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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 20.05.08

+ +

22 Jan 2021

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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 20.05.08 can be downloaded from:

+ + + +

Installation instructions can be found at:

+ + + +

Koha 20.05.08 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

+ +

It includes 4 enhancements, 35 bugfixes.

+ +

System requirements

+ +

Koha is continuously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for +deployment:

+ + + +

Additional notes:

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Enhancements

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Hold requests

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Label/patron card printing

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Searching - Elasticsearch

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Staff Client

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Critical bugs fixed

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Cataloging

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Command-line Utilities

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Database

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Patrons

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SIP2

+ + + +

Other bugs fixed

+ +

Acquisitions

+ + + +

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

+ + + +

Cataloging

+ + + +

Command-line Utilities

+ + + +

Fines and fees

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Hold requests

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MARC Bibliographic record staging/import

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OPAC

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Patrons

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Searching - Elasticsearch

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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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Web services

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Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers

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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

+ +

The release team for Koha 20.05.08 is

+ + + +

Credits

+ +

We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored +new features in Koha 20.05.08:

+ + + +

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 20.05.08.

+ + + +

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed +patches to Koha 20.05.08

+ + + +

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 rmain2005.

+ +

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 Jan 2021 22:04:36.

diff --git a/misc/release_notes/release_notes_20_05_08.md b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_20_05_08.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d17928a467 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_20_05_08.md @@ -0,0 +1,402 @@ +# RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 20.05.08 +22 Jan 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 Community](http://koha-community.org) + +Koha 20.05.08 can be downloaded from: + +- [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-20.05.08.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 20.05.08 is a bugfix/maintenance release. + +It includes 4 enhancements, 35 bugfixes. + +### System requirements + +Koha is continuously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for +deployment: + +- Debian Jessie with MySQL 5.5 (End of life) +- Debian Stretch with MariaDB 10.1 +- Debian Buster with MariaDB 10.3 +- Ubuntu Bionic with MariaDB 10.1 +- Debian Stretch with MySQL 8.0 (Experimental MySQL 8.0 support) + +Additional notes: + +- Perl 5.10 is required (5.24 is recommended) +- Zebra or Elasticsearch is required + + + + +## Enhancements + +### Hold requests + +- [[22284]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22284) Add ability to define groups of locations for hold pickup + + >Adds the ability to define groups of libraries for use in holds policy. + +### Label/patron card printing + +- [[26875]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26875) Allow printing of just one barcode + +### Searching - Elasticsearch + +- [[24863]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24863) QueryFuzzy syspref says it requires Zebra but Elasticsearch has some support + +### Staff Client + +- [[25462]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=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'. + + +## Critical bugs fixed + +### Cataloging + +- [[27509]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27509) cn_sort value is lost when editing an item without changing cn_source or itemcallnumber + +### Command-line Utilities + +- [[27245]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27245) bulkmarcimport.pl error 'Already in a transaction' + +### Database + +- [[25826]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25826) Hiding biblionumber in the frameworks breaks links in result list +- [[27003]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27003) action_logs table error when adding an item + +### Patrons + +- [[27420]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27420) A mistake in bug 5161 leads to some patron attributes appearing without a fieldset + +### SIP2 + +- [[27196]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27196) Waiting title level hold checked in at wrong location via SIP leaves hold in a broken state and drops connection + + +## Other bugs fixed + +### Acquisitions + +- [[24470]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24470) Set import_status when file used to populate basket in acquisitions + +### Architecture, internals, and plumbing + +- [[25292]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25292) L1 cache too long in Z3950 server (z3950-responder) +- [[26848]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26848) Fix Readonly dependency in cpanfile +- [[27345]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27345) C4::Auth::get_template_and_user is missing some permissions for superlibrarian + +### Cataloging + +- [[26330]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26330) jQueryUI tabs don't work with non-Latin-1 characters +- [[27137]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27137) Move item doesn't show the title of the target record + + **Sponsored by** *Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology* + + >This patch fixes a small bug to ensure that the title of the target bibliographic record shows as expected upon successfully attaching an item. +- [[27164]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27164) Fix item search CSV export + +### Command-line Utilities + +- [[26851]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26851) Overdue notices should not send a report to the library if there is no content +- [[27085]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27085) Corrections in overdue_notices.pl help text + + **Sponsored by** *Lund University Library* + +### Fines and fees + +- [[26593]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26593) Rental discounts are applied in wrong precedence order +- [[27180]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27180) Fines cronjob does not update fines on holidays when finesCalendar is set to ignore + +### Hold requests + +- [[26698]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26698) Hold can show as waiting and in transit at the same time + +### MARC Bibliographic record staging/import + +- [[26171]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26171) Show biblionumber in Koha::Exceptions::Metadata::Invalid + +### OPAC + +- [[26397]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26397) opac.scss calls non-existent image + + >This patch removes some obsolete CSS from the OPAC which calls a non-existent image. +- [[27090]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27090) In the location column of an OPAC cart the 'In transit from' and 'to' fields are empty +- [[27178]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27178) OPAC results and lists pages contain invalid attributes (xmlns:str="http://exslt.org/strings") + +### Patrons + +- [[26417]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26417) Remove warn in Koha::Patron is_valid_age + +### Searching - Elasticsearch + +- [[26996]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26996) Elasticsearch: Multiprocess reindexing sometimes doesn't reindex all records + + **Sponsored by** *Lund University Library* +- [[27043]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=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. + +### System Administration + +- [[27280]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27280) Explanation for "Days mode" is not consistent +- [[27349]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27349) Mana system preference wrong type YesNo +- [[27351]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27351) UsageStatsCountry system preference wrong type YesNo + +### Templates + +- [[25954]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25954) Header search forms should be labeled + +### Test Suite + +- [[26364]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26364) XISBN.t makes a bad assumption about return values + +### Tools + +- [[26894]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26894) Marc Modification Templates treat subfield 0 as no subfield set when moving fields +- [[26983]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26983) Selecting ALL Items in Inventory- only selects 20 +- [[27413]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27413) Cannot add debarment with batch patron modification tool + +### Web services + +- [[21301]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=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(). + +### Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers + +- [[27149]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27149) Z3950Responder removes itemnumber when adding item statuses + + +## 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/20.05/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 (98.9%) +- Armenian (100%) +- Armenian (Classical) (99.7%) +- Chinese (Taiwan) (94.4%) +- Czech (80.8%) +- English (New Zealand) (66.8%) +- English (USA) +- Finnish (70.6%) +- French (81.8%) +- French (Canada) (96.8%) +- German (100%) +- German (Switzerland) (74.6%) +- Greek (62.2%) +- Hindi (99.7%) +- Italian (99.8%) +- Norwegian Bokmål (71.2%) +- Polish (73.6%) +- Portuguese (87%) +- Portuguese (Brazil) (98.1%) +- Russian (86.8%) +- Slovak (89.9%) +- Spanish (100%) +- Swedish (79.8%) +- Telugu (89.7%) +- Turkish (100%) +- Ukrainian (66.5%) + +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 20.05.08 is + + +- Release Manager: Jonathan Druart + +- Release Manager assistants: + - Martin Renvoize + - Tomás Cohen Arazi + +- QA Manager: Katrin Fischer + +- QA Team: + - David Cook + - Agustín Moyano + - Martin Renvoize + - Marcel de Rooy + - Joonas Kylmälä + - Julian Maurice + - Tomás Cohen Arazi + - Josef Moravec + - Nick Clemens + - Kyle Hall + - Victor Grousset + +- Topic Experts: + - UI Design -- Owen Leonard + - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi + - Zebra -- Fridolin Somers + - Accounts -- Martin Renvoize + +- Bug Wranglers: + - Amit Gupta + - Mengü Yazıcıoğlu + - Indranil Das Gupta + +- Packaging Managers: + - David Cook + - Mason James + - Agustín Moyano + +- Documentation Manager: Caroline Cyr La Rose + + +- Documentation Team: + - Marie-Luce Laflamme + - Lucy Vaux-Harvey + - Henry Bolshaw + - David Nind + +- Translation Managers: + - Indranil Das Gupta + - Bernardo González Kriegel + +- Release Maintainers: + - 20.11 -- Fridolin Somers + - 20.05 -- Andrew Fuerste-Henry + - 19.11 -- Victor Grousset + +## Credits +We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored +new features in Koha 20.05.08: + +- Lund University Library +- Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology + +We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 20.05.08. + +- Aleisha Amohia (1) +- Tomás Cohen Arazi (1) +- Nick Clemens (18) +- Christophe Croullebois (1) +- Jonathan Druart (14) +- Andrew Fuerste-Henry (8) +- Victor Grousset (2) +- Owen Leonard (6) +- Julian Maurice (1) +- Josef Moravec (1) +- Björn Nylén (1) +- Martin Renvoize (2) +- David Roberts (1) +- Marcel de Rooy (1) +- Lisette Scheer (1) +- Fridolin Somers (11) +- Koha Translators (1) +- Timothy Alexis Vass (1) + +We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed +patches to Koha 20.05.08 + +- Athens County Public Libraries (6) +- BibLibre (13) +- ByWater-Solutions (26) +- Independant Individuals (2) +- Koha Community Developers (16) +- Latah County Library District (1) +- PTFS-Europe (3) +- Rijks Museum (1) +- Theke Solutions (1) +- ub.lu.se (2) + +We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches +for Koha. + +- Tomás Cohen Arazi (3) +- Nick Clemens (28) +- David Cook (2) +- Jonathan Druart (43) +- Magnus Enger (1) +- Katrin Fischer (9) +- Andrew Fuerste-Henry (65) +- Victor Grousset (12) +- Mason James (1) +- Barbara Johnson (1) +- Joonas Kylmälä (2) +- Owen Leonard (3) +- Julian Maurice (3) +- Josef Moravec (2) +- David Nind (13) +- Martin Renvoize (15) +- Caroline Cyr La Rose (1) +- Fridolin Somers (48) + + + +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 rmain2005. + +## 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 Jan 2021 22:04:36. -- 2.39.5