misc/release_notes/release_notes_16_5_8.html

   1 <h1 id="releasenotesforkoha16.5.8">RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 16.5.8</h1>
   2
   3 <p>28 Jan 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 16.5.8 can be downloaded from:</p>
  15
  16 <ul>
  17 <li><a href="http://download.koha-community.org/koha-16.05.08.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 16.5.8 is a bugfix/maintenance release.</p>
  28
  29 <p>It includes 25 bugfixes.</p>
  30
  31 <h2 id="criticalbugsfixed">Critical bugs fixed</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=17785">[17785]</a> oai.pl returns wrong URLs under Plack</li>
  37 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17914">[17914]</a> The installer process tries to create borrowers.updated_on twice</li>
  38 </ul>
  39
  40 <h3 id="authentication">Authentication</h3>
  41
  42 <ul>
  43 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17615">[17615]</a> LDAP Auth: regression causes attribute updates to silently fail and corrupt existing data</li>
  44 </ul>
  45
  46 <h3 id="installationandupgradecommand-lineinstaller">Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)</h3>
  47
  48 <ul>
  49 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17234">[17234]</a> ALTER IGNORE TABLE is invalid in mysql 5.7.  This breaks updatedatabase.pl</li>
  50 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17986">[17986]</a> Perl dependency evaluation incorrect</li>
  51 </ul>
  52
  53 <h3 id="opac">OPAC</h3>
  54
  55 <ul>
  56 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17924">[17924]</a> Fix error in password recovery</li>
  57 </ul>
  58
  59 <h3 id="patrons">Patrons</h3>
  60
  61 <ul>
  62 <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>
  63 </ul>
  64
  65 <h3 id="testsuite">Test Suite</h3>
  66
  67 <ul>
  68 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17917">[17917]</a> t/db_dependent/check_sysprefs.t fails on kohadev strangely</li>
  69 </ul>
  70
  71 <h2 id="otherbugsfixed">Other bugs fixed</h2>
  72
  73 <h3 id="acquisitions">Acquisitions</h3>
  74
  75 <ul>
  76 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17899">[17899]</a> Show only mine does not work in newordersuggestion.pl</li>
  77 </ul>
  78
  79 <h3 id="architectureinternalsandplumbing">Architecture, internals, and plumbing</h3>
  80
  81 <ul>
  82 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17931">[17931]</a> Remove unused vars from reserves_stats.pl</li>
  83 </ul>
  84
  85 <h3 id="circulation">Circulation</h3>
  86
  87 <ul>
  88 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17781">[17781]</a> Improper branchcode set during renewal</li>
  89 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17808">[17808]</a> When editing circulation conditions, only ask for confirmation when there is already a rule selected</li>
  90 </ul>
  91
  92 <h3 id="installationandupgradecommand-lineinstaller">Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)</h3>
  93
  94 <ul>
  95 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17880">[17880]</a> C4::Installer::PerlModules lexicographical comparison is incorrect</li>
  96 </ul>
  97
  98 <h3 id="installationandupgradeweb-basedinstaller">Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)</h3>
  99
 100 <ul>
 101 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17469">[17469]</a> fr-CA web installer is missing some sample notices</li>
 102 </ul>
 103
 104 <h3 id="labelpatroncardprinting">Label/patron card printing</h3>
 105
 106 <ul>
 107 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15711">[15711]</a> Deleting patroncard images has unexpected behaviour and is broken</li>
 108 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17879">[17879]</a> Possible to upload images with no image name</li>
 109 </ul>
 110
 111 <h3 id="marcauthoritydatasupport">MARC Authority data support</h3>
 112
 113 <ul>
 114 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17909">[17909]</a> Add unit tests for authority merge</li>
 115 </ul>
 116
 117 <h3 id="packaging">Packaging</h3>
 118
 119 <ul>
 120 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17265">[17265]</a> Make koha-create and koha-dump-defaults less greedy</li>
 121 </ul>
 122
 123 <h3 id="staffclient">Staff Client</h3>
 124
 125 <ul>
 126 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16933">[16933]</a> Alt-Y not working on "Please confirm checkout" dialogs</li>
 127 </ul>
 128
 129 <h3 id="templates">Templates</h3>
 130
 131 <ul>
 132 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15460">[15460]</a> Bug 13381 accidentally removed spaces after subfields c and h of 245</li>
