1 <h1>RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.18.7</h1>
4 <p>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.</p>
5 <p>The website for the Koha project is <a href="http://koha-community.org/">http://koha-community.org</a> and Koha 3.18.7 can be downloaded from: <a href="http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.18.07.tar.gz">http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.18.07.tar.gz</a></p>
7 <p>Installation instructions can be found at <a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation">http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation</a> or in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball</p>
10 Koha 3.18.7 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
13 <h4>Table of contents</h4>
15 <ul> <li><a href="#koha-features">New features</a></li> <li><a href="#koha-enhancements">Enhancements</a></li> <li><a href="#koha-other">Other bugfixes</a></li> <li><a href="#koha-sysprefs">Changes on system preferences</a></li> <li><a href="#koha-requirements">System requirements</a></li>
16 <li><a href="#koha-docs">Documentation</a></li> <li><a href="#koha-translations">Translations</a></li> <li><a href="#koha-release-team">Release team</a></li> <li><a href="#koha-credits">Credits</a></li>
17 <li><a href="#koha-git">Revision control</a></li>
18 <li><a href="#koha-report-bugs">Bug and feature requests</a></li>
21 <h3 id="koha-enhancements">Enhancements in Koha 3.18.7</h3> <h4></h4>
22 <ul> </ul> <h3 id="koha-critical">Critical bugs fixed in Koha 3.18.7</h3> <h4>Acquisitions</h4>
24 Problem with changing quantity on uncertain prices list <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6059">6059</a>)</i>
26 Acq: Orders without items missing from 'Spent' list <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14172">14172</a>)</i>
27 </li> </ul> <h4>Circulation</h4>
29 Renewal possible with item level hold on item <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13919">13919</a>)</i>
31 Date due for on-site checkouts defaults to 00:00 for hh:mm <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14194">14194</a>)</i>
32 </li> </ul> <h4>OPAC</h4>
34 Due dates in OPAC show 0:00 when it should be 23:59 <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14016">14016</a>)</i>
35 </li> </ul> <h4>Packaging</h4>
37 Bug 13979 breaks package upgrades <i>(critical - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14055">14055</a>)</i>
39 Bug 14055 breaks new package installs <i>(critical - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14068">14068</a>)</i>
40 </li> </ul> <h4>Serials</h4>
42 Serial failure for received and general viewing <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13109">13109</a>)</i>
43 </li> </ul> <h4>System Administration</h4>
45 Checking 'Display only used Tags/Subfields' on MARC framework page results in unusable output <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6007">6007</a>)</i>
46 </li> </ul> <h3 id="koha-other">Other bugs fixed in Koha 3.18.7</h3> <h4>About</h4>
48 About.pl checks the wrong zebra index mode <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14006">14006</a>)</i>
49 </li> </ul> <h4>Acquisitions</h4>
51 Acq edited items showing 'null's <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10388">10388</a>)</i>
53 Impossible to add 2 identical suggestions, but without any explanation <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10752">10752</a>)</i>
55 Hide EAN search option for MARC21 when 'ordering from subscription' <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10971">10971</a>)</i>
57 Ordering from suggestion shows 'copy. year:2014' <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14018">14018</a>)</i>
58 </li> </ul> <h4>Architecture, internals, and plumbing</h4>
60 The authority type admin page manage its own pagination <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14042">14042</a>)</i>
62 CheckIfIssuedToPatron fails if biblionumber != biblioitemnumber <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14046">14046</a>)</i>
63 </li> </ul> <h4>Cataloging</h4>
65 Confirm overlay prompt always appears on creating record from Z39.50 <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=9742">9742</a>)</i>
67 Unimarc: Authority summary does not work as expected <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10985">10985</a>)</i>
68 </li> </ul> <h4>Circulation</h4>
70 Date not well formatted on 'print summary' from patron account <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10423">10423</a>)</i>
72 Pending suggestions table width is wrong <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12135">12135</a>)</i>
74 Add feedback for last item checked out to circulation.pl <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13315">13315</a>)</i>
76 A race condition prevents item info from being available for ReserveSlip (hold notice) printing. <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13482">13482</a>)</i>
78 Checkouts table not sorting on correct column <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13982">13982</a>)</i>
79 </li> </ul> <h4>Course reserves</h4>
81 Edit links on course items may point to the wrong course! <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13817">13817</a>)</i>
82 </li> </ul> <h4>Developer documentation</h4>
84 Templates.readme is outdated <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14129">14129</a>)</i>
85 </li> </ul> <h4>Documentation</h4>
87 Tiny adjustment of ReturnPathDefault pref description <i>(trivial - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14051">14051</a>)</i>
88 </li> </ul> <h4>Hold requests</h4>
