Koha-clms/misc/release_notes/release_notes_3_20_4.txt

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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.20.4
22 Sep 2015
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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
http://koha-community.org/
Koha 3.20.4 can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.20.04.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 3.20.4 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 2 enhancements and 37 bugfixes.
New features in 3.20.4
======================
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Enhancements in 3.20.4
======================
Circulation
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14171 Buttons instead of links in messages
Staff Client
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14585 Fixing up the online help on main page
Critical bugs fixed in 3.20.4
======================
Acquisitions
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11273 major Barcode generation hbyymmincr (AutoBarcode) in acquisitions is broken
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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14584 major Encoding broken with system preferences
Cataloging
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13943 major Cancelling the deletion process of an item deletes item anyway
Circulation
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14655 critical Cannot checkin without Anonymous Patron
14685 critical Cannot set guarantor for a child account
Command-line Utilities
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14361 major Koha-restart-zebra fails and probably breaks upgrade
Course reserves
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14205 major Deleting an Item/Record does not remove link to course reserve
Hold requests
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8723 critical Holds don't transfer when moving items
12632 major Hold limits ignored for record level holds with item level itemtypes
Patrons
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12525 major Patron Lists aren't added to list pulldown when created from Patron search
14717 major Prevent 0000-00-00 dates in patron data
14782 major Can't search by username anymore
Searching
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12885 major Search fails with errors when HTML5 Media is enabled and url has plus (+) characters
System Administration
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12965 major Can create an item type that already exists
Tools
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6756 major Patron anonymizing tool reports false success in anonymous patron not defined
7634 major Permanent Location (shelving location) is NULL when Import MARC records tool is used
10005 major Inventory checks items in without warning
14709 major The export tool is broken if used from the command line
Other bugs fixed in 3.20.4
======================
Acquisitions
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14343 normal Links to results pages don't work in Receive Shipment list
14649 normal Fund names not displayed in budget planning
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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14737 normal Can't use cn_browser.pl cataloguing plugin without superlibrarian permissions
Cataloging
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14354 normal Only superlibrarian should see edit links for other branches' items in staff detail
14766 normal Complete cataloguing plugin unimarc_field_4XX
11247 minor Fix calls of TransformHtmlToXml
Circulation
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14470 normal Renewals should be disabled in OPAC if are referred to an on-site checkout
14640 normal 'Cancel Hold' check box on check-out confirmation does not cancel the hold when item is checked out.
14634 minor Warns when placing hold on record with no items
14726 minor Title not showing up on checkout summary
Course reserves
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14760 normal Disabled courses display in the course reserves list for items
Documentation
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14813 normal Encoding issues when editing the help
Holidays
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14703 minor Holidays description shows \r\n for every new line
OPAC
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14245 normal RIS in unimarc flavour is still deficient
14683 normal Unable to clear SMS number
Patrons
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13781 normal Relative's checkouts table is missing one column heading
Staff Client
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14579 minor 'You are not logged in' should link to log in page
Templates
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14621 normal Messaging preferences table needs to be sorted
Web services
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14721 minor OAI-PMH must return error when no results
New sysprefs in 3.20.4
======================
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 (99%)
* Armenian (100%)
* Chinese (China) (87%)
* Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)
* Czech (98%)
* Danish (83%)
* English (New Zealand) (97%)
* French (95%)
* French (Canada) (90%)
* German (100%)
* German (Switzerland) (100%)
* Italian (100%)
* Korean (57%)
* Kurdish (60%)
* Norwegian Bokmål (61%)
* Polish (100%)
* Portuguese (98%)
* Portuguese (Brazil) (88%)
* Slovak (97%)
* Spanish (100%)
* Swedish (90%)
* Turkish (100%)
* 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 3.20.4 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 3.20.4:
* Vaara-kirjastot
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.20.4.
* Blou (1)
* Aleisha (2)
* Tomás Cohen Arazi (5)
* Chris Cormack (4)
* Marcel de Rooy (3)
* Jonathan Druart (35)
* Katrin Fischer (1)
* Bernardo González Kriegel (1)
* Srdjan Jankovic (1)
* Joonas Kylmälä (3)
* Julian Maurice (1)
* Kyle M Hall (3)
* Genevieve Plantin (2)
* Paul Poulain (1)
* Benjamin Rokseth (1)
* Fridolin Somers (2)
* Lari Taskula (1)
* Lyon3 Team (1)
* Marc Véron (1)
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 3.20.4
* BSZ BW (1)
* BibLibre (4)
* BigBallOfWax (1)
* ByWater-Solutions (3)
* Catalyst (4)
* Oslo Public Library (1)
* Rijksmuseum (3)
* Solutions inLibro inc (3)
* Theke Solutions (2)
* Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (4)
* Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (1)
* bugs.koha-community.org (35)
* student.uef.fi (1)
* unidentified (5)
* veron.ch (1)
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.20.4.
* Aleisha (1)
* Amit Gupta (1)
* Chris Cormack (74)
* Eugene Espinoza (1)
* Fridolin Somers (1)
* Jason Robb (1)
* Jonathan Druart (20)
* Joonas Kylmälä (6)
* Josef Moravec (1)
* Katrin Fischer (40)
* Liz Rea (1)
* Marc Véron (7)
* Mark Tompsett (5)
* Mason James (1)
* Mirko Tietgen (3)
* Nick Clemens (4)
* Paola Rossi (1)
* Tomas Cohen Arazi (63)
* Andreas Hedström Mace (1)
* Marcel de Rooy (8)
* Victor do Rosário (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)
##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 22 Sep 2015 18:32:35 Z #####