1 RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.20.5
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5 Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package
6 (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes,
7 volunteers, and support companies from around the world.
8 The website for the Koha project is
10 http://koha-community.org/
12 Koha 3.20.5 can be downloaded from:
14 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.20.05.tar.gz
16 Installation instructions can be found at:
18 http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation
20 OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
23 Koha 3.20.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
27 New features in 3.20.5
28 ======================
34 Enhancements in 3.20.5
35 ======================
41 Critical bugs fixed in 3.20.5
42 ======================
45 Architecture, internals, and plumbing
47 14820 major SMSSendUsername and SMSSendPassword are not listed in the system preferences
48 15029 major Tests fail if launched after 23:00
52 14509 major Koha still allows spaces at the end, beginning or as your password
56 14884 critical [3.20.X] Test failure from Bug 14470
57 14811 major Don't set permanent_location to CART or PROC
61 14141 major Changing the Library for a notice duplicates the notice instead of updating it
65 15042 major Barcode <branchcode>yymm0001 does not work when receiving serials
69 12311 critical Batch modification of checked out and lost items checks them in
72 Other bugs fixed in 3.20.5
73 ======================
78 14653 normal Acq planning filter and export always use default active period
79 14929 trivial Fix missing display of help page in contract management
81 Architecture, internals, and plumbing
83 14950 normal A date is not correctly filled in default values from batch mod [was Remove C4::Dates from tools/batchMod.pl]
84 14990 normal Make the date formatting template side - moremember.pl
85 15012 normal Koha-shell raises " no job control in shell" error
89 11298 normal Renewal due date won't take specified time into account
90 14880 normal Keyboard shortcuts don't work after setting CircAutocompl to "Don't try"
92 Command-line Utilities
94 14858 trivial Misc/batchRebuildItemsTables.pl has hard coded record length limit of 99999 bytes.
96 Developer documentation
98 15027 trivial Typo in GetItemsForInventory POD
102 14528 normal Viewing lists fails silently when not having correct permisison
106 14937 minor Expiration date for holds based onReservesMaxPickUpDelay should not require ExpireReservesMaxPickUpDelay
110 14832 normal Encoding issues when exporting in RIS
111 14940 minor Opac-topissues.pl sort is broken
115 14871 normal Cannot search for patrons using second surname/firstname
116 14910 normal Renew a patron does not redirect to the correct module
120 14861 normal Accession date comparison does not work in advanced search
121 14154 minor 608$9 defined twice in UNIMARC biblio-koha-indexdefs.xml
125 14812 normal Help could not be displayed in the correct language
126 14966 trivial Table header broken at detail.tt
129 New sysprefs in 3.20.5
130 ======================
137 ======================
141 * Perl 5.10 is required
146 ======================
148 The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.The home page for Koha
151 http://koha-community.org/documentation/
153 As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
154 Koha manual is available:
156 http://manual.koha-community.org/3.20/en/
158 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
160 http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary
164 ======================
166 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
167 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
173 * Chinese (China) (87%)
174 * Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)
177 * English (New Zealand) (96%)
180 * French (Canada) (90%)
182 * German (Switzerland) (100%)
186 * Norwegian Bokmål (62%)
190 * Portuguese (Brazil) (92%)
198 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
200 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
202 http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha
204 for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
207 http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate
209 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
211 http://translate.koha-community.org/
215 ======================
217 The release team for Koha 3.20.5 is
219 Release Manager: Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen@gmail.com>
220 QA Manager: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de>
221 Documentation Manager: Nicole C. Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
222 Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com>
223 QA Team: Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>
224 Brendan Gallagher <brendan@bywatersolutions.com>
225 Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>
226 Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
227 Martin Renvoize <martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com>
228 Marcel de Rooy <m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>
229 Bug Wrangler: Magnus Enger <magnus@enger.priv.no>
230 Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz>
232 Release Maintainer (3.18.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
233 Release Maintainer (3.16.x): Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>
234 Release Maintainer (3.14.x): Fridolin Somers <fridolin.somers@biblibre.com>
237 ======================
240 We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
241 new features in Koha 3.20.5:
243 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.20.5.
245 * Barton Chittenden (1)
246 * Tomás Cohen Arazi (1)
248 * Jonathan Druart (19)
250 * Bernardo González Kriegel (1)
255 * Fridolin Somers (3)
261 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
262 patches to Koha 3.20.5
266 * ByWater-Solutions (2)
268 * Prosentient Systems (1)
269 * Theke Solutions (1)
270 * Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (1)
271 * bugs.koha-community.org (19)
278 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
282 * Barton Chittenden (1)
284 * Frederic Demians (2)
286 * Jonathan Druart (15)
290 * Katrin Fischer (15)
295 * Tomas Cohen Arazi (34)
299 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
300 please send a patch against these release notes to
301 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
303 Revision control notes
304 ======================
306 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
307 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of
309 git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git
311 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.20.x.
313 The last Koha release was 3.16.9, which was released on March 29, 2015.
316 Bugs and feature requests
317 ======================
319 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
322 http://bugs.koha-community.org/
325 He rau ringa e oti ai.
326 (Many hands finish the work)
328 ##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 27 Oct 2015 20:27:31 Z #####