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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.12
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23 Apr 2013
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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 3.8.12 can be downloaded from:
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http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.12.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 3.8.12 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
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Major fixes in 3.8.12
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Acquisitions
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7018 critical need all acq permissions to search
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Cataloging
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8860 critical can't merge if you don't have fast cataloging permissions
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9908 major OCLC Connexion Desktop Client Doesn't Work
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Circulation
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9953 major When OpacMaintenance breaks lifting debarment
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Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
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8780 major Lower dependency version for DateTime::TimeZone
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Notices
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8378 major <fine> syntax not working on overdues anymore
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Searching
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9050 major rebuild_zebra should use the adelete action so it doesn't fail when deleting a record not in the index
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9341 major Problem with UNIMARC authors facets
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Tools
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9535 major Patron card creator "Remove duplicates" function doesn't work
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Other bugs fixed in 3.8.12
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==========================
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About
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9956 trivial Add missing translators to the about page
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Acquisitions
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7875 trivial Pending suggestion link (the numbers) from staff client home directs to accepted suggestions instead of pending
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Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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7379 normal copynumber is displayed 'as is' when linked to autorised values
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9609 trivial Rebuild zebra reports double numbers for exported records with -z option
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Command-line Utilities
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9885 normal Passwords generated by command line scripts are weak
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Hold requests
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9786 normal [3.8.X] Holds to pull showing items not available
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I18N/L10N
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7938 normal The -v option to the translate script is not documented
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Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
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8742 trivial Example uses perl 5.8 in Makefile.PL
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Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
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9863 trivial 'import' button in web installer should read 'Import'
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MARC Bibliographic data support
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9274 normal Software error in bibtex export
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OPAC
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9502 minor [3.8.X] famfamfam: wrongly placed in package 3.8.8/9
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Packaging
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8816 normal add WARNING to debian/control file, to not manually edit
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9802 minor Add test case to verify package man pages are well formatted
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Patrons
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9002 normal Remove Problematic Logic from Patron Messaging Preferences Form
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Searching
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9419 minor The highlight feature can cause a browser freeze
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Self checkout
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9748 minor noitemlinks not being enforced
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Serials
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9947 minor Creating item for received serial prefills enumchron subfield
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SIP2
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9838 trivial SIP tests : fix in 04patron_status.t
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Staff Client
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9726 minor XISBN service throttle not initialized
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Templates
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9945 normal Pretty icon display in authorised values configuration
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5648 minor icons clumping together
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8737 minor Incorrect icon at login in staff client
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9571 minor Fix width for textareas in Edit Item screen
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9781 minor [3.6.X/3.8.x] Fix dynarch calendar positioning in IE
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Tools
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8861 minor Undefined variables in batchMod.pl trigger error logs
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9954 minor CSV profile encoding not selected on editing
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translate.koha-community.org
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8942 normal Translation process breaks javascript in calendar.inc
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Enhancements in 3.8.12
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New sysprefs in 3.8.12
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* UNIMARCAuthorsFacetsSeparator
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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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As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The
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home page for Koha 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/3.8.12/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 (100%)
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* Armenian (99%)
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* Chinese (Taiwan) (75%)
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* Danish (74%)
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* English (New Zealand) (99%)
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* French (99%)
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* French (Canada) (76%)
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* German (100%)
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* German (Switzerland) (99%)
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* Greek (95%)
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* Italian (99%)
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* Norwegian Bokmål (67%)
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* Portuguese (99%)
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* Portuguese (Brazil) (99%)
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* Slovak (100%)
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* Spanish (100%)
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* Turkish (100%)
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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 3.8.12 is
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Release Manager: Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
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Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
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Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic@tamil.fr>
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QA Manager: Ian Walls <koha.sekjal@gmail.com>
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QA team: Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>,
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Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>
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Mason James <mason@kohaaloha.com>
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Bug Wranglers: Katrin Fischer, Magnus Enger
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Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
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Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com>
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Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
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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 3.8.12:
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* KEEP SOLUTIONS
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We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.12.
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* 1 Tomas Cohen Arazi
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* 1 Jared Camins-Esakov
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* 3 David Cook
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* 8 Chris Cormack
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* 2 Jonathan Druart
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* 1 Vitor FERNANDES
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* 2 Kyle M Hall
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* 2 Peter Crellan Kelly
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* 1 Owen Leonard
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* 1 Chris Nighswonger
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* 4 Dobrica Pavlinusic
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* 1 Karam Qubsi
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* 1 Thatcher Rea
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* 1 Marcel de Rooy
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* 9 Fridolyn SOMERS
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* 1 Mathieu Saby
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* 2 Adrien Saurat
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* 1 Robin Sheat
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* 1 Will Stokes
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* 4 Mark Tompsett
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* 1 Aaron Wells
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* 1 Jen Zajac
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* 1 “ByWater
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We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.12
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* 1 ACPL
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* 13 Biblibre
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* 6 BigBallOfWax
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* 3 ByWater-Solutions
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* 1 C & P Bibliography
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* 8 Catalyst
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* 1 Foundations
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* 3 Prosentient Systems
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* 1 Rijksmuseum
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* 1 Université Rennes 2
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* 1 bywatersolutions.com”
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* 1 keep.pt
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* 4 rot13.org
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* 6 unidentified
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We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
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for Koha 3.8.12.
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* 4 Tomas Cohen Arazi
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* 29 Jared Camins-Esakov
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* 2 Galen Charlton
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* 45 Chris Cormack
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* 10 Jonathan Druart
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* 1 Frédéric Durand
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* 3 Magnus Enger
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* 13 Katrin Fischer
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* 8 Kyle M Hall
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* 4 Mason James
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* 1 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
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* 10 Owen Leonard
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* 1 Sophie Meynieux
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* 1 Chris Nighswonger
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* 1 Paul Poulain
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* 1 MJ Ray
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* 1 Liz Rea
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* 4 Marcel de Rooy
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* 1 Robin Sheat
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* 1 wajasu
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We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly 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 3.8.x.
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The last Koha release was 3.6.11, which was released on December 27, 2012.
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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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Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini
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