RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 18.05.02

23 Jul 2018

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

Koha 18.05.02 can be downloaded from:

• Download

Installation instructions can be found at:

• Koha Wiki
• OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball

Koha 18.05.02 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 7 enhancements, 57 bugfixes.

Enhancements

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

• [20456] Remove the C4::Serials::GetSubscriptionsFromBorrower

I18N/L10N

• [20709] Update GERMAN MARC frameworks to Updates 23-26 (Nov 2016, May and Apr 2018)

MARC Bibliographic data support

• [19835] Update MARC frameworks to Updates 23+24+25 (Nov 2016, May and Dec 2017)
• [20710] Update MARC21 frameworks to Update 26 (April 2018)

OPAC

• [20876] The form_serialized_itype cookie is not used and should be removed

Patrons

• [20867] Ability to show membership renewal date on moremember.pl page

Templates

• [20520] Re-indent moremember.tt

Critical bugs fixed

Acquisitions

• [20972] If ISBN has 10 numbers only the first 9 numbers are used
• [20979] Error message when deleting bib attached to order

Authentication

• [20879] Shibboleth in combination with LDAP as an alternative no longer works

Cataloging

• [20928] Checkout status not showing patron

Circulation

• [20934] Biblio checkout history shows only current checkout

Fines and fees

• [20946] Cannot pay fines for patrons with credits

Patrons

• [13655] Can't save organisation type patron without entering userid/password
• [20903] Print payment receipt on child patron could end with server error
• [20951] Koha::Patron::Discharge is missing use Koha::Patron::Debarments

SIP2

• [21020] Return branch not set for transfer when using SIP

Self checkout

• [21054] Extra closing body tag in sco-main.tt prevents slip printing

Staff Client

• [20998] Non superlibrarians cannot search for patrons using the quicksearch at the top

Templates

• [20977] Javascript vars used in confirm_deletion in catalog.js do not match strings in catalog-strings.inc

Test Suite

• [20906] Fix Debian 9 Test Failures

Tools

• [20084] Patron card creator: layouts Industrial2of5 and COOP2of5 broken with error "Invalid Characters"

Web services

• [21046] ILSDI - AuthenticatePatron returns a wrong borrowernumber if cardnumber is empty

Other bugs fixed

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

• [20702] Bind results of GetHostItemsInfo to the EasyAnalyticalRecords pref
• [21008] pay.pl and paycollect.pl raise warning
• [21022] Exceptions should skip stringifying if message manually passed

Cataloging

• [15360] Incorrect or mislabeled behavior on Authorities "New from Z39.50" Button
• [18822] Advanced editor - Rancor - searching broken under Elasticsearch
• [21009] Max length of inputs on editing/adding items is broken

Circulation

• [20793] Don't show holds link in result list when staff user doesn't have place_holds permission
• [20794] Don't show holds tab when user doesn't have circulate_remaining_permissions

Command-line Utilities

• [20893] batchRebuildItemsTables.pl has incorrect parameter

I18N/L10N

• [20332] Untranslatable strings in grouped OPAC results
• [21029] "Suspend until" in modal in staff patron account is not translatable

Label/patron card printing

• [6647] Label item search should use standard pagination routine

Lists

• [17886] Don't show option to add to existing list if there are no lists in staff

OPAC

• [17869] Don't show pick-up library for list of holds in OPAC account when there is only one branch
• [19849] Rebase of bug 16621 partially reverted bug 12509
• [20090] Missing Script Statement for Novelist Select on Some Record Displays in OPAC
• [20507] Shelf browser does not update image sources when paging
• [20953] Discharge can be requested several times on OPAC

Packaging

• [18250] koha-common should start after memcached
• [20920] Plack timeout because of missing CGI::Compile Perl dependency
• [20949] Koha depends on Clone

Patrons

• [20991] Error will reset category when editing a patron
• [21025] Koha::Patron::Discharge is missing use C4::Letters

Reports

• [16653] reports/cat_issues_top.pl does not export "Count of checkouts" column as CSV
• [20945] Report params not escaped when downloading

Searching

• [20864] Only set bibs_selected cookie when BrowseResultSelection is activated

Searching - Elasticsearch

• [19502] Result sets limited to 10000

Searching - Zebra

• [20697] Remove some Host-Item-Number noise from zebra-output.log when EasyAnalyticalRecords is not used

Serials

• [7136] Correct description of Grace period for subscriptions

Staff Client

• [18521] Renew and search hotkeys are swapped on returns page.
• [20919] A Zebra query is done for each item when opening a record detail page

System Administration

• [14446] Resolve "Use of uninitialized value in goto" in admin/preferences.pl

Templates

• [20559] Occurrences of loading-small.gif still exist
• [20698] Remove obsolete template: transfer-slip.tt
• [20805] Update child to adult patron process broken on several patron-related pages
• [20814] Display issue with 'Saved reports' tabs when memcached is off
• [20881] Order receiving: Price filter missing on_editing
• [20931] JS error "ReferenceError: $ is not defined" when CircSidebar is turned on
• [20999] Remove invalid 'style="block"' from OPAC templates

