RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 22.11.07

23 jun 2023

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

Koha 22.11.07 can be downloaded from:

• Download

Installation instructions can be found at:

• Koha Wiki
• OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball

Koha 22.11.07 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 5 enhancements, 77 bugfixes.

System requirements

You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha on the community wiki.

Security bugs

• 33595 Bug 26628 broke authorization for tools start page

Bugfixes

About

Other bugs fixed

• 33877 Fix teams.yaml

Acquisitions

Critical bugs fixed

• 34006 [22.11] Keep the current option for funds in receiving returns an error 500 or saves wrong fund

Other bugs fixed

• 33340 Correct formatting of English 1-page order PDF when the basket group covers multiple pages

  Sponsored by Pymble Ladies' College

  If a basket group contains many order lines, this will ensure:

  • The page number at the bottom of the first page is not obscured.
  • The table of ordered items does not start half way down the second page.

• 33421 Filtering purchase suggestions by status does not work if All Libraries is selected
• 33663 Don't hide Suggestions link in side navigation when suggestion preference is disabled
• 33748 UI issue on addorderiso2709.pl page

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Critical bugs fixed

• 33934 'No encryption_key in koha-conf.xml' needs more detail

  This fixes an issue that can cause upgrades to Koha 23.05 to fail with an error message that includes 'No encryption_key in koha-conf.xml'. It also requires the configuration entry in the instance koha-conf.xml to be something other than ENCRYPTION_KEY. It is recommended that the key is generated using pwgen 32

Other bugs fixed

• 30649 Vendor EDI account passwords should be encrypted in the database

• 32060 Improve performance of Koha::Item->columns_to_str

  Sponsored by Gothenburg University Library

• 32464 Koha::Item->as_marc_field obsolete option mss
• 33489 The borrowers table should have indexes on default patron search fields
• 33718 newZconn crashes on a bug in t::lib::Mocks::mock_config
• 33803 Some scripts contain info about tab width
• 33854 Typo in ImportBatchProfiles controller

Authentication

Critical bugs fixed

• 33708 OAuth/OIDC authentication for the staff interface requires OPAC enabled
• 33815 Crash when librarian changes their own username in the staff interface

Other bugs fixed

• 33675 Add CSRF protection to OAuth/OIDC authentication

  This development adds support for the state parameter generation and delivery when contacting IdPs. This is an optional but recommended opaque value in the OAuth2/OIDC specs that helps prevent CSRF attacks, but is also a requirement on some Identity Provider solutions.

Cataloging

Other bugs fixed

• 32959 Item templates will apply the same barcode each time template is applied if autobarcode is enabled
• 33247 Deleted authority still on results list
• 33624 Using Browser "Back" button in Batch Record Modification causes biblio options to be displayed
• 33686 Update plugin unimarc_field_100.pl 'Script of title' with 2022 values

Circulation

Critical bugs fixed

• 33362 Return claims can be un-resolvable if issue_id is set but no issue is found in issues or old_issues

Other bugs fixed

• 32878 Make it impossible to renew the item if it has active item level hold

• 33220 Recalls to pull should not show in transit or allocated items

  Sponsored by Auckland University of Technology

• 33838 Offline circulation interface error on return

Command-line Utilities

Other bugs fixed

• 33717 Typo in search_for_data_inconsistencies.pl

ERM

Other bugs fixed

• 33823 KohaTable vue component action buttons spacing differ from kohaTable

Hold requests

Critical bugs fixed

• 33761 Holds queue is not selecting items with completed transfers

Other bugs fixed

• 33791 $hold->fill does not set itemnumber when checking out without confirming hold

ILL

Critical bugs fixed

• 21983 Better handling of deleted biblios on ILL requests
• 33786 ILL requests table pagination in patron ILL history is transposing for different patrons
• 33873 ILL requests with linked biblio_id that no longer exists causes table to not render

Other bugs fixed

• 22440 Improve ILL page performance by moving to server side filtering
• 33762 Restore page-section in ILL

Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)

Other bugs fixed

• 33935 Installer list deleted files which shows warning in the logs

MARC Authority data support

Other bugs fixed

• 33138 Don't copy tag 147 to all MARC frameworks, since it should only be used in a separate NAME_EVENT framework

MARC Bibliographic data support

Other bugs fixed

• 33865 JS error when importing a staged MARC record file

OPAC

Other bugs fixed

• 29993 Syndetics cover images do not display in browse shelf when scrolling from the first page
• 33697 Remove deprecated RecordedBooks (rbdigital) integration
• 33767 Accessibility: The 'OPAC results' page contains semantically incorrect headings
• 33813 Accessibility: Lists button is not clearly identified

  This enhancement adds an aria-label to the Lists button in the OPAC masthead. It is currently not descriptive enough and doesn't identify what is displayed when clicking the button.

• 33821 OPAC flatpickr no longer allows for direct input of date
• 33902 On opac-detail.tt the libraryInfoModal is outside of HTML tags This moves the HTML for the pop-up window with the information for a library (where it exists) on the OPAC detail page inside the tag so that it validates correctly. There is no change to the appearance or behavior of the page.

Packaging

Other bugs fixed

• 33371 Add 'koha-common.service' systemd service

Patrons

Critical bugs fixed

• 33829 Cannot add patron to patron list if PatronAutoComplete is off

Other bugs fixed

• 33875 Missing closing tag a in API key management page
• 33882 member.tt Date of birth column makes it difficult to hide the age hint

Reports

Other bugs fixed

• 33713 Report batch operations should open in new tab

  When using the batch operations from report results, the links to the batch tools will now open in a new tab instead of the same one, leaving the report results visible.

