23 Mar 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 19.11.16 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 19.11.16 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 10 bugfixes.
You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) for running Koha here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/System_requirements_and_recommendations
[27784] Unknown authority types break elasticsearch authorities indexing
This patch fixes Elasticsearch indexing failures caused by 'SUBDIV' type authority records in Koha. It skips the step of parsing the authorities into the linking form if the type contains '_SUBD'.
Notes:
- Koha currently doesn't have support for 'SUBDIV' type authority records.
- They can be added to the authority types in the staff interface, however, values are hard coded in various modules and Koha has no concept of how to link a subfield heading to a record, as we only deal in whole fields.
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 19.11.16 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 individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.11.16.
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 19.11.16
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 19.11.x.
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 23 Mar 2021 23:51:49.