From 9330bb78787b665c68925c579a5f869921fb3ef4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fridolin Somers Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 18:20:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update release notes for 3.14.7 release Signed-off-by: Fridolin Somers --- misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_14_7.txt | 486 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 486 insertions(+) create mode 100644 misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_14_7.txt diff --git a/misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_14_7.txt b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_14_7.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5e90aeee88 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_14_7.txt @@ -0,0 +1,486 @@ +RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.14.7 +27 mai 2014 +======================================================================== + +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 3.14.7 can be downloaded from: + + http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.14.07.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 3.14.7 is a bugfix/maintenance release. + + +It includes 28 enhancements and 66 bugfixes. + + +Enhancements in 3.14.7 +====================== + +Acquisitions +---------- + 10789 Excessive and often incorrect use of finish in C4::Acquisitions + 11787 Use validation plugin when adding new vendor + 11805 Use validation plugin when creating new basket in Acquisitions + +Architecture, internals, and plumbing +---------- + 11478 Remove experimental given/when from Koha::SimpleMARC + 11479 Remove experimental given/when from C4::MarcModificationTemplates + 11730 C4::Charset call C4::Context without use it + +Circulation +---------- + 9823 Code optimization: Change prototype of GetReservesFromBiblionumber + +Command-line Utilities +---------- + 10955 Add ability to skip deletions in zebraqueue + 11078 Rebuild_zebra.pl can lose updates due to race condition during full rebuilds + +Course reserves +---------- + 11788 Use validation plugin when creating new course + 11866 Staff side course reserves too restrictive + +Database +---------- + 3445 Action_logs table needs some thought + +I18N/L10N +---------- + 11631 Make translation toolchain ignore useless translatable strings + +Lists +---------- + 11789 Use validation plugin when creating new list + +Packaging +---------- + 7234 Koha-common Debian package should include koha-sites.conf + +Searching +---------- + 11202 Improve UNIMARC biblio indexing + +System Administration +---------- + 11766 Use validation plugin when creating new authority type + 11767 Use validation plugin when creating new authority framework tag + 11771 Use validation plugin when creating new MARC framework tag + 11791 Use validation plugin when creating new city + 11792 Use validation plugin when creating new currency + 11793 Use validation plugin when creating new item type + 11795 Use validation plugin when creating new Z39.50 server + +Templates +---------- + 11087 Have the fines tab default to pay fines rather than account + 11272 Copy submit button on inventory + 11328 Show local cover images in staff client search results + +Test Suite +---------- + 11562 QA: the sysprefs.sql is not correctly sorted + +Tools +---------- + 11785 Use validation plugin when uploading local cover images + + +Critical bugs fixed in 3.14.7 +====================== + + +Acquisitions +---------- + 11755 critical Argument 'booksellerid' not properly handled in orderreceive.pl + 11675 major Budget amount is not checked if a parent exist + +Architecture, internals, and plumbing +---------- + 11493 critical Batch Item Modification not handling unicode characters + 10611 major C4::Context->dbh checks if the DB is still running + 11563 major Class noEnterSubmit no longer functioning + 11779 major Unexpected change in logged in branch when changing overdue notice triggers + +I18N/L10N +---------- + 11290 major Members-home.pl displays badly if using non english templates and have a utf8 char in categorycode description + +Staff Client +---------- + 11369 major Too many search cursor cookies overflow HTTP-header size, when making multiple searches in the staff client. + +Test Suite +---------- + 12271 critical Valid-templates.t does not test bootstrap opac templates + + +Other bugs fixed in 3.14.7 +====================== + + +Acquisitions +---------- + 11644 normal Cannot update fund if total is equal to amount unallocated + 11777 normal Created by name is not coming in order receiving page + 11798 normal Problems with column sorting and row visibility in invoices table + 11471 minor Basket groups display 0 0 + +Architecture, internals, and plumbing +---------- + 11616 normal The tablesorter plugin is no longer in use + 11687 normal Statecollection.pl is unused + 11757 minor Dependency on POE is not longer necessary + 11799 trivial Housekeeping: Remove _biblionumber_sth from VirtualShelves.pm + 11803 trivial Consistent use of $dbh in _koha_modify_item + +Cataloging +---------- + 11611 trivial Fix possible confusion between UNIMARC and MARC21 in some sysprefs + +Circulation +---------- + 11756 normal Hold ratios report sorting incorrectly + +Hold requests +---------- + 8918 normal ILS-DI: HoldTitle and HoldItem do not calculate rank of hold + 10452 minor AllowHoldsOnDamagedItems should control using damaged items to fulfill holds + +I18N/L10N +---------- + 11731 normal Typo "tranports" in installation + +Installation and upgrade (command-line installer) +---------- + 10580 normal Remove NoZebra reference from Makefile.pl + +Lists +---------- + 10714 minor Redirect to list contents view upon save after initiating edit from list contents view + +MARC Authority data support +---------- + 11652 minor Merging authority records does not correct biblios + +Notices +---------- + 11732 trivial Eliminate warning on undefined branchcode + +OPAC +---------- + 11743 normal Remove unused DataTables plugin from OPAC theme directories + 11516 minor OPAC highlight lost