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   1 <h1 id="releasenotesforkoha16.05.19">RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 16.05.19</h1>
   2
   3 <p>22 Nov 2017</p>
   4
   5 <p>Koha is the first free and open source software library automation
   6 package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types
   7 and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The
   8 website for the Koha project is:</p>
   9
  10 <ul>
  11 <li><a href="http://koha-community.org">Koha Community</a></li>
  12 </ul>
  13
  14 <p>Koha 16.05.19 can be downloaded from:</p>
  15
  16 <ul>
  17 <li><a href="http://download.koha-community.org/koha-16.05.19.tar.gz">Download</a></li>
  18 </ul>
  19
  20 <p>Installation instructions can be found at:</p>
  21
  22 <ul>
  23 <li><a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation">Koha Wiki</a></li>
  24 <li>OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball</li>
  25 </ul>
  26
  27 <p>Koha 16.05.19 is a bugfix/maintenance release.</p>
  28
  29 <p>It includes 5 enhancements, 15 bugfixes.</p>
  30
  31 <h2 id="enhancements">Enhancements</h2>
  32
  33 <h3 id="architectureinternalsandplumbing">Architecture, internals, and plumbing</h3>
  34
  35 <ul>
  36 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17610">[17610]</a> [16.11.x] Allow the number of plack workers and max connections to be set in koha-conf.xml</li>
  37 </ul>
  38
  39 <h3 id="cataloging">Cataloging</h3>
  40
  41 <ul>
  42 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16204">[16204]</a> Show friendly error message when trying to edit record which no longer exists</li>
  43 </ul>
  44
  45 <h3 id="opac">OPAC</h3>
  46
  47 <ul>
  48 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18616">[18616]</a> The "Add forgot password link to OPAC" should allow patrons to use their library card number in addition to username</li>
  49 </ul>
  50
  51 <h3 id="patrons">Patrons</h3>
  52
  53 <ul>
  54 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15644">[15644]</a> City dropdown default selection when modifying a patron matches only on city</li>
  55 </ul>
  56
  57 <h3 id="testsuite">Test Suite</h3>
  58
  59 <ul>
  60 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19337">[19337]</a> Allow basic_workflow.t be configured by ENV</li>
  61 </ul>
  62
  63 <h2 id="criticalbugsfixed">Critical bugs fixed</h2>
  64
  65 <h3 id="marcauthoritydatasupport">MARC Authority data support</h3>
  66
  67 <ul>
  68 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19415">[19415]</a> FindDuplicateAuthority is searching on biblioserver since 16.05</li>
  69 </ul>
  70
  71 <h3 id="patrons">Patrons</h3>
  72
  73 <ul>
  74 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14637">[14637]</a> Add patron category fails with MySQL 5.6.26</li>
  75 </ul>
  76
  77 <h3 id="searching">Searching</h3>
  78
  79 <ul>
  80 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17278">[17278]</a> Limit to available items returns 0 results</li>
  81 </ul>
  82
  83 <h2 id="otherbugsfixed">Other bugs fixed</h2>
  84
  85 <h3 id="acquisitions">Acquisitions</h3>
  86
  87 <ul>
  88 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19195">[19195]</a> Noisy warns when creating or editing a basket</li>
  89 </ul>
  90
  91 <h3 id="architectureinternalsandplumbing">Architecture, internals, and plumbing</h3>
  92
  93 <ul>
  94 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18584">[18584]</a> Our legacy code contains trailing-spaces</li>
  95 </ul>
  96
  97 <h3 id="marcauthoritydatasupport">MARC Authority data support</h3>
  98
  99 <ul>
 100 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18801">[18801]</a> Merging authorities has an invalid 'Default' type in the merge framework selector</li>
 101 </ul>
 102
 103 <h3 id="opac">OPAC</h3>
 104
 105 <ul>
 106 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16463">[16463]</a> OPAC discharge page should warn the user about checkouts before they request</li>
 107 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19345">[19345]</a> SendMail error does not display error message in password recovery</li>
 108 </ul>
 109
 110 <h3 id="staffclient">Staff Client</h3>
 111
 112 <ul>
