ======================
240 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
241 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of
243 git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git
245 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.12.x.
247 The last Koha release was 3.8.17, which was released on August 24, 2013.
250 Bugs and feature requests
251 ======================
253 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
256 http://bugs.koha-community.org/
259 He rau ringa e oti ai.
260 (Many hands finish the work)
262 ##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 28 Oct 2013 18:22:30 Z #####