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<h1>RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.16.12</h1>
<p>23 Jun 2015</p>
<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>
<p>The website for the Koha project is <a href="http://koha-community.org/">http://koha-community.org</a> and Koha 3.16.12 can be downloaded from: <a href="http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.16.12.tar.gz">http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.16.12.tar.gz</a></p>
<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>
Koha 3.16.12 is a security release.
This release contains critical security fixes, all users of Koha 3.16.x are highly recommended to upgrade as soon as is reasonable.
<h4>Table of contents</h4>
<nav>
<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>
<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>
<li><a href="#koha-git">Revision control</a></li>
<li><a href="#koha-report-bugs">Bug and feature requests</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
<h3 id="koha-features">New features in Koha 3.16.12</h3>
<h4></h4>
<ul>
</ul>
<h3 id="koha-enhancements">Enhancements in Koha 3.16.12</h3> <h4></h4>
<ul> </ul> <h3 id="koha-critical">Critical bugs fixed in Koha 3.16.12</h3> <h4>Lists</h4>
<ul> <li>
Stored XSS flaw affects OPAC and Staff interface <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14416">14416</a>)</i>
</li> </ul> <h4>OPAC</h4>
<ul> <li>
SQL Injection in OPAC Interface <i>(critical - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14412">14412</a>)</i>
</li> <li>
XSS Injection point <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14360">14360</a>)</i>
</li> <li>
XSS Flaws in OPAC Interface <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14418">14418</a>)</i>
</li> </ul> <h4>Staff Client</h4>
<ul> <li>
Path traversal vulnerabilty <i>(critical - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14408">14408</a>)</i>
</li> <li>
Multiple XSS and XSRF issues in Staff Client <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14423">14423</a>)</i>
</li> </ul> <h3 id="koha-other">Other bugs fixed in Koha 3.16.12</h3> <h4></h4>
<ul> </ul> <h3 id="koha-sysprefs">New system preferences in Koha 3.16.12</h3>
<ul> </ul>
<h3 id="koha-requirements">System requirements</h3>
<p>Important notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Perl 5.10 is required</li>
<li>Zebra is required</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="koha-docs">Documentation</h3>
<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>
<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/3.16.12/en/">http://manual.koha-community.org/3.16.12/en/</a></p>
<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>
<h3 id="koha-translations">Translations</h3>
<p>Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages:</p>
<ul>
<li>English (USA)</li>
<li>Arabic (99%)</li>
<li>Armenian (99%)</li>
<li>Czech (99%)</li>
<li>Danish (86%)</li>
<li>French (96%)</li>
<li>German (100%)</li>
<li>Italian (100%)</li>
<li>Kurdish (67%)</li>
<li>Polish (99%)</li>
<li>Portuguese (100%)</li>
<li>Slovak (100%)</li>
<li>Spanish (100%)</li>
<li>Swedish (86%)</li>
<li>Turkish (100%)</li>
<li>Vietnamese (94%)</li>
</ul>
<p>Partial translations are available for various other languages.</p>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<h3 id="koha-release-team">Release Team</h3>
The release team for Koha 3.16.12 is
<ul>
<li>Release Manager: Galen Charlton <gmc@esilibrary.com></li>
<li>Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com></li>
<li>Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com></li>
<li>QA Manager: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de></li>
<li>QA Team:
<ul>
<li>Ruth Bavousett <druthb@gmail.com></li>
<li>Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz></li>
<li>Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>,</li>
<li>Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>,</li>
<li>Brendan Gallagher <brendan@bywatersolutions.com></li>
<li>Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com></li>
<li>Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com></li>
<li>Martin Renvoize <martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Bug Wranglers:
<ul>
<li>Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz></li>
- <li>Magnus Enger <magnus@enger.priv.no></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz></li>
<li>Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com></li>
<li>Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com></li>
<li>Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen@gmail.com></li>
<li> Release Maintainer (3.14.x): Fridolin Somers <fridolin.somers@biblibre.com></li>
<ul>
<h3 id="koha-credits">Credits</h3>
<p>We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.16.12:</p>
<ul>
</ul>
<p>We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.16.12:</p>
<ul>
<li>Aleisha (2)</li>
<li>Chris (7)</li>
<li>Chris Cormack (5)</li>
<li>Jonathan Druart (4)</li>
<li>Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel (1)</li>
</ul>
<p>We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 3.16.12:</p>
<ul>
<li>BigBallOfWax (7)</li>
<li>Catalyst (5)</li>
<li>koha-community.org (4)</li>
<li>unidentified (3)</li>
</ul>
<p>We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha 3.16.12:</p>
<ul>
<li>Jonathan Druart (7)</li>
<li>Katrin Fischer (11)</li>
<li>Mason James (15)</li>
<li>Kyle M Hall (4)</li>
</ul>
<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>
<h3 id="koha-git">Revision control notes</h3>
<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>
<p>The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.16.x.</p>
<p>The last Koha release was 3.18.8, which was released on June 25, 2015.</p>
<h3 id="koha-report-bugs">Bugs and feature requests</h3>
<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>
<p>He rau ringa e oti ai. (Many hands finish the work)</p>
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