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   7 <h1>Release notes for Koha 3.20.5</h1>
   8   <p>27 Oct 2015</p>
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  10 <p>Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package  (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes,  volunteers, and support companies from around the world.</p>
  11 <p>The website for the Koha project is <a href="http://koha-community.org/">http://koha-community.org</a> and Koha 3.20.5 can be downloaded from: <a href="http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.20.05.tar.gz">http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.20.05.tar.gz</a></p>
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  13 <p>Installation instructions can be found at <a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation">http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation</a> or in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball</p>
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  16 Koha 3.20.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
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  19 <h4>Table of contents</h4>
  20 <nav>
  21     <ul>        <li><a href="#koha-features">New features</a></li>
  22             <li><a href="#koha-enhancements">Enhancements</a></li>
  23             <li><a href="#koha-other">Other bugfixes</a></li>
  24         <li><a href="#koha-sysprefs">Changes on system preferences</a></li>
  25
  26         <li><a href="#koha-requirements">System requirements</a></li>
  27         <li><a href="#koha-docs">Documentation</a></li>        <li><a href="#koha-translations">Translations</a></li>
  28             <li><a href="#koha-release-team">Release team</a></li>
  29
  30         <li><a href="#koha-credits">Credits</a></li>
  31         <li><a href="#koha-git">Revision control</a></li>
  32         <li><a href="#koha-report-bugs">Bug and feature requests</a></li>
  33     </ul>
  34 </nav>
  35     <h3 id="koha-features">New features in Koha 3.20.5</h3>
  36
  37     <h4></h4>
  38     <ul>
  39
  40     </ul>
  41         <h3 id="koha-enhancements">Enhancements in Koha 3.20.5</h3>    <h4></h4>
  42     <ul>    </ul>    <h3 id="koha-critical">Critical bugs fixed in Koha 3.20.5</h3>    <h4>Architecture, internals, and plumbing</h4>
  43     <ul>        <li>
  44             SMSSendUsername and SMSSendPassword are not listed in the system preferences <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14820">14820</a>)</i>
  45         </li>        <li>
  46             Tests fail if launched after 23:00 <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15029">15029</a>)</i>
  47         </li>    </ul>    <h4>Authentication</h4>
  48     <ul>        <li>
  49             Koha still allows spaces at the end, beginning or as your password <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14509">14509</a>)</i>
  50         </li>    </ul>    <h4>Circulation</h4>
  51     <ul>        <li>
  52             [3.20.X] Test failure from Bug 14470 <i>(critical - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14884">14884</a>)</i>
  53         </li>        <li>
  54             Don't set permanent_location to CART or PROC <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14811">14811</a>)</i>
  55         </li>    </ul>    <h4>Notices</h4>
  56     <ul>        <li>
  57             Changing the Library for a notice duplicates the notice instead of updating it <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14141">14141</a>)</i>
  58         </li>    </ul>    <h4>Serials</h4>
  59     <ul>        <li>
  60             Barcode <branchcode>yymm0001 does not work when receiving serials <i>(major - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15042">15042</a>)</i>
  61         </li>    </ul>    <h4>Tools</h4>
  62     <ul>        <li>
  63             Batch modification of checked out and lost items checks them in <i>(critical - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12311">12311</a>)</i>
  64         </li>    </ul>    <h3 id="koha-other">Other bugs fixed in Koha 3.20.5</h3>    <h4>Acquisitions</h4>
  65     <ul>          <li>
  66             Acq planning filter and export always use default active period <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14653">14653</a>)</i>
  67           </li>          <li>
  68             Fix missing display of help page in contract management <i>(trivial - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14929">14929</a>)</i>
  69           </li>    </ul>    <h4>Architecture, internals, and plumbing</h4>
  70     <ul>          <li>
  71             A date is not correctly filled in default values from batch mod [was Remove C4::Dates from tools/batchMod.pl] <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14950">14950</a>)</i>
  72           </li>          <li>
  73             Make the date formatting template side - moremember.pl <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14990">14990</a>)</i>
  74           </li>          <li>
  75             Koha-shell raises &quot; no job control in shell&quot; error <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15012">15012</a>)</i>
  76           </li>    </ul>    <h4>Circulation</h4>
  77     <ul>          <li>
  78             Renewal due date won't take specified time into account <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=11298">11298</a>)</i>
