# RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 16.11.05 16 Mar 2017 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 16.11.05 can be downloaded from: - [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-16.11.05.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 16.11.05 is security release. It includes 1 enhancements, 10 bugfixes. ## Security bugs fixed - [[18275]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18275) opac-memberentry.pl security vulnerabilities ## Critical bugs fixed ### Installation and upgrade (command-line installer) - [[17260]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17260) updatedatabase.pl fails on invalid entries in ENUM and BOOLEAN columns ## Other bugs fixed ### About - [[7143]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7143) Bug for tracking changes to the about page ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing - [[18248]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18248) Add missing patch from 17216 ### Circulation - [[16202]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16202) Rental fees can be generated for fractions of a penny/cent - [[17840]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17840) Add classes to internal and public notes in checkouts table ### OPAC - [[17895]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17895) Small typo -'re-set' - [[17947]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17947) Searching my library first shows the branchcode by the search bar rather than branchname ### System Administration - [[13968]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13968) Branch email hints are misleading ### Tools - [[18087]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18087) Clarification on File type when using file of biblionumbers to export data - [[18135]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18135) Can submit batch deletion for authorities without selecting any ## Enhancements ### System Administration - [[18122]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18122) Audio alerts: Add hint on where to enable sounds ## 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 - [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://manual.koha-community.org//en/) The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at - [Koha Git Repository](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 (99%) - Armenian (97%) - Chinese (China) (86%) - Chinese (Taiwan) (99%) - Czech (96%) - Danish (71%) - English (New Zealand) (94%) - Finnish (99%) - French (98%) - French (Canada) (92%) - German (100%) - German (Switzerland) (100%) - Greek (78%) - Hindi (99%) - Italian (99%) - Korean (52%) - Kurdish (51%) - Norwegian Bokmål (57%) - Occitan (79%) - Persian (59%) - Polish (99%) - Portuguese (99%) - Portuguese (Brazil) (87%) - Slovak (93%) - Spanish (100%) - Swedish (99%) - Turkish (99%) - Vietnamese (73%) 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 16.11.05 is - Release Managers: - [Brendan Gallagher](mailto:brendan@bywatersolutions.com) - [Kyle Hall](mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com) - QA Manager: [Katrin Fischer](mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de) - QA Team: - [Kyle Hall](mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com) - [Jonathan Druart](mailto:jonathan.druart@biblibre.com) - [Tomás Cohen Arazi](mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com) - [Marcel de Rooy](mailto:m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl) - [Nick Clemens](mailto:nick@bywatersolutions.com) - [Jesse Weaver](mailto:jweaver@bywatersolutions.com) - Bug Wranglers: - [Amit Gupta](mailto:amitddng135@gmail.com) - [Magnus Enger](mailto:magnus@enger.priv.no) - [Mirko Tietgen](mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net) - [Indranil Das Gupta](mailto:indradg@l2c2.co.in) - [Zeno Tajoli](mailto:z.tajoli@cineca.it) - [Marc Véron](mailto:veron@veron.ch) - Packaging Manager: [Mirko Tietgen](mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net) - Documentation Manager: [Nicole C. Engard](mailto:nengard@gmail.com) - Translation Manager: [Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel](mailto:bgkriegel@gmail.com) - Wiki curators: - [Brooke Johnson](mailto:abesottedphoenix@yahoo.com) - [Thomas Dukleth](mailto:kohadevel@agogme.com) - Release Maintainers: - 16.11 -- [Katrin Fischer](mailto:katrin.fischer.83@web.de) - 16.05 -- [Mason James](mailto:mtj@kohaaloha.com) - 3.22 -- [Julian Maurice](mailto:julian.maurice@biblibre.com) ## Credits We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 16.11.05: - Catalyst IT We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 16.11.05. - Blou (1) - Aleisha Amohia (3) - Colin Campbell (1) - Tomás Cohen Arazi (1) - Marcel de Rooy (1) - Jonathan Druart (3) - Katrin Fischer (2) - Joy Nelson (1) - Emma Smith (1) - Mark Tompsett (1) - Marc Véron (2) We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 16.11.05 - BSZ BW (2) - bugs.koha-community.org (3) - ByWater-Solutions (1) - Marc Véron AG (2) - PTFS-Europe (1) - Rijksmuseum (1) - Solutions inLibro inc (1) - Theke Solutions (1) - unidentified (5) We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha. - Caitlin Goodger (1) - Claire Gravely (2) - Jonathan Druart (10) - Joy Nelson (2) - Katrin Fischer (13) - Mark Tompsett (8) - Martin Renvoize (1) - Mehdi Hamidi (1) - Owen Leonard (2) - Tomas Cohen Arazi (2) - Kyle M Hall (14) - Marcel de Rooy (2) 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 16.11.x. The last Koha release was 16.11.04, which was released on February 22, 2017. ## 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 16 Mar 2017 23:01:11.