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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.05.06

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23 Dec 2019

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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 19.05.06 can be downloaded from:

+ + + +

Installation instructions can be found at:

+ + + +

Koha 19.05.06 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

+ +

It includes 2 enhancements, 34 bugfixes.

+ +

System requirements

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

+ + + +

Additional notes:

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Enhancements

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Reports

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Web services

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Critical bugs fixed

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Architecture, internals, and plumbing

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Circulation

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Command-line Utilities

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Hold requests

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Notices

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Searching

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Searching - Elasticsearch

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Other bugs fixed

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About

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Architecture, internals, and plumbing

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Circulation

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Course reserves

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Fines and fees

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I18N/L10N

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MARC Bibliographic data support

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OPAC

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Patrons

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Searching

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Searching - Elasticsearch

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Staff Client

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System Administration

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Templates

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Test Suite

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Tools

+ + + +

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 19.05.06 is

+ + + +

We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored +new features in Koha 19.05.06:

+ + + +

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.05.06.

+ + + +

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed +patches to Koha 19.05.06

+ + + +

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 rmain1905.

+ +

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 Dec 2019 20:05:32.

diff --git a/misc/release_notes/release_notes_19_05_06.md b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_19_05_06.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cc42edbff2 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/release_notes/release_notes_19_05_06.md @@ -0,0 +1,386 @@ +# RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.05.06 +23 Dec 2019 + +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 19.05.06 can be downloaded from: + +- [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-19.05.06.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 19.05.06 is a bugfix/maintenance release. + +It includes 2 enhancements, 34 bugfixes. + +### System requirements + +Koha is continiously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for +deployment: + +- Debian Jessie with MySQL 5.5 +- Debian Stretch with MariaDB 10.1 (MySQL 8.0 support is experimental) +- Ubuntu Bionic with MariaDB 10.1 (MariaDB 10.3 support is experimental) + +Additional notes: + +- Perl 5.10 is required +- Zebra or Elasticsearch is required + + + + +## Enhancements + +### Reports + +- [[23389]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23389) Add 'All' option to report value dropdowns + + >This enhancement adds the ability to optionally include an `all` option in report placeholders allowing for an 'All' option to be displayed in filter select lists. + > + >**Usage**: `WHERE branchcode LIKE <>` + +### Web services + +- [[22677]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22677) Include hint on OAI-PMH URL for Koha in system preference + + +## Critical bugs fixed + +### Architecture, internals, and plumbing + +- [[24243]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24243) Bad characters in MARC cause internal server error when searching catalog + +### Circulation + +- [[13958]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13958) Add a suspensionsCalendar syspref + + **Sponsored by** *Universidad Nacional de Córdoba* + + >Before 18.05, suspension expiry date calculation didn't take the calendar into account. This behaviour changed with bug 19204, and some libraries miss the old behaviour. + > + >These patches decouple overdue days calculation configuration (`finesCalendar`) from how the expiry date is calculated for the suspension through a new system preference: `SuspensionsCalendar`, that has the exact same options but only applies to suspensions. On upgrade, the new preference is populated with the value from `finesCalendar`, thus respecting the current configuration. +- [[24075]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24075) Backdating a return to the exact due date and time results in the fine not being refunded +- [[24138]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24138) suspension miscalculated when Suspension charging interval bigger than 1 and Max. suspension duration is defined + +### Command-line Utilities + +- [[24164]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24164) Patron emailer cronjob is not generating unique content for notices + +### Hold requests + +- [[24168]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24168) Errors with use of CanItemBeReserved return value + +### Notices + +- [[24064]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24064) DUEDGST typoed as DUEGST +- [[24072]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24072) Typos in advance_notices.pl causes DUEDGST not to be sent +- [[24268]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24268) advance_notices.pl dies on undefined letter + +### Searching + +- [[23970]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23970) itemsearch - publication date not taken into account if not used in the first field + +### Searching - Elasticsearch + +- [[23089]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23089) Elasticsearch - cannot