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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 20.05.10

+ +

23 Mar 2021

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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 20.05.10 can be downloaded from:

+ + + +

Installation instructions can be found at:

+ + + +

Koha 20.05.10 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

+ +

It includes 1 enhancements, 40 bugfixes.

+ +

System requirements

+ +

Koha is continuously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for +deployment:

+ + + +

Additional notes:

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Enhancements

+ +

Acquisitions

+ + + +

Critical bugs fixed

+ +

Acquisitions

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Architecture, internals, and plumbing

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Circulation

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Hold requests

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Holidays

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OPAC

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Patrons

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Searching - Elasticsearch

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Other bugs fixed

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Acquisitions

+ + + +

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

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Cataloging

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Database

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Hold requests

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I18N/L10N

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OPAC

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REST API

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SIP2

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Searching

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Searching - Elasticsearch

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Searching - Zebra

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Serials

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Staff Client

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System Administration

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Templates

+ + + +

Documentation

+ +

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

+ + + +

Translations

+ +

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

+ +

The release team for Koha 20.05.10 is

+ + + +

Credits

+ +

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 20.05.10.

+ + + +

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed +patches to Koha 20.05.10

+ + + +

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 rmain2005.

+ +

Bugs and feature requests

+ +

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 20:43:00.

diff --git a/misc/release_notes/release_notes_20_05_10.md b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_20_05_10.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..435f62f0b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_20_05_10.md @@ -0,0 +1,421 @@ +# RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 20.05.10 +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 Community](http://koha-community.org) + +Koha 20.05.10 can be downloaded from: + +- [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-20.05.10.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 20.05.10 is a bugfix/maintenance release. + +It includes 1 enhancements, 40 bugfixes. + +### System requirements + +Koha is continuously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for +deployment: + +- Debian Jessie with MySQL 5.5 (End of life) +- Debian Stretch with MariaDB 10.1 +- Debian Buster with MariaDB 10.3 +- Ubuntu Bionic with MariaDB 10.1 +- Debian Stretch with MySQL 8.0 (Experimental MySQL 8.0 support) + +Additional notes: + +- Perl 5.10 is required (5.24 is recommended) +- Zebra or Elasticsearch is required + + + + +## Enhancements + +### Acquisitions + +- [[27794]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27794) Add link to biblio in lateorders page + + >This patch modifies the display of bibliographic records in the acquisitions report of late orders so that the title of the record is a link to the corresponding bibliographic details page. + + +## Critical bugs fixed + +### Acquisitions + +- [[26997]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26997) Database Mysql Version 8.0.22 failed to Update During Upgrade +- [[27828]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27828) New order from staged file is broken + +### Architecture, internals, and plumbing + +- [[27821]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27821) sanitize_zero_date does not handle datetime + +### Circulation + +- [[26208]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26208) Overdues restrictions not consistently removed when renewing multiple items at once +- [[26457]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26457) DB DeadLock when renewing checkout items +- [[27808]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27808) Item's onloan column remains unset if a checked out item is issued to another patron without being returned first + +### Hold requests + +- [[27071]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27071) Hold pickup library match not enforced