From 2942ffc7728135ce3fdcac3a77ef1201e1c653f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Cormack Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 16:34:37 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] 3.8.13 release notes --- misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_8_13.txt | 266 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 266 insertions(+) create mode 100644 misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_8_13.txt diff --git a/misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_8_13.txt b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_8_13.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1f821a6c39 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_8_13.txt @@ -0,0 +1,266 @@ +RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.13 +23 May 2013 +======================================================================== + +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 3.8.13 can be downloaded from: + + http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.13.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 3.8.13 is a bugfix/maintenance release. + + +Highlights of 3.8.13 +====================== + +Acquisitions +---------- + 7228 major can't order more than 1 when importing all from staged file + 9923 major correction of a bug due to bz 7129 + +Staff Client +---------- + 9591 blocker Set Library changes after viewing Holds Queue >> reserves item + +Tools +---------- + 8264 major local cover images not working in IE8 + + +Bugs fixed in 3.8.13 +====================== + +Cataloging +---------- + 9019 minor ILS-DI: GetRecords should return item fields in marcxml + +I18N/L10N +---------- + 9266 normal Untranslated strings in tags moderation + +Installation and upgrade (command-line installer) +---------- + 42 normal installer.pl could prompt user to send testing results in + 156 normal in Install.pm the marc21 refers to /script/ instead of /scripts/ + 9812 normal Several files shouldn't be exposed or browseable through a URL + +MARC Bibliographic data support +---------- + 9804 trivial Fix name for NORMARC biblio-koha-indexdefs.xml + +OPAC +---------- + 93 trivial Minor HTML Template error + +Patrons +---------- + 22 normal autoMemberNum doesn't work with Add Child + 33 normal autoMemberNum set to 1 by default + 225 normal Add member ignores parameters set in categories + 9484 minor userid not generated consistently (different editing pages) + +Staff Client +---------- + 107 normal templates for intranet are still in old includes/templates location + 8895 minor Warning in systempreferences.pl: Use of uninitialized value in length... + +Templates +---------- + 9613 minor items namespace missing in XSLT + 9957 trivial Missing cancel link on subfield editing page + + +Enhancements in 3.8.13 +====================== + + +---------- + + +New sysprefs in 3.8.13 +====================== + + + +System requirements +====================== + + Important notes: + + * Perl 5.10 is required + * Zebra is required + + +Documentation +====================== + +As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now 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/3.8.13/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 (100%) + * Armenian (100%) + * Chinese (Taiwan) (75%) + * Danish (93%) + * English (New Zealand) (100%) + * French (99%) + * French (Canada) (76%) + * German (100%) + * German (Switzerland) (99%) + * Greek (95%) + * Italian (100%) + * Norwegian Bokmål (67%) + * Portuguese (100%) + * Portuguese (Brazil) (99%) + * Slovak (100%) + * Spanish (100%) + * 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 3.8.13 is + + Release Manager: Paul Poulain + Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard + Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians + QA Manager: Ian Walls + QA team: Marcel de Rooy , + Jonathan Druart + Mason James + Bug Wranglers: Katrin Fischer, Magnus Enger + + Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger + Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Jared Camins-Esakov + Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Cormack + + +Credits +====================== + +We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored +new features in Koha 3.8.13: + * Universidad Nacional de Córdoba + +We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.13. + * 3 Tomas Cohen Arazi + * 1 Edmund Balnaves + * 1 Stefano Bargioni + * 1 D Ruth Bavousett + * 1 David Cook + * 4 Chris Cormack + * 2 Christophe Croullebois + * 1 Magnus Enger + * 3 Owen Leonard + * 1 Julian Maurice + * 3 Fridolyn SOMERS + * 1 Adrien Saurat + * 1 Marc Veron + +We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.13 + * 3 ACPL + * 7 Biblibre + * 2 BigBallOfWax + * 2 Catalyst + * 1 Libriotech + * 2 Prosentient Systems + * 1 pusc.it + * 4 unidentified + * 1 veron.ch + +We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches +for Koha 3.8.13. + * 10 Jared Camins-Esakov + * 1 David Cook + * 23 Chris Cormack + * 1 Srikanth Dhondi + * 2 Jonathan Druart + * 1 Nicole C. Engard + * 2 Magnus Enger + * 9 Katrin Fischer + * 4 Kyle M Hall + * 1 Mason James + * 1 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel + * 3 Owen Leonard + * 2 Paul Poulain + * 2 Marcel de Rooy + * 3 Mathieu Saby + * 1 Mirko Tietgen + +We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly 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 3.8.x. + +The last Koha release was 3.6.11, which was released on December 27, 2012. + + +Bugs and feature requests +====================== + +Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug +tracker at + + http://bugs.koha-community.org/ + + +Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini +##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 23 May 2013 04:34:05 Z ##### -- 2.39.5