RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.12.7 22 Nov 2013 ======================================================================== 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 http://koha-community.org/ Koha 3.12.7 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.12.07.tar.gz Installation instructions can be found at: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball Koha 3.12.7 is a bugfix/maintenance release. It includes 8 enhancements and 42 bugfixes. Enhancements in 3.12.7 ====================== OPAC ---------- 7813 Add ability to delete local cover images Packaging ---------- 10622 Add --sip and --nosip switches to koha-list 10624 Koha-common.init should implement the 'status' option switch Patrons ---------- 9372 Automatic carriage return in message_queue where content_type is html 10894 ID required for mainaddress fieldset in create new patron Serials ---------- 10570 Show internal note from subscription in results on check expiration page Templates ---------- 10803 "Make payment" in circ is not easily translatable Tools ---------- 9618 Add support for intranetuserjs to labels/spinelabel-print.pl Critical bugs fixed in 3.12.7 ====================== Architecture, internals, and plumbing ---------- 9299 major For loop in Auth_with_ldap.pm requires an extended patron attribute to be set or LDAP logins fail 10897 major T/ILSDI_Services.t is db dependent Authentication ---------- 10925 major LDAP Auth fails if DEBUG is enable Circulation ---------- 10016 critical SelfCheckTimeout not logging patron out 10663 critical Holds never block renewals Notices ---------- 11218 critical Due notices broken / not generated Serials ---------- 10430 major Status filter not working in serial claims when translated Other bugs fixed in 3.12.7 ====================== Acquisitions ---------- 8821 normal Receive shipment page should hide inactive funds like new order form does 10847 trivial Open external link to website of a vendor in new tab/window Architecture, internals, and plumbing ---------- 10872 minor C4::Items GetHiddenItems fix and optimization 10305 trivial _increment_barcode is called twice 11269 trivial Latest MARC::Record makes visible some wrong usage of field->subfield in C4::Search Browser compatibility ---------- 10376 normal Printing cart does not work under IE9 Cataloging ---------- 11054 normal Creating a child record has problems with accented Latin characters 10331 trivial Little errors in unimarc_field_4XX.pl (punctuation) 10687 trivial Delete erroneous tags 68a and 68b on default MARC21 auth framework Circulation ---------- 10027 normal Fine details not showing when printing a fine 9943 minor Pay fines page "Pay selected" button give invalid amount when nothing is selected Command-line Utilities ---------- 10810 trivial Fix synopsis for -html option to overdue_notices.pl Developer documentation ---------- 10967 trivial POD ERROR in acqui/booksellers.pl Documentation ---------- 7764 normal INSTALL.ubuntu needs to be updated Hold requests ---------- 10731 minor IntranetSlipPrinterJS is not working for hold slips I18N/L10N ---------- 10948 normal Some strings in the authority result list turned out untranslatable 7478 minor Template/translation problem in catalogue_out.tt 8070 minor 
 block produced by showmarc.pl really not good in RTL languages
	10841	minor	Edit/Delete item context links in items table are not translatable
	10871	trivial	Confirmation message for deleting news entries is not translatable

Notices
----------
	10720	normal	Substitution term in overdue notices shouldn't be removed even if they don't match

OPAC
----------
	10619	normal	Sco.css missing for CCSR OPAC templates
	10564	minor	Use OPACURLOpenInNewWindow in UNIMARCslim2OPACResults.xsl

Packaging
----------
	10617	trivial	Init script cleanup

Patrons
----------
	10924	normal	Contact note not updating via opac

Reports
----------
	10718	normal	Items with no checkouts report does not work

Searching
----------
	5645	normal	Z39.50 search from search results not parsing query correctly
	10684	normal	Koha search dies on undecodable records

Serials
----------
	10689	minor	Public note does not appear in subscriptions search

SIP2
----------
	9531	normal	Make SIP2 message terminator configurable via SIPconfig.xml
	10817	normal	SIPserver does not return holds info when requested

Staff Client
----------
	10911	normal	Records with 880 fields have broken details links in intranet search results using XSLT.

