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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.11.14

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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:

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Koha 19.11.14 can be downloaded from:

+ + + +

Installation instructions can be found at:

+ + + +

Koha 19.11.14 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

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It includes 13 bugfixes.

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System requirements

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

+ +

Operating system:

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Database:

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Search engine:

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Perl:

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Critical bugs fixed

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Architecture, internals, and plumbing

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Command-line Utilities

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Database

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Patrons

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SIP2

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Searching - Elasticsearch

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Test Suite

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Other bugs fixed

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Cataloging

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Command-line Utilities

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MARC Bibliographic record staging/import

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OPAC

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Searching - Elasticsearch

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Documentation

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

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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

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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

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The release team for Koha 19.11.14 is

+ + + +

Credits

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We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored +new features in Koha 19.11.14:

+ + + +

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.11.14.

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We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed +patches to Koha 19.11.14

+ + + +

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

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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 19.11.x.

+ +

Bugs and feature requests

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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)

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Autogenerated release notes updated last on 22 Jan 2021 23:18:44.

diff --git a/misc/release_notes/release_notes_19_11_14.md b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_19_11_14.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9aba8c8479 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_19_11_14.md @@ -0,0 +1,333 @@ +# RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.11.14 +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](https://koha-community.org) + +Koha 19.11.14 can be downloaded from: + +- [Download](https://download.koha-community.org/koha-19.11.14.tar.gz) + +Installation instructions can be found at: + +- [Koha Wiki](https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation) +- OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball + +Koha 19.11.14 is a bugfix/maintenance release. + +It includes 13 bugfixes. + +### System requirements + +Koha is continuously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for +deployment: + +Operating system: + +- Debian 10 +- Debian 9 +- Ubuntu 20.04 +- Ubuntu 18.04 +- Ubuntu 16.04 + +Database: + +- MariaDB 10.3 +- MariaDB 10.1 + +Search engine: + +- ElasticSearch 6 +- Zebra + +Perl: + +- Perl >= 5.14 is required and 5.24, 5.26, 5.28 or 5.30 are recommended. These are the versions of the recommended operating systems. + + + + + + +## Critical bugs fixed + +### Architecture, internals, and plumbing + +- [[27252]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27252) ES5 no longer supported (since 20.11.00) + + >This prepares Koha to officially no longer support Elasticsearch 5.X. + > + >It adds a new system preference 'ElasticsearchCrossFields' to allow users to choose whether or not to enable this feature. + +### Command-line Utilities + +- [[27245]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27245) bulkmarcimport.pl error 'Already in a transaction' +- [[27276]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27276) borrowers-force-messaging-defaults throws Incorrect DATE value: '0000-00-00' even though sql strict mode is dissabled + +### Database + +- [[25826]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25826) Hiding biblionumber in the frameworks breaks links in result list + +### Patrons + +- [[27004]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27004) Deleting a staff account who have created claims returned causes problem in the return_claims table because of a NULL value in return_claims.created_by. + +### 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 + +### Searching - Elasticsearch + +- [[27070]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27070) Elasticsearch - with Elasticsearch 6 searches failing unless all terms are in the same field + +### Test Suite + +- [[27055]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27055) Update Firefox version used in Selenium GUI tests + + +## Other bugs fixed + +### Cataloging + +- [[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. + +### Command-line Utilities + +- [[27085]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27085) Corrections in overdue_notices.pl help text + + **Sponsored by** *Lund University Library* + +### MARC Bibliographic record staging/import + +- [[27099]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27099) Stage for import button not showing up + +### OPAC + +- [[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 + +### Searching - Elasticsearch + +- [[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. +## New sysprefs + +- ElasticsearchCrossFields + +## Documentation + +The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha +documentation is + +- [Koha Documentation](https://koha-community.org/documentation/) + +As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the +Koha manual is available: + +- [Koha Manual](https://koha-community.org/manual/19.11/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 (98.1%) +- Armenian (100%) +- Armenian (Classical) (100%) +- Basque (55.9%) +- Catalan; Valencian (50.7%) +- Chinese (China) (57.1%) +- Chinese (Taiwan) (98.8%) +- Czech (91%) +- English (New Zealand) (78.5%) +- English (USA) +- Finnish (74.4%) +- French (97.1%) +- French (Canada) (94%) +- German (100%) +- German (Switzerland) (81%) +- Greek (71.4%) +- Hindi (99.9%) +- Italian (87.2%) +- Nederlands-Nederland (Dutch-The Netherlands) (77.9%) +- Norwegian Bokmål (83.5%) +- Occitan (post 1500) (53.2%) +- Polish (78.7%) +- Portuguese (99.6%) +- Portuguese (Brazil) (99.6%) +- Slovak (83.3%) +- Spanish (99.9%) +- Swedish (85.2%) +- Telugu (95.8%) +- Turkish (100%) +- Ukrainian (74.6%) +- Vietnamese (51.7%) + +Partial translations are available for various other languages. + +The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see + +- [Koha Translation Info](https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha) + +For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate +list to volunteer: + +- [Koha Translate List](https://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate) + +The most up-to-date translations can be found at: + +- [Koha Translation](https://translate.koha-community.org/) + +## Release Team + +The release team for Koha 19.11.14 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 19.11.14: + +- Lund University Library +- Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology + +We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.11.14. + +- Aleisha Amohia (1) +- Tomás Cohen Arazi (2) +- Nick Clemens (4) +- Christophe Croullebois (1) +- Jonathan Druart (6) +- Andrew Fuerste-Henry (1) +- Victor Grousset (4) +- Kyle M Hall (1) +- Owen Leonard (1) +- Fridolin Somers (1) +- Koha Translators (1) +- Timothy Alexis Vass (1) + +We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed +patches to Koha 19.11.14 + +- Athens County Public Libraries (1) +- BibLibre (2) +- ByWater-Solutions (6) +- Independant Individuals (1) +- Koha Community Developers (10) +- Theke Solutions (2) +- ub.lu.se (1) + +We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches +for Koha. + +- Tomás Cohen Arazi (7) +- Nick Clemens (9) +- David Cook (1) +- Chris Cormack (1) +- Jonathan Druart (7) +- Andrew Fuerste-Henry (18) +- Lucas Gass (1) +- Victor Grousset (25) +- Kyle M Hall (1) +- Mason James (1) +- Joonas Kylmälä (1) +- Owen Leonard (1) +- Fridolin Somers (11) + + + +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 19.11.x. + +## Bugs and feature requests + +Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug +tracker at: + +- [Koha Bugzilla](https://bugs.koha-community.org) + +He rau ringa e oti ai. +(Many hands finish the work) + +Autogenerated release notes updated last on 22 Jan 2021 23:18:44. -- 2.39.2