1 <h1 id="releasenotesforkoha21.11.03">RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 21.11.03</h1>
5 <p>Koha is the first free and open source software library automation
6 package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types
7 and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The
8 website for the Koha project is:</p>
11 <li><a href="http://koha-community.org">Koha Community</a></li>
14 <p>Koha 21.11.03 can be downloaded from:</p>
17 <li><a href="http://download.koha-community.org/koha-21.11.03.tar.gz">Download</a></li>
20 <p>Installation instructions can be found at:</p>
23 <li><a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation">Koha Wiki</a></li>
24 <li>OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball</li>
27 <p>Koha 21.11.03 is a bugfix/maintenance release.</p>
29 <p>It includes 2 enhancements, 25 bugfixes.</p>
31 <h3 id="systemrequirements">System requirements</h3>
33 <p>You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/System_requirements_and_recommendations</p>
35 <h2 id="enhancements">Enhancements</h2>
37 <h3 id="architectureinternalsandplumbing">Architecture, internals, and plumbing</h3>
40 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=29886">[29886]</a> Add Koha::Suggestions->search_limited</li>
43 <h3 id="pluginarchitecture">Plugin architecture</h3>
46 <li><p><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=30072">[30072]</a> Add more holds hooks</p>
49 <p>This development adds plugin hooks for several holds actions. The hook is called <em>after_hold_action</em> and has two parameters</p>
52 <li><strong>action</strong>: containing a string that represents the <em>action</em>, possible values: <em>fill</em>, <em>cancel</em>, <em>suspend</em> and <em>resume</em>.</li>
53 <li><strong>payload</strong>: A hashref containing a <em>hold</em> key, which points to the Koha::Hold object.</li>
58 <h2 id="criticalbugsfixed">Critical bugs fixed</h2>
60 <h3 id="authentication">Authentication</h3>
63 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=29915">[29915]</a> Anonymous session generates 1 new session ID per hit</li>
66 <h3 id="cataloging">Cataloging</h3>
69 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=30178">[30178]</a> Every librarian can edit every item with IndependentBranches on</li>
72 <h3 id="opac">OPAC</h3>
75 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=30147">[30147]</a> OpacBrowseResults causing error on detail page</li>
78 <h3 id="packaging">Packaging</h3>
81 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=30084">[30084]</a> Remove dependency of liblocale-codes-perl</li>
84 <h3 id="restapi">REST API</h3>
87 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=29877">[29877]</a> MaxReserves should be enforced consistently between staff interface and API</li>
90 <h2 id="otherbugsfixed">Other bugs fixed</h2>
92 <h3 id="acquisitions">Acquisitions</h3>
95 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=29287">[29287]</a> Display of funds on acquisitions home is not consistent with display on funds page</li>
98 <h3 id="architectureinternalsandplumbing">Architecture, internals, and plumbing</h3>
101 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=29687">[29687]</a> Get rid of an uninitialized warning in XSLT.pm</li>
102 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=29771">[29771]</a> Get rid of CGI::param in list context warnings</li>
103 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=30185">[30185]</a> Missing return in db rev 210600003.pl</li>
106 <h3 id="circulation">Circulation</h3>
109 <li><p><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=29220">[29220]</a> Minor fixes and improved code readability in circulation.pl</p>
111 <p><strong>Sponsored by</strong> <em>Gothenburg University Library</em></p></li>
114 <h3 id="database">Database</h3>
117 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=30128">[30128]</a> language_subtag_registry.description is too short</li>
120 <h3 id="finesandfees">Fines and fees</h3>
123 <li><p><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28663">[28663]</a> One should not be able to apply a discount to a VOID accountline</p>
126 <p>This removes the display of the 'Apply discount' button for VOID transactions.</p>
128 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=30132">[30132]</a> overdue_notices.pl POD is incorrect regarding passing options</li>
131 <h3 id="holdrequests">Hold requests</h3>
134 <li><p><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=29338">[29338]</a> Reprinting holds slip with updated expiration date</p>
137 <p>This patch adds a "Print hold/transfer" button to request.tt so staff can reprint hold/transfer slips without re-checking an item.</p>
141 <h3 id="i18nl10n">I18N/L10N</h3>
144 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=29589">[29589]</a> Translation issue with formatting in MARC overlay rules page</li>
147 <h3 id="patrons">Patrons</h3>
150 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22993">[22993]</a> Messaging preferences not set for patrons imported through API</li>
151 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=30098">[30098]</a> Patron search redirects when one result on any page of results</li>
154 <h3 id="reports">Reports</h3>
157 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26269">[26269]</a> Overdues: Download file doesn't match result in staff interface when due date filters or 'show any available items currently checked out' are used</li>
160 <h3 id="searching-elasticsearch">Searching - Elasticsearch</h3>
163 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25616">[25616]</a> Uppercase hard coded lower case boolean operators for Elasticsearch</li>
164 <li><p><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=30153">[30153]</a> FindDuplicate ElasticSearch should not use lowercase 'and'</p>
166 <p><strong>Sponsored by</strong> <em>Steiermärkische Landesbibliothek</em></p></li>
169 <h3 id="serials">Serials</h3>
172 <li><p><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=30035">[30035]</a> Wrong month name in numbering pattern</p>
174 <p><strong>Sponsored by</strong> <em>Orex Digital</em></p>
177 <p>Sponsored-by: Orex Digital</p>
181 <h3 id="staffclient">Staff Client</h3>
184 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=30164">[30164]</a> Header filter not taken into account on the cities view</li>
187 <h3 id="templates">Templates</h3>
190 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=29989">[29989]</a> Improve headings in MARC staging template</li>
193 <h3 id="testsuite">Test Suite</h3>
196 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=29826">[29826]</a> Manage call of Template Plugin Branches GetName() with null or empty branchcode</li>
197 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=30203">[30203]</a> Prevent data loss when running Circulation.t without prove</li>
200 <h2 id="documentation">Documentation</h2>
202 <p>The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
206 <li><a href="http://koha-community.org/documentation/">Koha Documentation</a></li>
209 <p>The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at</p>
212 <li><a href="https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual">Koha Git Repository</a></li>
215 <h2 id="translations">Translations</h2>
217 <p>Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
218 interface are available in this release for the following languages:</p>
221 <li>Arabic (87.5%)</li>
222 <li>Armenian (100%)</li>
223 <li>Armenian (Classical) (89%)</li>
224 <li>Bulgarian (92.3%)</li>
225 <li>Chinese (Taiwan) (79.1%)</li>
226 <li>Czech (69.1%)</li>
227 <li>English (New Zealand) (59.1%)</li>
228 <li>English (USA)</li>
229 <li>Finnish (92.3%)</li>
230 <li>French (94.6%)</li>
231 <li>French (Canada) (93.1%)</li>
232 <li>German (100%)</li>
233 <li>German (Switzerland) (58.9%)</li>
234 <li>Greek (59.6%)</li>
235 <li>Hindi (100%)</li>
236 <li>Italian (91.4%)</li>
237 <li>Nederlands-Nederland (Dutch-The Netherlands) (70.5%)</li>
238 <li>Norwegian Bokmål (63.4%)</li>
239 <li>Polish (99.4%)</li>
240 <li>Portuguese (90.8%)</li>
241 <li>Portuguese (Brazil) (83.9%)</li>
242 <li>Russian (85.1%)</li>
243 <li>Slovak (70%)</li>
244 <li>Spanish (99.5%)</li>
245 <li>Swedish (82.1%)</li>
246 <li>Telugu (95.6%)</li>
247 <li>Turkish (97.5%)</li>
248 <li>Ukrainian (75.1%)</li>
251 <p>Partial translations are available for various other languages.</p>
253 <p>The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see</p>
256 <li><a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha">Koha Translation Info</a></li>
259 <p>For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
260 list to volunteer:</p>
263 <li><a href="http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate">Koha Translate List</a></li>
266 <p>The most up-to-date translations can be found at:</p>
269 <li><a href="http://translate.koha-community.org/">Koha Translation</a></li>
272 <h2 id="releaseteam">Release Team</h2>
274 <p>The release team for Koha 21.11.03 is</p>
277 <li><p>Release Manager: Fridolin Somers</p></li>
278 <li><p>Release Manager assistants:</p>
281 <li>Jonathan Druart</li>
282 <li>Martin Renvoize</li>
283 <li>Tomás Cohen Arazi</li>
285 <li><p>QA Manager: Katrin Fischer</p></li>
289 <li>Andrew Nugged</li>
290 <li>Jonathan Druart</li>
291 <li>Joonas Kylmälä</li>
293 <li>Marcel de Rooy</li>
294 <li>Martin Renvoize</li>
295 <li>Nick Clemens</li>
296 <li>Petro Vashchuk</li>
297 <li>Tomás Cohen Arazi</li>
298 <li>Victor Grousset</li>
300 <li><p>Topic Experts:</p>
303 <li>UI Design -- Owen Leonard</li>
304 <li>REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi</li>
305 <li>Zebra -- Fridolin Somers</li>
306 <li>Accounts -- Martin Renvoize</li>
308 <li><p>Bug Wranglers:</p>
311 <li>Indranil Das Gupta</li>
312 <li>Erica Rohlfs</li>
314 <li><p>Packaging Manager: </p></li>
315 <li><p>Documentation Manager: David Nind</p></li>
316 <li><p>Documentation Team:</p>
319 <li>Aude Charillon</li>
320 <li>Caroline Cyr La Rose</li>
321 <li>Kelly McElligott</li>
322 <li>Lucy Vaux-Harvey</li>
323 <li>Martin Renvoize</li>
326 <li><p>Translation Managers: </p>
329 <li>Bernardo González Kriegel</li>
331 <li><p>Wiki curators: </p>
334 <li>Thomas Dukleth</li>
336 <li><p>Release Maintainers:</p>
339 <li>21.11 -- Kyle M Hall</li>
340 <li>21.05 -- Andrew Fuerste-Henry</li>
341 <li>20.11 -- Victor Grousset</li>
342 <li>19.11 -- Wainui Witika-Park</li>
346 <h2 id="credits">Credits</h2>
348 <p>We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored
349 new features in Koha 21.11.03</p>
352 <li>Gothenburg University Library</li>
353 <li>Orex Digital</li>
354 <li>Steiermärkische Landesbibliothek</li>
357 <p>We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 21.11.03</p>
360 <li>Tomás Cohen Arazi (9)</li>
361 <li>Nick Clemens (4)</li>
362 <li>Jonathan Druart (8)</li>
363 <li>Marion Durand (1)</li>
364 <li>Katrin Fischer (1)</li>
365 <li>Lucas Gass (2)</li>
366 <li>David Gustafsson (2)</li>
367 <li>Kyle M Hall (6)</li>
368 <li>Mason James (2)</li>
369 <li>Janusz Kaczmarek (1)</li>
370 <li>Thomas Klausner (1)</li>
371 <li>Owen Leonard (1)</li>
372 <li>Martin Renvoize (4)</li>
373 <li>Marcel de Rooy (7)</li>
374 <li>David Schmidt (1)</li>
375 <li>Fridolin Somers (7)</li>
376 <li>Koha translators (1)</li>
379 <p>We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
380 patches to Koha 21.11.03</p>
383 <li>Athens County Public Libraries (1)</li>
384 <li>BibLibre (8)</li>
385 <li>Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) (1)</li>
386 <li>ByWater-Solutions (12)</li>
388 <li>Independant Individuals (3)</li>
389 <li>Koha Community Developers (8)</li>
390 <li>KohaAloha (2)</li>
392 <li>PTFS-Europe (4)</li>
393 <li>Rijksmuseum (7)</li>
394 <li>Theke Solutions (9)</li>
397 <p>We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
401 <li>Tomás Cohen Arazi (3)</li>
402 <li>Emmanuel Bétemps (1)</li>
403 <li>Nick Clemens (12)</li>
404 <li>Michal Denar (1)</li>
405 <li>Jonathan Druart (11)</li>
406 <li>Katrin Fischer (12)</li>
407 <li>Andrew Fuerste-Henry (4)</li>
408 <li>Kyle M Hall (49)</li>
409 <li>Sally Healey (2)</li>
410 <li>Barbara Johnson (1)</li>
411 <li>David Nind (4)</li>
412 <li>Martin Renvoize (29)</li>
413 <li>Marcel de Rooy (2)</li>
414 <li>Fridolin Somers (28)</li>
415 <li>Michael Sutherland (1)</li>
416 <li>Theodoros Theodoropoulos (1)</li>
419 <p>We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
420 please send a patch against these release notes to koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org.</p>
422 <h2 id="revisioncontrolnotes">Revision control notes</h2>
424 <p>The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
425 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:</p>
428 <li><a href="https://git.koha-community.org/koha-community/koha">Koha Git Repository</a></li>
431 <p>The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
434 <h2 id="bugsandfeaturerequests">Bugs and feature requests</h2>
436 <p>Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
440 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org">Koha Bugzilla</a></li>
443 <p>He rau ringa e oti ai.
444 (Many hands finish the work)</p>
446 <p>Autogenerated release notes updated last on 24 Mar 2022 18:23:09.</p>