Templates
----------
	10888	normal	Don't hide authorities module from users without permission to edit authorities
	10465	trivial	Reference to fields 780 and 785 in UNIMARC XSLT should be removed

Web services
----------
	10667	normal	ILS-DI: AuthenticatePatron should also work with cardnumber


System requirements
======================

    Important notes:
    
    * Perl 5.10 is required
    * Zebra is required


Documentation
======================

The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.The home page for Koha 
documentation is 

    http://koha-community.org/documentation/

As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
Koha manual is available:

    http://manual.koha-community.org/3.12/en/

The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at

    http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary


Translations
======================

Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
interface are available in this release for the following languages:


  * English (USA)
  * Arabic (89%)
  * Armenian (100%)
  * Chinese (China) (100%)
  * Chinese (Taiwan) (99%)
  * Czech (100%)
  * Danish (99%)
  * English (New Zealand) (92%)
  * French (100%)
  * French (Canada) (97%)
  * German (100%)
  * German (Switzerland) (99%)
  * Greek (54%)
  * Italian (99%)
  * Kurdish (78%)
  * Norwegian Bokmål (64%)
  * Polish (73%)
  * Portuguese (100%)
  * Portuguese (Brazil) (92%)
  * Slovak (99%)
  * Spanish (100%)
  * Swedish (97%)
  * Turkish (99%)


Partial translations are available for various other languages.

The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see

    http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha

for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate 
list to volunteer:

    http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate

The most up-to-date translations can be found at:

    http://translate.koha-community.org/


Release Team
======================

The release team for Koha 3.12.7 is

  Release Manager:       Jared Camins-Esakov 
  Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard 
  Installation Documentation Managers:
                         Samuel Desseaux 
                         Mason James 
  Translation Manager:   Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel 
  QA Manager:            Katrin Fischer 
  QA Team:               Chris Cormack 
                         Marcel de Rooy 
                         Jonathan Druart 
                         Brendan Gallagher 
                         Kyle Hall 
                         Mason James 
                         Paul Poulain 
  Bug Wranglers:         Magnus Enger 
  Packaging Manager:     Robin Sheat 
  Live CD Manager:       Vimal Kumar V.
  VM Manager:            Samuel Desseaux 

  Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Hall 
  Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel 
  Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Tomás Cohen Arazi 

Credits
======================

We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.12.7:
  * Universidad Nacional de Cordoba

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.7.
  *      8	Tomas Cohen Arazi
  *      1	D Ruth Bavousett
  *      1	Jared Camins-Esakov
  *      2	Colin Campbell
  *     13	Galen Charlton
  *      4	Jonathan Druart
  *      2	Magnus Enger
  *     11	Katrin Fischer
  *      8	Kyle M Hall
  *      1	Srdjan Jankovic
  *      1	Janusz Kaczmarek
  *      1	Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
  *      1	Ketan Kulkarni
  *      7	Owen Leonard
  *      2	Sophie Meynieux
  *      1	David Roberts
  *      1	Marcel de Rooy
  *      6	Fridolyn SOMERS
  *      1	Mathieu Saby
  *      2	Mark Tompsett

We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.7
  *       7 ACPL                                                                                          
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  *       1 Université Rennes 2
  *       1 carvingit.com
  *      13 unidentified

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.12.7.
  *       2 Nuño López Ansótegui
  *      75 Tomas Cohen Arazi
  *      71 Galen Charlton
  *       1 David Cook
  *       9 Chris Cormack
  *       1 Frédéric Demians
  *      13 Jonathan Druart
  *       1 Magnus Enger
  *      25 Katrin Fischer
  *       2 Brendan Gallagher
  *       9 Kyle M Hall
  *       4 Mason James
  *      14 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
  *       7 Owen Leonard
  *       1 Melia Meggs
  *       1 Josef Moravec
  *       4 Liz Rea
  *       2 Campbell Reid-Tait
  *       4 Marcel de Rooy
  *       2 Paola Rossi
  *       1 Mathieu Saby
  *       1 Adrien Saurat
  *       4 Robin Sheat
  *       2 Srdjan
  *       1 Mark Tompsett
  *       2 Ed Veal
  *       1 Marc Veron

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.


Revision control notes
======================

The Koha project uses Git for version control.  The current development 
version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of 

    git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git

The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.12.x.

The last Koha release was 3.12.17, which was released on October 28, 2013.


Bugs and feature requests
======================

Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at

    http://bugs.koha-community.org/


He rau ringa e oti ai.
(Many hands finish the work)

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