From 10fb154caad149b798551820e8dae3abde919f96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Cormack Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:12:42 +1300 Subject: [PATCH] Adding release notes --- misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_8_6.txt | 226 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 226 insertions(+) create mode 100644 misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_8_6.txt diff --git a/misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_8_6.txt b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_8_6.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4fc6e65348 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_8_6.txt @@ -0,0 +1,226 @@ +RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.6 +22 Oct 2012 +======================================================================== + +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 3.8.6 can be downloaded from: + + http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.06.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 3.8.6 is a bugfix/maintenance release. + +Highlights of 3.8.6 +====================== + +7589 blocker tinymce editor broken in .deb packages - in 'en' templates +3652 critical XSS vulnerabilities +8379 critical Encoding problem under Plack +8497 critical Strange behavior when modifying the 'timeout' system preference. + + +Bugs fixed in 3.8.6 +====================== + +4173 normal Statuses not appearing in the OPAC +6037 normal Invalid markup, missing breadcrumbs on Keyword to MARC Mapping page +7643 normal Can't upload and import zipped file of patron images +8175 normal items.materials check logs error or displays incorrectly in details.pl +8350 normal Searching for a 10 or 13 digit string (with a number in it) that does not exist in one's catalog will fail to affect SQL statement correctly in C4::Breeding +8581 normal Authority display doesn't like GND records +8617 normal Problem with display of comments waiting for moderation in OPAC +8629 normal update of statistics fields on fund selection in order creation/edition +8659 normal Inactive funds in neworderempty not disabled in IE/Opera +8680 normal Z39.50 searches for ISBN/ISSN problematic in the Acquistions Module +8700 normal RESERVESLIP fields not being replaced correctly +8702 normal System preferences search does not allow accented letters +8739 normal Partial Fine Payments Saving Amount Paid Incorrectly +8744 normal Thesaurus in authorities should not lock fields +8791 normal OPAC UNIMARC XSLT details : subject with subfield 3 +8796 normal patron cards not starting on designated card +8810 normal Opac: Cart should display branchname instead of branchcode +8873 normal JavaScript error in Opac displaying tag cloud +7642 minor The number that appears when hovering over a tag in the tag cloud isn't the number of items with that tag +7873 minor Title sort in OPAC basket doesn't work +8441 minor Hide MODS export for UNIMARC +8583 minor Add a warning if a Z39.50 search is started from the "Edit biblio record" page +8711 minor alternating colors messed up on reports +8721 minor typo in AllowItemsOnHoldCheckout +8793 minor Fix materialTypeCode/typeOf008 icons for NORMARC XSLT +8863 minor When clearing a patron attribute, they are all cleared +8869 minor Duplicate member check doesn't disable submit button on bottom. +8764 trivial Template change "Authors" to "Additional authors" in OPAC +8772 trivial Uninitialized variable triggers error log entry in smart_rules.pl +8850 trivial Can't place hold on title with ILS-DI +8806 enhancement Debian packaging updates + + +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/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: + + * Arabic (100%) + * Armenian (100%) + * Chinese (Taiwan) (76%) + * Danish (75%) + * English (New Zealand) (100%) + * English (USA) + * French (100%) + * French (Canada) (76%) + * German (100%) + * German (Switzerland) (99%) + * Greek (69%) + * Italian (100%) + * Norwegian Bokmål (68%) + * Portuguese (Brazil) (100%) + * Spanish (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 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 individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.6. + 1 Joseph Alway + 1 Ivan Brown + 4 Jared Camins-Esakov + 1 Frédérick Capovilla + 1 David Cook + 5 Chris Cormack + 1 Jonathan Druart + 1 Nicole Engard + 1 Magnus Enger + 1 Chris Hall + 5 Kyle M Hall + 1 Mason James + 3 Owen Leonard + 2 Julian Maurice + 1 Maxime Pelletier + 5 Paul Poulain + 5 Fridolyn SOMERS + 2 Adrien Saurat + 2 Robin Sheat + 3 Mark Tompsett + 3 Marc Veron + + +We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches +for Koha 3.8.6. + + 4 Jared Camins-Esakov + 49 Chris Cormack + 2 Frédéric Demians + 2 Jonathan Druart + 3 Magnus Enger + 2 Katrin Fischer + 6 Kyle M Hall + 1 Mason James + 4 Owen Leonard + 1 Julian Maurice + 2 Matthias Meusburger + 2 Dobrica Pavlinusic + 31 Paul Poulain + 2 Mirko Tietgen + 9 Marc Veron + 2 wajasu + +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 3.8.5, which was released on September 22, 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 + -- 2.39.5