 113 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19193">[19193]</a> When displaying the fines of the guarantee on the guarantor account, price is not in correct format.</li>
 114 </ul>
 115
 116 <h3 id="systemadministration">System Administration</h3>
 117
 118 <ul>
 119 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16726">[16726]</a> Text in Preferences search box does not clear</li>
 120 </ul>
 121
 122 <h3 id="testsuite">Test Suite</h3>
 123
 124 <ul>
 125 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17664">[17664]</a> Silence non-zebra warnings in t/db_dependent/Search.t</li>
 126 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19262">[19262]</a> pod_spell.t does not work</li>
 127 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19307">[19307]</a> t/db_dependent/Circulation/NoIssuesChargeGuarantees.t fails if AllowFineOverride set to allow</li>
 128 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19386">[19386]</a> t/db_dependent/SIP/Patron.t is failing randomly</li>
 129 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19423">[19423]</a> DecreaseLoanHighHolds.t is failing randomly</li>
 130 </ul>
 131
 132 <h2 id="systemrequirements">System requirements</h2>
 133
 134 <p>Important notes:</p>
 135
 136 <ul>
 137 <li>Perl 5.10 is required</li>
 138 <li>Zebra is required</li>
 139 </ul>
 140
 141 <h2 id="documentation">Documentation</h2>
 142
 143 <p>The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.The home page for Koha
 144 documentation is </p>
 145
 146 <ul>
 147 <li><a href="http://koha-community.org/documentation/">Koha Documentation</a></li>
 148 </ul>
 149
 150 <p>As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
 151 Koha manual is available:</p>
 152
 153 <ul>
 154 <li><a href="http://manual.koha-community.org//en/">Koha Manual</a></li>
 155 </ul>
 156
 157 <p>The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at</p>
 158
 159 <ul>
 160 <li><a href="http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary">Koha Git Repository</a></li>
 161 </ul>
 162
 163 <h2 id="translations">Translations</h2>
 164
 165 <p>Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
 166 interface are available in this release for the following languages:</p>
 167
 168 <ul>
 169 <li>English (USA)</li>
 170 <li>Arabic (98%)</li>
 171 <li>Armenian (93%)</li>
 172 <li>Basque (77%)</li>
 173 <li>Chinese (China) (88%)</li>
 174 <li>Chinese (Taiwan) (98%)</li>
 175 <li>Czech (95%)</li>
 176 <li>Danish (72%)</li>
 177 <li>English (New Zealand) (96%)</li>
 178 <li>Finnish (98%)</li>
 179 <li>French (98%)</li>
 180 <li>French (Canada) (92%)</li>
 181 <li>German (99%)</li>
 182 <li>German (Switzerland) (99%)</li>
 183 <li>Greek (85%)</li>
 184 <li>Hindi (99%)</li>
 185 <li>Italian (100%)</li>
 186 <li>Korean (53%)</li>
 187 <li>Kurdish (51%)</li>
 188 <li>Norwegian Bokmål (58%)</li>
 189 <li>Occitan (79%)</li>
 190 <li>Persian (60%)</li>
 191 <li>Polish (100%)</li>
 192 <li>Portuguese (99%)</li>
 193 <li>Portuguese (Brazil) (88%)</li>
 194 <li>Slovak (94%)</li>
 195 <li>Spanish (99%)</li>
 196 <li>Swedish (90%)</li>
 197 <li>Turkish (100%)</li>
 198 <li>Vietnamese (74%)</li>
 199 </ul>
 200
 201 <p>Partial translations are available for various other languages.</p>
 202
 203 <p>The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see</p>
 204
 205 <ul>
 206 <li><a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha">Koha Translation Info</a></li>
 207 </ul>
 208
 209 <p>for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
 210 list to volunteer:</p>
 211
 212 <ul>
 213 <li><a href="http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate">Koha Translate List</a></li>
 214 </ul>
 215
 216 <p>The most up-to-date translations can be found at:</p>
 217
 218 <ul>
 219 <li><a href="http://translate.koha-community.org/">Koha Translation</a></li>
 220 </ul>
 221
 222 <h2 id="releaseteam">Release Team</h2>
 223
 224 <p>The release team for Koha 16.05.19 is</p>
 225
 226 <ul>
 227 <li>Release Manager: <a href="mailto:jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org">Jonathan Druart</a></li>
 228 <li>Release Manager assistant: <a href="mailto:nick@bywatersolutions.com">Nick Clemens</a></li>
 229 <li>QA Team:
 230 <ul>
 231 <li><a href="mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com">Tomás Cohen Arazi</a></li>
 232 <li><a href="mailto:brendan@bywatersolutions.com">Brendan Gallagher</a></li>