 133 </ul>
 134
 135 <h3 id="testsuite">Test Suite</h3>
 136
 137 <ul>
 138 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17742">[17742]</a> Test t/db_dependent/Patrons.t can fail randomly</li>
 139 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17920">[17920]</a> t/db_dependent/Sitemapper.t fails because of permissions</li>
 140 </ul>
 141
 142 <h3 id="tools">Tools</h3>
 143
 144 <ul>
 145 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17777">[17777]</a> koha-remove should deal with temporary uploads</li>
 146 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17794">[17794]</a> Menu items in Tools menu and Admin menu not bold when active but not on linked page</li>
 147 </ul>
 148
 149 <h3 id="webservices">Web services</h3>
 150
 151 <ul>
 152 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17778">[17778]</a> Make "Earliest Registered Date" in OAI-PMH dynamic</li>
 153 </ul>
 154
 155 <h2 id="systemrequirements">System requirements</h2>
 156
 157 <p>Important notes:</p>
 158
 159 <ul>
 160 <li>Perl 5.10 is required</li>
 161 <li>Zebra is required</li>
 162 </ul>
 163
 164 <h2 id="documentation">Documentation</h2>
 165
 166 <p>The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.The home page for Koha
 167 documentation is </p>
 168
 169 <ul>
 170 <li><a href="http://koha-community.org/documentation/">Koha Documentation</a></li>
 171 </ul>
 172
 173 <p>As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
 174 Koha manual is available:</p>
 175
 176 <ul>
 177 <li><a href="http://manual.koha-community.org//en/">Koha Manual</a></li>
 178 </ul>
 179
 180 <p>The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at</p>
 181
 182 <ul>
 183 <li><a href="http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary">Koha Git Repository</a></li>
 184 </ul>
 185
 186 <h2 id="translations">Translations</h2>
 187
 188 <p>Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
 189 interface are available in this release for the following languages:</p>
 190
 191 <ul>
 192 <li>English (USA)</li>
 193 <li>Arabic (99%)</li>
 194 <li>Armenian (95%)</li>
 195 <li>Chinese (China) (89%)</li>
 196 <li>Chinese (Taiwan) (99%)</li>
 197 <li>Czech (97%)</li>
 198 <li>Danish (74%)</li>
 199 <li>English (New Zealand) (98%)</li>
 200 <li>Finnish (99%)</li>
 201 <li>French (99%)</li>
 202 <li>French (Canada) (94%)</li>
 203 <li>German (100%)</li>
 204 <li>German (Switzerland) (99%)</li>
 205 <li>Greek (82%)</li>
 206 <li>Hindi (99%)</li>
 207 <li>Italian (100%)</li>
 208 <li>Korean (54%)</li>
 209 <li>Kurdish (52%)</li>
 210 <li>Norwegian Bokmål (60%)</li>
 211 <li>Occitan (81%)</li>
 212 <li>Persian (61%)</li>
 213 <li>Polish (100%)</li>
 214 <li>Portuguese (100%)</li>
 215 <li>Portuguese (Brazil) (90%)</li>
 216 <li>Slovak (95%)</li>
 217 <li>Spanish (100%)</li>
 218 <li>Swedish (92%)</li>
 219 <li>Turkish (100%)</li>
 220 <li>Vietnamese (75%)</li>
 221 </ul>
 222
 223 <p>Partial translations are available for various other languages.</p>
 224
 225 <p>The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see</p>
 226
 227 <ul>
 228 <li><a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha">Koha Translation Info</a></li>
 229 </ul>
 230
 231 <p>for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
 232 list to volunteer:</p>
 233
 234 <ul>
 235 <li><a href="http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate">Koha Translate List</a></li>
 236 </ul>
 237
 238 <p>The most up-to-date translations can be found at:</p>
 239
 240 <ul>
 241 <li><a href="http://translate.koha-community.org/">Koha Translation</a></li>
 242 </ul>
 243
 244 <h2 id="releaseteam">Release Team</h2>
 245
 246 <p>The release team for Koha 16.5.8 is</p>
 247
 248 <ul>
 249 <li>Release Manager: <a href="mailto:brendan@bywatersolutions.com">Brendan Gallagher</a></li>
 250 <li>QA Manager: <a href="mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de">Katrin Fischer</a></li>
 251 <li>QA Team:
 252 <ul>
 253 <li><a href="mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com">Kyle Hall</a></li>
 254 <li><a href="mailto:jonathan.druart@biblibre.com">Jonathan Druart</a></li>
 255 <li><a href="mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com">Tomás Cohen Arazi</a></li>
 256 <li><a href="mailto:m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl">Marcel de Rooy</a></li>
 257 <li><a href="mailto:nick@bywatersolutions.com">Nick Clemens</a></li>
 258 <li><a href="mailto:jweaver@bywatersolutions.com">Jesse Weaver</a></li>
 259 </ul></li>
 260 <li>Bug Wranglers:
 261 <ul>
 262 <li><a href="mailto:amitddng135@gmail.com">Amit Gupta</a></li>