90 Holds done by librarians cause silent errors in koha-error_log <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=8474">8474</a>)</i>
91 </li> </ul> <h4>I18N/L10N</h4>
93 Untranslatable "manage" in serials-collection <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=11576">11576</a>)</i>
95 Template toolkit code in HTML attributes is picked up into po-files <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12192">12192</a>)</i>
97 Unused code in serials-edit.tt and serials-recieve.tt <i>(trivial - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13423">13423</a>)</i>
98 </li> </ul> <h4>Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)</h4>
100 CardnumberLength missing in sysprefs.sql <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13984">13984</a>)</i>
101 </li> </ul> <h4>Label/patron card printing</h4>
103 Patron card: Software error when creating using borrower_number as parameter from URL <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14122">14122</a>)</i>
104 </li> </ul> <h4>Lists</h4>
106 Clean up printing of lists in OPAC <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=11574">11574</a>)</i>
107 </li> </ul> <h4>OPAC</h4>
109 Rss sample templates have hardcoded urls <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13591">13591</a>)</i>
111 Undefined value creates noisy warns in C4::AuthoritiesMarc <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14075">14075</a>)</i>
113 Typo in opac self registration form <i>(trivial - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14065">14065</a>)</i>
114 </li> </ul> <h4>Patrons</h4>
116 Prevent delete of one's own patron account <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13910">13910</a>)</i>
118 Remove unused AUTH_UPDATE_FAILED from moremember.tt <i>(trivial - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14077">14077</a>)</i>
119 </li> </ul> <h4>Reports</h4>
121 Reports dictionary limited to only 1 field <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4281">4281</a>)</i>
123 The assistant for reports uses the wrong value for the list of item types <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10976">10976</a>)</i>
125 Filters are not displayed on search for reports <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14008">14008</a>)</i>
126 </li> </ul> <h4>Searching</h4>
128 Display issue for search results with items both checkout out and lost <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13516">13516</a>)</i>
129 </li> </ul> <h4>Serials</h4>
131 Sending empty vendor or biblio when adding subscriptions gives wrong error <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=9139">9139</a>)</i>
133 Subscription form resets 'subscription length' to issues on editing <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14022">14022</a>)</i>
134 </li> </ul> <h4>SIP2</h4>
136 SIP modules handling of @INC is confused <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7904">7904</a>)</i>
137 </li> </ul> <h4>Staff Client</h4>
139 Error 500 in staff client displays old start page <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10285">10285</a>)</i>
141 News: Wording not consistent for Publication date / Creation date <i>(trivial - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13834">13834</a>)</i>
142 </li> </ul> <h4>System Administration</h4>
144 Saving preferences - Nothing to Save <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=11464">11464</a>)</i>
145 </li> </ul> <h4>Templates</h4>
147 MARCURLS not showing in OPAC basket <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12253">12253</a>)</i>
149 Flag display is inconsistent between circulation.pl and memberentry.pl <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=9878">9878</a>)</i>
151 Typo in message preference form - "mesage" <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14127">14127</a>)</i>
153 Digest is confusing <i>(trivial - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10174">10174</a>)</i>
155 Capitalization: confirmation message on deleting an authority type <i>(trivial - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14033">14033</a>)</i>
157 Capitalization: Guided Reports - step 2 - Build A Report <i>(trivial - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14128">14128</a>)</i>
158 </li> </ul> <h4>Test Suite</h4>
160 Fix t/db_dependent/Labels/t_Batch.t failing test from Bug 12911 <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14204">14204</a>)</i>
161 </li> </ul> <h4>Tools</h4>
163 Log viewer should remember search terms <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=6911">6911</a>)</i>
165 Batch_id for new label batches can be assigned to several batches <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12911">12911</a>)</i>
167 Small punctuation error in description for deleting a holiday <i>(trivial - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14056">14056</a>)</i>
168 </li> </ul> <h3 id="koha-sysprefs">New system preferences in Koha 3.18.7</h3>
169 <ul> <li>CardnumberLength</li> </ul>
172 <h3 id="koha-requirements">System requirements</h3>
173 <p>Important notes:</p>
175 <li>Perl 5.10 is required</li>
176 <li>Zebra is required</li>
180 <h3 id="koha-docs">Documentation</h3>
182 <p>The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook. The home page for Koha documentation is <a href="http://koha-community.org/documentation/">http://koha-community.org/documentation</a></p>
183 <p>As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the Koha manual is available at <a href="http://manual.koha-community.org/3.18.7/en/">http://manual.koha-community.org/3.18.7/en/</a></p>
184 <p>The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at <a href="http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary">http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary</a></p>
