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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.18
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23 Sep 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 3.8.18 can be downloaded from:
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http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.18.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 3.8.18 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
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It includes 0 features, 2 enhancements and 18 bugfixes.
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New features in 3.8.18
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Enhancements in 3.8.18
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MARC Bibliographic data support
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5858 Update default MARC21 framework to Update No. 16 (April 2013)
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Templates
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10516 Improve titles, breadcrumbs, and confirmation messages for Z39.50 server adds and updates
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Critical bugs fixed in 3.8.18
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Templates
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10541 major Enable cross-browser AJAX in additem.js
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Other bugs fixed in 3.8.18
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About
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7143 trivial Bug for tracking changes to the about page
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Acquisitions
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4907 normal Suggestions "organize by" menu doesn't reflect current choice
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7598 normal Acquisitions JavaScript contains untranslatable English strings
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Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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10643 normal Inappropriate uses of $sth->finish() in C4::ClassSource.pm
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Cataloging
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9353 minor Missing subfields on MARC21 frameworks
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Circulation
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9362 normal Wrong query in GetUpcomingDueIssues (Circulation.pm)
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Notices
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10559 minor Noisy statement handle still active warnings when generating notices
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OPAC
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10553 normal Public lists not available from OPAC login page
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10595 normal OpacTopissue page still accessible when system preference is turned off
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Patrons
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10507 trivial Typo when warning about creating duplicate patron attribute
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Searching
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9801 normal Location facet shows even if no locations
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Serials
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10621 normal Subscription alert emails have wrong from-address
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10457 minor Export selected items data doesn't work when using checkall checkbox
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Templates
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10189 trivial French values in cataloging plugins for unimarc 128b and 128c fields
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10346 trivial "Add multiple copies" should be labelled "Add multiple items"
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Test Suite
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10644 normal C4::ClassSource.pm needs unit tests
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Web services
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10549 trivial ILS-DI should not use ISO-8851-9 encoding
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New sysprefs in 3.8.18
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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 (84%)
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* Armenian (84%)
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* Chinese (China) (56%)
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* Chinese (Taiwan) (99%)
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* Czech (98%)
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* Danish (87%)
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* English (New Zealand) (84%)
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* French (99%)
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* French (Canada) (65%)
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* German (100%)
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* German (Switzerland) (83%)
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* Greek (80%)
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* Italian (100%)
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* Kurdish (83%)
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* Maori (58%)
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* Norwegian Bokmål (57%)
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* Portuguese (100%)
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* Portuguese (Brazil) (84%)
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* Slovak (87%)
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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 3.8.18 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 3.8.18:
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We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.18.
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* 1 Tomas Cohen Arazi
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* 1 Colin Campbell
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* 5 Galen Charlton
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* 3 David Cook
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* 2 Katrin Fischer
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* 4 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
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* 5 Owen Leonard
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* 1 Marcel de Rooy
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* 1 Fridolyn SOMERS
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* 1 Mathieu Saby
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* 3 Mirko Tietgen
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* 1 Kenza Zaki
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* 1 root
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We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.18
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* 5 ACPL
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* 2 BSZ BW
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* 2 BibLibre
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* 5 Equinox
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* 1 PTFS-Europe
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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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* 3 abunchofthings.net
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* 1 kenza-VirtualBox
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* 5 unidentified
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We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
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for Koha 3.8.18.
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* 26 Tomas Cohen Arazi
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* 2 Jared Camins-Esakov
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* 27 Galen Charlton
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* 3 Chris Cormack
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* 6 Jonathan Druart
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* 7 Katrin Fischer
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* 28 Chris Hall
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* 10 Kyle M Hall
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* 1 Mason James
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* 28 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
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* 2 Owen Leonard
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* 3 Liz Rea
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* 4 Marcel de Rooy
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* 1 Mathieu Saby
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* 5 Srdjan
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* 1 Cedric Vita
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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 3.8.14, which was released on June 23, 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 23 Sep 2013 09:08:16 Z #####
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