 233 <li><a href="mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com">Kyle Hall</a></li>
 234 <li><a href="mailto:julian.maurice@biblibre.com">Julian Maurice</a></li>
 235 <li><a href="mailto:m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl">Marcel de Rooy</a></li>
 236 </ul></li>
 237 <li>Bug Wranglers:
 238 <ul>
 239 <li><a href="mailto:amitddng135@gmail.com">Amit Gupta</a></li>
 240 <li>[Claire Gravely]</li>
 241 <li>[Josef Moravec]</li>
 242 <li><a href="mailto:veron@veron.ch">Marc Véron</a></li>
 243 </ul></li>
 244 <li>Packaging Manager: <a href="mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net">Mirko Tietgen</a></li>
 245 <li>Documentation Team:
 246 <ul>
 247 <li><a href="mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz">Chris Cormack</a></li>
 248 <li><a href="mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de">Katrin Fischer</a></li>
 249 </ul></li>
 250 <li>Translation Manager: <a href="mailto:bgkriegel@gmail.com">Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel</a></li>
 251 <li>Release Maintainers:
 252 <ul>
 253 <li>17.05 -- <a href="mailto:fridolin.somers@biblibre.com">Fridolin Somers</a></li>
 254 <li>16.11 -- <a href="mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de">Katrin Fischer</a></li>
 255 <li>16.05 -- <a href="mailto:mtj@kohaaloha.com">Mason James</a></li>
 256 </ul></li>
 257 </ul>
 258
 259 <h2 id="credits">Credits</h2>
 260
 261 <p>We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
 262 new features in Koha 16.05.19:</p>
 263
 264 <ul>
 265 <li>Catalyst IT</li>
 266 </ul>
 267
 268 <p>We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 16.05.19.</p>
 269
 270 <ul>
 271 <li>Aleisha Amohia (5)</li>
 272 <li>David Bourgault (1)</li>
 273 <li>Pongtawat C (1)</li>
 274 <li>Nick Clemens (3)</li>
 275 <li>Tomás Cohen Arazi (1)</li>
 276 <li>Marcel de Rooy (3)</li>
 277 <li>Jonathan Druart (9)</li>
 278 <li>Mason James (7)</li>
 279 <li>David Kuhn (1)</li>
 280 <li>Owen Leonard (1)</li>
 281 <li>Dominic Pichette (1)</li>
 282 <li>Mark Tompsett (1)</li>
 283 </ul>
 284
 285 <p>We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
 286 patches to Koha 16.05.19</p>
 287
 288 <ul>
 289 <li>ACPL (1)</li>
 290 <li>bugs.koha-community.org (9)</li>
 291 <li>ByWater-Solutions (3)</li>
 292 <li>KohaAloha (7)</li>
 293 <li>punsarn.asia (1)</li>
 294 <li>Rijksmuseum (3)</li>
 295 <li>Solutions inLibro inc (2)</li>
 296 <li>Theke Solutions (1)</li>
 297 <li>unidentified (7)</li>
 298 </ul>
 299
 300 <p>We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
 301 for Koha.</p>
 302
 303 <ul>
 304 <li>Alex Buckley (1)</li>
 305 <li>Amit Gupta (1)</li>
 306 <li>Claire Gravely (1)</li>
 307 <li>David Bourgault (2)</li>
 308 <li>Dilan Johnpullé (1)</li>
 309 <li>Dominic Pichette (1)</li>
 310 <li>Fridolin Somers (10)</li>
 311 <li>Jonathan Druart (13)</li>
 312 <li>Josef Moravec (3)</li>
 313 <li>Katrin Fischer (11)</li>
 314 <li>Marc Véron (1)</li>
 315 <li>Mark Tompsett (1)</li>
 316 <li>Martin Renvoize (4)</li>
 317 <li>Mason James (15)</li>
 318 <li>Nick Clemens (4)</li>
 319 <li>Tomas Cohen Arazi (4)</li>
 320 <li>Kyle M Hall (1)</li>
 321 <li>Caroline Cyr La Rose (2)</li>
 322 <li>Marcel de Rooy (8)</li>
 323 </ul>
 324
 325 <p>We regret any omissions.  If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
 326 please send a patch against these release notes to
 327 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.</p>
 328
 329 <h2 id="revisioncontrolnotes">Revision control notes</h2>
 330
 331 <p>The Koha project uses Git for version control.  The current development
 332 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:</p>
 333
 334 <ul>
 335 <li><a href="git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git">Koha Git Repository</a></li>
 336 </ul>
 337
 338 <p>The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
 339 line is 16.05.x.</p>
 340
 341 <h2 id="bugsandfeaturerequests">Bugs and feature requests</h2>
 342
 343 <p>Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
 344 tracker at:</p>
 345
 346 <ul>
 347 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org">Koha Bugzilla</a></li>
 348 </ul>
 349
 350 <p>He rau ringa e oti ai.
 351 (Many hands finish the work)</p>
 352
 353 <p>Autogenerated release notes updated last on 22 Nov 2017 13:44:53.</p>