1 RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.4.5 - 26 September 2011
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4 Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package
5 (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes,
6 volunteers, and support companies from around the world.
7 The website for the Koha project is
9 http://koha-community.org/
11 Koha 3.4.5 can be downloaded from:
13 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.05.tar.gz
15 Installation instructions can be found at:
17 http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation
19 OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
21 Koha 3.4.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
24 ======================
26 4122 blocker WebBasedSelfCheck doesn't control anything
27 6704 critical merging records cuts off fields at quotation marks
28 6727 critical can't import frameworks
29 6750 critical Guarantor search broken on translated templates
30 4419 major Cannot change module for notice templates
31 4966 major no way to finish receiving
32 6318 major fields missing when editing a layout
33 6351 major Cannot delete library-specific circulation rules
34 6620 major Sip Server Output may be buffered
35 6651 major koha-upgrade-to-3.4 fails when multiple instances are present
36 6665 major advancedMARCeditor preference not functioning
37 6765 major Enable correct checksums for UTF-8 encoded data
38 6834 major $template->{param_map} is deprecated with the introduction of Template::Toolkit
39 6841 major A member with cataloging permissions cannot change branches (when independent branches is set on)
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45 520 Displaying ALL records
46 1016 Crashed mySql tables
47 1220 validation problems and usability in lynx
48 1664 Installer not picking up missing perl modules
49 2539 kohaspsuggest is deprecated, notes outmoded
50 2775 Test suite failing after change to cache sysprefs
51 2891 Cannot manually enter dates in some report forms
52 4866 Optionally enable Change event for item plugins
53 4868 Improve controls for cloning and deleting MARC subfields
54 4877 Create and update the manual pages for the koha-* scripts.
55 5028 Remove references to catmaintain.pl
56 5252 Emails & Phones On Patron Add/Edit form
57 5498 Standardize markup and style of pagination menus
58 5524 Can't delete list from second page of results
59 5602 Improve configurability of package building scripts
60 5866 At larger hold volume, waitingreserves.pl for all libraries times out, can cause generalized slowness
61 6121 waitingreserves: branchname instead of branch code
62 6129 ISSN url param for serialssolutions.com
63 6256 Many bib1 attributes missing
64 6275 Automated backups of data and config
65 6368 unimarc_field_4XX plugin does not work with new templates
66 6431 New Circulation modules for Hourly Circulation
67 6458 incorrect parsing result in translation processing
68 6479 Encoding problem in "recievedlist" when the numbering formula contains utf-8 characters
69 6516 koha-create makes assumptions about borrowernumber of staff user
70 6517 koha-create wants "use database" in DEFAULTSQL
71 6528 Cataloging search issues - Holdings not displayed in location column
72 6538 help on letter.pl is incorrect
73 6540 Add more options to koha-create
74 6555 only 10 lists in pull down when adding from a bib record
75 6562 Reserve request generates unnecessary runtime errors
76 6595 Add German translation for purchase suggestion mails
77 6602 Reports dictionary doesn't properly recognize text columns
78 6640 Template errors in defining default variable values causes information not to be displayed
79 6652 Zip showing in funny place on libraries admin
80 6656 Default sort preferences ignored on advanced search
81 6662 sort options in opac are dewey specific
82 6677 patron stats still refers to debarred
83 6695 Layout of patron category add/edit form slightly broken
84 6696 New category button broken when no categories defined
85 6712 Remove memberofinstitution markup from templates until it can be completed
86 6715 xmlControlField.js always fetches the value_builder xml files in the "en" directory.
87 6723 allow framework import with CRLF
88 6724 Holds Ratio does not allow decimals
89 6726 When SMS is enabled the messaging table is misaligned
90 6728 Table sorter for receiving acquisitions
91 6732 Missing Title for Manual Invoice
92 6733 printing routing list sends you to main serials page
93 6744 Acknowledge the actual es-ES translators
94 6747 Additional check in opac-export
95 6753 Markup corrections and improvements for label export window
96 6754 Improve breadcrumbs on lists pages
97 6768 Two unused include files can be removed: error-top.inc and error-bottom.inc
98 6791 editing list with apostrophe loses text
99 6794 Broken toggle in member-flags in ie
100 6822 RIS export problem in opac-export.pl with parsing the MARC
101 6829 Remove two warnings for opac-MARCdetail
102 6860 syndetics covers not showing on search results or shelf browse
103 6863 covers missing from shelf browse for various services
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115 ======================
117 As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The
118 home page for Koha documentation is
120 http://koha-community.org/documentation/
122 As of the date of these release notes, only the english version of the
123 Koha manual is available:
125 http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual/
127 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
129 http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary
132 ======================
134 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
135 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
139 * English (New Zealand)
152 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
154 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
156 http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha
158 for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
161 http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate
163 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
165 http://translate.koha-community.org/
168 ======================
170 The release team for Koha 3.4 is
172 Release Manager: Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
173 Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
174 Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic@tamil.fr>
175 Release Maintainer (3.2.x):
176 Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
177 Release Maintainer (3.4.x):
178 Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
179 QA Manager: Colin Campbell
183 ======================
185 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to
194 Christophe Croullebois
209 Salvador Zaragoza Rubio
216 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed,
217 please send a patch against these release notes to
218 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
220 Revision control notes
221 ======================
223 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
224 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of
226 git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git
228 The branch for Koha 3.4.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
231 The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.6.0.
233 Bugs and feature requests
234 ======================
236 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
239 http://bugs.koha-community.org/
242 Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini