RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 23.11.01

02 Jan 2024

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

Koha 23.11.01 can be downloaded from:

• Download

Installation instructions can be found at:

• Koha Wiki
• OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball

Koha 23.11.01 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 25 bugfixes.

System requirements

You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha on the community wiki.

Bugfixes

Accessibility

Other bugs fixed

• 35157 The searchfieldstype select element produces invalid HTML

Cataloging

Other bugs fixed

• 35383 Dragging and dropping subfield of repeated tags doesn't work
• 35414 Silence warn related to number_of_copies
• 35425 Sortable prevents mouse selection of text inside child input/textarea elements
• 35441 Typo 'UniqueItemsFields' system preference

Command-line Utilities

Other bugs fixed

• 34091 Typo in help for cleanupdatabase.pl: --log-modules needs to be --log-module

ERM

Other bugs fixed

• 35408 ERM > Titles > Import from a list gives an invalid link to the import job

I18N/L10N

Other bugs fixed

• 35376 Rephrase: Be careful removing attribute to this processing, the items using it will be impacted as well!

Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)

Critical bugs fixed

• 34516 Upgrade database fails for 22.11.07.003, points to web installer

OPAC

Other bugs fixed

• 33244 Do not show lists in OPAC if OpacPublic is disabled
• 35436 Copy is not translatable in OPAC search history

Patrons

Other bugs fixed

• 35344 Patron image upload does not warn about missing cardnumber
• 35352 Cannot hide SMSalertnumber via BorrowerUnwantedField

Preservation

Other bugs fixed

• 35387 Capitalization: Labels in preservation module are not capitalized

  This fixes the capitalization of some label names in the Preservation module (name -> Name, and barcode -> Barcode).

Searching

Other bugs fixed

• 35410 856 label is inconsistent between detail page and search results in XSLTs

  This updates the default staff interface and OPAC XSLT files so that "Online resources" is used as the label in search results for field 856 - Electronic Location and Access, instead of "Online access". This matches the label used in the detail page for a record.

  It also adjusts the CSS class so OPAC and staff interface both use online_resources.

System Administration

Critical bugs fixed

• 35460 Unable to add or edit hold rules in circulation rules table

  Sponsored by Koha-Suomi Oy

Templates

Other bugs fixed

• 34398 Inconsistencies in Record matching rules page titles, breadcrumbs, and header
• 35327 Fix capitalization of language name

  This fixes the capitalization of English (english -> English) in the ILS_DI GetAvailability information page (:/cgi-bin/koha/ilsdi.pl?service=Describe&verb=GetAvailability).

• 35378 'This authority type is used {count} times' missing dot
• 35404 Wrong copy and paste in string (ILL batches)
• 35412 Capitalization: Toggle Dropdown
• 35415 Rephrase: Some patrons have requested a privacy ...
• 35449 Accessibility: No links on "here"
• 35450 Preservation system preferences should be authorised value pull downs
• 35453 Wrong 'Laserdisc)' string on 007 builder (MARC21)

Documentation

The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha documentation is

• Koha Documentation As of the date of these release notes, the Koha manual is available in the following languages:

• Chinese (Traditional) (51%)

• English (100%)
• English (USA)
• French (39%)
• German (41%)
• Hindi (68%)

The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at

• Koha Git Repository

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

• Koha Translation Info

For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate list to volunteer:

• Koha Translate List

The most up-to-date translations can be found at:

• Koha Translation

Release Team

The release team for Koha 23.11.01 is

• Release Manager: Katrin Fischer

• Release Manager assistants:

  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • Martin Renvoize
  • Jonathan Druart

• QA Manager: Marcel de Rooy

• QA Team:

  • Marcel de Rooy
  • Julian Maurice
  • Lucas Gass
  • Victor Grousset
  • Kyle M Hall
  • Nick Clemens
  • Martin Renvoize
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • Aleisha Amohia
  • Emily Lamancusa
  • David Cook
  • Jonathan Druart
  • Pedor Amorim

• Topic Experts:

  • UI Design -- Owen Leonard
  • Zebra -- Fridolin Somers
  • REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
  • ERM -- Matt Blenkinsop
  • ILL -- Pedro Amorim
  • SIP2 -- Matthias Meusburger
  • CAS -- Matthias Meusburger

• Bug Wranglers:

  • Aleisha Amohia
  • Indranil Das Gupta

• Packaging Managers:

  • Mason James
  • Indranil Das Gupta
  • Tomás Cohen Arazi

• Documentation Manager: Aude Charillon

• Documentation Team:

  • Caroline Cyr La Rose
  • Kelly McElligott
  • Philip Orr
  • Marie-Luce Laflamme
  • Lucy Vaux-Harvey

• Translation Manager: Jonathan Druart

• Wiki curators:

  • Thomas Dukleth
  • Katrin Fischer

• Release Maintainers:

  • 23.11 -- Fridolin Somers
  • 23.05 -- Lucas Gass
  • 22.11 -- Frédéric Demians
  • 22.05 -- Danyon Sewell

• Release Maintainer assistants:

  • 22.05 -- Wainui Witika-Park

Credits

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 23.11.01

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 23.11.01

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 23.11.01

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-devel@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

The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 23.11.x.

Bugs and feature requests

Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at:

• Koha Bugzilla

He rau ringa e oti ai. (Many hands finish the work)

Autogenerated release notes updated last on 02 Jan 2024 10:31:47.