1 <h1 id=
"releasenotesforkoha16.11.09">RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA
16.11.09</h1>
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>
11 <li><a href=
"http://koha-community.org">Koha Community
</a></li>
14 <p>Koha
16.11.09 can be downloaded from:
</p>
17 <li><a href=
"http://download.koha-community.org/koha-16.11.09.tar.gz">Download
</a></li>
20 <p>Installation instructions can be found at:
</p>
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>
27 <p>Koha
16.11.09 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
</p>
29 <p>It includes
1 enhancement,
57 bugfixes.
</p>
31 <h2 id=
"enhancements">Enhancements
</h2>
33 <h3 id=
"architectureinternalsandplumbing">Architecture, internals, and plumbing
</h3>
36 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17974">[
17974]
</a> Add the Koha::Item-
>biblio method
</li>
39 <h2 id=
"criticalbugsfixed">Critical bugs fixed
</h2>
41 <h3 id=
"acquisitions">Acquisitions
</h3>
44 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18482">[
18482]
</a> False duplicates detected on adding a batch from a stage file
</li>
47 <h3 id=
"architectureinternalsandplumbing">Architecture, internals, and plumbing
</h3>
50 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18647">[
18647]
</a> Internal server error on moremember.pl
</li>
51 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18663">[
18663]
</a> Missing db update for ExportRemoveFields
</li>
52 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18727">[
18727]
</a> System preferences loose part of values because of double quotes
</li>
55 <h3 id=
"circulation">Circulation
</h3>
58 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18179">[
18179]
</a> Koha::Objects-
>find should not be called in list context
</li>
61 <h3 id=
"opac">OPAC
</h3>
64 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18204">[
18204]
</a> Authority searches are not saved in Search history
</li>
67 <h3 id=
"templates">Templates
</h3>
70 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18512">[
18512]
</a> GetAuthorisedValues.GetByCode Template plugin should return code (not empty string) if value not found
</li>
73 <h3 id=
"tools">Tools
</h3>
76 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16295">[
16295]
</a> marc_modification_templates permission doesn't allow access to modify template
</li>
77 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18689">[
18689]
</a> Fix calendar error with double quotes in title or description of holiday
</li>
80 <h2 id=
"otherbugsfixed">Other bugs fixed
</h2>
82 <h3 id=
"about">About
</h3>
85 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15465">[
15465]
</a> README for github
</li>
88 <h3 id=
"acquisitions">Acquisitions
</h3>
91 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=11122">[
11122]
</a> Fix display of publication year/copyrightdate and publishercode on various pages in acquisitions
</li>
92 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18722">[
18722]
</a> Subtotal information not showing fund source
</li>
95 <h3 id=
"architectureinternalsandplumbing">Architecture, internals, and plumbing
</h3>
98 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18584">[
18584]
</a> Our legacy code contains trailing-spaces
</li>
99 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18669">[
18669]
</a> RewriteCond affecting wrong rule in koha-httpd.conf
</li>
100 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18716">[
18716]
</a> CGI::param in list context warns in updatesupplier.pl
</li>
103 <h3 id=
"command-lineutilities">Command-line Utilities
</h3>
106 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18548">[
18548]
</a> running koha-create --request-db without an instance name should abort
</li>
109 <h3 id=
"coursereserves">Course reserves
</h3>
112 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18264">[
18264]
</a> Course reserves - use itemnumber for editing existing reserve items
</li>
115 <h3 id=
"database">Database
</h3>
118 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18690">[
18690]
</a> Typos in Koha database description (Table
"borrowers")
</li>
121 <h3 id=
"developerdocumentation">Developer documentation
</h3>
124 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5395">[
5395]
</a> C4::Acquisition::SearchOrder POD inconsistent with function
</li>
127 <h3 id=
"i18nl10n">I18N/L10N
</h3>
130 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18641">[
18641]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of template directives in translations for *reserves.tt files
</li>
131 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18644">[
18644]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of pure template directives in translation for memberentrygen.tt
</li>
132 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18648">[
18648]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of tt directives in translation for macles.tt
</li>
133 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18675">[
18675]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of [%% in translation for csv-profiles.tt