  79           </li>          <li>
  80             Keyboard shortcuts don't work after setting CircAutocompl to &quot;Don't try&quot; <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14880">14880</a>)</i>
  81           </li>    </ul>    <h4>Command-line Utilities</h4>
  82     <ul>          <li>
  83             Misc/batchRebuildItemsTables.pl has hard coded record length limit of 99999 bytes. <i>(trivial - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14858">14858</a>)</i>
  84           </li>    </ul>    <h4>Developer documentation</h4>
  85     <ul>          <li>
  86             Typo in GetItemsForInventory POD <i>(trivial - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15027">15027</a>)</i>
  87           </li>    </ul>    <h4>Lists</h4>
  88     <ul>          <li>
  89             Viewing lists fails silently when not having correct permisison <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14528">14528</a>)</i>
  90           </li>    </ul>    <h4>Notices</h4>
  91     <ul>          <li>
  92             Expiration date for holds based onReservesMaxPickUpDelay should not require ExpireReservesMaxPickUpDelay <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14937">14937</a>)</i>
  93           </li>    </ul>    <h4>OPAC</h4>
  94     <ul>          <li>
  95             Encoding issues when exporting in RIS <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14832">14832</a>)</i>
  96           </li>          <li>
  97             Opac-topissues.pl sort is broken <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14940">14940</a>)</i>
  98           </li>    </ul>    <h4>Patrons</h4>
  99     <ul>          <li>
 100             Cannot search for patrons using second surname/firstname <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14871">14871</a>)</i>
 101           </li>          <li>
 102             Renew a patron does not redirect to the correct module <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14910">14910</a>)</i>
 103           </li>    </ul>    <h4>Searching</h4>
 104     <ul>          <li>
 105             Accession date comparison does not work in advanced search <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14861">14861</a>)</i>
 106           </li>          <li>
 107             608$9 defined twice in UNIMARC biblio-koha-indexdefs.xml <i>(minor - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14154">14154</a>)</i>
 108           </li>    </ul>    <h4>Templates</h4>
 109     <ul>          <li>
 110             Help could not be displayed in the correct language <i>(normal - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14812">14812</a>)</i>
 111           </li>          <li>
 112             Table header broken at detail.tt <i>(trivial - bug <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14966">14966</a>)</i>
 113           </li>    </ul>    <h3 id="koha-sysprefs">New system preferences in Koha 3.20.5</h3>
 114     <ul>
 115
 116         <li>SMSSendPassword</li>
 117         <li>SMSSendUsername</li>    </ul>
 118
 119
 120 <h3 id="koha-requirements">System requirements</h3>
 121 <p>Important notes:</p>
 122 <ul>
 123     <li>Perl 5.10 is required</li>
 124     <li>Zebra is required</li>
 125 </ul>
 126
 127
 128 <h3 id="koha-docs">Documentation</h3>
 129
 130 <p>The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook. The home page for Koha documentation is <a href="http://koha-community.org/documentation/">http://koha-community.org/documentation</a></p>
 131 <p>As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the Koha manual is available at <a href="http://manual.koha-community.org/3.20.5/en/">http://manual.koha-community.org/3.20.5/en/</a></p>
 132 <p>The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at  <a href="http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary">http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary</a></p>
 133
 134 <h3 id="koha-translations">Translations</h3>
 135 <p>Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages:</p>
 136 <ul>
 137
 138 <li>English (USA)</li>
 139
 140 <li>Arabic (100%)</li>
 141
 142 <li>Armenian (100%)</li>
 143
 144 <li>Chinese (China) (87%)</li>
 145
 146 <li>Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)</li>
 147
 148 <li>Czech (98%)</li>
 149
 150 <li>Danish (83%)</li>
 151
 152 <li>English (New Zealand) (96%)</li>
 153
 154 <li>Finnish (87%)</li>
 155
 156 <li>French (95%)</li>
 157
 158 <li>French (Canada) (90%)</li>
 159
 160 <li>German (100%)</li>
 161
 162 <li>German (Switzerland) (100%)</li>
 163
 164 <li>Italian (100%)</li>
 165
 166 <li>Korean (63%)</li>
 167
 168 <li>Kurdish (60%)</li>
 169
 170 <li>Norwegian Bokmål (62%)</li>
 171
 172 <li>Persian (70%)</li>
 173
 174 <li>Polish (100%)</li>
 175
 176 <li>Portuguese (98%)</li>
 177
 178 <li>Portuguese (Brazil) (92%)</li>
 179
 180 <li>Slovak (98%)</li>
 181
 182 <li>Spanish (100%)</li>
 183
 184 <li>Swedish (89%)</li>
 185
 186 <li>Turkish (99%)</li>
 187
 188 <li>Vietnamese (85%)</li>
 189
 190 </ul>
 191
 192
 193 <p>Partial translations are available for various other languages.</p>
 194 <p>The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see <a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha">http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha</a></p>
 195
