From 9983cf24d3891a76cfa8bed9f992e2e56f3a1922 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mason James Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 02:48:28 +1300 Subject: [PATCH] Add release notes for Koha 16.05.19 --- .../release_notes/release_notes_16_05_19.html | 353 ++++++++++++++++++ misc/release_notes/release_notes_16_05_19.md | 285 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 638 insertions(+) create mode 100644 misc/release_notes/release_notes_16_05_19.html create mode 100644 misc/release_notes/release_notes_16_05_19.md diff --git a/misc/release_notes/release_notes_16_05_19.html b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_16_05_19.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d6308b25b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_16_05_19.html @@ -0,0 +1,353 @@ +

RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 16.05.19

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22 Nov 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:

+ + + +

Koha 16.05.19 can be downloaded from:

+ + + +

Installation instructions can be found at:

+ + + +

Koha 16.05.19 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

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It includes 5 enhancements, 15 bugfixes.

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Enhancements

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Architecture, internals, and plumbing

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Cataloging

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OPAC

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Patrons

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Test Suite

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Critical bugs fixed

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MARC Authority data support

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Patrons

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Searching

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Other bugs fixed

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Acquisitions

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Architecture, internals, and plumbing

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MARC Authority data support

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OPAC

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Staff Client

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System Administration

+ + + +

Test Suite

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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

+ + + +

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

+ + + +

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:

+ + + +

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:

+ + + +

Release Team

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The release team for Koha 16.05.19 is

+ + + +

Credits

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We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored +new features in Koha 16.05.19:

+ + + +

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 16.05.19.

+ + + +

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed +patches to Koha 16.05.19

+ + + +

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.

+ +

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:

+ + + +

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

+ +

Bugs and feature requests

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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 Nov 2017 13:44:53.

