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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.15
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23 Jul 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 3.8.15 can be downloaded from:
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http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.15.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 3.8.15 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
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It includes 0 features, 1 enhancements and 11 bugfixes.
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New features in 3.8.15
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Enhancements in 3.8.15
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Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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9370 Use Library::CallNumber::LC when splitting LC call numbers for spine labels
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Critical bugs fixed in 3.8.15
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OPAC
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10590 critical In opac-topissues limit param is not protected
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Templates
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766 major Use of CGI::scrolling_list prevents customization in template
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Other bugs fixed in 3.8.15
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Documentation
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10425 minor Help page missing for Local Use preferences
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Notices
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10439 normal Cannot modify the notice's library
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OPAC
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9541 normal Opac-user doesn't load correct CSS for multiple branches
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Packaging
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10379 minor Koha-rebuild-zebra gets noisy if no instances are defined
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Patrons
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10297 minor Categorycode and branchcode should be required when adding patrons
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Staff Client
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6281 normal Bug in LCC sort routine
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Templates
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10464 minor Patron search on placing a hold doesn't use jqueryui.autocomplete
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10466 minor Lists: Use "size" as names/hash keys leads to an unexpected results when using Template::Toolkit (name of a virtual method there)
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Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers
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10458 trivial Remove obsolete Z3950 module and test
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New sysprefs in 3.8.15
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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/3.8/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 (97%)
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* Armenian (97%)
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* Chinese (China) (63%)
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* Danish (100%)
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* English (New Zealand) (97%)
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* French (97%)
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* French (Canada) (74%)
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* German (97%)
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* German (Switzerland) (96%)
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* Greek (92%)
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* Italian (97%)
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* Kurdish (93%)
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* Maori (67%)
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* Norwegian Bokmål (65%)
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* Portuguese (97%)
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* Portuguese (Brazil) (97%)
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* Slovak (100%)
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* Spanish (99%)
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* Turkish (99%)
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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 3.8.15 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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Installation Documentation Managers:
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Samuel Desseaux <samuel.desseaux@ecp.fr>
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Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.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: 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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Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>
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Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
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Bug Wranglers: Magnus Enger <magnus@enger.priv.no>
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Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz>
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Live CD Manager: Nguyen Quoc Uy <nguyenquocuy_1102@yahoo.com>
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VM Manager: Samuel Desseaux <samuel.desseaux@ecp.fr>
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Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Hall <chrish@catalyst.net.nz>
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Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com>
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Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen@gmail.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 3.8.15:
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* Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.15.
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* 1 Tomas Cohen Arazi
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* 1 Colin Campbell
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* 7 Galen Charlton
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* 1 David Cook
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* 2 Jonathan Druart
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* 1 Magnus Enger
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* 1 Kyle M Hall
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* 2 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
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* 1 Owen Leonard
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* 1 Marcel de Rooy
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* 2 Fridolyn SOMERS
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* 2 Robin Sheat
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We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.15
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* 1 ACPL
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* 4 BibLibre
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* 1 ByWater-Solutions
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* 2 Catalyst
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* 7 Equinox
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* 1 Libriotech
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* 1 PTFS-Europe
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* 1 Prosentient Systems
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* 1 Rijksmuseum
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* 3 unidentified
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We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
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for Koha 3.8.15.
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* 19 Tomas Cohen Arazi
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* 29 Galen Charlton
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* 1 David Cook
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* 8 Chris Cormack
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* 4 Jonathan Druart
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* 1 Magnus Enger
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* 4 Katrin Fischer
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* 20 Chris Hall
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* 8 Kyle M Hall
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* 20 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
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* 1 Owen Leonard
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* 2 Marcel de Rooy
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* 2 Robin Sheat
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* 1 Srdjan
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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 3.8.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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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 23 Jul 2013 07:53:50 Z #####
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