From 925b4d9b2c9b3a3a2e90643712e9bcb4f98f7473 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomas Cohen Arazi Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 10:16:23 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Preliminary (beta) release notes for 3.20 Signed-off-by: Tomas Cohen Arazi --- misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_20_0.txt | 1125 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 1125 insertions(+) create mode 100644 misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_20_0.txt diff --git a/misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_20_0.txt b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_20_0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3d7c31b2f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_20_0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1125 @@ +RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.20 (beta) +12 may 2015 +======================================================================== + +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 3.20.0-beta can be downloaded from: + + http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.20.00-beta.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 3.20 (beta) is a major release, that comes with many new features. + +It includes 5 new features, 118 enhancements and 351 bugfixes. + +New features in 3.20 (beta) +====================== + +Cataloging +---------- + 12412 Add ability for plugins to convert arbitrary files to MARC from record staging tool + +Hold requests +---------- + 5786 Move AllowOnShelfHolds and OpacItemHolds system preferences to the Circulation Matrix + +OPAC +---------- + 9580 Cover image from Coce, a remote image URL cache + +Patrons +---------- + 8007 Discharge management + +Tools +---------- + 11395 Batch modifications for records + + +Enhancements in 3.20 (beta) +====================== + +About +---------- + 13404 More System information about GRS1 vs DOM settings + +Acquisitions +---------- + 6820 Hide receive option if there is nothing to receive + 9089 Show suggestion number on suggestion management + 10753 Creating suggestions for 'Any library' uses _ANY as branchcode + 12648 Link patrons to an order + 12743 Allow default values from the ACQ framework to be used when creating a record in acquisitions + 12944 There is no way to search orders by creator + 13156 Display borrower's cardnumber who did a suggestion in suggestion.pl + 13214 Improve performance of acqui/addorderiso2709.pl, stop fetching all import_records needlessly + +Architecture, internals, and plumbing +---------- + 11337 Calls to GetSubscriptions can be replaced by Searchsubscriptions + 11814 Serial statuses should be stored in constants + 11927 Add greek support to CHR + 12969 VAT and price calculation should be done in a subroutine + 12970 Refactor VAT and price calculation - basket page + 12973 Allow passing code to XSLT_Handler instead of filename + 12975 Refactor VAT and price calculation - basketgroup page + 12976 Refactor VAT and price calculation - invoice page + 13001 Refactor VAT and price calculation - parcel page + 13019 Add base classes on which to build Koha objects + 13262 Add parameters to XSLT Handler transform method + 13346 The type of the OpacExportOptions pref should be multiple + 13545 Add barcode image generator service + 13570 Koha-conf.xml mentions win32 + 13758 KOHAVERSION should be statically set + 13790 Add unique id issue_id to issues and old_issues tables + 13852 Manage C4::VirtualShelves in C4::Auth for performance + 13893 Add ability to execute perl scripts in atomicupdates + +Authentication +---------- + 10177 Koha Accepts Seven "Space" Characters as a Valid Password + 13499 Auth.pm needs a tidy + 13507 Add intranet support for CAS authentication + +Cataloging +---------- + 7741 Clear search terms in Z3950 search page + 10480 Improvements for framework plugins in cataloguing/item editor + 13023 Nonpublic note for items should be mapped to a database column like itemnotes + 13218 Usability enhancement for z39.50 search + 13322 Update MARC21 frameworks to Update No. 19 (October 2014) + 13364 Add a call number browser to add item page + 13773 Add stock number to details and items display + 13885 Cataloging search header should include more options + 13886 Add ability to merge records directly from cataloging search + +Circulation +---------- + 11201 List pending in-house checkouts + 11239 Show hour of due date in history circulation + 12122 TransferSlip should accept both itemnumber and barcode + 13408 Tell librarians they may continue scanning while checkouts table is loading + 13492 Add location to the checkouts tables + 13549 Add cardnumber to overdue circulation report overdue.pl + 13611 Serial enumeration not visible in the opac-user.pl when browsing own holds. + +Command-line Utilities +---------- + 11399 Batch Rebuild Items Tables + 13166 Add all restrictions purge to cleanup_database.pl + +Database +---------- + 11008 Useless column supplierreference in aqorders table + 11165 Auth_header.datemodified should be updated + +Developer documentation +---------- + 12889 Improving documentation in C4::Members.pm + 13575 