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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.16
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29 Jul 2013
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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 3.8.16 can be downloaded from:
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http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.16.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 3.8.16 is a security release.
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This release includes a fix for a security bug where manipulation of the cookie
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used for retaining OPAC search history for anonymous sessions could
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theoretically result in the execution of arbitrary code on a Koha webserver.
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Further details on the security issue can be found at:
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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10657
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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 3.8.16 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 3.8.16:
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We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.16.
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* 3 Galen Charlton
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We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.16
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* 3 Equinox
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We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
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for Koha 3.8.16.
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* 1 Tomas Cohen Arazi
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* 4 Galen Charlton
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* 1 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
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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-release.
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The last Koha release was 3.12.3, which was released on July 29, 2013.
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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 29 Jul 2013 17:17:33 Z #####
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