</li>
134 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18681">[
18681]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of [%% in translation for about.tt
</li>
135 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18682">[
18682]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of [%% in translation for
2 files av-build-dropbox.inc
</li>
136 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18693">[
18693]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of exposing a [%% FOREACH loop in translation for branch-selector.inc
</li>
137 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18694">[
18694]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of exposing [%% FOREACH in csv/cash_register_stats.tt
</li>
138 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18695">[
18695]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of [%% INCLUDE in translation for circulation.tt
</li>
139 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18701">[
18701]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of exposed tt directives in matching-rules.tt
</li>
142 <h3 id=
"labelpatroncardprinting">Label/patron card printing
</h3>
145 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18611">[
18611]
</a> Create labels action fails in manage-marc-import.pl if an item has been deleted from the import batch
</li>
148 <h3 id=
"marcbibliographicrecordstagingimport">MARC Bibliographic record staging/import
</h3>
151 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17710">[
17710]
</a> C4::Matcher::get_matches and C4::ImportBatch::GetBestRecordMatch should use same logic
</li>
154 <h3 id=
"notices">Notices
</h3>
157 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18478">[
18478]
</a> Some notices sent via SMS gateway fail
</li>
160 <h3 id=
"opac">OPAC
</h3>
163 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13913">[
13913]
</a> Renewal error message in OPAC is confusing
</li>
166 <h3 id=
"packaging">Packaging
</h3>
169 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17108">[
17108]
</a> Automatic debian/control updates (stable)
</li>
172 <h3 id=
"patrons">Patrons
</h3>
175 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18551">[
18551]
</a> Hide with CSS dynamic elements in member search
</li>
176 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18552">[
18552]
</a> Borrower debarments do not show on member detail page
</li>
177 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18569">[
18569]
</a> Quick add patron will not copy over details from cities and towns pull down into patron details
</li>
178 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18596">[
18596]
</a> Quick add form duplicating password confirm
</li>
179 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18598">[
18598]
</a> Quick add form doesn't clear values when switching
</li>
182 <h3 id=
"reports">Reports
</h3>
185 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18734">[
18734]
</a> Internal server error in cash_register_stats.pl when exporting to file
</li>
188 <h3 id=
"serials">Serials
</h3>
191 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13747">[
13747]
</a> Fix problems with frequency descriptions containing quotes
</li>
194 <h3 id=
"systemadministration">System Administration
</h3>
197 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18600">[
18600]
</a> Missing db update for TalkingTechItivaPhoneNotification
</li>
198 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18700">[
18700]
</a> Fix ungrammatical sentence
</li>
201 <h3 id=
"templates">Templates
</h3>
204 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18656">[
18656]
</a> Require confirmation of deletion of files from patron record
</li>
207 <h3 id=
"testsuite">Test Suite
</h3>
210 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18411">[
18411]
</a> t/db_dependent/www/search_utf8.t fails
</li>
211 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18601">[
18601]
</a> OAI/Sets.t mangles data due to truncate in ModOAISetsBiblios
</li>
212 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18746">[
18746]
</a> Text_CSV_Various.t parse failure
</li>
213 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18759">[
18759]
</a> Circulation.t is failing randomly
</li>
214 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18761">[
18761]
</a> AutomaticItemModificationByAge.t tests are failing
</li>
215 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18762">[
18762]
</a> Some tests are noisy
</li>
216 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18767">[
18767]
</a> Useless debugging info in GetDailyQuote.t
</li>
217 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18773">[
18773]
</a> t/db_dependent/www/history.t is failing
</li>
220 <h3 id=
"tools">Tools
</h3>
223 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14399">[
14399]
</a> Fix inventory.pl part two (following
12913)
</li>
224 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18704">[
18704]
</a> File types limit in tools/export.pl is causing issues with csv files generated by MS/Excel
</li>
