From 964ce524640f0dc1129ac2edc96b01af8c638adf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesse Maseto Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:45:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update release notes for 18.05.09 release --- .../release_notes/release_notes_18_05_09.html | 524 ++++++++++++++++++ misc/release_notes/release_notes_18_05_09.md | 423 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 947 insertions(+) create mode 100644 misc/release_notes/release_notes_18_05_09.html create mode 100644 misc/release_notes/release_notes_18_05_09.md diff --git a/misc/release_notes/release_notes_18_05_09.html b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_18_05_09.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..63af11b167 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_18_05_09.html @@ -0,0 +1,524 @@ +

RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 18.05.09

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22 Feb 2019

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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 18.05.09 can be downloaded from:

+ + + +

Installation instructions can be found at:

+ + + +

Koha 18.05.09 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

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It includes 1 new features, 3 enhancements, 62 bugfixes.

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New features

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REST api

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This adds http BASIC authentication as an optional auth method to the RESTful APIs. This greatly aids developers when developing against our APIs.

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Enhancements

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Architecture, internals, and plumbing

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Circulation

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Templates

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A simple string patch that clarifies the intention of the CheckPrevCheckout system preference options.

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+ +

Critical bugs fixed

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Acquisitions

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Circulation

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Hold requests

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OPAC

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Other bugs fixed

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About

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Acquisitions

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Architecture, internals, and plumbing

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Cataloging

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Circulation

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Developer documentation

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Holidays

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ILL

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Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)

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MARC Authority data support

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Notices

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OPAC

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Patrons

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Reports

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Searching

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Serials

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System Administration

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Templates

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Test Suite

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Tools

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System requirements

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Important notes:

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Documentation

+ +

The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha +documentation is

+ + + +

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

+ + + +

The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at

+ + + +

Translations

+ +

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:

+ + + +

Release Team

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The release team for Koha 18.05.09 is

+ + + +

Credits

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We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 18.05.09.

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We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed +patches to Koha 18.05.09

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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.

+ +

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:

+ + + +

The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release +line is rmain1805.

+ +

Bugs and feature requests

+ +

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 Feb 2019 12:43:27.

