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 20.05.08 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 20.05.08 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 4 enhancements, 35 bugfixes.
Koha is continuously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for deployment:
Additional notes:
[22284] Add ability to define groups of locations for hold pickup
Adds the ability to define groups of libraries for use in holds policy.
[25462] Shelving location should be on a new line in holdings table
In the holdings table, the shelving location is now displayed on a new line after the 'Home library'.
[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.
[27085] Corrections in overdue_notices.pl help text
Sponsored by Lund University Library
[26397] opac.scss calls non-existent image
This patch removes some obsolete CSS from the OPAC which calls a non-existent image.
[26996] Elasticsearch: Multiprocess reindexing sometimes doesn't reindex all records
Sponsored by Lund University Library
[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.
[21301] Restriction of the informations given by GetRecords ILS-DI service
For privacy protection, ILS-DI webservice GetRecords will not give patron information anymore. Also old issues are not given anymore. This removes method C4::Circulation::GetBiblioIssues().
The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha documentation is
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
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:
The release team for Koha 20.05.08 is
Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
Release Manager assistants:
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
QA Team:
Topic Experts:
Bug Wranglers:
Packaging Managers:
Documentation Manager: Caroline Cyr La Rose
Documentation Team:
Translation Managers:
Release Maintainers:
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 20.05.08:
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 20.05.08.
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 20.05.08
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.
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 rmain2005.
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)
Autogenerated release notes updated last on 22 Jan 2021 22:04:36.