1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 18.05.02
4 Koha is the first free and open source software library automation
5 package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types
6 and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The
7 website for the Koha project is:
9 - [Koha Community](http://koha-community.org)
11 Koha 18.05.02 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-18.05.02.tar.gz)
15 Installation instructions can be found at:
17 - [Koha Wiki](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation)
18 - OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
20 Koha 18.05.02 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
22 It includes 7 enhancements, 57 bugfixes.
29 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
31 - [[20456]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20456) Remove the C4::Serials::GetSubscriptionsFromBorrower
35 - [[20709]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20709) Update GERMAN MARC frameworks to Updates 23-26 (Nov 2016, May and Apr 2018)
37 ### MARC Bibliographic data support
39 - [[19835]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19835) Update MARC frameworks to Updates 23+24+25 (Nov 2016, May and Dec 2017)
40 - [[20710]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20710) Update MARC21 frameworks to Update 26 (April 2018)
44 - [[20876]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20876) The form_serialized_itype cookie is not used and should be removed
48 - [[20867]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20867) Ability to show membership renewal date on moremember.pl page
52 - [[20520]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20520) Re-indent moremember.tt
55 ## Critical bugs fixed
59 - [[20972]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20972) If ISBN has 10 numbers only the first 9 numbers are used
60 - [[20979]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20979) Error message when deleting bib attached to order
64 - [[20879]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20879) Shibboleth in combination with LDAP as an alternative no longer works
68 - [[20928]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20928) Checkout status not showing patron
72 - [[20934]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20934) Biblio checkout history shows only current checkout
76 - [[20946]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20946) Cannot pay fines for patrons with credits
80 - [[13655]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13655) Can't save organisation type patron without entering userid/password
81 - [[20903]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20903) Print payment receipt on child patron could end with server error
82 - [[20951]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20951) Koha::Patron::Discharge is missing use Koha::Patron::Debarments
86 - [[21020]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21020) Return branch not set for transfer when using SIP
90 - [[21054]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21054) Extra closing body tag in sco-main.tt prevents slip printing
94 - [[20998]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20998) Non superlibrarians cannot search for patrons using the quicksearch at the top
98 - [[20977]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20977) Javascript vars used in confirm_deletion in catalog.js do not match strings in catalog-strings.inc
102 - [[20906]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20906) Fix Debian 9 Test Failures
106 - [[20084]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20084) Patron card creator: layouts Industrial2of5 and COOP2of5 broken with error "Invalid Characters"
110 - [[21046]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21046) ILSDI - AuthenticatePatron returns a wrong borrowernumber if cardnumber is empty
115 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
117 - [[20702]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20702) Bind results of GetHostItemsInfo to the EasyAnalyticalRecords pref
118 - [[21008]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21008) pay.pl and paycollect.pl raise warning
119 - [[21022]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21022) Exceptions should skip stringifying if message manually passed
123 - [[15360]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15360) Incorrect or mislabeled behavior on Authorities "New from Z39.50" Button
124 - [[18822]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18822) Advanced editor - Rancor - searching broken under Elasticsearch
125 - [[21009]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21009) Max length of inputs on editing/adding items is broken
129 - [[20793]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20793) Don't show holds link in result list when staff user doesn't have place_holds permission
130 - [[20794]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20794) Don't show holds tab when user doesn't have circulate_remaining_permissions
132 ### Command-line Utilities
134 - [[20893]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20893) batchRebuildItemsTables.pl has incorrect parameter
138 - [[20332]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20332) Untranslatable strings in grouped OPAC results
139 - [[21029]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21029) "Suspend until" in modal in staff patron account is not translatable
141 ### Label/patron card printing
143 - [[6647]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6647) Label item search should use standard pagination routine
147 - [[17886]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17886) Don't show option to add to existing list if there are no lists in staff
151 - [[17869]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17869) Don't show pick-up library for list of holds in OPAC account when there is only one branch
152 - [[19849]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19849) Rebase of bug 16621 partially reverted bug 12509
153 - [[20090]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20090) Missing Script Statement for Novelist Select on Some Record Displays in OPAC
154 - [[20507]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20507) Shelf browser does not update image sources when paging
155 - [[20953]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20953) Discharge can be requested several times on OPAC
159 - [[18250]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18250) koha-common should start after memcached
160 - [[20920]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20920) Plack timeout because of missing CGI::Compile Perl dependency
161 - [[20949]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20949) Koha depends on Clone
165 - [[20991]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20991) Error will reset category when editing a patron
166 - [[21025]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21025) Koha::Patron::Discharge is missing use C4::Letters
170 - [[16653]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16653) reports/cat_issues_top.pl does not export "Count of checkouts" column as CSV
171 - [[20945]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20945) Report params not escaped when downloading
175 - [[20864]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20864) Only set bibs_selected cookie when BrowseResultSelection is activated
177 ### Searching - Elasticsearch
179 - [[19502]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19502) Result sets limited to 10000
181 ### Searching - Zebra
183 - [[20697]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20697) Remove some Host-Item-Number noise from zebra-output.log when EasyAnalyticalRecords is not used
187 - [[7136]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7136) Correct description of Grace period for subscriptions
191 - [[18521]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18521) Renew and search hotkeys are swapped on returns page.