 196 <p>For information about translating Koha, and join the <a href="http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate">koha-translate list</a> to volunteer </p>
 197
 198 <p>The most up-to-date translations can be found at <a href="http://translate.koha-community.org/">http://translate.koha-community.org</a></p>
 199
 200
 201 <h3 id="koha-release-team">Release Team</h3>
 202
 203 The release team for Koha 3.20.5 is
 204
 205 <ul>
 206     <li>Release Manager: <a href="mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com">Tomás Cohen Arazi</a></li>
 207     <li>QA Manager: <a href="mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de">Katrin Fischer</a></li>
 208     <li>Documentation Manager: <a href="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">Nicole C. Engard</a></li>
 209     <li>Translation Manager: <a href="mailto:bgkriegel@gmail.com">Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel</a></li>
 210     <li>QA Team:
 211         <ul>
 212             <li><a href="mailto:jonathan.druart@biblibre.com">Jonathan Druart</a></li>
 213             <li><a href="mailto:brendan@bywatersolutions.com">Brendan Gallagher</a></li>
 214             <li><a href="mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com">Kyle Hall</a></li>
 215             <li><a href="mailto:paul.poulain@biblibre.com">Paul Poulain</a></li>
 216             <li><a href="mailto:martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com">Martin Renvoize</a></li>
 217             <li><a href="mailto:m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl">Marcel de Rooy</a></li>
 218         </ul>
 219     </li>
 220     <li>Bug Wrangler: <a href="mailto:magnus@enger.priv.no">Magnus Enger</a></li>
 221     <li>Packaging Manager: <a href="mailto:robin@catalyst.net.nz">Robin Sheat</a></li>
 222
 223     <li>Release Maintainer (3.18.x): <a href="mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz">Chris Cormack</a></li>
 224     <li>Release Maintainer (3.16.x): <a href="mailto:mtj@kohaaloha.com">Mason James</a></li>
 225     <li>Release Maintainer (3.14.x): <a href="mailto:fridolin.somers@biblibre.com">Fridolin Somers</a></li>
 226 </ul>
 227
 228
 229 <h3 id="koha-credits">Credits</h3>
 230
 231
 232 <p>We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.20.5:</p>
 233 <ul>
 234
 235 </ul>
 236
 237
 238
 239 <p>We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.20.5:</p>
 240 <ul>
 241
 242 <li>Barton Chittenden (1)</li>
 243
 244 <li>Tomás Cohen Arazi (1)</li>
 245
 246 <li>David Cook (1)</li>
 247
 248 <li>Jonathan Druart (19)</li>
 249
 250 <li>Magnus Enger (1)</li>
 251
 252 <li>Bernardo González Kriegel (1)</li>
 253
 254 <li>Rafal Kopaczka (1)</li>
 255
 256 <li>Julian Maurice (1)</li>
 257
 258 <li>Kyle M Hall (1)</li>
 259
 260 <li>Robin Sheat (1)</li>
 261
 262 <li>Fridolin Somers (3)</li>
 263
 264 <li>Lari Taskula (1)</li>
 265
 266 <li>Mark Tompsett (1)</li>
 267
 268 <li>Marc Véron (2)</li>
 269
 270 </ul>
 271
 272
 273
 274
 275
 276 <p>We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 3.20.5:</p>
 277 <ul>
 278
 279 <li>BibLibre (4)</li>
 280
 281 <li>ByWater-Solutions (2)</li>
 282
 283 <li>Catalyst (1)</li>
 284
 285 <li>Prosentient Systems (1)</li>
 286
 287 <li>Theke Solutions (1)</li>
 288
 289 <li>Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (1)</li>
 290
 291 <li>bugs.koha-community.org (19)</li>
 292
 293 <li>libriotech.no (1)</li>
 294
 295 <li>poczta.onet.pl (1)</li>
 296
 297 <li>student.uef.fi (1)</li>
 298
 299 <li>unidentified (1)</li>
 300
 301 <li>veron.ch (2)</li>
 302
 303 </ul>
 304
 305
 306
 307 <p>We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha 3.20.5:</p>
 308 <ul>
 309
 310 <li>Amit Gupta (1)</li>
 311
 312 <li>Barton Chittenden (1)</li>
 313
 314 <li>Chris Cormack (34)</li>
 315
 316 <li>Frederic Demians (2)</li>
 317
 318 <li>Hector Castro (4)</li>
 319
 320 <li>Jonathan Druart (15)</li>
 321
 322 <li>Joonas Kylmälä (1)</li>
 323
 324 <li>Josef Moravec (1)</li>
 325
 326 <li>Karl Holton (1)</li>
 327
 328 <li>Katrin Fischer (15)</li>
 329
 330 <li>Magnus Enger (4)</li>
 331
 332 <li>Marc Véron (7)</li>
 333
 334 <li>Nick Clemens (4)</li>
 335
 336 <li>Robin Sheat (1)</li>
 337
 338 <li>Tomas Cohen Arazi (34)</li>
 339
 340 <li>Kyle M Hall (1)</li>
 341
 342 <li>Marcel de Rooy (5)</li>
 343
 344 </ul>
 345
 346
 347 <p>We regret any omissions.  If a contributor has been inadvertently missed, please send a patch against these release notes to  koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.</p>
 348
 349 <h3 id="koha-git">Revision control notes</h3>
 350
 351 <p>The Koha project uses Git for version control.  The current development version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of <a href="git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git">git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git</a></p>
 352
 353 <p>The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.20.x.</p>
 354
 355
 356 <p>The last Koha release was 3.16.9, which was released on March 29, 2015.</p>
 357
 358 <h3 id="koha-report-bugs">Bugs and feature requests</h3>
 359
 360 <p>Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/">http://bugs.koha-community.org</a></p>
 361
 362 <p>He rau ringa e oti ai. (Many hands finish the work)</p>
 363 ##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 27 Oct 2015 20:27:12 Z #####
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