 263 <li><a href="mailto:magnus@enger.priv.no">Magnus Enger</a></li>
 264 <li><a href="mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net">Mirko Tietgen</a></li>
 265 <li><a href="mailto:indradg@l2c2.co.in">Indranil Das Gupta</a></li>
 266 <li><a href="mailto:z.tajoli@cineca.it">Zeno Tajoli</a></li>
 267 <li><a href="mailto:veron@veron.ch">Marc Véron</a></li>
 268 </ul></li>
 269 <li>Packaging Manager: <a href="mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net">Mirko Tietgen</a></li>
 270 <li>Documentation Manager: <a href="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">Nicole C. Engard</a></li>
 271 <li>Translation Manager: <a href="mailto:bgkriegel@gmail.com">Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel</a></li>
 272 <li>Wiki curators:
 273 <ul>
 274 <li><a href="mailto:">Brook</a></li>
 275 <li><a href="mailto:kohadevel@agogme.com">Thomas Dukleth</a></li>
 276 </ul></li>
 277 <li>Release Maintainers:
 278 <ul>
 279 <li>16.05 -- <a href="mailto:f.demians@tamil.fr">Frédéric Demians</a></li>
 280 <li>3.22 -- <a href="mailto:julian.maurice@biblibre.com">Julian Maurice</a></li>
 281 <li>3.20 -- <a href="mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz">Chris Cormack</a></li>
 282 </ul></li>
 283 </ul>
 284
 285 <h2 id="credits">Credits</h2>
 286
 287 <p>We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
 288 new features in Koha 16.5.8:</p>
 289
 290 <ul>
 291 <li>Catalyst IT</li>
 292 </ul>
 293
 294 <p>We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 16.5.8.</p>
 295
 296 <ul>
 297 <li>Blou (1)</li>
 298 <li>Aleisha Amohia (3)</li>
 299 <li>Alex Arnaud (2)</li>
 300 <li>Maxime Beaulieu (1)</li>
 301 <li>David Cook (3)</li>
 302 <li>Marcel de Rooy (7)</li>
 303 <li>Jonathan Druart (10)</li>
 304 <li>Dani Elder (1)</li>
 305 <li>Magnus Enger (3)</li>
 306 <li>Katrin Fischer (1)</li>
 307 <li>Caitlin Goodger (1)</li>
 308 <li>Mason James (7)</li>
 309 <li>Julian Maurice (2)</li>
 310 <li>Tim McMahon (1)</li>
 311 <li>Kyle M Hall (2)</li>
 312 <li>Josef Moravec (2)</li>
 313 <li>Fridolin Somers (1)</li>
 314 <li>Mark Tompsett (4)</li>
 315 </ul>
 316
 317 <p>We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
 318 patches to Koha 16.5.8</p>
 319
 320 <ul>
 321 <li>BibLibre (5)</li>
 322 <li>BSZ BW (1)</li>
 323 <li>bugs.koha-community.org (10)</li>
 324 <li>ByWater-Solutions (3)</li>
 325 <li>KohaAloha (7)</li>
 326 <li>Libriotech (3)</li>
 327 <li>Prosentient Systems (3)</li>
 328 <li>Rijksmuseum (7)</li>
 329 <li>Solutions inLibro inc (2)</li>
 330 <li>unidentified (9)</li>
 331 <li>wegc.school.nz (1)</li>
 332 <li>wlpl.org (1)</li>
 333 </ul>
 334
 335 <p>We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
 336 for Koha.</p>
 337
 338 <ul>
 339 <li>Andreas Roussos (1)</li>
 340 <li>Caitlin Goodger (1)</li>
 341 <li>Claire Gravely (2)</li>
 342 <li>David Kuhn (1)</li>
 343 <li>Emma Smith (1)</li>
 344 <li>Grace McKenzie (1)</li>
 345 <li>Jesse Maseto (1)</li>
 346 <li>Jonathan Druart (19)</li>
 347 <li>Josef Moravec (8)</li>
 348 <li>Julian Maurice (7)</li>
 349 <li>Karen Jen (1)</li>
 350 <li>Katrin Fischer (27)</li>
 351 <li>Mark Tompsett (12)</li>
 352 <li>Martin Renvoize (3)</li>
 353 <li>Mason James (23)</li>
 354 <li>Nick Clemens (3)</li>
 355 <li>Oliver Bock (1)</li>
 356 <li>Owen Leonard (4)</li>
 357 <li>Zoe Schoeler (2)</li>
 358 <li>Katrin Fischer  (1)</li>
 359 <li>Tomas Cohen Arazi (1)</li>
 360 <li>Kyle M Hall (29)</li>
 361 <li>Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel (1)</li>
 362 <li>Marcel de Rooy (11)</li>
 363 </ul>
 364
 365 <p>We regret any omissions.  If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
 366 please send a patch against these release notes to
 367 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.</p>
 368
 369 <h2 id="revisioncontrolnotes">Revision control notes</h2>
 370
 371 <p>The Koha project uses Git for version control.  The current development
 372 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:</p>
 373
 374 <ul>
 375 <li><a href="git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git">Koha Git Repository</a></li>
 376 </ul>
 377
 378 <p>The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
 379 line is 16.05.x.</p>
 380
 381 <h2 id="bugsandfeaturerequests">Bugs and feature requests</h2>
 382
 383 <p>Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
 384 tracker at:</p>
 385
 386 <ul>
 387 <li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org">Koha Bugzilla</a></li>
 388 </ul>
 389
 390 <p>He rau ringa e oti ai.
 391 (Many hands finish the work)</p>
 392
 393 <p>Autogenerated release notes updated last on 28 Jan 2017 00:22:50.</p>