192 - [[20919]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20919) A Zebra query is done for each item when opening a record detail page
194 ### System Administration
196 - [[14446]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14446) Resolve "Use of uninitialized value in goto" in admin/preferences.pl
200 - [[20559]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20559) Occurrences of loading-small.gif still exist
201 - [[20698]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20698) Remove obsolete template: transfer-slip.tt
202 - [[20805]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20805) Update child to adult patron process broken on several patron-related pages
203 - [[20814]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20814) Display issue with 'Saved reports' tabs when memcached is off
204 - [[20881]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20881) Order receiving: Price filter missing on_editing
205 - [[20931]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20931) JS error "ReferenceError: $ is not defined" when CircSidebar is turned on
206 - [[20999]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20999) Remove invalid 'style="block"' from OPAC templates
210 - [[20900]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20900) Yet another test assumes that CPL is present
211 - [[21023]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21023) Remove warning in t/db_dependent/Circulation/Chargelostitem.t
215 ## System requirements
219 - Perl 5.10 is required
224 The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
227 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
229 As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
230 Koha manual is available:
232 - [Koha Manual](http://koha-community.org/manual/18.05/en/html/)
235 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
237 - [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
241 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
242 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
247 - Chinese (China) (77.9%)
248 - Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)
251 - English (New Zealand) (96.8%)
255 - French (Canada) (89.6%)
257 - German (Switzerland) (99.8%)
261 - Norwegian Bokmål (65.8%)
262 - Occitan (post 1500) (71.2%)
266 - Portuguese (Brazil) (83%)
273 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
275 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
277 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
279 For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
282 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
284 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
286 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
290 The release team for Koha 18.05.02 is
292 - Release Manager: [Nick Clemens](mailto:nick@bywatersolutions.com)
293 - Release Manager assistants:
294 - [Brendan Gallagher](mailto:brendan@bywatersolutions.com)
295 - [Jonathan Druart](mailto:jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org)
296 - [Kyle Hall](mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com)
297 - [Tomás Cohen Arazi](mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com)
299 - Module Maintainers:
300 - REST API -- [Tomás Cohen Arazi](mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com)
301 - Elasticsearch -- [Nick Clemens](mailto:nick@bywatersolutions.com)
302 - QA Manager: [Katrin Fischer](mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de)
305 - [Julian Maurice](mailto:julian.maurice@biblibre.com)
306 - [Marcel de Rooy](mailto:m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl)
308 - [Alex Arnaud](mailto:alex.arnaud@biblibre.com)
309 - [Martin Renvoize](mailto:martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com)
310 - [Tomás Cohen Arazi](mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com)
311 - [Kyle Hall](mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com)
312 - [Jonathan Druart](mailto:jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org)
313 - [Chris Cormack](mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz)
317 - [Indranil Das Gupta](mailto:indradg@l2c2.co.inc)
318 - [Amit Gupta](mailto:amitddng135@gmail.com)
319 - Packaging Manager: [Mirko Tietgen](mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net)
320 - Documentation Team:
323 - Caroline Cyr La Rose
324 - Translation Manager: [Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel](mailto:bgkriegel@gmail.com)
325 - Release Maintainers:
326 - 18.05 -- [Martin Renvoize](mailto:martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com)
327 - 17.11 -- [Fridolin Somers](mailto:fridolin.somers@biblibre.com)
328 - 17.05 -- [Fridolin Somers](mailto:fridolin.somers@biblibre.com)
331 We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
332 new features in Koha 18.05.02:
334 - Gothenburg University Library
336 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 18.05.02.
342 - Jérôme Charaoui (1)
344 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (8)
346 - Jonathan Druart (14)
349 - Bernardo González Kriegel (4)
350 - Caitlin Goodger (1)
351 - Victor Grousset (3)
359 - Martin Renvoize (7)
360 - Fridolin Somers (2)
363 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
364 patches to Koha 18.05.02
366 - abunchofthings.net (3)
370 - bugs.koha-community.org (14)
371 - ByWater-Solutions (13)
372 - bywatetsolutions.com (1)
374 - cmaisonneuve.qc.ca (1)
375 - Göteborgs universitet (1)
376 - informaticsglobal.com (1)
381 - Theke Solutions (8)
383 - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (4)
386 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
394 - Tomas Cohen Arazi (10)
396 - Marcel de Rooy (19)
397 - Jonathan Druart (19)
399 - Katrin Fischer (50)
400 - Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel (2)
403 - Pierre-Luc Lapointe (3)
408 - Séverine QUEUNE (4)
409 - Martin Renvoize (114)
416 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
417 please send a patch against these release notes to
418 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
420 ## Revision control notes
422 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
423 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
425 - [Koha Git Repository](git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git)
427 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
430 ## Bugs and feature requests
432 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
435 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
437 He rau ringa e oti ai.
438 (Many hands finish the work)
440 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 20 Jul 2018 14:56:19.