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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 16.5.8

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28 Jan 2017

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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 16.5.8 can be downloaded from:

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Installation instructions can be found at:

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Koha 16.5.8 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

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It includes 25 bugfixes.

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Critical bugs fixed

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Architecture, internals, and plumbing

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Authentication

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Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)

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OPAC

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Patrons

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Test Suite

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Other bugs fixed

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Acquisitions

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Architecture, internals, and plumbing

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Circulation

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Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)

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Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)

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Label/patron card printing

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MARC Authority data support

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Packaging

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Staff Client

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Templates

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Test Suite

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Tools

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Web services

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System requirements

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Important notes:

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Documentation

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The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.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:

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The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at

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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:

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Partial translations are available for various other languages.

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The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see

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

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

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Release Team

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The release team for Koha 16.5.8 is

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Credits

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We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored +new features in Koha 16.5.8:

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We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 16.5.8.

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We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed +patches to Koha 16.5.8

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

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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.

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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:

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The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release +line is 16.05.x.

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Bugs and feature requests

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

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

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Autogenerated release notes updated last on 28 Jan 2017 00:22:50.

diff --git a/misc/release_notes/release_notes_16_5_8.md b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_16_5_8.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ad79c3264b --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_16_5_8.md @@ -0,0 +1,318 @@ +# RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 16.5.8 +28 Jan 2017 + +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](http://koha-community.org) + +Koha 16.5.8 can be downloaded from: + +- [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-16.05.08.tar.gz) + +Installation instructions can be found at: + +- [Koha Wiki](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation) +- OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball + +Koha 16.5.8 is a bugfix/maintenance release. + +It includes 25 bugfixes. + + + + + + +## Critical bugs fixed + +### Architecture, internals, and plumbing + +- [[17785]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17785) oai.pl returns wrong URLs under Plack +- [[17914]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17914) The installer process tries to create borrowers.updated_on twice + +### Authentication + +- [[17615]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17615) LDAP Auth: regression causes attribute updates to silently fail and corrupt existing data + +### Installation and upgrade (command-line installer) + +- [[17234]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17234) ALTER IGNORE TABLE is invalid in mysql 5.7. This breaks updatedatabase.pl +- [[17986]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17986) Perl dependency evaluation incorrect + +### OPAC + +- [[17924]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17924) Fix error in password recovery + +### Patrons + +- [[14637]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14637) Add patron category fails with MySQL 5.6.26 + +### Test Suite + +- [[17917]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17917) t/db_dependent/check_sysprefs.t fails on kohadev strangely + + +## Other bugs fixed + +### Acquisitions + +- [[17899]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17899) Show only mine does not work in newordersuggestion.pl + +### Architecture, internals, and plumbing + +- [[17931]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17931) Remove unused vars from reserves_stats.pl + +### Circulation + +- [[17781]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17781) Improper branchcode set during renewal +- [[17808]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17808) When editing