sort on non-text fields + + +## Other bugs fixed + +### About + +- [[24136]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24136) Add libraries (sponsors) to the about page + +### Architecture, internals, and plumbing + +- [[24106]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24106) In returns.pl, don't search for item if no barcode is provided + +### Circulation + +- [[23427]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23427) Better sorting of previous checkouts +- [[24024]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24024) Holds Awaiting Pickup (Both Active and Expired) Sorts by Firstname + +### Course reserves + +- [[23952]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23952) Fix body id on OPAC course details page + +### Fines and fees + +- [[23483]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23483) When writing off a fine, the title of the patron is shown as description + +### I18N/L10N + +- [[13749]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13749) On loading holds in patron account 'processing' is not translatable + +### MARC Bibliographic data support + +- [[17831]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17831) Remove non-existing bibliosubject.subject mapping from frameworks + +### OPAC + +- [[23506]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23506) Sound material type displays wrong icon in OPAC/Staff details +- [[23785]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23785) Software error Can't call method "get_coins" on an undefined value at /usr/share/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac/opac-search.pl line 692. + +### Patrons + +- [[21939]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21939) Permission for holds history tab is too strict + +### Searching + +- [[23768]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23768) ISBN search in IntranetCatalogPulldown searches nothing if passed an invalid ISBN and using SearchWithISBNVariations +- [[24120]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24120) Search terms in search dropdown must be URI filtered + +### Searching - Elasticsearch + +- [[24128]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24128) Add alias for biblionumber => local-number + +### Staff Client + +- [[23246]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23246) Record detail page jumps into the 'images' tab if no holdings + + **Sponsored by** *American Numismatics Society* +- [[23987]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23987) batchMod.pl provides a link back to the record after the record is deleted + +### System Administration + +- [[23751]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23751) Description of staffaccess permission should be improved +- [[24170]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24170) sysprefs search result does not have a consistent order + +### Templates + +- [[23954]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23954) Format notes in suggestion management + +### Test Suite + +- [[24144]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24144) regressions.t tests have not been updated after bug 23836 +- [[24145]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24145) Auth.t is failing because of wrong mocked ->param +- [[24199]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24199) t/Auth_with_shibboleth.t is failing randomly + +### Tools + +- [[24124]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24124) Cannot select authorities in batch deletion tool in Chrome +## New sysprefs + +- SuspensionsCalendar + +## 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/19.05/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 (99.8%) +- Armenian (100%) +- Basque (59.9%) +- Chinese (China) (60.5%) +- Chinese (Taiwan) (99.8%) +- Czech (92.7%) +- Danish (52.7%) +- English (New Zealand) (83.6%) +- English (USA) +- Finnish (79.8%) +- French (99.3%) +- French (Canada) (100%) +- German (100%) +- German (Switzerland) (86.7%) +- Greek (74.2%) +- Hindi (100%) +- Italian (90.9%) +- Norwegian Bokmål (89.5%) +- Occitan (post 1500) (56.6%) +- Polish (83.5%) +- Portuguese (100%) +- Portuguese (Brazil) (94.9%) +- Slovak (85%) +- Spanish (100%) +- Swedish (88.9%) +- Turkish (98.3%) +- Ukrainian (72.8%) +- Vietnamese (51.4%) + +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 19.05.06 is + + +- Release Manager: Martin Renvoize + +- Release Manager assistants: + - Tomás Cohen Arazi + - Nick Clemens + +- QA Manager: Katrin Fischer + +- QA Team: + - Tomás Cohen Arazi + - Alex Arnaud + - Nick Clemens + - Jonathan Druart + - Kyle Hall + - Julian Maurice + - Josef Moravec + - Marcel de Rooy + +- Topic Experts: + - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi + - SIP2 -- Kyle Hall + - UI Design -- Owen Leonard + - Elasticsearch -- Alex Arnaud + - ILS-DI -- Arthur Suzuki + - Authentication -- Martin Renvoize + +- Bug Wranglers: + - Michal Denár + - Indranil Das Gupta + - Jon Knight + - Lisette Scheer + - Arthur Suzuki + +- Packaging Manager: Mirko Tietgen + +- Documentation Manager: David Nind + +- Documentation Team: + - Andy Boze + - Caroline Cyr La Rose + - Lucy Vaux-Harvey + +- Translation Managers: + - Indranil Das Gupta + - Bernardo González Kriegel + +- Release Maintainers: + - 19.05 -- Fridolin Somers + - 18.11 -- Lucas Gass + - 18.05 -- Liz Rea +## Credits +We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored +new features in Koha 19.05.06: + +- American Numismatics Society +- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba + +We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.05.06. + +- Tomás Cohen Arazi (4) +- Nick Clemens (14) +- Jonathan Druart (14) +- Magnus Enger (2) +- Katrin Fischer (6) +- Lucas Gass (4) +- Kyle Hall (2) +- Owen Leonard (3) +- Ere Maijala (1) +- Martin Renvoize (4) +- Fridolin Somers (3) +- Koha Translators (1) + +We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed +patches to Koha 19.05.06 + +- ACPL (3) +- BibLibre (3) +- BSZ BW (6) +- ByWater-Solutions (20) +- Koha Community Developers (14) +- Libriotech (2) +- PTFS-Europe (4) +- Theke Solutions (4) +- University of Helsinki (1) + +We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches +for Koha. + +- Hugo Agud (2) +- Tomás Cohen Arazi (5) +- Cori Lynn Arnold (1) +- Bob Bennhoff (2) +- Nick Clemens (1) +- Michal Denar (4) +- Jonathan Druart (22) +- Katrin Fischer (9) +- Lucas Gass (50) +- Kyle Hall (1) +- Rhonda Kuiper (1) +- Joonas Kylmälä (1) +- Ere Maijala (2) +- Kelly McElligott (1) +- Joy Nelson (24) +- David Nind (1) +- Séverine Queune (5) +- Liz Rea (4) +- Martin Renvoize (51) +- Marcel de Rooy (10) +- Lisette Scheer (1) +- Maryse Simard (2) +- Fridolin Somers (2) +- George Williams (2) +- Jessica Zairo (1) + + + +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 rmain1905. + +## 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 Dec 2019 20:05:32.