diff --git a/misc/release_notes/release_notes_18_05_09.md b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_18_05_09.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b3128a481e --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_18_05_09.md @@ -0,0 +1,423 @@ +# RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 18.05.09 +22 Feb 2019 + +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 Community](http://koha-community.org) + +Koha 18.05.09 can be downloaded from: + +- [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-18.05.09.tar.gz) + +Installation instructions can be found at: + +- [Koha Wiki](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation) +- OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball + +Koha 18.05.09 is a bugfix/maintenance release. + +It includes 1 new features, 3 enhancements, 62 bugfixes. + + + +## New features + +### REST api + +- [[22132]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22132) Add Basic authentication to the REST API + +> This adds http BASIC authentication as an optional auth method to the RESTful APIs. This greatly aids developers when developing against our APIs. + + + +## Enhancements + +### Architecture, internals, and plumbing + +- [[21912]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21912) Koha::Objects->search lacks tests + +### Circulation + +- [[18816]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18816) Make CataloguingLog work in production by preventing circulation from spamming the log + +### Templates + +- [[20569]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20569) Improve description of CheckPrevCheckout system preference + +> A simple string patch that clarifies the intention of the CheckPrevCheckout system preference options. + + + + +## Critical bugs fixed + +### Acquisitions + +- [[22282]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22282) Internal software error when exporting basket group as PDF + +### Circulation + +- [[21491]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21491) When 'Default lost item fee refund on return policy' is unset it says no but acts as if 'yes' + +### Hold requests + +- [[21495]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21495) Regression in hold override functionality + +### OPAC + +- [[22085]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22085) UNIMARC default XSLT broken by Bug 14716 + + +## Other bugs fixed + +### About + +- [[21441]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21441) System information gives reference to a non-existant table + +### Acquisitions + +- [[20865]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20865) Remove space before : on order receive filters + +### Architecture, internals, and plumbing + +- [[19816]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19816) output_pref must implement 'dateonly' for dateformat => rfc3339 +- [[19920]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19920) changepassword is exported from C4::Members but has been removed +- [[21170]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21170) Warnings in MARCdetail.pl - isn't numeric in numeric eq (==) +- [[21478]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21478) Koha::Hold->suspend_hold allows suspending in transit holds +- [[21907]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21907) Error from mainpage when Article requests enabled and either IndependentBranches or IndependentBranchesPatronModifications is enabled +- [[22006]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22006) Koha::Account::Line->item should return undef if no item linked +- [[22097]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22097) CataloguingLog should be suppressed for item branch transfers +- [[22124]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22124) Update cataloguing plugin system to not generate type parameter in script tag +- [[22125]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22125) branches.pickup_location should be flagged as boolean + +### Cataloging + +- [[20491]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20491) Use "Date due" in table header of item table +- [[22122]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22122) Make sequence of Z39.50 search options match in acq and cataloguing +- [[22242]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22242) Javascript error in value builder cased by Select2 + +### Circulation + +- [[17347]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17347) 'Renew' tab should ignore whitespace at begining and end of barcode +- [[21877]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21877) Show authorized value description for withdrawn in checkout +- [[22054]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22054) Display a nicer error message when trying to renew an on-site checkout from renew page +- [[22083]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22083) Typo in circulation_batch_checkouts.tt +- [[22111]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22111) Correctly format fines when placing holds (maxoutstanding warning) +- [[22119]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22119) Add price formatting in circulation +- [[22120]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22120) Add price formatting to patron summary print +- [[22203]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22203) Holds modal no longer links to patron + +### Developer documentation + +- [[21290]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21290) POD of ModItem mentions MARC for items + +### Holidays + +- [[21885]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21885) Improve date selection on calendar for selecting the end date on a range + +### ILL + +- [[22101]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22101) ILL requests missing in menu on advanced search page + +### Installation and upgrade (web-based installer) + +- [[11922]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=11922) Add SHOW_BCODE patron attribute for Norwegian web installer +- [[22095]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22095) Dead link in web installer + +### MARC Authority data support + +- [[19994]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19994) use Modern::Perl in Authorities perl scripts + +### Notices + +- [[21829]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21829) Date displays as a datetime in notices + +### OPAC + +- [[21192]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21192) Borrower Fields on OPAC's Personal Details Screen Use Self Register Field Options Incorrectly +- [[21808]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21808) Field 711 is not handled correctly in showAuthor XSLT for relator term or code +- [[22118]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22118) Format hold fee when placing holds in OPAC +- [[22207]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22207) Course reserves page does not have unique body id + +### Patrons + +- [[20165]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20165) Capitalization: Street Address should be Street address in patron search options +- [[21930]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21930) Typo in the manage_circ_rules_from_any_libraries description +- [[22149]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22149) Grammar fix in the manage_circ_rules_from_any_libraries description + +### Reports + +- [[20274]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20274) itemtypes.plugin report: not handling item-level_itypes syspref +- [[20679]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20679) Remove 'rows per page' from reports print layout +- [[22082]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22082) Ambiguous column in patron stats +- [[22278]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22278) Newly created report group is not selected after saving an SQL report + +### Searching + +- [[14716]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14716) Correctly URI-encode URLs in XSLT result lists and detail pages +- [[18909]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18909) Enable the maximum zebra records size to be specified per