Koha-clms/misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_20_2.txt

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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.20.2
22 Jul 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 3.20.2 can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.20.02.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 3.20.2 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 2 security fixes, 1 enhancement and 57 bugfixes.
Security fixes in 3.20.2
======================
Staff Client
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14449 critical Item information can be retrieved by anyone
14521 major SQL injection in local use system preferences
Enhancements in 3.20.2
======================
Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
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4925 Remove Smithsonian as a delivered z39.50 target
Critical bugs fixed in 3.20.2
======================
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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8686 major Raise required version of URI::Escape to 3.31
14467 major Security updates break some Koha plugins
Circulation
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9942 major Circulation module cannot anonymise if anonymity user is not set up correctly.
MARC Authority data support
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14453 major Kohaidx is missing for id in authority-koha-indexdefs.xml
OPAC
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14524 major Result list RSS feed broken
Reports
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14382 major Datepicker's dateFormat setting for reports is missing
Searching
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10866 critical Books entered in malayalam language cannot to search
14431 major Encoding issues - search in staff
Staff Client
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14423 major Multiple XSS and XSRF issues in Staff Client
14440 major Get_template_and_user can not have an empty template_name
14450 major Stricter template name rules cause itemsearch to stop working
Other bugs fixed in 3.20.2
======================
About
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14490 trivial Duplicate armenian translator
Acquisitions
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13993 normal Transfer order from one vendor to another vendor previous orderstatus is not changed.
14253 normal Can't scroll though patron notify list on new order
11458 minor Confusing description for syspref gist
14163 minor "Show all" in acquisition confusing
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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11804 normal There should not be both a circ-menu.tt and a circ-menu.inc
14427 minor Use Koha::version() instead of C4::Context->KOHAVERSION
Developer documentation
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10063 trivial Correct the documentation for the C4:Members sub: IsMemberBlocked
14394 trivial Fix documentation of OpacHiddenItems
14425 trivial Typographical error in C4::Context perldoc
Documentation
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14424 normal Update Help Files for 3.20
I18N/L10N
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11467 normal Untranslatable strings in opac-detail.tt
8330 minor Overdues email subject contains untranslatable 'Overdue:' string
13427 minor JQuery Timepicker is not translated on returns page
14485 minor HTML comment disables translation in cataloguing/addbooks.tt
Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
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14422 minor Typographical error in updatedatabase.pl
Label/patron card printing
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14366 minor Units doesn't get saved usefully for patroncards
OPAC
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4137 normal OPACViewOthersSuggestions does not work
11011 minor Rephrase "in keyword" in OPAC authority search
14094 minor DDC - Add separators for repeated $a subfields (MARC21)
14496 minor Improving opac-detail.pl performances
Patrons
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10119 normal Calculation of fines on return needs to be documented
14002 normal Show patron expiry date in OPAC
14324 normal "Add Child" button missing on moremember.pl
14436 minor Noisy warns in C4/Utils/DataTables/Members.pm
14403 trivial Remove unconditional warn from Koha::NorwegianPatronDB
Searching
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14401 normal Zebra index configuration doesn't allow exact search for 'C.'
13950 minor Sort Item search home library list by branch name
14371 minor Facets should be sorted by label (displayed) not title (link value)
Serials
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12616 normal Locale in subscriptions not preselecting correctly
Staff Client
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14439 minor Typo in Bug 14408 regexp
14421 trivial Small error in example in SMS.pm
System Administration
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8802 normal Library group records - category type reverts to "searchdomain" when editing group record
14389 normal Editing a syspref in a textarea does not enable the Save button
14215 minor Change the 'delimiter' syspref description to say it applies to more than just Reports
14290 minor Add a table foot to circulation matrix
Templates
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10172 normal Some links and blocks could be hidden when printing a record
14303 normal Fix item search CSV export - obsolete "by" and display of publication year for MARC21
14508 normal 'New patron' dropdown empty list on circulation.pl
14135 minor Local Use syspref addition form missing variable type 'Free'
14326 minor XSLT Syntax error in MARC21slimOPACResults.xsl
5025 trivial Discrepancy between opac doc-head-open.inc and staff doc-head-open.inc
13874 trivial Rotating collections and calendar are circ tools
14356 trivial Improvements to the 'Transfers to receive' page (branchname, mailto link)
Test Suite
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14121 minor Silence warnings t/db_dependent/Auth_with_cas.t
Tools
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14001 normal Inventory has bad $_ references
New sysprefs in 3.20.2
======================
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)
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 3.20.2 is
Release Manager: Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen@gmail.com>
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de>
Documentation Manager: Nicole C. Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com>
QA Team: Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>
Brendan Gallagher <brendan@bywatersolutions.com>
Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>
Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
Martin Renvoize <martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com>
Marcel de Rooy <m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>
Bug Wrangler: Magnus Enger <magnus@enger.priv.no>
Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz>
Release Maintainer (3.18.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
Release Maintainer (3.16.x): Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>
Release Maintainer (3.14.x): Fridolin Somers <fridolin.somers@biblibre.com>
Credits
======================
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.20.2:
* Universidad de El Salvador
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.20.2.
* Aleisha (2)
* Nicole C. Engard (7)
* Barton Chittenden (1)
* Nick Clemens (2)
* Tomás Cohen Arazi (2)
* David Cook (2)
* Chris Cormack (6)
* Indranil Das Gupta (1)
* Marcel de Rooy (1)
* Jonathan Druart (16)
* Magnus Enger (1)
* Julian FIOL (1)
* Katrin Fischer (19)
* Eivin Giske Skaaren (1)
* Bernardo González Kriegel (2)
* Amit Gupta (1)
* Nicolas Legrand (1)
* Kyle M Hall (2)
* Liz Rea (4)
* Winona Salesky (1)
* Robin Sheat (1)
* Fridolin Somers (5)
* Samanta Tello (1)
* Mirko Tietgen (1)
* Mark Tompsett (9)
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 3.20.2
* BSZ BW (19)
* BibLibre (11)
* BigBallOfWax (1)
* ByWater-Solutions (10)
* Catalyst (8)
* Prosentient Systems (2)
* Rijksmuseum (1)
* Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (2)
* abunchofthings.net (1)
* bugs.koha-community.org (1)
* bulac.fr (1)
* informaticsglobal.com (1)
* koha-community.org (10)
* l2c2.co.in (1)
* libriotech.no (1)
* quecheelibrary.org (2)
* theke.io (1)
* unc.edu.ar (1)
* unidentified (14)
* yahoo.com.ar (1)
* yahoo.no (1)
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.20.2.
* Aleisha (2)
* Amit Gupta (2)
* Chris Cormack (85)
* Jacek Ablewicz (1)
* Jesse Weaver (1)
* Jonathan Druart (58)
* Josef Moravec (1)
* Katrin Fischer (13)
* Marc Veron (1)
* Marc Véron (5)
* Mark Tompsett (14)
* Mirko Tietgen (2)
* Nick Clemens (8)
* tadeasm (1)
* Tomas Cohen Arazi (92)
* Hector Eduardo Castro Avalos (1)
* Indranil Das Gupta (1)
* Indranil Das Gupta (L2C2 Technologies) (11)
* Kyle M Hall (12)
* Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel (10)
* Marcel de Rooy (5)
* Jason Robb - SEKLS (jrobb@sekls.org) (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
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)
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