Updating developer list. + +Hold requests +---------- + 9528 Add delivery branch to the place hold display + 13299 Add home library column to the holds ratios report + 13623 Enhance html for holds queue viewer + +I18N/L10N +---------- + 7939 Separate po files for different MARC dialects + 13400 Untranslatable "Are you sure you want to delete this authority?" + +Installation and upgrade (web-based installer) +---------- + 13068 New feature for DB update and sandbox + +Label/patron card printing +---------- + 13407 Remove methods which are included in the 0.36 release of PDF::Reuse + +Lists +---------- + 13417 New permission to allow staff to remove public lists + 13419 Add filters and server-side processing to the shelves list view + 13421 Add the creation time for virtual shelves + +MARC Authority data support +---------- + 11961 Add a "Z39.50 search" button to the authority creation and modfication forms. + +MARC Bibliographic data support +---------- + 1487 Set only the used fields/subfields + 12842 Add classification to MARC21 XSLT detail page + +Notices +---------- + 13819 Add biblioitems to available tables in ISSUESLIP and ISSUEQSLIP + +OPAC +---------- + 1917 Add RSS Feeds for Lists + 7843 Create RSS for OPAC news + 8992 Add an interfacing with the idref webservice + 11900 OPAC cart can confuse patrons + 13119 Use XSLT to display tagged titles in the OPAC + 13695 Allow ISBD format export + 13729 Give news in Opac a unique anchor + 13826 OPAC: Display RSS icon on list of recent comments + +Packaging +---------- + 13359 Provide virtual-mysql-server Depends On to facilitate alternate mysql implementations + 13571 koha-conf.xml.in has fallen out of sync with koha-conf.xml + 13785 koha-disable should also stop SIP/Zebra/Indexer for instance + +Patrons +---------- + 13021 DataTables server-side processing - guarantor search + 13349 Allow library code to display against users pending changes + 13583 Able to view menu for Statistics even when user does not have permission + 13584 Able to view menu for Purchase Suggestions even when user does not have permission + 13891 Make all patron searches use DataTables server-side processing + 13892 SQLHelper replacement - C4::Members::Search - ysearch.pl + 13894 SQLHelper replacement - C4::Members::Search - reserve.pl + +Reports +---------- + 10706 Keyword search on reports should search report number + 13372 Items lost report improvements + 13880 Allow svc/report to be passed sql parameters + 13994 Add a back link to error message in Reports + 14013 Use name of a saved report as part of the file name for download + +Searching +---------- + 11430 Search history: Delete selected lines + 13307 Create a link to the last advanced search in search result page (OPAC) + 13528 Ability to search on the different isbn variations + +Self checkout +---------- + 8033 Remove unused sco/receipt template file + +Serials +---------- + 12671 Guess next serial date when there are several issues per unit + +SIP2 +---------- + 7904 SIP modules handling of @INC is confused + 13159 Enhancements to the SIP2 command line emulator + 13252 SIP2 server should accept IPv6 connections + +Staff Client +---------- + 13889 Add information about cron jobs to system log + +System Administration +---------- + 13436 Add more options to UsageStatsLibraryType + +Templates +---------- + 4041 Address Format as a I18N/L10N system preference + 13381 RDA: 245 field changes in XSLT + 13385 RDA: 508 display in XSLT + 13386 246 display in XSLT + 13433 655 display in XSLT + 13434 586 XSLT improvements + 13496 Wrong Koha version on installer title + 13864 Columns configuration - Late orders + 13865 Columns configuration - Orders search + 13866 Columns configuration - Patrons search + 13887 Add datatables to item specific holds table + +Test Suite +---------- + 12603 TestBuilder - Module to simplify the writing of tests + 12604 TestBuilder - Refactoring Category.t + 13264 Full stack encoding tests (UTF-8) + 13814 Add unit tests for C4::Boolean + +Tools +---------- + 12404 CSV profiles improvements + 12543 Add userid as matchpoint for "Import patrons" tool + 13040 Improve exporter to allow multiple branch selections + + +Critical bugs fixed in 3.20 (beta) +====================== + +(this list include all bugfixes since the previous major version. Most of them have already been fixed in maintainance releases) + + +Acquisitions +---------- + 4277 major Budget planning refreshes funny + 6059 major Problem with changing quantity on uncertain prices list + 13352 major Editing amount in Acquisitions budget causes error due to formatting + 13731 major Suggestions reason doesn't save + +Architecture, internals, and plumbing +---------- + 13577 blocker The correct COLLATE is not set to all DB tables + 13810 blocker Prevent updatedatabase.pl from breaking because of case insensitive utf8 collation + 11944 major Cleanup Koha UTF-8 + 13379 major Authorised_values.category is varchar(16) + 13544 major Admin/auth_subfields_structure.pl does not compile in older perls + 13554 major Bug 12969 introduces a test case that fails + 13596 major Prevent updatedatabase.pl from reverting utf8_mb4 databases to utf8 + 13690 major Koha::Schema should be lazy-loaded + 13876 major Permission issues on updating via installer - dev installations + +Cataloging +---------- + 13296 critical Error when using z3950 with UNIMARC authorities + 13465 critical Fields controlled by authorized values cannot be unset (Lost, damaged, not for loan status, ...) + 7561 major Cannot fast catalog with fast cataloging permissions + 13523 major AddBiblio fails on mysql with STRICT_TRANS_TABLES + +Circulation +---------- + 13934 critical Check in fails on master "Can't bless non-reference at .../ItemType.pm Line 64" + 9481 major Charge not showing fines + 11872 major Lost overdue items should not generate fines + 12895 major Dropbox mode doesn't work correctly + 13461 major Circ always asking for confirmation if RentalFeesCheckoutConfirmation is used + 13679 major There is a bug in overdues if you have overdues that match a rule, and have some items due in the future they are included in the list of overdues + 13909 major Suspension days calculation doesn't honour finesCalendar + 13919 major Renewal possible with item level hold on item + 13923 major Holds tab on the circulation page is broken + 14011 major Triggering slip print with enter key collides with 'barcode submitted' message + +Database +---------- + 14069 blocker Follow-up 13790: Fix database update to drop PK on issues/old_issues first + +Label/patron card printing +---------- + 10773 major Add item-level descriptions for Label Printing + 13124 major Record titles with parentheses causing label weirdness + +Notices +---------- + 12344 major Multi transport types for issues and checkins + 13468 major Overdue notice lists all checked out books + +OPAC +---------- + 13510 blocker Cross site scripting in opac lists + 13609 critical Cross Site Scripting problem in authority search + 12858 major Syndetics index apreciably slow page load for items without result at Syndetics + 13672 major OPAC locks up browser when browsing items from series link with NoveList and OpacHighlightedWords + 13917 major OPAC: Putting holds still possible by URL even if turned off by system preference + 13998 major Opac-ratings-ajax.pl is broken + 14016 major Due dates in OPAC show 0:00 when it should be 23:59 + +Packaging +---------- + 13398 critical Perl files for rotating collections are missing in installations + 13431 critical Shared FastMmap file causes issues + 14055 critical Bug 13979 breaks package upgrades + 14068 critical Bug 14055 breaks new package installs + 13377 major Automatic_renewals.pl not marked executable + 13759 major debian/git-build-snapshot misses YUI and dies of sorrow during build + 13979 major Packages uninstallable on Debian Jessie + +Patrons +---------- + 13470 critical Pay fines with extended borrower attributes result in application error + 13936 critical Fix patrons search on using the checkout tab + 13602 major Username/password already exists when editing borrower attributes and messaging preferences + 14044 major Backslashes ( and possibly other characters ) break patron search + +Searching +---------- + 13425 critical There is an xss vulnerability in 3.16, 3.18 and master in the opac and intranet facets + 13428 major Fix facet deletion + 13476 major Item Search feature gets datatables error and doesn't complete search + 13636 major Search results item status incorrect for holds + 13753 major INDEXER_DAEMON default is incorrect in koha-indexer + 13789 major Facets with accented utf-8 characters generate double encoded links + +Serials +---------- + 12669 major "Template process failed: undef error - Invalid local time for date in time zone" + 13109 major Serial failure for received and general viewing + +SIP2 +---------- + 13432 major SIP Server does not respect timeout setting + +Staff Client +---------- + 14103 critical PDF::FromHTML headaches related to optional discharging. + +System Administration +---------- + 6007 major Checking 'Display only used Tags/Subfields' on MARC framework page results in unusable output + +Test Suite +---------- + 13933 blocker T/DateUtils.t causes the build to break (from bug 13601) + +Tools +---------- + 14148 blocker Stage-marc-import.pl broken if plugins not enabled + 13473 critical Plugins fail when loading templates + 13938 critical Staging MARC records for import fails + 8246 major Can't delete bibs in big batch delete + 13522 major Tools/viewlog.pl does not compile in older perls + 13606 major Batch modification for records is limited to ~500 + 14057 major Inventory is painfully slow + + +Other bugs fixed in 3.20 (beta) +====================== + +(this list include all bugfixes since the previous major version. Most of them have already been fixed in maintainance releases) + + +About +---------- + 13579 normal History file should be open using utf-8 encoding + 14006 normal About.pl checks the wrong zebra index mode + 7143 trivial Bug for tracking changes to the about page + +Acquisitions +---------- + 3969 normal Budget Search Doesn't Work + 4402 normal Date filter in parcels.tt requires db format dates + 7480 normal The Basket manager is always the logged in user + 10388 normal Acq edited items showing 'null's + 10752 normal Impossible to add 2 identical