1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 17.05.01
4 Koha is the first free and open source software library automation
5 package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types
6 and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The
7 website for the Koha project is:
9 - [Koha Community](http://koha-community.org)
11 Koha 17.05.01 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-17.05.01.tar.gz)
15 Installation instructions can be found at:
17 - [Koha Wiki](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation)
18 - OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
20 Koha 17.05.01 is a major release, that comes with many new features.
22 It includes 2 enhancements, 48 bugfixes.
29 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
31 - [[18278]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18278) C4::Items - Remove GetItemLocation
32 - [[18295]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18295) C4::Items - Remove get_itemnumbers_of
35 ## Critical bugs fixed
37 (this list includes all bugfixes since the previous major version. Most of them
38 have already been fixed in maintainance releases)
40 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
42 - [[18651]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18651) Move of checkouts is still not correctly handled
43 - [[18727]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18727) System preferences loose part of values because of double quotes
47 - [[18179]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18179) Koha::Objects->find should not be called in list context
48 - [[18835]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18835) SQL syntax error in overdue_notices.pl
50 ### Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
52 - [[18741]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18741) Web installer does not load default data
56 - [[18685]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18685) Patron edit/cancel floating toolbar out of place
60 - [[18689]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18689) Fix calendar error with double quotes in title or description of holiday
65 (this list includes all bugfixes since the previous major version. Most of them
66 have already been fixed in maintainance releases)
70 - [[11122]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=11122) Fix display of publication year/copyrightdate and publishercode on various pages in acquisitions
71 - [[18722]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18722) Subtotal information not showing fund source
73 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
75 - [[18584]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18584) Our legacy code contains trailing-spaces
76 - [[18716]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18716) CGI::param in list context warns in updatesupplier.pl
77 - [[18794]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18794) OAI/Server.t fails on slow servers
81 - [[18690]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18690) Typos in Koha database description (Table "borrowers")
85 - [[18641]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18641) Translatability: Get rid of template directives in translations for *reserves.tt files
86 - [[18644]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18644) Translatability: Get rid of pure template directives in translation for memberentrygen.tt
87 - [[18648]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18648) Translatability: Get rid of tt directives in translation for macles.tt
88 - [[18675]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18675) Translatability: Get rid of [%% in translation for csv-profiles.tt
89 - [[18681]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18681) Translatability: Get rid of [%% in translation for about.tt
90 - [[18682]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18682) Translatability: Get rid of [%% in translation for 2 files av-build-dropbox.inc
91 - [[18693]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18693) Translatability: Get rid of exposing a [%% FOREACH loop in translation for branch-selector.inc
92 - [[18694]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18694) Translatability: Get rid of exposing [%% FOREACH in csv/cash_register_stats.tt
93 - [[18695]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18695) Translatability: Get rid of [%% INCLUDE in translation for circulation.tt
94 - [[18701]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18701) Translatability: Get rid of exposed tt directives in matching-rules.tt
96 ### Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
98 - [[17944]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17944) Remove the sql code from itemtypes.pl administrative perl script
99 - [[18702]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18702) Translatability: Get rid of exposed if statement in tt for translated onboardingstep2.tt
101 ### MARC Bibliographic record staging/import
103 - [[17710]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17710) C4::Matcher::get_matches and C4::ImportBatch::GetBestRecordMatch should use same logic
107 - [[13913]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13913) Renewal error message in OPAC is confusing
111 - [[18734]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18734) Internal server error in cash_register_stats.pl when exporting to file
115 - [[13747]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13747) Fix problems with frequency descriptions containing quotes
119 - [[18673]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18673) News author does not display on staff client home page
121 ### System Administration
123 - [[18700]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18700) Fix ungrammatical sentence
127 - [[18656]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18656) Require confirmation of deletion of files from patron record
131 - [[18411]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18411) t/db_dependent/www/search_utf8.t fails
132 - [[18601]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18601) OAI/Sets.t mangles data due to truncate in ModOAISetsBiblios
