RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.20.5 27 Oct 2015 ======================================================================== 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 http://koha-community.org/ Koha 3.20.5 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.20.05.tar.gz Installation instructions can be found at: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball Koha 3.20.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release. New features in 3.20.5 ====================== ---------- Enhancements in 3.20.5 ====================== ---------- Critical bugs fixed in 3.20.5 ====================== Architecture, internals, and plumbing ---------- 14820 major SMSSendUsername and SMSSendPassword are not listed in the system preferences 15029 major Tests fail if launched after 23:00 Authentication ---------- 14509 major Koha still allows spaces at the end, beginning or as your password Circulation ---------- 14884 critical [3.20.X] Test failure from Bug 14470 14811 major Don't set permanent_location to CART or PROC Notices ---------- 14141 major Changing the Library for a notice duplicates the notice instead of updating it Serials ---------- 15042 major Barcode yymm0001 does not work when receiving serials Tools ---------- 12311 critical Batch modification of checked out and lost items checks them in Other bugs fixed in 3.20.5 ====================== Acquisitions ---------- 14653 normal Acq planning filter and export always use default active period 14929 trivial Fix missing display of help page in contract management Architecture, internals, and plumbing ---------- 14950 normal A date is not correctly filled in default values from batch mod [was Remove C4::Dates from tools/batchMod.pl] 14990 normal Make the date formatting template side - moremember.pl 15012 normal Koha-shell raises " no job control in shell" error Circulation ---------- 11298 normal Renewal due date won't take specified time into account 14880 normal Keyboard shortcuts don't work after setting CircAutocompl to "Don't try" Command-line Utilities ---------- 14858 trivial Misc/batchRebuildItemsTables.pl has hard coded record length limit of 99999 bytes. Developer documentation ---------- 15027 trivial Typo in GetItemsForInventory POD Lists ---------- 14528 normal Viewing lists fails silently when not having correct permisison Notices ---------- 14937 minor Expiration date for holds based onReservesMaxPickUpDelay should not require ExpireReservesMaxPickUpDelay OPAC ---------- 14832 normal Encoding issues when exporting in RIS 14940 minor Opac-topissues.pl sort is broken Patrons ---------- 14871 normal Cannot search for patrons using second surname/firstname 14910 normal Renew a patron does not redirect to the correct module Searching ---------- 14861 normal Accession date comparison does not work in advanced search 14154 minor 608$9 defined twice in UNIMARC biblio-koha-indexdefs.xml Templates ---------- 14812 normal Help could not be displayed in the correct language 14966 trivial Table header broken at detail.tt New sysprefs in 3.20.5 ====================== * SMSSendPassword * SMSSendUsername System requirements ====================== Important notes: * Perl 5.10 is required * Zebra is required Documentation ====================== The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.The home page for Koha documentation is http://koha-community.org/documentation/ As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the Koha manual is available: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.20/en/ The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary Translations ====================== Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages: * English (USA) * Arabic (100%) * Armenian (100%) * Chinese (China) (87%) * Chinese (Taiwan) (100%) * Czech (98%) * Danish (83%) * English (New Zealand) (96%) * Finnish (87%) * French (95%) * French (Canada) (90%) * German (100%) * German (Switzerland) (100%) * Italian (100%) * Korean (63%) * Kurdish (60%) * Norwegian Bokmål (62%) * Persian (70%) * Polish (100%) * Portuguese (98%) * Portuguese (Brazil) (92%) * Slovak (98%) * Spanish (100%) * Swedish (89%) * Turkish (99%) * Vietnamese (85%) Partial translations are available for various other languages. The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate list to volunteer: http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate The most up-to-date translations can be found at: http://translate.koha-community.org/ Release Team ====================== The release team for Koha 3.20.5 is Release Manager: Tomás Cohen Arazi QA Manager: Katrin Fischer Documentation Manager: Nicole C. Engard Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel QA Team: Jonathan Druart Brendan Gallagher Kyle Hall Paul Poulain Martin Renvoize Marcel de Rooy Bug Wrangler: Magnus Enger Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat Release Maintainer (3.18.x): Chris Cormack Release Maintainer (3.16.x): Mason James Release Maintainer (3.14.x): Fridolin Somers Credits ====================== We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.20.5: We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.20.5. * Barton Chittenden (1) * Tomás Cohen Arazi (1) * David Cook (1) * Jonathan Druart (19) * Magnus Enger (1) * Bernardo González Kriegel (1) * Rafal Kopaczka (1) * Julian Maurice (1) * Kyle M Hall (1) * Robin Sheat (1) * Fridolin Somers (3) * Lari Taskula (1) * Mark Tompsett (1) * Marc Véron (2) We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 3.20.5 * BibLibre (4) * ByWater-Solutions (2) * Catalyst (1) * Prosentient Systems (1) * Theke Solutions (1) * Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (1) * bugs.koha-community.org (19) * libriotech.no (1) * poczta.onet.pl (1) * student.uef.fi (1) * unidentified (1) * veron.ch (2) We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha 3.20.5. * Amit Gupta (1) * Barton Chittenden (1) * Chris Cormack (34) * Frederic Demians (2) * Hector Castro (4) * Jonathan Druart (15) * Joonas Kylmälä (1) * Josef Moravec (1) * Karl Holton (1) * Katrin Fischer (15) * Magnus Enger (4) * Marc Véron (7) * Nick Clemens (4) * Robin Sheat (1) * Tomas Cohen Arazi (34) * Kyle M Hall (1) * Marcel de Rooy (5) 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 git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.20.x. The last Koha release was 3.16.9, which was released on March 29, 2015. Bugs and feature requests ====================== Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at http://bugs.koha-community.org/ He rau ringa e oti ai. (Many hands finish the work) ##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 27 Oct 2015 20:27:31 Z #####