diff --git a/misc/release_notes/release_notes_16_05_19.md b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_16_05_19.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8bed002ecb --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_16_05_19.md @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +# RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 16.05.19 +22 Nov 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 16.05.19 can be downloaded from: + +- [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-16.05.19.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 16.05.19 is a bugfix/maintenance release. + +It includes 5 enhancements, 15 bugfixes. + + + + +## Enhancements + +### Architecture, internals, and plumbing + +- [[17610]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17610) [16.11.x] Allow the number of plack workers and max connections to be set in koha-conf.xml + +### Cataloging + +- [[16204]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16204) Show friendly error message when trying to edit record which no longer exists + +### OPAC + +- [[18616]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18616) The "Add forgot password link to OPAC" should allow patrons to use their library card number in addition to username + +### Patrons + +- [[15644]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15644) City dropdown default selection when modifying a patron matches only on city + +### Test Suite + +- [[19337]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19337) Allow basic_workflow.t be configured by ENV + + +## Critical bugs fixed + +### MARC Authority data support + +- [[19415]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19415) FindDuplicateAuthority is searching on biblioserver since 16.05 + +### Patrons + +- [[14637]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14637) Add patron category fails with MySQL 5.6.26 + +### Searching + +- [[17278]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17278) Limit to available items returns 0 results + + +## Other bugs fixed + +### Acquisitions + +- [[19195]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19195) Noisy warns when creating or editing a basket + +### Architecture, internals, and plumbing + +- [[18584]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18584) Our legacy code contains trailing-spaces + +### MARC Authority data support + +- [[18801]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18801) Merging authorities has an invalid 'Default' type in the merge framework selector + +### OPAC + +- [[16463]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16463) OPAC discharge page should warn the user about checkouts before they request +- [[19345]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19345) SendMail error does not display error message in password recovery + +### Staff Client + +- [[19193]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19193) When displaying the fines of the guarantee on the guarantor account, price is not in correct format. + +### System Administration + +- [[16726]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16726) Text in Preferences search box does not clear + +### Test Suite + +- [[17664]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17664) Silence non-zebra warnings in t/db_dependent/Search.t +- [[19262]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19262) pod_spell.t does not work +- [[19307]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19307) t/db_dependent/Circulation/NoIssuesChargeGuarantees.t fails if AllowFineOverride set to allow +- [[19386]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19386) t/db_dependent/SIP/Patron.t is failing randomly +- [[19423]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19423) DecreaseLoanHighHolds.t is failing randomly + + + +## 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 (98%) +- Armenian (93%) +- Basque (77%) +- Chinese (China) (88%) +- Chinese (Taiwan) (98%) +- Czech (95%) +- Danish (72%) +- English (New Zealand) (96%) +- Finnish (98%) +- French (98%) +- French (Canada) (92%) +- German (99%) +- German (Switzerland) (99%) +- Greek (85%) +- Hindi (99%) +- Italian (100%) +- Korean (53%) +- Kurdish (51%) +- Norwegian Bokmål (58%) +- Occitan (79%) +- Persian (60%) +- Polish (100%) +- Portuguese (99%) +- Portuguese (Brazil) (88%) +- Slovak (94%) +- Spanish (99%) +- Swedish (90%) +- Turkish (100%) +- Vietnamese (74%) + +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 16.05.19 is + +- Release Manager: [Jonathan Druart](mailto:jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org) +- Release Manager assistant: [Nick Clemens](mailto:nick@bywatersolutions.com) +- QA Team: + - [Tomás Cohen Arazi](mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com) + - [Brendan Gallagher](mailto:brendan@bywatersolutions.com) + - [Kyle Hall](mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com) + - [Julian Maurice](mailto:julian.maurice@biblibre.com) + - [Marcel de Rooy](mailto:m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl) +- Bug Wranglers: + - [Amit Gupta](mailto:amitddng135@gmail.com) + - [Claire Gravely] + - [Josef Moravec] + - [Marc Véron](mailto:veron@veron.ch) +- Packaging Manager: [Mirko Tietgen](mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net) +- Documentation Team: + - [Chris Cormack](mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz) + - [Katrin Fischer](mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de) +- Translation Manager: [Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel](mailto:bgkriegel@gmail.com) +- Release Maintainers: + - 17.05 -- [Fridolin Somers](mailto:fridolin.somers@biblibre.com) + - 16.11 -- [Katrin Fischer](mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de) + - 16.05 -- [Mason James](mailto:mtj@kohaaloha.com) + +## Credits +We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored +new features in Koha 16.05.19: + +- Catalyst IT + +We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 16.05.19. + +- Aleisha Amohia (5) +- David Bourgault (1) +- Pongtawat C (1) +- Nick Clemens (3) +- Tomás Cohen Arazi (1) +- Marcel de Rooy (3) +- Jonathan Druart (9) +- Mason James (7) +- David Kuhn (1) +- Owen Leonard (1) +- Dominic Pichette (1) +- Mark Tompsett (1) + +We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed +patches to Koha 16.05.19 + +- ACPL (1) +- bugs.koha-community.org (9) +- ByWater-Solutions (3) +- KohaAloha (7) +- punsarn.asia (1) +- Rijksmuseum (3) +- Solutions inLibro inc (2) +- Theke Solutions (1) +- unidentified (7) + +We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches +for Koha. + +- Alex Buckley (1) +- Amit Gupta (1) +- Claire Gravely (1) +- David Bourgault (2) +- Dilan Johnpullé (1) +- Dominic Pichette (1) +- Fridolin Somers (10) +- Jonathan Druart (13) +- Josef Moravec (3) +- Katrin Fischer (11) +- Marc Véron (1) +- Mark Tompsett (1) +- Martin Renvoize (4) +- Mason James (15) +- Nick Clemens (4) +- Tomas Cohen Arazi (4) +- Kyle M Hall (1) +- Caroline Cyr La Rose (2) +- Marcel de Rooy (8) + + +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 22 Nov 2017 13:44:53. -- 2.39.5