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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.18.1
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10 Dec 2014
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========================================================================
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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 3.18.1 can be downloaded from:
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http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.18.01.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 3.18.1 is a security release.
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Security fix
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13425 - Facets in the OPAC have an xss vulnerability
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It also includes 1 enhancements and 7 bugfixes.
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Enhancements in 3.18.1
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Packaging
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13359 Provide virtual-mysql-server Depends On to facilitate alternate mysql implementations
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Critical bugs fixed in 3.18.1
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Packaging
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13377 major Automatic_renewals.pl not marked executable
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Other bugs fixed in 3.18.1
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Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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12839 normal Aqbooksellers.gstreg is never used
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12841 normal Aqorders fields should not be mapped
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12852 normal The "preview" param is never used in serials/claims.pl
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12980 normal GetHistory does useless processing
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Notices
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12123 normal HTML notices can break the notice viewer
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Reports
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12567 normal Catalog Statistitics wizard's publication year doesn't work for MARC21
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New sysprefs in 3.18.1
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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/3.18/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 (99%)
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* Armenian (99%)
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* Czech (99%)
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* Danish (81%)
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* French (96%)
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* German (100%)
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* Italian (100%)
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* Kurdish (64%)
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* Polish (82%)
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* Portuguese (94%)
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* Slovak (100%)
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* Spanish (100%)
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* Swedish (82%)
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* Turkish (100%)
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* Vietnamese (91%)
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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 3.18.1 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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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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Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>
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Bug Wranglers: Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@ptfs-europe.com>
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Zeno Tajoli <z.tajoli@cineca.it>
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Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz>
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Release Maintainer (3.18.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
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Release Maintainer (3.16.x): Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>
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Release Maintainer (3.14.x): Fridolin Somers <fridolin.somers@biblibre.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 3.18.1:
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We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.18.1.
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* Chris Cormack (1)
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* Jonathan Druart (6)
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* Katrin Fischer (1)
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* Liz Rea (1)
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* Robin Sheat (2)
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We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
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patches to Koha 3.18.1
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* BSZ BW (1)
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* BibLibre (6)
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* Catalyst (4)
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We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
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for Koha 3.18.1.
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* Brendan Gallagher (1)
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* Chris Cormack (11)
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* Katrin Fischer (4)
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* Martin Renvoize (1)
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* Mirko Tietgen (1)
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* Owen Leonard (1)
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* Paola Rossi (5)
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* wajasu (1)
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* Zeno Tajoli (1)
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* Tomas Cohen Arazi (10)
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* Kyle M Hall (3)
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* Marcel de Rooy (1)
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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 3.18.x.
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The last Koha release was 3.14.10, which was released on September 4, 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 10 Dec 2014 00:15:16 Z #####
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