• 33792 reserves_stats.pl ignores filled holds without itemnumber

SIP2

Other bugs fixed

• 33411 SIP2 includes other guarantees with the same guarantor when calculating against NoIssuesChargeGuarantees

Searching

Critical bugs fixed

• 33297 Typo system preference RetainPatronSearchTerms in DB revs 220600044.pl

Staff interface

Other bugs fixed

• 33463 'Actions' column on plugins table should not be sortable
• 33788 Items tab shows all previous borrowers instead of 3

System Administration

Other bugs fixed

• 32775 Ordering when there are multiple languages within a language group is wrong

  Sponsored by Kinder library, New Zealand

• 33787 Remove option to archive system debit types

Templates

Other bugs fixed

• 33158 Use template wrapper for authorized values and item types administration tabs
• 33553 Unecessary GetCategories calls in template
• 33599 Use template wrapper for breadcrumbs: Various
• 33705 Tables have configure button even if they are not configurable
• 33707 News vs Quote of the day styling on staff interface main page
• 33721 Show inactive funds in invoice.tt out of order
• 33735 Misspelling in SMS provier
• 33779 Terminology: biblio record
• 33859 Use the phrase 'Identity providers' instead of 'Authentication providers'
• 33883 "Make sure to copy your API secret" message overlaps text
• 33891 Use template wrapper for tabs: OPAC advanced search
• 33892 Use template wrapper for tabs: OPAC authority detail

Test Suite

Critical bugs fixed

• 33416 Agreements.ts is failing

Other bugs fixed

• 32648 Search.t is failing if run after Filter_MARC_ViewPolicy.t
• 33719 Search.t: too much noise about ContentWarningField
• 33743 xt/find-missing-filters.t parsing files outside of git repo
• 33777 Get Jenkins green again for Auth_with_shibboleth.t
• 33834 api/v1/ill_requests.t fails randomly

Tools

Critical bugs fixed

• 26611 Required match checks don't work for authority records

  Sponsored by Waikato Institute of Technology

  This fixes match checking for authorities when importing records, so that the required match checks are correctly applied. Previously, match checks for authority records did not work.

Other bugs fixed

• 31585 "ACQUISITION ORDER" action missing from log viewer search form

• 33010 CheckinSlip doesn't return checkins if checkout library and checkin library differ

  Sponsored by Koha-Suomi Oy

Enhancements

ERM

Enhancements

• 32932 Re-structure Vue router-links to use "name" instead of urls

OPAC

Enhancements

• 21330 Add XSLT for authority detail page in OPAC

  This enhancement enables using custom XSLT stylesheets to display authority detail pages in the OPAC.

  Enter a path to the custom XSLT file in the new system preference AuthorityXSLTOpacDetailsDisplay (or enter an external URL). Use placeholders for multiple custom style sheets for different languages ({langcode}) and authority types ({authtypecode}).

Templates

Enhancements

• 32914 Use template wrapper for batch record deletion and modification templates
• 33524 Use template wrapper for tabs: Authority editor
• 33525 Use template wrapper for tabs: Basic MARC editor

New system preferences

• AuthorityXSLTOpacDetailsDisplay

Deleted system preferences

• RecordedBooksClientSecret
• RecordedBooksDomain
• RecordedBooksLibraryID

Documentation

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

• Koha Documentation

The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at

• Koha Git Repository

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

• Koha Translation Info

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

• Koha Translate List

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

• Koha Translation

Release Team

The release team for Koha 22.11.07 is

• Release Manager: Tomás Cohen Arazi

• Release Manager assistants:

  • Jonathan Druart
  • Martin Renvoize

• QA Manager: Katrin Fischer

• QA Team:

  • Aleisha Amohia
  • Nick Clemens
  • David Cook
  • Jonathan Druart
  • Lucas Gass
  • Victor Grousset
  • Kyle M Hall
  • Andrii Nugged
  • Martin Renvoize
  • Marcel de Rooy
  • Petro Vashchuk

• Topic Experts:

  • UI Design -- Owen Leonard
  • Zebra -- Fridolin Somers
  • REST API -- Martin Renvoize
  • ERM -- Pedro Amorim
  • ILL -- Pedro Amorim

• Bug Wranglers:

  • Aleisha Amohia

• Packaging Manager: Mason James

• Documentation Manager: Aude Charillon

• Documentation Team:

  • Caroline Cyr La Rose
  • Lucy Vaux-Harvey

• Translation Manager: Bernardo González Kriegel

• Wiki curators:

  • Thomas Dukleth
  • Katrin Fischer

• Release Maintainers:

  • 23.05 -- Fridolin Somers
  • 22.11 -- PTFS Europe (Matt Blenkinsop, Pedro Amorim)
  • 22.05 -- Lucas Gass
  • 21.11 -- Danyon Sewell

• Release Maintainer assistants:

  • 21.11 -- Wainui Witika-Park

Credits

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 22.11.07

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 22.11.07

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 22.11.07

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-devel@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

The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 22.11.x.

Bugs and feature requests

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

• Koha Bugzilla

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

Autogenerated release notes updated last on 23 jun 2023 15:16:49.