suggestions, but without any explanation + 12323 normal Acquisitions search results fixed in order of biblionumber + 12905 normal Deleting parent fund will orphan child funds, leaving them un-editable. + 13319 normal On inserting an order, the parent_ordernumber attribute is not set to the object + 13333 normal Basket group is not displayed for already received orders + 13378 normal There is no way to search suggestions not linked to a fund + 13380 normal Auto fill order cancellation reasons from authorised values + 13675 normal The budget of an order is set to null if not changed on receiving + 9333 minor Confirm close JavaScript alerts is not used + 10971 minor Hide EAN search option for MARC21 when 'ordering from subscription' + 12059 minor Publisher code always empty on invoice + 12565 minor Acq: Link to basket in breadcrumbs broken + 14018 minor Ordering from suggestion shows 'copy. year:2014' + 13222 trivial Accessors for import_record.status have variable names suggesting overlay_status + +Architecture, internals, and plumbing +---------- + 9978 normal Update GNU licenses header in Koha files from GPL2 to GPL3 + 10900 normal Incorrect calling conventions accessing C4::Context + 12601 normal Aqorders.budget_id should be a foreign key + 12839 normal Aqbooksellers.gstreg is never used + 12841 normal Aqorders fields should not be mapped + 12845 normal C4::Output::FormatData is unused + 12850 normal C4::Serials::GetLateIssues is not used + 12852 normal The "preview" param is never used in serials/claims.pl + 12868 normal GetMemberDetails calls GetMemberAccountRecords incorrectly + 12896 normal Move the bookseller-related code into its own module + 12980 normal GetHistory does useless processing + 13006 normal Suggestions.mailoverseeing is not used + 13007 normal Suggestions.budgetid should be a foreign key + 13201 normal GetSuggestion takes suggestionid + 13240 normal Advanced_notices.pl contains code obfuscation + 13244 normal GetCancelledOrders and GetOrders can be merged + 13318 normal C4::Acq::GetParcel is not used and can be removed + 13320 normal Some prices calculation are done in template side + 13343 normal Items are not embedded when sending a basket/shelf + 13360 normal C4::Ris considers that hashes are ordered + 13393 normal The C4::VirtualShelves::Merge package is empty + 13441 normal Branchcodes should not be allowed to have spaces in them + 13497 normal The pref AddPatronLists should be removed + 13586 normal Makefile.PL mentions win32 + 13601 normal Get rid of DateTime::Format::DateParse + 13645 normal DBIx connection needs to be cached + 13684 normal C4::Output uses C4::Budgets + 13713 normal Remove useless constraint in Koha::Schema::Result::Biblio + 13740 normal Timeout on deleting patrons if too many patrons + 13793 normal The installer does not output the result of the update using Plack + 13850 normal C4::Ris does not manage correctly 660 and 661 - UNIMARC + 13875 normal Columns configuration - table name cannot contain underscore + 13898 normal Remove unused code in moremember.pl related to permission + 13939 normal ILS-DI function GetServices doesn't work when the item/biblio is available for hold for specific patron + 13975 normal Warning "Use of the encoding pragma is deprecated" in misc/export_borrowers.pl + 14042 normal The authority type admin page manage its own pagination + 14046 normal CheckIfIssuedToPatron fails if biblionumber != biblioitemnumber + 14066 normal Koha code does not really use Readonly + 10606 minor MySQLism in GetUpcomingDueIssues + 12792 minor C4::Reserves breaks my vim syntax color + 13418 minor The C4::VirtualShelves::Page needs some cleaning + 13836 minor Koha/Number/Price.pm: format_for_editing fails 3 tests because of leading spaces in output + 10328 trivial Rename opaccolorstylesheet to OpacAdditionalStyleSheet + +Authentication +---------- + 1861 normal Unique patrons logins not (totally) enforced + 12887 normal User logged out on refresh after CAS authentication + 11400 trivial Show "Login as a different user" instead of "Logout" if not enough premissions + 13521 trivial Auth.pm code issues + +Cataloging +---------- + 9742 normal Confirm overlay prompt always appears on creating record from Z39.50 + 10985 normal Unimarc: Authority summary does not work as expected + 13331 normal Subfield does not show in cataloging editor - if subfield is disabled in OPAC/enabled in Staff, via frameworks + 13603 normal AutoBarcode setting hbyymmincr not taking month into account when looking up next increment + 13635 normal $record->title is called even if marc flavour is UNIMARC + 13648 normal OPAC = hidden removes pull down from item form + 13204 trivial Plugin housekeeping: Remove labs_theses.pl plugin + 13416 trivial Typo in marc21_leader.pl position 5 (record status) + 13987 trivial Z39.50 Authority search result not displaying server name + +Circulation +---------- + 2542 normal Manual fine/credit fail on superfluous characters ( e.g. '$' ) + 8276 normal Circ history not sorting right + 10423 normal Date not well formatted on 'print summary' from patron account + 11120 normal The date option for the overdue_notices cronjob is broken + 12135 normal Pending