Test Suite

• [20900] Yet another test assumes that CPL is present
• [21023] Remove warning in t/db_dependent/Circulation/Chargelostitem.t

System requirements

Important notes:

• Perl 5.10 is required
• Zebra is required

Documentation

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

• Koha Documentation

As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the Koha manual is available:

• Koha Manual

The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at

• Koha Git Repository

Translations

Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages:

• Arabic (100%)
• Armenian (99.9%)
• Basque (73.5%)
• Chinese (China) (77.9%)
• Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)
• Czech (92.6%)
• Danish (64.4%)
• English (New Zealand) (96.8%)
• English (USA)
• Finnish (93%)
• French (100%)
• French (Canada) (89.6%)
• German (100%)
• German (Switzerland) (99.8%)
• Greek (79.9%)
• Hindi (99.9%)
• Italian (98.2%)
• Norwegian Bokmål (65.8%)
• Occitan (post 1500) (71.2%)
• Persian (53.5%)
• Polish (94.9%)
• Portuguese (100%)
• Portuguese (Brazil) (83%)
• Slovak (95.3%)
• Spanish (99.8%)
• Swedish (95%)
• Turkish (99.9%)
• Vietnamese (65.9%)

Partial translations are available for various other languages.

The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see

• Koha Translation Info

For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate list to volunteer:

• Koha Translate List

The most up-to-date translations can be found at:

• Koha Translation

Release Team

The release team for Koha 18.05.02 is

• Release Manager: Nick Clemens

• Release Manager assistants:

  • Brendan Gallagher
  • Jonathan Druart
  • Kyle Hall
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi

• Module Maintainers:

  • REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • Elasticsearch -- Nick Clemens

• QA Manager: Katrin Fischer

• QA Team:

  • Julian Maurice
  • Marcel de Rooy
  • Josef Moravec
  • Alex Arnaud
  • Martin Renvoize
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • Kyle Hall
  • Jonathan Druart
  • Chris Cormack
• Bug Wranglers:
  • Claire Gravely
  • Jon Knight
  • Indranil Das Gupta
  • Amit Gupta
• Packaging Manager: Mirko Tietgen
• Documentation Team:
  • Lee Jamison
  • David Nind
  • Caroline Cyr La Rose
• Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
• Release Maintainers:
  • 18.05 -- Martin Renvoize
  • 17.11 -- Fridolin Somers
  • 17.05 -- Fridolin Somers

Credits

We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 18.05.02:

• Gothenburg University Library

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 18.05.02.

• xljoha (1)
• Alex Arnaud (1)
• Alex Buckley (1)
• Colin Campbell (1)
• Jérôme Charaoui (1)
• Nick Clemens (11)
• Tomás Cohen Arazi (8)
• Marcel de Rooy (8)
• Jonathan Druart (14)
• Charles Farmer (1)
• Katrin Fischer (9)
• Bernardo González Kriegel (4)
• Caitlin Goodger (1)
• Victor Grousset (3)
• Amit Gupta (1)
• Pasi Kallinen (2)
• David Kuhn (1)
• Owen Leonard (15)
• Julian Maurice (4)
• Kyle M Hall (3)
• Josef Moravec (3)
• Martin Renvoize (7)
• Fridolin Somers (2)
• Mirko Tietgen (3)

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 18.05.02

• abunchofthings.net (3)
• ACPL (15)
• BibLibre (10)
• BSZ BW (9)
• bugs.koha-community.org (14)
• ByWater-Solutions (13)
• bywatetsolutions.com (1)
• Catalyst (1)
• cmaisonneuve.qc.ca (1)
• Göteborgs universitet (1)
• informaticsglobal.com (1)
• inLibro.com (1)
• joensuu.fi (2)
• PTFS-Europe (8)
• Rijksmuseum (8)
• Theke Solutions (8)
• unidentified (4)
• Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (4)
• wegc.school.nz (1)

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha.

• Hugo Agud (1)
• Aleisha Amohia (1)
• Alex Arnaud (5)
• Colin Campbell (1)
• Nick Clemens (109)
• Tomas Cohen Arazi (10)
• Chris Cormack (6)
• Marcel de Rooy (19)
• Jonathan Druart (19)
• Charles Farmer (5)
• Katrin Fischer (50)
• Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel (2)
• Amit Gupta (1)
• Pasi Kallinen (2)
• Pierre-Luc Lapointe (3)
• Owen Leonard (5)
• Julian Maurice (3)
• Kyle M Hall (4)
• Josef Moravec (17)
• Séverine QUEUNE (4)
• Martin Renvoize (114)
• Maryse Simard (7)
• Mirko Tietgen (6)
• Mark Tompsett (3)
• Cab Vinton (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:

• Koha Git Repository

The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 18.05.x.

Bugs and feature requests

Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at:

• Koha Bugzilla

He rau ringa e oti ai. (Many hands finish the work)

Autogenerated release notes updated last on 20 Jul 2018 14:56:19.