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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.4
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22 Aug 2012
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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 3.8.4 can be downloaded from:
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http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.04.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 3.8.4 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
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Highlights of 3.8.4
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7943 blocker Untranslatable strings in OPAC's authority search
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8486 blocker Critical error in Koha::Calendar::days_between calculation
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8162 critical packaging scripts create user incorrectly
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8251 critical Patrons are systematically debarred at checkin
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8439 critical Printing basketgroup does not work on plack
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8520 critical Authorities display incorrectly in staff results
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8576 critical Software error on authority edition when using merge
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8172 major Missing dereference marker for buildQuery parameter in addbooks.pl
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8329 major GetLostItems in C4::Items.pm has a SELECT *
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8414 major Intranet header toplinks display white rather than blue in < IE8
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8448 major Holds Awaiting Pickup : Cancelling a hold on a waiting item with multiple holds displays a blank screen instead of a warning prompt
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8503 major Software error n edit items with EasyAnalyticalRecords
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8513 major OPAC detail page broken with XSLT
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8547 major Enabling star ratings causes javascript errors that cause IE to have a boo boo
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8572 major Attempting to view an invalid authority in the OPAC gives an error instead of 404
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Bugs fixed in 3.8.4
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3383 normal Item due reminder digests - cannot display title information
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6617 normal table of contents not printing right if entered right
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7628 normal Required format is not enforced for Patron Categories
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8391 normal Cannot view reading record through staff client
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8419 normal Suspended holds appear on the daily holds queue
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8434 normal Notice generation fails for Advanced Notices, Item Due, and Overdues when run in shell (due to error in Letters.pm)
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8455 normal Check ins processed through "Check Out" tab of the Patron Record ignore Circulation System Preferences
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8458 normal $stemmed_operand in C4::Search _build_stemmed_operand is not initialized.
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8514 normal Display of patron results changed display order
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8522 normal Markup errors cause problems with customized CSS
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8532 normal Old/iffy data causes error checking out
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8550 normal Z39.50 searches for ISBN/ISSN problematic
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8573 normal Translation difficult in picture-upload.tt due to nested sentence in if/foreach/if/elsif - construction
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8575 normal Number of items expected is wrong
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8586 normal Small bug in die if no mapping in framework for biblioitems.biblioitemnumber
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8590 normal checked out from missing on patron detail
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3701 minor If the ReturnToShelvingCart syspref is on, and something needs to go in transit, the shelving cart setting is overriding the transit.
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8062 minor Cart email broken for non english templates
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8322 minor Removing space between end of marc data and fullstops
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8351 minor fix wording when undoing an import
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8357 minor UNIMARCslim2OPACDetail.xsl, title without class and too links to views
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8392 minor Memberentry is not enforcing birthdate restrictions
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8421 minor patron images fail when barcode for patron has a +
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8422 minor Fix impossible warning in circulation.pl when OverduesBlockCirc set to Block
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8440 minor Dates does not appear in suggestions management
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8470 minor remove depreciated H:T:P test file
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8476 minor Little bug in OPAC XSLT on OPACURLOpenInNewWindow
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8518 minor Self checkout does not display debt amount if syspref AllowFineOverride is set to allow
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8556 minor "Mark seen and continue" not translatable in inventory.tt
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6655 trivial Sorting order of serial issues in OPAC
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7143 trivial Bug for tracking changes to the about page
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7367 trivial General OPAC typo omnibus
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7368 trivial General staff client typo omnibus
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8453 trivial need spaces after radio buttons on inventory
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8544 trivial Make RSS icon styleable
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7153 enhancement Show Open Library as Search Target in "More Searches" in OPAC detail page
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8204 enhancement Authority viewer in OPAC ugly, unfriendly, and mostly useless
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New sysprefs in 3.8.4
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* OPACSearchForTitleIn
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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/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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* Arabic (100%)
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* Armenian (100%)
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* Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)
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* Danish (75%)
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* English (New Zealand) (96%)
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* English (USA)
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* French (100%)
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* French (Canada) (69%)
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* German (100%)
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* German (Switzerland) (100%)
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* Greek (69%)
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* Italian (100%)
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* Norwegian Bokmål (68%)
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* Portuguese (Brazil) (91%)
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* Spanish (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 3.8 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 individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.4.
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1 Tomas Cohen Arazi
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1 D Ruth Bavousett
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10 Jared Camins-Esakov
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2 Colin Campbell
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5 David Cook
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4 Chris Cormack
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1 Elliott Davis
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1 Frédéric Demians
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2 Jonathan Druart
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2 Nicole Engard
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1 Magnus Enger
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1 Chris Hall
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4 Kyle M Hall
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1 Mason James
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2 Owen Leonard
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1 Julian Maurice
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1 Dobrica Pavlinusic
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1 Meenakshi R
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2 Marcel de Rooy
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8 Fridolyn SOMERS
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5 Robin Sheat
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3 Mark Tompsett
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4 Marc Veron
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1 Savitra sirohi
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We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
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for Koha 3.8.4.
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1 Joseph Alway
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1 Tomas Cohen Arazi
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7 Jared Camins-Esakov
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1 David Cook
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68 Chris Cormack
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1 Elliott Davis
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2 Frédéric Demians
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7 Jonathan Druart
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2 Nicole C. Engard
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5 Katrin Fischer
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5 Kyle M Hall
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9 Owen Leonard
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1 Julian Maurice
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1 Dobrica Pavlinusic
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28 Paul Poulain
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1 Marcel de Rooy
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1 Zeno Tajoli
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3 Mirko Tietgen
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3 Marc Veron
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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
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line is 3.8.x.
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The last Koha release was 3.8.3, which was released on July 22, 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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