suggestions table width is wrong + 13069 normal Enable sort by title to ignore articles on circulation and patron detail pages + 13315 normal Add feedback for last item checked out to circulation.pl + 13482 normal A race condition prevents item info from being available for ReserveSlip (hold notice) printing. + 13908 normal Checkouts table sorting is not honoring default sort preferences + 13982 normal Checkouts table not sorting on correct column + 13025 minor Software error: Undefined subroutine &C4::Circulation::HasOverdues called at /home/koha/kohaclone/C4/Circulation.pm line 1925 + 13290 minor Add better feedback for returns to the checkouts table + 13415 minor Prevent librarians from scanning multiple items into a single barcode field + 13537 minor Focus should move to barcode after renewing via checkouts table + 13841 minor Returns via backdating or SIP2 can create new fines with an amount outstanding of 0 + 10051 trivial Surname and first name should have comma in overdues report + 13647 trivial On-site checkouts: Allow library to specifiy due date + 13804 trivial Returns via the checkouts tables uses the phrase "Returned" rather than "Checked in" + 14014 trivial Argument "" isn't numeric in numeric gt (>) in circulation.tt + +Command-line Utilities +---------- + 13728 normal Koha-translate -l -a shows po files instead of language codes + +Course reserves +---------- + 13817 normal Edit links on course items may point to the wrong course! + 13818 minor Editing and saving a course reserve displays the add item form + +Database +---------- + 2806 normal Issuingbranch isn't used + 13539 normal Table patroncards not used + 11706 trivial Typo "efault" in updatedatabase.pl + +Developer documentation +---------- + 14129 normal Templates.readme is outdated + +Documentation +---------- + 10703 normal Add/update database documentation + 13771 normal Koha 3.18 Help Files + 13872 trivial Typographical error on columns_settings.tt + 13878 trivial Typo in help file (aqbudgets.tt) + 14051 trivial Tiny adjustment of ReturnPathDefault pref description + +Hold requests +---------- + 13368 normal Checking out an item not on loan, but with a hold, busts the holds priority + 8474 minor Holds done by librarians cause silent errors in koha-error_log + 13298 minor Holds ratios report ignores ordered items + 13670 minor Patron holds table not loading when holds tab anchor is used + +I18N/L10N +---------- + 11364 normal Label layout types and text justification types are not translatable + 12279 normal Diacritics in system preference editor broken + 13341 normal Hard-coded "Preview" text in OPAC openlibrary.js + 13357 normal Untranslatable strings on itemsearch.tt + 13700 normal Translated item search not working + 13748 normal Acquisition wizard: some strings not translatable + 13861 normal \n in strings don't translate well + 12192 minor Template toolkit code in HTML attributes is picked up into po-files + 13362 minor Translate script creates dirs on update + 13450 minor Title and breadcrumb of Patron form can look weird in translations + 13741 minor "No fund found" not translatable + 13794 minor Text input field values not translated + 13856 minor Hard to translate strings on patron search results page + 14030 minor Add Georgian language and fix Kannada language code + 13350 trivial Untranslatable strings in aqbudgetperiods.tt + 13351 trivial Untranslatable javascript in members.tt + 13410 trivial Untranslatable "Change messaging preferences to default for this category?" + 13422 trivial SCO: "Would you like to print a receipt" not translatable + 13566 trivial Change translation for 'Rotating collection' in German web installer + 13686 trivial Add a hint about collation to the "alphabet" syspref + +Installation and upgrade (command-line installer) +---------- + 13984 normal CardnumberLength missing in sysprefs.sql + +Installation and upgrade (web-based installer) +---------- + 13373 normal Update Polish web installer sample data files + 11954 minor Clean up currency default files + 13285 minor Updatedatabase throws an error if opacthemes is not set + 13712 trivial Missing newline in DB update 3.19.00.010 + +Label/patron card printing +---------- + 8796 normal Patron cards not starting on designated card + 13954 normal Patroncards: images show inadequate rough pixelation + 14122 minor Patron card: Software error when creating using borrower_number as parameter from URL + +Lists +---------- + 11574 normal Clean up printing of lists in OPAC + +MARC Bibliographic data support +---------- + 9124 normal 942e tied to undefined CN_EDITION in default MARC21 framework + 10241 normal Easy analyticals creates two 773 fields. Search/link from host to children is broken + 13855 normal Fastadd framework has 2x 100$c, missing 100$a + 8909 minor MARC21 240$a (Uniform title) is not a URL + +MARC Bibliographic record staging/import +---------- + 10906 normal Reimported records into Koha are imported only as DEFAULT frameworks, not what they were originally + 13531 normal Bulkmarcimport bombs if no match is found + 13530 trivial Typo in bulkmarcimport + +Notices +---------- + 12123 normal HTML notices can break the notice viewer + 12739 