225 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18706">[
18706]
</a> subfields to delete not disabled anymore in batch item modification
</li>
226 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18730">[
18730]
</a> Batch Mod Edit
<label> HTML validation fails
</li>
227 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18752">[
18752]
</a> Automatic item modifications by age should allow 'blank' values
</li>
230 <h2 id=
"systemrequirements">System requirements
</h2>
232 <p>Important notes:
</p>
235 <li>Perl
5.10 is required
</li>
236 <li>Zebra is required
</li>
239 <h2 id=
"documentation">Documentation
</h2>
241 <p>The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.The home page for Koha
242 documentation is
</p>
245 <li><a href=
"http://koha-community.org/documentation/">Koha Documentation
</a></li>
248 <p>As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
249 Koha manual is available:
</p>
252 <li><a href=
"http://manual.koha-community.org//en/">Koha Manual
</a></li>
255 <p>The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
</p>
258 <li><a href=
"http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary">Koha Git Repository
</a></li>
261 <h2 id=
"translations">Translations
</h2>
263 <p>Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
264 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
</p>
267 <li>English (USA)
</li>
268 <li>Arabic (
99%)
</li>
269 <li>Armenian (
96%)
</li>
270 <li>Chinese (China) (
85%)
</li>
271 <li>Chinese (Taiwan) (
99%)
</li>
273 <li>Danish (
71%)
</li>
274 <li>English (New Zealand) (
93%)
</li>
275 <li>Finnish (
99%)
</li>
276 <li>French (
99%)
</li>
277 <li>French (Canada) (
94%)
</li>
278 <li>German (
100%)
</li>
279 <li>German (Switzerland) (
100%)
</li>
282 <li>Italian (
100%)
</li>
283 <li>Korean (
52%)
</li>
284 <li>Norwegian Bokmål (
57%)
</li>
285 <li>Occitan (
78%)
</li>
286 <li>Persian (
59%)
</li>
287 <li>Polish (
100%)
</li>
288 <li>Portuguese (
99%)
</li>
289 <li>Portuguese (Brazil) (
86%)
</li>
290 <li>Slovak (
92%)
</li>
291 <li>Spanish (
100%)
</li>
292 <li>Swedish (
99%)
</li>
293 <li>Turkish (
100%)
</li>
294 <li>Vietnamese (
72%)
</li>
297 <p>Partial translations are available for various other languages.
</p>
299 <p>The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
</p>
302 <li><a href=
"http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha">Koha Translation Info
</a></li>
305 <p>for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
306 list to volunteer:
</p>
309 <li><a href=
"http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate">Koha Translate List
</a></li>
312 <p>The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
</p>
315 <li><a href=
"http://translate.koha-community.org/">Koha Translation
</a></li>
318 <h2 id=
"releaseteam">Release Team
</h2>
320 <p>The release team for Koha
16.11.09 is
</p>
323 <li>Release Managers:
325 <li><a href=
"mailto:brendan@bywatersolutions.com">Brendan Gallagher
</a></li>
326 <li><a href=
"mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com">Kyle Hall
</a></li>
328 <li>QA Manager:
<a href=
"mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de">Katrin Fischer
</a></li>
331 <li><a href=
"mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com">Kyle Hall
</a></li>
332 <li><a href=
"mailto:jonathan.druart@biblibre.com">Jonathan Druart
</a></li>
333 <li><a href=
"mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com">Tomás Cohen Arazi
</a></li>
334 <li><a href=
"mailto:m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl">Marcel de Rooy
</a></li>
335 <li><a href=
"mailto:nick@bywatersolutions.com">Nick Clemens
</a></li>
336 <li><a href=
"mailto:jweaver@bywatersolutions.com">Jesse Weaver
</a></li>
340 <li><a href=
"mailto:amitddng135@gmail.com">Amit Gupta
</a></li>
341 <li><a href=
"mailto:magnus@enger.priv.no">Magnus Enger
</a></li>
342 <li><a href=
"mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net">Mirko Tietgen
</a></li>
343 <li><a href=
"mailto:indradg@l2c2.co.in">Indranil Das Gupta
</a></li>
344 <li><a href=
"mailto:z.tajoli@cineca.it">Zeno Tajoli
</a></li>
345 <li><a href=
"mailto:veron@veron.ch">Marc Véron
</a></li>
347 <li>Packaging Manager:
<a href=
"mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net">Mirko Tietgen
</a></li>
348 <li>Documentation Manager:
<a href=
"mailto:nengard@gmail.com">Nicole C. Engard
</a></li>
349 <li>Translation Manager:
<a href=
"mailto:bgkriegel@gmail.com">Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
</a></li>
352 <li><a href=
"mailto:abesottedphoenix@yahoo.com">Brooke Johnson
</a></li>
353 <li><a href=
"mailto:kohadevel@agogme.com">Thomas Dukleth
</a></li>
355 <li>Release Maintainers:
357 <li>16.11 --
<a href=
"mailto:katrin.fischer.83@web.de">Katrin Fischer
</a></li>
358 <li>16.05 --
<a href=
"mailto:mtj@kohaaloha.com">Mason James
</a></li>
359 <li>3.22 --
<a href=
"mailto:julian.maurice@biblibre.com">Julian Maurice
</a></li>
363 <h2 id=
"credits">Credits
</h2>
365 <p>We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
366 new features in Koha
16.11.09:
</p>
372 <p>We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha
16.11.09.