186 <h3 id="koha-translations">Translations</h3>
187 <p>Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages:</p>
190 <li>English (USA)</li>
192 <li>Arabic (99%)</li>
194 <li>Armenian (100%)</li>
196 <li>Chinese (China) (91%)</li>
198 <li>Chinese (Taiwan) (99%)</li>
202 <li>Danish (85%)</li>
204 <li>English (New Zealand) (95%)</li>
206 <li>French (98%)</li>
208 <li>French (Canada) (93%)</li>
210 <li>German (100%)</li>
212 <li>German (Switzerland) (100%)</li>
214 <li>Italian (100%)</li>
216 <li>Kurdish (62%)</li>
218 <li>Norwegian Bokmål (58%)</li>
220 <li>Polish (80%)</li>
222 <li>Portuguese (98%)</li>
224 <li>Portuguese (Brazil) (89%)</li>
226 <li>Slovak (99%)</li>
228 <li>Spanish (100%)</li>
230 <li>Swedish (80%)</li>
232 <li>Turkish (100%)</li>
234 <li>Vietnamese (89%)</li>
239 <p>Partial translations are available for various other languages.</p>
240 <p>The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see <a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha">http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha</a></p>
242 <p>For information about translating Koha, and join the <a href="http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate">koha-translate list</a> to volunteer </p>
244 <p>The most up-to-date translations can be found at <a href="http://translate.koha-community.org/">http://translate.koha-community.org</a></p>
247 <h3 id="koha-release-team">Release Team</h3>
249 The release team for Koha 3.18.7 is
252 <li>Release Manager: Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen@gmail.com></li>
253 <li>Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com></li>
254 <li>Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com></li>
255 <li>QA Manager: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de></li>
258 <li>Galen Charlton <gmc@esilibrary.com></li>
259 <li>Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com></li>
260 <li>Brendan Gallagher <brendan@bywatersolutions.com></li>
261 <li>Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com></li>
262 <li>Julian Maurice <julian.maurice@biblibre.com></li>
263 <li>Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com></li>
264 <li>Martin Renvoize <martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com></li>
265 <li>Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl></li>
270 <li>Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@ptfs-europe.com></li>
271 <li>Zeno Tajoli <z.tajoli@cineca.it></li>
274 <li>Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz></li>
276 <li>Release Maintainer (3.16.x): Galen Charlton <gmc@esilibrary.com></li>
277 <li>Release Maintainer (3.14.x): Fridolin Somers <fridolin.somers@biblibre.com></li>
278 <li>Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com></li>
282 <h3 id="koha-credits">Credits</h3>
285 <p>We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.18.7:</p>
288 <li>Universidad de El Salvador
295 <p>We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.18.7:</p>
300 <li>Colin Campbell (2)</li>
302 <li>Nick Clemens (2)</li>
304 <li>Tomás Cohen Arazi (5)</li>
306 <li>Chris Cormack (2)</li>
308 <li>Marcel de Rooy (1)</li>
310 <li>Jonathan Druart (31)</li>
312 <li>Katrin Fischer (4)</li>
314 <li>Bernardo González Kriegel (5)</li>
316 <li>Mason James (1)</li>
318 <li>Olli-Antti Kivilahti (1)</li>
320 <li>Owen Leonard (1)</li>
322 <li>Kyle M Hall (8)</li>
324 <li>Robin Sheat (3)</li>
326 <li>Fridolin Somers (1)</li>
328 <li>Mark Tompsett (1)</li>
330 <li>Marc Véron (11)</li>
338 <p>We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 3.18.7:</p>
345 <li>BibLibre (31)</li>
347 <li>ByWater-Solutions (8)</li>
349 <li>Catalyst (5)</li>
351 <li>KohaAloha (1)</li>
353 <li>PTFS-Europe (2)</li>
355 <li>Rijksmuseum (1)</li>
357 <li>Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (10)</li>
361 <li>koha-community.org (1)</li>
363 <li>quecheelibrary.org (2)</li>
365 <li>unidentified (3)</li>
367 <li>veron.ch (11)</li>
373 <p>We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha 3.18.7:</p>
376 <li>Brendan Gallagher (1)</li>
378 <li>Chris Cormack (77)</li>
380 <li>Christopher Brannon (1)</li>
382 <li>Frederic Demians (1)</li>
384 <li>Hector Castro (4)</li>
386 <li>Jonathan Druart (18)</li>
388 <li>Josef Moravec (1)</li>
390 <li>Katrin Fischer (51)</li>
392 <li>Magnus Enger (1)</li>
394 <li>Marc Veron (2)</li>
396 <li>Marc Véron (13)</li>
398 <li>Mark Tompsett (14)</li>
400 <li>Mirko Tietgen (2)</li>
404 <li>Nick Clemens (4)</li>
406 <li>Nicolas Legrand (2)</li>
408 <li>Owen Leonard (1)</li>
410 <li>Tom Misilo (1)</li>
414 <li>Jason Burds (2)</li>
416 <li>Tomas Cohen Arazi (78)</li>
418 <li>Indranil Das Gupta (L2C2 Technologies) (1)</li>
420 <li>Kyle M Hall (12)</li>
422 <li>Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel (1)</li>
424 <li>Andreas Hedström Mace (1)</li>
426 <li>Marcel de Rooy (5)</li>
428 <li>Eivin Giske Skaaren (2)</li>
433 <p>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.</p>
435 <h3 id="koha-git">Revision control notes</h3>
437 <p>The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of <a href="git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git">git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git</a></p>
439 <p>The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.18.x.</p>
442 <p>The last Koha release was 3.14.10, which was released on September 4, 2014.</p>
444 <h3 id="koha-report-bugs">Bugs and feature requests</h3>
446 <p>Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/">http://bugs.koha-community.org</a></p>
448 <p>He rau ringa e oti ai. (Many hands finish the work)</p>
449 ##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 26 May 2015 00:16:13 Z #####