normal SendAlerts function does not take care of "html" format or UTF-8 + 12847 normal Date comparisons in C4::Members::IssueSlip are broken + 12922 normal Do not DIE the advance_notices.pl -cronjob if "no letter of * type" is found + 13504 normal The marker '----' is not removed for CHECKIN and CHECKOUT + +OPAC +---------- + 5844 normal Unhilight cuts off some strings + 6950 normal Cannot sort the results of a tag search + 7391 normal Return to cart after adding items to a list + 9120 normal Typing the ENTER key when submitting a tag from search results reloads the page + 12702 normal Suggestions still accessible in OPAC when deactivated + 13599 normal Add patron cardnumber to self registration confirmation + 12399 minor Opaccredits printing at top on printable version + 12861 minor Noisy warns in C4/AuthoritiesMarc.pm + 13335 minor Holds and priority display via OPACShowHoldQueueDetails confusing + 13339 minor Cart button doesn't open the cart + 13449 minor Syndetics TOC will not display in some cases + 13469 minor Unapi path to XSLTs is wrong in OPAC + 13832 minor Missing table header IDs on record holdings table in OPAC + 14075 minor Undefined value creates noisy warns in C4::AuthoritiesMarc + 11345 trivial Self registration captcha + 13689 trivial Remove opac-old.css and sco-old.css + 13857 trivial Email input field for sharing lists is too small + 14065 trivial Typo in opac self registration form + +Packaging +---------- + 8050 normal debian/build-git-snapshot should warn user if it fails + 4847 minor Python required for Debian package builds + 13784 minor Allow running Zebra daemon for disabled instances in packages + 13896 trivial PID is created in /tmp/ instead of in /var/run/koha/... + +Patrons +---------- + 12637 normal UTF-8 problems when creating a patron list from the patron search results page + 13235 normal Revise layout of patron search form + 13458 normal Add new patron shows default / hardcoded patron categories after search + 13502 normal A bug was introduced by 1861 - meaning borrowers sometimes cant be added + 13605 normal _AUTHOR_ not replaced in relatives checkouts + 13879 normal DataTables server-side processing for patrons - sort is broken + 13926 normal SQLHelper replacement - C4::Members::Search - circulation.pl + 13957 normal Patron autocomplete shows NULL in list of results + 14119 normal Missing de-DE DISCHARGE message + 13526 minor Mandatory fields should not be able to be hidden in borrower self-registration + 13582 minor Able to view menu for Circulation History even when user does not have permission + 13657 minor Don't show extra comma after guarantor name on patron details + +Reports +---------- + 4281 normal Reports dictionary limited to only 1 field + 10976 normal The assistant for reports uses the wrong value for the list of item types + 12567 normal Catalog Statistitics wizard's publication year doesn't work for MARC21 + 13447 normal Runreport.pl html email fails + 13578 normal Parameter public is lost on creating a report + 13992 normal Software error in reports if field or table does not exist + 14008 normal Filters are not displayed on search for reports + +Searching +---------- + 13442 normal Facet links broken when collection code limit is used + 13562 normal Item search: Not possible to add other search fields from 952? + 12948 minor The language filter in advance search doen't work with DOM MARC21 - NORMARC + 13516 minor Display issue for search results with items both checkout out and lost + 13787 minor Clean up noisy koha qa tool warnings + 13800 minor Diacritics not mapped + 13981 minor Transliterate rule for oe and ae + +Serials +---------- + 13746 normal On creating a new subscription, notes fields get confused + 13890 normal Full serial permission is needed to change sequence on a routing list + 14022 normal Subscription form resets 'subscription length' to issues on editing + 13868 minor Date on routing list slip is not well formatted + 13947 minor Serials/subscription-history.pl calls GetBiblio incorrectly + +SIP2 +---------- + 12820 normal SIP2 does not send rental charge fee! + 9848 minor SIP tests : fix in 10renew_all.t (additional checkin) + 13803 minor SelfCheck not setting flag when item requires transit + 13506 trivial Sip/Configuration/*.pm classes are unused + +Staff Client +---------- + 3873 normal Gracefully handle errors when item in staff client cart has been deleted + 10285 normal Error 500 in staff client displays old start page + 11890 normal Control-Click/Command-Click to open a link in a new tab not consistently working + 12210 normal Baker & Taylor book jackets not disabled when BakerTaylorBookstoreURL is not populated + 11982 minor Show local cover images in the biblio details page in the intranet. + 13460 trivial Use price template toolkit plugin across all of intranet + 13834 trivial News: Wording not consistent for Publication date / Creation date + 13991 trivial Uninitialized value $src in /tools/viewlog.pl + +System Administration +---------- + 5002 normal No error message if category code already exists + 5511 normal Check for Change in Remote IP address for Session Security. Disable when remote ip address changes frequently. + 