1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.11.19
4 Koha is the first free and open source software library automation
5 package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types
6 and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The
7 website for the Koha project is:
9 - [Koha Community](http://koha-community.org)
11 Koha 19.11.19 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-19.11.19.tar.gz)
15 Installation instructions can be found at:
17 - [Koha Wiki](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation)
18 - OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
20 Koha 19.11.19 is a bugfix/maintenance release with security fixes.
22 It includes 1 security fixes, 2 enhancements, 4 bugfixes.
24 ### System requirements
26 You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/System_requirements_and_recommendations
33 - [[28409]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28409) Category should be validated in opac-shelves.pl
38 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
40 - [[26394]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26394) .mailmap needs to be updated
42 >The .mailmap file is used to map author and committer names and email addresses to canonical real names and email addresses. It has been improved to reflect the current project's history.
43 >It helps to have a cleaner authors list and prevents duplicate
44 >http://git.koha-community.org/stats/koha-master/authors.html
45 - [[26621]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26621) .mailmap adjustments
48 ## Critical bugs fixed
50 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
52 - [[28302]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28302) Koha does not work with CGI::Compile 0.24
56 - [[28419]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28419) Page addorderiso2709.pl is untranslatable
60 - [[28364]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28364) koha-z3950-responder breaks because of log4perl.conf permissions
65 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
67 - [[28367]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28367) Wrong plack condition in C4/Auth_with_shibboleth.pm
73 The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
76 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
78 As of the date of these release notes, the Koha manual is available in the following languages:
81 - [Arabic](https://koha-community.org/manual/19.11/ar/html/) (42.4%)
82 - [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://koha-community.org/manual/19.11/zh_TW/html/) (90%)
83 - [Czech](https://koha-community.org/manual/19.11/cs/html/) (33.4%)
84 - [English (USA)](https://koha-community.org/manual/19.11/en/html/)
85 - [French](https://koha-community.org/manual/19.11/fr/html/) (68.5%)
86 - [French (Canada)](https://koha-community.org/manual/19.11/fr_CA/html/) (29.2%)
87 - [German](https://koha-community.org/manual/19.11/de/html/) (49.5%)
88 - [Hindi](https://koha-community.org/manual/19.11/hi/html/) (100%)
89 - [Italian](https://koha-community.org/manual/19.11/it/html/) (67.7%)
90 - [Spanish](https://koha-community.org/manual/19.11/es/html/) (46.4%)
91 - [Turkish](https://koha-community.org/manual/19.11/tr/html/) (71.3%)
93 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
95 - [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
100 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
101 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
105 - Armenian (Classical) (100%)
107 - Catalan; Valencian (50.5%)
108 - Chinese (China) (56.9%)
109 - Chinese (Taiwan) (98.6%)
111 - English (New Zealand) (78.3%)
115 - French (Canada) (93.8%)
117 - German (Switzerland) (80.8%)
121 - Nederlands-Nederland (Dutch-The Netherlands) (85.5%)
122 - Norwegian Bokmål (83.3%)
123 - Occitan (post 1500) (53%)
126 - Portuguese (Brazil) (100%)
135 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
137 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
139 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
141 For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
144 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
146 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
148 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
152 The release team for Koha 19.11.19 is
155 - Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
157 - Release Manager assistants:
161 - QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
179 - UI Design -- Owen Leonard
180 - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
181 - Elasticsearch -- Fridolin Somers
182 - Zebra -- Fridolin Somers
183 - Accounts -- Martin Renvoize
188 - Packaging Managers:
191 - Documentation Manager: David Nind
194 - Documentation Team:
198 - Translation Managers:
199 - Bernardo González Kriegel
201 - Release Maintainers:
203 - 20.11 -- Fridolin Somers
204 - 20.05 -- Victor Grousset
205 - 19.11 -- Wainui Witika-Park
209 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.11.19
211 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (1)
213 - Jonathan Druart (8)
215 - Koha translators (1)
216 - Wainui Witika-Park (1)
218 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
219 patches to Koha 19.11.19
222 - Koha Community Developers (8)
224 - Prosentient Systems (1)
225 - Theke Solutions (1)
227 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
230 - Jonathan Druart (1)
232 - Andrew Fuerste-Henry (2)
233 - Victor Grousset (13)
236 - Martin Renvoize (5)
238 - Fridolin Somers (5)
239 - Wainui Witika-Park (8)
243 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
244 please send a patch against these release notes to koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org.
246 ## Revision control notes
248 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
249 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
251 - [Koha Git Repository](https://git.koha-community.org/koha-community/koha)
253 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
256 ## Bugs and feature requests
258 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
261 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
263 He rau ringa e oti ai.
264 (Many hands finish the work)
266 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 27 Jun 2021 06:07:32.