instance + +### Serials + +- [[16231]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16231) Correct permission handling in subscription edit menu + +### System Administration + +- [[7403]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7403) Remove warning from CataloguingLog system preference +- [[15110]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15110) Improve decreaseHighHolds system preference description +- [[21637]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21637) Capitalization: EasyAnalyticalRecords syspref option "Don't Display" should be "Don't display" +- [[21855]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21855) Remove mention of deprecated delete_unverified_opac_registrations.pl cronjob +- [[21926]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21926) Enhance OAI-PMH:archiveID system preference description + +### Templates + +- [[21840]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21840) Fix some typos in the templates +- [[21866]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21866) Rephrase "Warning: This *report* was written for an older version of Koha" to refer to plugins +- [[22113]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22113) Add price formatting on item lost report +- [[22236]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22236) Translation should generate tags with consistent attribute order + +### Test Suite + +- [[22107]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22107) Avoid deleting data in some tests +- [[22254]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22254) t/db_dependent/Koha/Patrons.t contains a DateTime math error + +### Tools + +- [[20634]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20634) Inventory form has 2 identical labels "Library:" +- [[22011]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22011) Typo in Item Batch Modification +- [[22036]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22036) Tidy up tags/review script +- [[22136]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22136) Import patrons notes hides a note because the syspref isn't referenced correctly + + + +## System requirements + +Important notes: + +- Perl 5.10 is required +- Zebra is required + +## Documentation + +The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha +documentation is + +- [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/) + +As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the +Koha manual is available: + +- [Koha Manual](http://koha-community.org/manual/18.05/en/html/) + + +The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at + +- [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual) + +## Translations + +Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff +interface are available in this release for the following languages: + +- Arabic (99.7%) +- Armenian (99.8%) +- Basque (72.5%) +- Chinese (China) (77%) +- Chinese (Taiwan) (98.7%) +- Czech (92.4%) +- Danish (63.6%) +- English (New Zealand) (95.5%) +- English (USA) +- Finnish (92.4%) +- French (98.7%) +- French (Canada) (94%) +- German (100%) +- German (Switzerland) (98.3%) +- Greek (80.5%) +- Hindi (99.8%) +- Italian (97.3%) +- Norwegian Bokmål (67.5%) +- Occitan (post 1500) (70.2%) +- Persian (52.9%) +- Polish (93.6%) +- Portuguese (99.8%) +- Portuguese (Brazil) (87.4%) +- Slovak (95.7%) +- Spanish (98.6%) +- Swedish (93.8%) +- Turkish (99.8%) +- Vietnamese (65.1%) + +Partial translations are available for various other languages. + +The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see + +- [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha) + +For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate +list to volunteer: + +- [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate) + +The most up-to-date translations can be found at: + +- [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/) + +## Release Team + +The release team for Koha 18.05.09 is + +- Release Manager: [Nick Clemens](mailto:nick@bywatersolutions.com) +- Release Manager assistants: + - [Jonathan Druart](mailto:jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org) + - [Tomás Cohen Arazi](mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com) +- QA Manager: [Katrin Fischer](mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de) +- QA Team: + - [Alex Arnaud](mailto:alex.arnaud@biblibre.com) + - [Julian Maurice](mailto:julian.maurice@biblibre.com) + - [Kyle Hall](mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com) + - Josef Moravec + - [Martin Renvoize](mailto:martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com) + - [Jonathan Druart](mailto:jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org) + - [Marcel de Rooy](mailto:m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl) + - [Tomás Cohen Arazi](mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com) + - [Chris Cormack](mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz) +- Topic Experts: + - SIP2 -- Colin Campbell + - EDI -- Colin Campbell + - Elasticsearch -- Ere Maijala + - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi + - UI Design -- Owen Leonard +- Bug Wranglers: + - Luis Moises Rojas + - Jon Knight + - [Indranil Das Gupta](mailto:indradg@l2c2.co.in) +- Packaging Manager: [Mirko Tietgen](mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net) +- Documentation Manager: Caroline Cyr La Rose +- Documentation Team: + - David Nind + - Lucy Vaux-Harvey + +- Translation Managers: + - [Indranil Das Gupta](mailto:indradg@l2c2.co.in) + - [Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel](mailto:bgkriegel@gmail.com) + +- Wiki curators: + - Caroline Cyr La Rose +- Release Maintainers: + - 18.11 -- [Martin Renvoize](mailto:martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com) + - 18.05 -- Lucas Gass + - 18.05 -- Jesse Maseto + - 17.11 -- [Fridolin Somers](mailto:fridolin.somers@biblibre.com) +- Release Maintainer assistants: + - 18.05 -- [Kyle Hall](mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com) + +## Credits + +We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 18.05.09. + +- Ethan Amohia (3) +- Jasmine Amohia (9) +- Tomás Cohen Arazi (15) +- Nick Clemens (4) +- Jonathan Druart (7) +- Katrin Fischer (7) +- Lucas Gass (10) +- Kyle Hall (4) +- helene hickey (6) +- Mackey Johnstone (1) +- Pasi Kallinen (1) +- Jack Kelliher (2) +- Owen Leonard (2) +- Olivia Lu (4) +- Jesse Maseto (1) +- Josef Moravec (2) +- Liz Rea (1) +- Martin Renvoize (2) +- Marcel de Rooy (2) +- Caroline Cyr La Rose (1) +- Fridolin Somers (5) +- Koha translators (1) + +We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed +patches to Koha 18.05.09 + +- ACPL (2) +- BibLibre (5) +- BSZ BW (7) +- ByWater-Solutions (19) +- Catalyst (1) +- Independant Individuals (10) +- Koha Community Developers (7) +- PTFS-Europe (2) +- Rijks Museum (2) +- Solutions inLibro inc (1) +- stacmail.net (2) +- The City of Joensuu (1) +- Theke Solutions (15) +- Wellington East Girls' College (9) +- wgc.school.nz (6) + +We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches +for Koha. + +- Hugo Agud (1) +- Jasmine Amohia (1) +- Tomás Cohen Arazi (16) +- Mika�l Olangcay Brisebois (1) +- Mikael Olangcay Brisebois (3) +- Nick Clemens (80) +- Frédéric Demians (1) +- Michal Denar (1) +- Devinim (2) +- Charles Farmer (1) +- Katrin Fischer (41) +- Lucas Gass (60) +- Kyle Hall (13) +- helene hickey (1) +- Pasi Kallinen (1) +- Jack Kelliher (1) +- Rhonda Kuiper (1) +- Owen Leonard (13) +- Olivia Lu (1) +- Jesse Maseto (26) +- Julian Maurice (2) +- Jose-Mario Monteiro-Santos (1) +- Josef Moravec (8) +- David Nind (16) +- Liz Rea (1) +- Martin Renvoize (92) +- Marcel de Rooy (1) +- Maryse Simard (3) +- Pierre-Marc Thibault (10) + + + +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: + +- [Koha Git Repository](git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git) + +The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release +line is rmain1805. + +## Bugs and feature requests + +Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug +tracker at: + +- [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org) + +He rau ringa e oti ai. +(Many hands finish the work) + +Autogenerated release notes updated last on 22 Feb 2019 12:43:27. -- 2.39.5