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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA <<version>>
<<date>>
========================================================================
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 <<version>> can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-<<expanded_version>>.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 <<version>> is a bugfix/maintenance release.
Highlights of <<version>>
======================
<<highlights>>
Bugs fixed in <<version>>
======================
<<bugfixes>>
New sysprefs in <<version>>
======================
<<sysprefs>>
System requirements
======================
Changes since 3.4:
* Perl 5.10 is required
Documentation
======================
As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now 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/3.6/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:
* Chinese (Taiwan)
* Danish
* English (USA)
* English (UK)
* French (France)
* German
* Italian
* Portuguese (Brazil)
* Spanish
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 3.6 is
Release Manager: Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic@tamil.fr>
QA Manager: Ian Walls <ian.walls@bywatersolutions.com>
Bug Wranglers: MJ Ray, Marcel de Rooy, Paul Poulain, Mason James
Past Release Maintainer (3.6.x):
Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
Release Maintainer (3.6.x):
Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com>
Credits
======================
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.6:
* Los Gatos Public Library
* NEKLS
* East Brunswick Public Library
* Athens County Public Libraries
* Horowhenua Library Trust
* Halton Borough Council
* South Taranaki District Council
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to
Koha <<version>>.
<<contributors>>
We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly 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 Koha 3.6.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
releases) is 3.6.x.
Koha 3.8.0 was released on April 23, 2012. The next major feature release of
Koha will be Koha 3.10.0.
Bugs and feature requests
======================
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at
http://bugs.koha-community.org/
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