correctly on intranet when using hold groups + + >When using library groups, the rules for placing holds did not always work as expected. This fixes these rules so that when patrons are part of a library in a group, they can only place a hold for items held in that library group. It also improves the error messages. + > + >Example: + >- There are two library groups with distinct libraries in each (Group A and B). + >- Default rules for all libraries are: Hold Policy = "From local hold group" and Hold pickup library match to "Patron's hold group", AllowHoldPolicyOverride is Don't allow. + >- You can place a hold for a patron that belongs to one of the Group A libraries, for an item only held in a Group A library. + >- You can't place a hold for that item for a patron from a Group B library. + +### Holidays + +- [[27835]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27835) Closed days offsets with one day + +### OPAC + +- [[24398]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24398) Error when viewing single news item and NewsAuthorDisplay pref set to OPAC +- [[27626]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27626) Patron self-registration breaks if categorycode and password are hidden + +### Patrons + +- [[27933]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27933) Order patron search broken (dateofbirth, cardnumber, expirationdate) + +### Searching - Elasticsearch + +- [[27597]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27597) Searching "kw:term" does not work with Elasticsearch +- [[27784]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=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. + + +## Other bugs fixed + +### Acquisitions + +- [[23675]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23675) UseACQFrameworkForBiblioRecords default framework is missing LDR breaking encoding +- [[23929]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23929) Invoice adjustments should filter inactive funds +- [[27813]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27813) Purchase suggestions should sort by suggesteddate rather than title + + >This changes the list of purchase suggestions so that the oldest suggestions are shown first, rather than by title. (This was the behaviour before Koha 20.05). + +### Architecture, internals, and plumbing + +- [[27680]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27680) API DataTables Wrapper fails for ordering on multi-data-field columns +- [[27714]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27714) Koha::NewsItem->author explodes if the author has been removed + + >This fixes the cause of errors occurring for the display of news items where the author of no longer exists in Koha. + +### Cataloging + +- [[25777]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25777) Datatables on z3950_search.pl show incorrect number of entries +- [[26964]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26964) Advanced editor no longer selects newly created macros + + >This patch fixes the behaviour for saving of new macros using the advanced editor. Before this fix the newly created macro wasn't selected and the automatic save (there isn't a save option) had nothing to save. +- [[27578]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27578) Searchid not initialized when adding a new record + +### Database + +- [[7806]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7806) Don't use 0000-00-00 to signal a non-existing date + +### Hold requests + +- [[27729]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27729) Code around SkipHoldTrapOnNotForLoanValue contains two perl bugs + +### I18N/L10N + +- [[27815]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27815) "Remove" in point of sale untranslatable + +### OPAC + +- [[27650]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27650) Wrong variable passed to the template in opac-main + +### REST API + +- [[27330]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27330) Wrong return status when no enrollments in club holds +- [[27593]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27593) Inconsistent return status on club holds routes + +### SIP2 + +- [[27014]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27014) SIP2 cannot find patrons at checkin + +### Searching + +- [[27745]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27745) Use of uninitialized value in hash element error at C4/Search.pm + +### Searching - Elasticsearch + +- [[24567]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24567) Elasticsearch: CCL syntax does not allow for multiple indexes to be searched at once +- [[26051]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26051) Elasticsearch uses the wrong field for callnumber sorting + + >This fixes the sorting of search results by call number when using Elasticsearch. Currently it does not sort correctly (uses local-classification instead of cn-sort) and may also cause error messages "No results found" and "Error: Unable to perform your search. Please try again.". This also matches the behaviour used by Zebra. + +### Searching - Zebra + +- [[8426]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=8426) Map ︡a to a and t︠ to t for searching (Non-ICU) + +### Serials + +- [[27332]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27332) When renewing a serial subscription, show note and library only if RenewSerialAddsSuggestion is used + +### Staff Client + +- [[27776]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27776) Point of Sale 'This sale' table should not be sorted by default + +### System Administration + +- [[27703]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27703) Can't navigate in Authorized values + + >This fixes an issue when navigating authorized value categories - if you selected an authorized value category from the drop down list it wouldn't change to the selected category. +- [[27713]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27713) Duplicate search field IDs in MARC framework administration template +- [[27798]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27798) Independent branches should have a warning + +### Templates + +- [[27752]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27752) Correct ESLint errors in batchMod.js + + >This patch makes minor changes to batchMod.js used in Tools > Batch item modification. This addresses errors raised by ESLint, including white space changes, to make sure it meets coding guideline JS8: Follow guidelines set by ESLint. +- [[27754]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27754) Correct eslint errors in basket.js + + >This patch makes minor changes to basket.js in the staff interface templates to remove ESLint warnings. Besides whitespace changes, most changes are to correct undeclared or unnecessarily declared variables. +- [[27795]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27795) Misalignment of TOTAL value in lateorders page +## New sysprefs + +- ChargeFinesOnClosedDays + +## Documentation + +The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. 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://koha-community.org/manual/20.05/en/html/) + + +The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at + +- [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual) + +## Translations + +Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff +interface are available in this release for the following languages: + +- Arabic (98.7%) +- Armenian (100%) +- Armenian (Classical) (99.7%) +- Chinese (Taiwan) (94.1%) +- Czech (80.7%) +- English (New Zealand) (66.7%) +- English (USA) +- Finnish (70.4%) +- French (82.1%) +- French (Canada) (97.4%) +- German (100%) +- German (Switzerland) (74.4%) +- Greek (62.2%) +- Hindi (100%) +- Italian (100%) +- Norwegian Bokmål (71.1%) +- Polish (73.5%) +- Portuguese (86.8%) +- Portuguese (Brazil) (97.9%) +- Russian (86.6%) +- Slovak (89.7%) +- Spanish (99.8%) +- Swedish (79.5%) +- Telugu (89.5%) +- Turkish (100%) +- Ukrainian (66.4%) + +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 20.05.10 is + + +- Release Manager: Jonathan Druart + +- Release Manager assistants: + - Martin Renvoize + - Tomás Cohen Arazi + +- QA Manager: Katrin Fischer + +- QA Team: + - Marcel de Rooy + - Joonas Kylmälä + - Josef Moravec + - Tomás Cohen Arazi + - Nick Clemens + - Kyle Hall + - Martin Renvoize + - Alex Arnaud + - Julian Maurice + - Matthias Meusburger + +- Topic Experts: + - Elasticsearch -- Frédéric Demians + - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi + - UI Design -- Owen Leonard + - Zebra -- Fridolin Somers + - Accounts -- Martin Renvoize + - CAS/Shibboleth -- Matthias Meusburger + +- Bug Wranglers: + - Michal Denár + - Holly Cooper + - Henry Bolshaw + - Lisette Scheer + - Mengü Yazıcıoğlu + +- Packaging Manager: Mason James + + +- Documentation Managers: + - Caroline Cyr La Rose + - David Nind + +- Documentation Team: + - Martin Renvoize + - Donna Bachowski + - Lucy Vaux-Harvey + - Kelly McElligott + - Jessica Zairo + - Chris Cormack + - Henry Bolshaw + - Jon Drucker + +- Translation Manager: Bernardo González Kriegel + + +- Release Maintainers: + - 20.05 -- Lucas Gass + - 19.11 -- Aleisha Amohia + - 19.05 -- Victor Grousset + +- Release Maintainer mentors: + - 19.11 -- Hayley Mapley + - 19.05 -- Martin Renvoize + +## Credits + +We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 20.05.10. + +- Tomás Cohen Arazi (14) +- Philippe Blouin (1) +- Nick Clemens (9) +- David Cook (1) +- Jonathan Druart (24) +- Andrew Fuerste-Henry (8) +- Kyle M Hall (5) +- Joonas Kylmälä (1) +- Owen Leonard (7) +- Martin Renvoize (8) +- Phil Ringnalda (1) +- Marcel de Rooy (1) +- Fridolin Somers (1) +- Koha Translators (1) +- Petro Vashchuk (1) + +We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed +patches to Koha 20.05.10 + +- Athens County Public Libraries (7) +- BibLibre (1) +- ByWater-Solutions (22) +- Chetco Community Public Library (1) +- Independant Individuals (1) +- Koha Community Developers (24) +- Prosentient Systems (1) +- PTFS-Europe (8) +- Rijks Museum (1) +- Solutions inLibro inc (1) +- Theke Solutions (14) +- University of Helsinki (1) + +We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches +for Koha. + +- Tomás Cohen Arazi (13) +- Sonia Bouis (1) +- Nick Clemens (5) +- Jonathan Druart (52) +- Katrin Fischer (16) +- Martha Fuerst (2) +- Andrew Fuerste-Henry (75) +- Lucas Gass (1) +- Didier Gautheron (1) +- Victor Grousset (1) +- Kyle M Hall (3) +- Sally Healey (1) +- Joonas Kylmälä (2) +- Owen Leonard (3) +- Kelly McElligott (1) +- David Nind (20) +- Séverine Queune (2) +- Martin Renvoize (38) +- Phil Ringnalda (2) +- Marcel de Rooy (10) +- Lisette Scheer (2) +- Fridolin Somers (71) + + + +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 rmain2005. + +## 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 23 Mar 2021 20:43:00. -- 2.39.5