</p>
375 <li>LeireDiez (
1)
</li>
377 <li>Aleisha Amohia (
1)
</li>
378 <li>Colin Campbell (
1)
</li>
379 <li>Nick Clemens (
13)
</li>
380 <li>Tomás Cohen Arazi (
2)
</li>
381 <li>David Cook (
2)
</li>
382 <li>Olivier Crouzet (
1)
</li>
383 <li>Marcel de Rooy (
9)
</li>
384 <li>Jonathan Druart (
16)
</li>
385 <li>Katrin Fischer (
6)
</li>
386 <li>Koha instance kohadev-koha (
1)
</li>
387 <li>Lee Jamison (
1)
</li>
388 <li>Owen Leonard (
3)
</li>
389 <li>Josef Moravec (
3)
</li>
390 <li>Fridolin Somers (
3)
</li>
391 <li>Mirko Tietgen (
1)
</li>
392 <li>Mark Tompsett (
6)
</li>
393 <li>Marc Véron (
16)
</li>
396 <p>We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
397 patches to Koha
16.11.09</p>
400 <li>abunchofthings.net (
1)
</li>
402 <li>BibLibre (
3)
</li>
404 <li>bugs.koha-community.org (
16)
</li>
405 <li>ByWater-Solutions (
13)
</li>
406 <li>kohadevbox (
1)
</li>
407 <li>Marc Véron AG (
16)
</li>
408 <li>marywood.edu (
1)
</li>
409 <li>Prosentient Systems (
2)
</li>
410 <li>PTFS-Europe (
1)
</li>
411 <li>Rijksmuseum (
9)
</li>
412 <li>scanbit.net (
1)
</li>
413 <li>Theke Solutions (
2)
</li>
414 <li>translate.koha-community.org (
1)
</li>
415 <li>unidentified (
10)
</li>
416 <li>Université Jean Moulin Lyon
3 (
1)
</li>
419 <p>We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
423 <li>Alex Buckley (
4)
</li>
424 <li>David Roberts (
1)
</li>
425 <li>Dilan Johnpulle (
2)
</li>
426 <li>Fridolin Somers (
44)
</li>
427 <li>Jason Palmer (
1)
</li>
428 <li>Jonathan Druart (
51)
</li>
429 <li>Josef Moravec (
21)
</li>
430 <li>Julian Maurice (
3)
</li>
431 <li>Katrin Fischer (
84)
</li>
432 <li>Lee Jamison (
9)
</li>
433 <li>Marc Véron (
7)
</li>
434 <li>Mark Tompsett (
4)
</li>
435 <li>Martin Renvoize (
4)
</li>
436 <li>Michael Cabus (
1)
</li>
437 <li>Mirko Tietgen (
1)
</li>
438 <li>Nick Clemens (
3)
</li>
439 <li>Tomas Cohen Arazi (
2)
</li>
440 <li>Brendan A Gallagher (
2)
</li>
441 <li>Kyle M Hall (
23)
</li>
442 <li>Marcel de Rooy (
23)
</li>
445 <p>We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
446 please send a patch against these release notes to
447 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
</p>
449 <h2 id=
"revisioncontrolnotes">Revision control notes
</h2>
451 <p>The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
452 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
</p>
455 <li><a href=
"git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git">Koha Git Repository
</a></li>
458 <p>The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
460 The last Koha release was
16.11.09, which was released on May
22,
2017.
</p>
462 <h2 id=
"bugsandfeaturerequests">Bugs and feature requests
</h2>
464 <p>Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
468 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org">Koha Bugzilla
</a></li>
471 <p>He rau ringa e oti ai.
472 (Many hands finish the work)
</p>
474 <p>Autogenerated release notes updated last on
22 Jun
2017 09:
29:
41.
</p>