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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.16.3
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26 Aug 2014
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Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package
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(ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes,
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volunteers, and support companies from around the world.
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The website for the Koha project is
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http://koha-community.org/
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Koha 3.16.3 can be downloaded from:
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http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.16.03.tar.gz
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Installation instructions can be found at:
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http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation
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OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
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Koha 3.16.3 is a bugfix/maintenance release that also includes a major
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enhancement to the circulation pages.
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It includes 1 enhancement and 10 bugfixes.
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Enhancements in 3.16.3
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Circulation
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11703 Convert checkouts table to Ajax datatable. This means
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that when bringing up the patron details page or the
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checkout page, the patron's lists of current loans and
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holds are fetched separately, reducing the delay for
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displaying the page if the patron has a large number
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of transactions.
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Critical bugs fixed in 3.16.3
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Circulation
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12596 critical Backdating returns with SpecifiyReturnDate no
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long causes fines for items that are not overdue.
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Other bugs fixed in 3.16.3
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Cataloging
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10648 minor Merging of MARC records fixed to ensure that the
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field with the highest tag number can always
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be added.
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Circulation
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12662 normal Ajax-based checkout now works when the InProcessingToShelvingCart
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and/or ReturnToShelvingCart system preferences
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are enabled.
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OPAC
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12668 minor Remove stray dollar sign displayed in the patron
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fine balance when (attemping) to place a hold via
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the public catalog.
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Patrons
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7237 normal Home library now carried over when duplicating
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a patron record.
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7462 normal Do not show patron account flags and patron
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restrictions when duplicating a patron.
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Reports
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12622 normal Fixed error that occurred when exporting a report
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in ODS format when the report happened to have
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zero results.
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System Administration
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8539 normal Corrected permission for accessing the Library
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transfer limits page.
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Test Suite
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12406 normal reverted this patch, which was applied to 3.16.x
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in error.
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Tools
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12660 minor Fix mispelling of "accomodation" in comments
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System requirements
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Important notes:
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* Perl 5.10 is required
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* Zebra is required
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Documentation
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The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.The home page for Koha
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documentation is
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http://koha-community.org/documentation/
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As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
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Koha manual is available:
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http://manual.koha-community.org/3.16/en/
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The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
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http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary
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Translations
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Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
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interface are available in this release for the following languages:
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* English (USA)
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* Arabic (77%)
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* Armenian (100%)
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* Chinese (China) (92%)
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* Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)
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* Czech (99%)
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* Danish (86%)
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* English (New Zealand) (81%)
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* French (95%)
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* French (Canada) (84%)
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* German (100%)
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* German (Switzerland) (100%)
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* Italian (100%)
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* Kurdish (68%)
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* Norwegian Bokmål (65%)
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* Polish (79%)
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* Portuguese (100%)
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* Portuguese (Brazil) (89%)
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* Slovak (100%)
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* Spanish (100%)
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* Swedish (87%)
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* Turkish (100%)
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* Vietnamese (85%)
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Partial translations are available for various other languages.
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The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
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http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha
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for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
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list to volunteer:
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http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate
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The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
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http://translate.koha-community.org/
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Release Team
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The release team for Koha 3.16.2 is
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Release Manager: Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen@gmail.com>
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Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
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Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com>
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QA Manager: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de>
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QA Team: Galen Charlton <gmc@esilibrary.com>
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Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
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Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>,
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Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>,
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Brendan Gallagher <brendan@bywatersolutions.com>
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Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>
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Julian Maurice <julian.maurice@biblibre.com>
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Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
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Martin Renvoize <martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com>
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Module Maintainers: Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com>
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Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
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Galen Charlton <gmc@esilibrary.com>
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Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>,
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Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>,
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Brendan Gallagher <brendan@bywatersolutions.com>
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Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>
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Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
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Fridolin Somers <fridolin.somers@biblibre.com>
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Bug Wranglers: Magnus Enger <magnus@enger.priv.no>
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Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@ptfs-europe.com>
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Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz>
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Database Documentation Manager:
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Zeno Tajoli <z.tajoli@cineca.it>
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Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>
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Release Maintainer (3.14.x): Fridolin Somers <fridolin.somers@biblibre.com>
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Release Maintainer (3.16.x): Galen Charlton <gmc@esilibrary.com>
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Credits
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We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
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new features in Koha 3.16.3:
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We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.16.3.
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* 1 Jacek Ablewicz
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* 1 Tomas Cohen Arazi
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* 2 Galen Charlton
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* 2 Jonathan Druart
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* 1 Katrin Fischer
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* 3 Kyle M Hall
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* 1 Olli-Antti Kivilahti
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* 2 Owen Leonard
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* 1 Brian Norris
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* 1 Fridolyn SOMERS
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We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.16.3
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* 2 ACPL
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* 1 BSZ BW
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* 3 BibLibre
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* 3 ByWater-Solutions
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* 1 Catalyst
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* 2 Equinox
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* 1 biblos.pk.edu.pl
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* 1 jns.fi
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* 1 unidentified
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We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
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for Koha 3.16.3.
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* 13 Tomas Cohen Arazi
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* 9 Christopher Brannon
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* 15 Galen Charlton
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* 2 Nick Clemens
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* 2 Chris Cormack
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* 2 Britta Cramer
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* 10 Jonathan Druart
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* 9 Katrin Fischer
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* 4 Kyle M Hall
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* 1 Robert Higgins
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* 1 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
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* 1 Dobrica Pavlinusic
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* 2 Marc Véron
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We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
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please send a patch against these release notes to
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koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
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Revision control notes
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The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
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version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of
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git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git
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The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.16.x.
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The last Koha release was 3.8.21, which was released on January 2, 2014.
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Bugs and feature requests
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Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
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tracker at
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http://bugs.koha-community.org/
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He rau ringa e oti ai.
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(Many hands finish the work)
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##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 26 Aug 2014 22:53:39 Z #####
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