in results browser + 11663 trivial Bootstap theme opac holding tab improperly displayed when opacbookbag syspref is disabled + +Patrons +---------- + 11628 normal Staffaccess permission is missing in french userflags.sql file + 11707 normal Additional attributes broken for category code with space + +Reports +---------- + 11704 normal Wrong headers in {opac|intranet}/svc/report + 10777 minor Runreport.pl allows for sending html reports via email, but mimetype is wrong + +Searching +---------- + 11796 normal Results with 6 facets have missing facet + 10544 minor Stocknumber index is an alias of Number-local-acquisition + +Self checkout +---------- + 11773 normal Crash 'undefined value as a HASH' in sco-main.pl + 11415 minor SCO has no option to disable automatic receipt printing + 11784 minor Patron images broken in Self checkout + +Serials +---------- + 10837 normal Exporting serial claims does not work if no notice defined + +SIP2 +---------- + 11783 normal Record level unavailable holds sending empty CD field rather than item barcode + +System Administration +---------- + 10012 minor Remove all traces of NoZebraIndexes + +Templates +---------- + 10751 normal Title should be mandatory for creating suggestions in staff + 11710 normal Use new DataTables include in cataloging Z39.50 search template + 11713 normal Use new DataTables include in course reserves templates + 11716 normal Use new DataTables include in label manage template + 11717 normal Use new DataTables include in member templates + 11721 normal Use new DataTables include in suggestions template + 11735 normal Use new DataTables include in calendar template + 11736 normal Use new DataTables include in Koha news templates + 11737 normal Use new DataTables include in quotes management template + 11739 normal Use new DataTables include in notices template + 11740 normal Use new DataTables include in quotes upload template + 11748 normal Remove unused jquery.uitablefilter.js plugin + 11794 normal OpacSerialDefaultTab being ignored + 11819 normal Don't show catalog edit menu if user has no edit permissions + 11829 normal JavaScript error on staff client biblio details pages if template variables are undefined + 11670 minor Remove sorting from patron lists action columns + 11749 minor Remove unused jQuery plugin jquery.hoverIntent.minified.js from the staff client + 11764 minor Move repeatedly redefined function toUC() into staff-global.js + 11765 minor Remove unused function isDate from templates + 11608 trivial Don't need the word 'library' on funds + +Tools +---------- + 11343 normal The max number of items to process in a batch is hardcoded + 11636 normal Impossible to remove patrons from patron list during add process + 11253 minor Tools/inventory.pl output_pref ignores 'iso' parameter passed + 12115 minor Follow up fix for tools/inventory.pl's output_pref issues + + +New sysprefs in 3.14.7 +====================== + + * MaxItemsForBatch + * SelfCheckReceiptPrompt + + +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/3.14/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 (82%) + * Armenian (99%) + * Chinese (China) (98%) + * Chinese (Taiwan) (100%) + * Czech (100%) + * Danish (90%) + * English (New Zealand) (83%) + * French (99%) + * French (Canada) (88%) + * German (100%) + * German (Switzerland) (99%) + * Greek (52%) + * Italian (100%) + * Kurdish (71%) + * Norwegian Bokmål (63%) + * Polish (64%) + * Portuguese (99%) + * Portuguese (Brazil) (89%) + * Slovak (100%) + * Spanish (100%) + * Swedish (91%) + * Turkish (100%) + + +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 3.14.7 is + + Release Manager: Galen Charlton + 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: Nguyen Quoc Uy + 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 + Release Maintainer (3.14.x): Fridolin Somers + +Credits +====================== + +We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored +new features in Koha 3.14.7: + * Universidad Nacional de Cordoba + +We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.14.7. + * 1 Jacek Ablewicz + * 3 Tomas Cohen Arazi + * 1 JaTara Barnes + * 3 Colin Campbell + * 21 Galen Charlton + * 1 Chris Cormack + * 1 Stéphane Delaune + * 1 Frédéric Demians + * 16 Jonathan Druart + * 2 Nicole Engard + * 1 Amit Gupta + * 11 Kyle M Hall + * 1 Janusz Kaczmarek + * 1 Pasi Kallinen + * 1 Doug Kingston + * 2 Olli-Antti Kivilahti + * 1 Ketan Kulkarni + * 37 Owen Leonard + * 1 Jesse Maseto + * 3 Julian Maurice + * 1 Sophie Meynieux + * 1 Nicholas van Oudtshoorn + * 10 Marcel de Rooy + * 1 Fridolin SOMERS + * 4 Fridolyn SOMERS + * 2 Mathieu Saby + * 10 Fridolin Somers + * 2 Mark Tompsett + * 2 Marc Véron + +We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.14.7 + * 37 ACPL + * 36 BibLibre + * 1 BigBallOfWax + * 14 ByWater-Solutions + * 21 Equinox + * 3 PTFS-Europe + * 10 Rijksmuseum + * 1 Tamil + * 1 Université Rennes 2 + * 1 biblos.pk.edu.pl + * 1 carvingit.com + * 2 jns.fi + * 1 pttk.fi + * 1 randomnotes.org + * 10 unidentified + * 2 veron.ch + +We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches +for Koha 3.14.7. + * 1 Aleisha + * 1 Tomas Cohen Arazi + * 1 Petter Goksoyr Asen + * 1 Aurélie + * 5 Christopher Brannon + * 1 Jared Camins-Esakov + * 138 Galen Charlton + * 35 Chris Cormack + * 54 Jonathan Druart + * 32 Katrin Fischer + * 2 Brendan Gallagher + * 31 Kyle M Hall + * 5 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel + * 4 Owen Leonard + * 1 Jesse Maseto + * 3 Julian Maurice + * 1 Sean McGarvey + * 1 Holger Meissner + * 1 Holger Meißner + * 1 Paul Poulain + * 1 Martin Renvoize + * 23 Marcel de Rooy + * 1 Paola Rossi + * 1 Mathieu Saby + * 1 Robin Sheat + * 135 Fridolin Somers + * 1 Srdjan + * 9 Mark Tompsett + * 1 Marc Veron + * 9 Marc Véron + * 3 merlissia + * 5 wajasu + +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 3.14.x. + +The last Koha release was 3.14.06, which was released on April 30, 2014. + + +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) + +##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 27 mai 2014 16:15:43 Z ##### -- 2.39.5