133 - [[18732]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18732) Noisy t/SMS.t triggered by koha_conf.xml without sms_send_config
134 - [[18746]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18746) Text_CSV_Various.t parse failure
135 - [[18749]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18749) xt/sample notices fails with "No sample notice to delete"
136 - [[18759]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18759) Circulation.t is failing randomly
137 - [[18761]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18761) AutomaticItemModificationByAge.t tests are failing
138 - [[18762]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18762) Some tests are noisy
139 - [[18763]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18763) swagger/definitions.t is failing
140 - [[18766]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18766) ArticleRequests.t raises warnings
141 - [[18767]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18767) Useless debugging info in GetDailyQuote.t
142 - [[18773]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18773) t/db_dependent/www/history.t is failing
146 - [[18704]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18704) File types limit in tools/export.pl is causing issues with csv files generated by MS/Excel
147 - [[18706]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18706) subfields to delete not disabled anymore in batch item modification
148 - [[18730]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18730) Batch Mod Edit <label> HTML validation fails
149 - [[18752]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18752) Automatic item modifications by age should allow 'blank' values
153 ## System requirements
157 - Perl 5.10 is required
162 The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.The home page for Koha
165 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
167 As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
168 Koha manual is available:
170 - [Koha Manual](http://manual.koha-community.org//en/)
172 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
174 - [Koha Git Repository](http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary)
178 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
179 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
184 - Chinese (China) (84%)
185 - Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)
188 - English (New Zealand) (91%)
191 - French (Canada) (92%)
193 - German (Switzerland) (100%)
198 - Norwegian Bokmål (55%)
203 - Portuguese (Brazil) (85%)
210 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
212 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
214 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
216 for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
219 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
221 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
223 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
227 The release team for Koha 17.05.01 is
229 - Release Manager: [Jonathan Druart](mailto:jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org)
231 - [Alex Sassmannshausen](mailto:alex.sassmannshausen@ptfs-europe.com)
232 - [Martin Renvoize](mailto:martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com)
234 - [Brendan Gallagher](mailto:brendan@bywatersolutions.com)
235 - [Kyle Hall](mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com)
236 - [Marcel de Rooy](mailto:m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl)
237 - [Martin Renvoize](mailto:martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com)
238 - [Alex Sassmannshausen](mailto:alex.sassmannshausen@ptfs-europe.com)
239 - [Nick Clemens](mailto:nick@bywatersolutions.com)
240 - [Julian Maurice](mailto:julian.maurice@biblibre.com)
241 - [Tomás Cohen Arazi](mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com)
243 - [Marc Véron](mailto:veron@veron.ch)
244 - [Claire Gravely](mailto:claire_gravely@hotmail.com)
245 - [Josef Moravec](mailto:josef.moravec@gmail.com)
246 - [Amit Gupta](mailto:amitddng135@gmail.com)
247 - Packaging Manager: [Mirko Tietgen](mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net)
248 - Documentation Team:
249 - [Katrin Fischer](mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de)
250 - [Chris Cormack](mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz)
251 - Translation Manager: [Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel](mailto:bgkriegel@gmail.com)
253 - [Thomas Dukleth](mailto:kohadevel@agogme.com)
254 - Release Maintainers:
255 - 17.05 -- [Fridolin Somers](mailto:fridolin.somers@biblibre.com)
256 - 16.11 -- [Katrin Fischer](mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de)
257 - 16.05 -- [Mason James](mtj@kohaaloha.com)
261 We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
262 new features in Koha 17.05.01:
265 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 17.05.01.
270 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (3)
273 - Jonathan Druart (25)
279 - Fridolin Somers (4)
283 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
284 patches to Koha 17.05.01
289 - bugs.koha-community.org (25)
290 - ByWater-Solutions (3)
294 - Prosentient Systems (1)
297 - Theke Solutions (3)
300 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
306 - Fridolin Somers (68)
308 - Jonathan Druart (59)
317 - Tomas Cohen Arazi (3)
319 - Marcel de Rooy (20)
321 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
322 please send a patch against these release notes to
323 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
325 ## Revision control notes
327 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
328 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
330 - [Koha Git Repository](git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git)
332 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
336 ## Bugs and feature requests
338 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
341 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
343 He rau ringa e oti ai.
344 (Many hands finish the work)
346 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 23 juin 2017 07:13:42.