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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.8
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21 Dec 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 3.8.8 can be downloaded from:
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http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.08.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 3.8.8 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
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Major fixes in 3.8.8
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Acquisitions
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9106 critical Filtering list of uncertain price list by owner empties order information
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Circulation
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8800 blocker SpecifyDueDate && useDaysMode=Datedue wrong behaviour
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Hold requests
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5801 major C4::Circulation::_GetCircControlBranch should not be used in opac-reserve.pl
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Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
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9135 blocker updatedatabase.pl fails when DEBUG is set
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MARC Authority data support
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9149 critical Patch 8823 introduces reference to non-existent function
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Test Suite
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9142 blocker Failing test case in 3.10.0 release.
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Other bugs fixed in 3.8.8
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Acquisitions
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7129 normal actual cost showing too many zeros
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8382 normal It is not possible to cancel an order when receiving on a filtered page in parcel.pl
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8820 minor Don't show orders table if there are no orders
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Cataloging
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9123 normal Authorities search ordered by authid does not work
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Circulation
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8781 minor Access to Transfer page while "independent branches" is on
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Holidays
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9078 normal is_holiday should honour holiday exceptions
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Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
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9024 normal Add additional sample data to German installer
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MARC Authority data support
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9070 normal Searching for authority from tag editor for field 650 gives error
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OPAC
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8515 normal OPAC password change does not obey OpacPasswordChange
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9077 normal OPAC Social media links broken by fix for Bug 8973
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9115 normal basket window should close automatically when placing a hold
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8614 minor Icon for scores on OPAC detail page broken
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8981 minor Remove Nonpublic General Note from OPAC authorities display
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8983 minor Typo error in UNIMARCslim2OPACResults.xsl
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9098 minor Replace tabulations by spaces in opac-user.pl
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8546 trivial Error in description of OPAC Advanced Search Publication date range search
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Reports
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8588 normal Duplicate field IDs cause problems with SQL report parameter entry
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Searching
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8954 normal Languages list in advanced search always in english
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8946 minor Wrong label and missing values in UNIMARC coded fields advanced search
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Staff Client
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8481 normal Items table is showing in opac-MARCdetail.pl but not in MARCdetail.pl
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System Administration
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8163 trivial Click to populate XSLT preferences with "default" or empty values
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Templates
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9073 normal Download option from the cart should match the menu button in lists
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6680 trivial Cart download choices not understandable to patrons
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Tools
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5521 normal item edit form appears if no items found
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8843 normal Cannot export bibliographic records by call number
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Enhancements in 3.8.8
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Packaging
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8878 koha-shell: a command to make using koha commands easier
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Searching
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9134 There is no previous link on the second page of the search results page
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Templates
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9137 Focus when editing/adding new itemtypes/authorised values
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New sysprefs in 3.8.8
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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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* English (USA)
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* Arabic (100%)
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* Armenian (100%)
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* Basque (75%)
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* Chinese (Taiwan) (75%)
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* Danish (74%)
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* English (New Zealand) (100%)
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* French (99%)
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* French (Canada) (76%)
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* German (99%)
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* German (Switzerland) (99%)
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* Greek (69%)
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* Italian (100%)
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* Norwegian Bokmål (68%)
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* Portuguese (97%)
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* Portuguese (Brazil) (99%)
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* Slovak (100%)
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* Spanish (100%)
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* Turkish (84%)
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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 3.8.8 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 libraries who are known to have sponsored
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new features in Koha 3.8.8:
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* Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.8.
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* 4 Tomas Cohen Arazi
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* 3 Jared Camins-Esakov
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* 1 David Cook
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* 2 Chris Cormack
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* 1 Jonathan Druart
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* 1 Nicole Engard
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* 2 Katrin Fischer
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* 1 Kyle M Hall
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* 15 Owen Leonard
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* 1 Paul Poulain
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* 3 Fridolyn SOMERS
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* 2 Mathieu Saby
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* 1 Adrien Saurat
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* 2 Robin Sheat
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* 1 Lyon3 Team
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* 1 Mirko Tietgen
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* 1 christophe croullebois
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We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.8
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* 15 ACPL
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* 2 BSZ BW
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* 7 Biblibre
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* 2 ByWater-Solutions
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* 3 C & P Bibliography
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* 4 Catalyst
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* 1 Prosentient Systems
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* 1 Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3
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* 2 Université Rennes 2
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* 1 abunchofthings.net
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* 4 unidentified
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We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
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for Koha 3.8.8.
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* 30 Jared Camins-Esakov
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* 44 Chris Cormack
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* 1 Srikanth Dhondi
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* 4 Jonathan Druart
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* 2 Nicole C. Engard
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* 1 Magnus Enger
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* 18 Katrin Fischer
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* 8 Kyle M Hall
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* 2 Mason James
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* 7 Melia Meggs
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* 6 Paul Poulain
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* 2 Marcel de Rooy
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* 1 Robin Sheat
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* 2 Mirko Tietgen
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* 1 Marc Veron
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* 2 Ian Walls
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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 3.8.7, which was released on November 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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##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 21 Dec 2012 20:01:15 Z #####
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