11464 minor Saving preferences - Nothing to Save + 13401 minor Sort branches alphabetically in admin/authorised_values.pl + 10131 trivial System preference search doesn't work for search terms starting with * + 13676 trivial OpacSuppression description says 'items' but means 'records' + +Templates +---------- + 8096 normal Card number twice on patron search results + 12253 normal MARCURLS not showing in OPAC basket + 13142 normal Change "mobile phone" label back to "other phone" + 13270 normal On receiving, "vendor note" label should not be displayed if nothing to display + 13355 normal System preferences tab value wrong in templates + 13369 normal [Datatables] tr and td are not correctly highlighted + 13459 normal Datatables paging slightly broken + 13487 normal DataTables pagination needs some fixes + 13525 normal Date sorting on accounts (fines) tab doesn't work correctly + 13612 normal Remove old YUI javacript libraries from opac-tmpl + 13744 normal Paging on some datatables slightly broken + 13768 normal In quotes.tt line 14 the use of \" break the translation + 13858 normal Datatables paging for news page is broken + 13859 normal Fix item search result list - obsolete "by" and display of publication date for MARC21 + 13863 normal Datatables paging for cities and search history pages is broken + 9878 minor Flag display is inconsistent between circulation.pl and memberentry.pl + 12084 minor Published date for serial items not formatted according to dateformat system preference + 12291 minor Replace the acronym HTML tag with abbr + 13268 minor Biblioitems.size value not correctly displayed (more) + 13370 minor Inputs overflow in filters + 13375 minor Syspref search highlight styling broken in Chrome + 13495 minor Use "Checked in" instead of "Returned" in circulation + 13564 minor Items search: rename Stock number to Inventory number + 13638 minor Batch patron modification tool missing option to switch language + 13745 minor Serial collection page shows branchcode instead of branchname + 13750 minor Holds queue: Always show branch name, not branch code + 13941 minor Add ids to tag in staff client where missing + 14125 minor Version variable not properly replaced in csv profiles help page + 14127 minor Typo in message preference form - "mesage" + 9958 trivial RoutingSerials description misleading + 10174 trivial Digest is confusing + 13017 trivial Login page image replacement technique fails when browser width exceeds 2000 pixels + 13587 trivial Authorized Values toolbar missing '+' Icons + 13593 trivial 'Stock number' should be 'Inventory number' + 13682 trivial Capitalization: Holds Queue + 13869 trivial Wrong capitalization on guided reports page + 14033 trivial Capitalization: confirmation message on deleting an authority type + 14126 trivial Typo on order receive page + +Test Suite +---------- + 13451 minor Holidays.t assumes default data + 13453 minor Koha.t daily quote tests assume sample data + 13456 minor Serials/Claims.t expects no subscriptions + 13457 minor Suggestions.t expects sample itemtypes + 13928 minor Noisy t/Borrower tests + 13882 trivial Adding new unit tests in t/Borrower.t, testing all 'borrower' database fields + 13940 trivial Testing C4::OAI::Sets + 13942 trivial Testing the 'recordpayment' function in C4::Accounts + +Tools +---------- + 6520 normal Items don't display when viewing staged records + 6911 normal Log viewer should remember search terms + 10887 normal Batch item deletion -- doesn't need Use default values section + 12631 normal Inventory: fix "wrong place" and "item not scanned" statuses + 12860 normal Tools > Data export : "Don't export fields" option doesn't work + 13167 minor Stage MARC for Import hangs for biblio containing valid 979* ISBN-13 + 13189 minor Patron card creator patron search browse by last name broken by extended attributes + 13709 minor Patron cards creator doesn't work with diacritics, utf-8 or ttf fonts + 14056 trivial Small punctuation error in description for deleting a holiday + +Web services +---------- + 13568 normal OAI Server doesn't handle properly resumption token + 13801 normal SVC bib bad encoding + +Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers +---------- + 12823 minor Add some hints for Host, Database and SRU search fields mappings + + +New sysprefs in 3.20 (beta) +====================== + + * AddressFormat + * CardnumberLength + * Coce + * CoceHost + * CoceProviders + * CronjobLog + * IdRef + * OpacAdditionalStylesheet + * SearchWithISBNVariations + * SessionRestrictionByIP + * useDischarge + + +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/3.20/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 (98%) + * Armenian (98%) + * Czech (98%) + * Danish (84%) + * French (96%) + * German (100%) + * Italian (99%) + * Kurdish (61%) + * Polish (79%) + * Portuguese (97%) + * Slovak (98%) + * Spanish (100%) + * Swedish (79%) + * Turkish (100%) + * Vietnamese (88%) + + +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 3.20.0-beta is + + Release Manager: Tomás Cohen Arazi + QA Manager: Katrin Fischer + Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard + Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel + QA Team: Jonathan Druart + Brendan Gallagher + Kyle Hall + Paul Poulain + Martin Renvoize + Marcel de Rooy + Bug Wranglers: Magnus Enger + Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat + + Release Maintainer (3.18.x): Chris Cormack + Release Maintainer (3.16.x): Mason James + Release Maintainer (3.14.x): Fridolin Somers + + +Credits +====================== + + +We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored +new features/enhancements in Koha 3.20 (beta): + + * CCSR + * Orex Digital + * Universidad de El Salvador + * Universidad Nacional de Cordoba + +We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.20 (beta). + + * Nicole (11) + * Barton (1) + * Blou (1) + * “ByWater (1) + * Chris (1) + * mxbeaulieu (1) + * Samuel (1) + * शंतनू (1) + * Justin (2) + * Abby (3) + * Aleisha (3) + * Brandon (3) + * Liz (3) + * Rochelle (3) + * Thomas (8) + * Jacek Ablewicz (3) + * Larry Baerveldt (2) + * Maxime Beaulieu (2) + * Colin Campbell (7) + * Frédérick Capovilla (2) + * Alexander Cheeseman (1) + * Nick Clemens (5) + * Tomás Cohen Arazi (120) + * David Cook (5) + * Kahurangi Cormack (1) + * Chris Cormack (8) + * Christophe Croullebois (1) + * Stéphane Delaune (2) + * Frédéric Demians (7) + * Marcel de Rooy (24) + * Simith D'Oliveira (5) + * Jonathan Druart (336) + * Yohann Dufour (8) + * Hector Eduardo Castro Avalos (3) + * Nicole Engard (2) + * Magnus Enger (2) + * Julian FIOL (7) + * Katrin Fischer (49) + * Bernardo González Kriegel (12) + * Amit Gupta (2) + * Morag Hills (2) + * Koha instance knakk-koha (1) + * Rolando Isidoro (1) + * Mason James (2) + * Srdjan Jankovic (2) + * Pasi Kallinen (1) + * Attila Kinali (1) + * Olli-Antti Kivilahti (9) + * Rafal Kopaczka (4) + * Nicolas Legrand (1) + * Owen Leonard (17) + * Julian Maurice (4) + * Matthias Meusburger (4) + * Kyle M Hall (94) + * Thomas Misilo (1) + * Josef Moravec (1) + * Chris Nighswonger (2) + * Dobrica Pavlinusic (8) + * Paul Poulain (2) + * Liz Rea (1) + * Martin Renvoize (11) + * David Roberts (1) + * Benjamin Rokseth (4) + * Winona Salesky (6) + * Viktor Sarge (3) + * Adrien Saurat (1) + * Robin Sheat (10) + * Fridolin Somers (13) + * Emmanuele Somma (1) + * ByWater Staff (1) + * Zeno Tajoli (12) + * Lyon3 Team (1) + * Mirko Tietgen (3) + * Mark Tompsett (20) + * Marc Véron (37) + +We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed +patches to Koha 3.20 (beta) + + * ACPL (17) + * BSZ BW (49) + * BibLibre (370) + * BigBallOfWax (3) + * ByWater-Solutions (111) + * Catalyst (20) + * Cineca (12) + * Foundations (2) + * KohaAloha (2) + * Libeo (2) + * Libriotech (2) + * Oslo Public Library (4) + * PTFS-Europe (19) + * Prosentient Systems (5) + * Rijksmuseum (24) + * Solutions inLibro inc (9) + * Tamil (7) + * Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (132) + * Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (1) + * abunchofthings.net (3) + * bancaditalia.it (1) + * biblos.pk.edu.pl (3) + * bulac.fr (1) + * bywatersolutions.com” (1) + * jns.fi (9) + * kinali.ch (1) + * live.com (2) + * msd.govt.nz (1) + * poczta.onet.pl (4) + * pttk.fi (1) + * quecheelibrary.org (4) + * quechelibrary.org (1) + * regionhalland.se (3) + * rot13.org (8) + * veron.ch (37) + +We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches +for Koha 3.20 (beta). + + * Abby (1) + * Aleisha (6) + * Attila Kinali (1) + * Benjamin Rokseth (2) + * Brandon (1) + * Brendan Gallagher (47) + * Chris (8) + * Chris Cormack (53) + * Chris Nighswonger (6) + * Christophe Brocquet (1) + * Christopher Brannon (6) + * Cindy Ames (1) + * Colin Campbell (4) + * Courret (7) + * David Cook (1) + * David Roberts (2) + * Dobrica Pavlinusic (28) + * Frédéric Demians (16) + * Gaetan Boisson (1) + * Heather Braum (2) + * Hector Castro (2) + * Jacek Ablewicz (2) + * Jason Robb (1) + * Jeanne Heicher (1) + * Jen DeMuth (2) + * Jesse Maseto (5) + * joel aloi (1) + * John Andrews (1) + * Jonathan Druart (172) + * Josef Moravec (13) + * Julius Fleschner (1) + * Justin (2) + * Katrin Fischer (302) + * Larry Baerveldt (6) + * Luce Barbey (1) + * Lucie (8) + * Magnus Enger (12) + * Marc Véron (104) + * marjorie (1) + * Mark Tompsett (42) + * Martin Renvoize (62) + * Mason James (2) + * Mirko Tietgen (17) + * Morag Hills (4) + * Nick (10) + * Nick Clemens (30) + * Nicolas Legrand (7) + * Nicole (9) + * Nicole Engard (10) + * Olli-Antti Kivilahti (6) + * Owen Leonard (17) + * Paola Rossi (67) + * Pierre (5) + * Robin Sheat (7) + * Rochelle (1) + * Sean McGarvey (2) + * Sheila Kearns (2) + * sonia BOUIS (5) + * Sophie Meynieux (1) + * Thomas (2) + * Thomas Misilo (1) + * Tom Misilo (1) + * vagrant (1) + * valerie bertrand (4) + * wajasu (4) + * Zeno Tajoli (1) + * Jason Burds (2) + * Koha Team AMU (4) + * Manuel Cohen Arazi (1) + * Tomas Cohen Arazi (944) + * Hector Eduardo Castro Avalos (2) + * Nicole C. Engard (4) + * Kyle M Hall (322) + * Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel (31) + * Koha Team Lyon 3 (1) + * Andreas Hedström Mace (1) + * Marcel de Rooy (74) + * Eivin Giske Skaaren (1) + +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 master. + + +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 12 may 2015 12:56:33 Z ##### -- 2.39.5