circulation conditions, only ask for confirmation when there is already a rule selected + +### Installation and upgrade (command-line installer) + +- [[17880]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17880) C4::Installer::PerlModules lexicographical comparison is incorrect + +### Installation and upgrade (web-based installer) + +- [[17469]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17469) fr-CA web installer is missing some sample notices + +### Label/patron card printing + +- [[15711]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15711) Deleting patroncard images has unexpected behaviour and is broken +- [[17879]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17879) Possible to upload images with no image name + +### MARC Authority data support + +- [[17909]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17909) Add unit tests for authority merge + +### Packaging + +- [[17265]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17265) Make koha-create and koha-dump-defaults less greedy + +### Staff Client + +- [[16933]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16933) Alt-Y not working on "Please confirm checkout" dialogs + +### Templates + +- [[15460]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15460) Bug 13381 accidentally removed spaces after subfields c and h of 245 + +### Test Suite + +- [[17742]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17742) Test t/db_dependent/Patrons.t can fail randomly +- [[17920]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17920) t/db_dependent/Sitemapper.t fails because of permissions + +### Tools + +- [[17777]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17777) koha-remove should deal with temporary uploads +- [[17794]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17794) Menu items in Tools menu and Admin menu not bold when active but not on linked page + +### Web services + +- [[17778]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17778) Make "Earliest Registered Date" in OAI-PMH dynamic + + + +## System requirements + +Important notes: + +- Perl 5.10 is required +- Zebra is required + +## Documentation + +The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.The home page for Koha +documentation is + +- [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/) + +As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the +Koha manual is available: + +- [Koha Manual](http://manual.koha-community.org//en/) + +The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at + +- [Koha Git Repository](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 (99%) +- Armenian (95%) +- Chinese (China) (89%) +- Chinese (Taiwan) (99%) +- Czech (97%) +- Danish (74%) +- English (New Zealand) (98%) +- Finnish (99%) +- French (99%) +- French (Canada) (94%) +- German (100%) +- German (Switzerland) (99%) +- Greek (82%) +- Hindi (99%) +- Italian (100%) +- Korean (54%) +- Kurdish (52%) +- Norwegian Bokmål (60%) +- Occitan (81%) +- Persian (61%) +- Polish (100%) +- Portuguese (100%) +- Portuguese (Brazil) (90%) +- Slovak (95%) +- Spanish (100%) +- Swedish (92%) +- Turkish (100%) +- Vietnamese (75%) + +Partial translations are available for various other languages. + +The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see + +- [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha) + +for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate +list to volunteer: + +- [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate) + +The most up-to-date translations can be found at: + +- [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/) + +## Release Team + +The release team for Koha 16.5.8 is + +- Release Manager: [Brendan Gallagher](mailto:brendan@bywatersolutions.com) +- QA Manager: [Katrin Fischer](mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de) +- QA Team: + - [Kyle Hall](mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com) + - [Jonathan Druart](mailto:jonathan.druart@biblibre.com) + - [Tomás Cohen Arazi](mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com) + - [Marcel de Rooy](mailto:m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl) + - [Nick Clemens](mailto:nick@bywatersolutions.com) + - [Jesse Weaver](mailto:jweaver@bywatersolutions.com) +- Bug Wranglers: + - [Amit Gupta](mailto:amitddng135@gmail.com) + - [Magnus Enger](mailto:magnus@enger.priv.no) + - [Mirko Tietgen](mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net) + - [Indranil Das Gupta](mailto:indradg@l2c2.co.in) + - [Zeno Tajoli](mailto:z.tajoli@cineca.it) + - [Marc Véron](mailto:veron@veron.ch) +- Packaging Manager: [Mirko Tietgen](mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net) +- Documentation Manager: [Nicole C. Engard](mailto:nengard@gmail.com) +- Translation Manager: [Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel](mailto:bgkriegel@gmail.com) +- Wiki curators: + - [Brook](mailto:) + - [Thomas Dukleth](mailto:kohadevel@agogme.com) +- Release Maintainers: + - 16.05 -- [Frédéric Demians](mailto:f.demians@tamil.fr) + - 3.22 -- [Julian Maurice](mailto:julian.maurice@biblibre.com) + - 3.20 -- [Chris Cormack](mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz) + +## Credits + +We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored +new features in Koha 16.5.8: + +- Catalyst IT + +We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 16.5.8. + +- Blou (1) +- Aleisha Amohia (3) +- Alex Arnaud (2) +- Maxime Beaulieu (1) +- David Cook (3) +- Marcel de Rooy (7) +- Jonathan Druart (10) +- Dani Elder (1) +- Magnus Enger (3) +- Katrin Fischer (1) +- Caitlin Goodger (1) +- Mason James (7) +- Julian Maurice (2) +- Tim McMahon (1) +- Kyle M Hall (2) +- Josef Moravec (2) +- Fridolin Somers (1) +- Mark Tompsett (4) + +We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed +patches to Koha 16.5.8 + +- BibLibre (5) +- BSZ BW (1) +- bugs.koha-community.org (10) +- ByWater-Solutions (3) +- KohaAloha (7) +- Libriotech (3) +- Prosentient Systems (3) +- Rijksmuseum (7) +- Solutions inLibro inc (2) +- unidentified (9) +- wegc.school.nz (1) +- wlpl.org (1) + +We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches +for Koha. + +- Andreas Roussos (1) +- Caitlin Goodger (1) +- Claire Gravely (2) +- David Kuhn (1) +- Emma Smith (1) +- Grace McKenzie (1) +- Jesse Maseto (1) +- Jonathan Druart (19) +- Josef Moravec (8) +- Julian Maurice (7) +- Karen Jen (1) +- Katrin Fischer (27) +- Mark Tompsett (12) +- Martin Renvoize (3) +- Mason James (23) +- Nick Clemens (3) +- Oliver Bock (1) +- Owen Leonard (4) +- Zoe Schoeler (2) +- Katrin Fischer (1) +- Tomas Cohen Arazi (1) +- Kyle M Hall (29) +- Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel (1) +- Marcel de Rooy (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 16.05.x. + +## Bugs and feature requests + +Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug +tracker at: + +- [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org) + +He rau ringa e oti ai. +(Many hands finish the work) + +Autogenerated release notes updated last on 28 Jan 2017 00:22:50. -- 2.39.5