1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.05.16
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 19.05.16 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-19.05.16.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 19.05.16 is a bugfix/maintenance release with security fixes.
22 It includes 2 security fixes, 9 bugfixes.
24 ### System requirements
26 - Debian 8 (Jessie) is not supported anymore
27 - MySQL 5.5 is not supported anymore
29 Koha is continuously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for
32 - Debian 9 (Stretch) with MariaDB 10.1 (and experimental MariaDB 10.3 support)
33 - Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) with MariaDB 10.1
37 - Perl >= 5.14 is required and 5.24 or 5.26 are recommended
38 - Zebra or Elasticsearch is required
45 - [[26562]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26562) Searches are shared between sessions
46 - [[26592]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26592) XSS vulnerability when ysearch is used
51 ## Critical bugs fixed
53 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
55 - [[26434]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26434) Plugin dirs duplicates in @INC with plack
59 - [[26510]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26510) Transport Cost Matrix editor doesn't show all data when HoldsQueueSkipClosed is enabled
61 ### MARC Bibliographic record staging/import
63 - [[26231]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26231) bulkmarcimport.pl does not import authority if it already has a 001 field
67 - [[26420]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26420) Overdue notices script does not care about borrower's language, always takes default template
72 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
74 - [[26511]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26511) [19.11] PatronSelfRegistrationConfirmEmail preference shows
78 - [[23129]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23129) Items holdingbranch should be set to the originating library when generating a transfer
82 - [[20783]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20783) Cannot embed some YouTube videos due to 403 errors
86 - [[25762]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25762) Typo in linkitem.tt
87 - [[26049]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26049) Replace li with span class results_summary in UNIMARC intranet XSLT
92 The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
95 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
97 As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
98 Koha manual is available:
100 - [Koha Manual](http://koha-community.org/manual/19.05/en/html/)
103 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
105 - [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
109 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
110 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
114 - Armenian (Classical) (99.9%)
116 - Chinese (China) (59.7%)
117 - Chinese (Taiwan) (99.3%)
120 - English (New Zealand) (82.7%)
124 - French (Canada) (98.9%)
126 - German (Switzerland) (85.7%)
130 - Norwegian Bokmål (88.3%)
131 - Occitan (post 1500) (55.9%)
134 - Portuguese (Brazil) (94.1%)
142 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
144 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
146 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
148 For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
151 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
153 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
155 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
159 The release team for Koha 19.05.16 is
162 - Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
164 - Release Manager assistants:
168 - QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
180 - Matthias Meusburger
183 - Elasticsearch -- Frédéric Demians
184 - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
185 - UI Design -- Owen Leonard
186 - Zebra -- Fridolin Somers
187 - Accounts -- Martin Renvoize
188 - CAS/Shibboleth -- Matthias Meusburger
197 - Packaging Manager: Mason James
200 - Documentation Managers:
201 - Caroline Cyr La Rose
204 - Documentation Team:
214 - Translation Manager: Bernardo González Kriegel
217 - Release Maintainers:
218 - 20.05 -- Lucas Gass
219 - 19.11 -- Aleisha Amohia
220 - 19.05 -- Victor Grousset
222 - Release Maintainer mentors:
223 - 19.11 -- Hayley Mapley
224 - 19.05 -- Martin Renvoize
228 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.05.16.
233 - Jonathan Druart (6)
235 - Victor Grousset (3)
239 - Martin Renvoize (1)
240 - Fridolin Somers (3)
241 - Koha Translators (1)
243 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
244 patches to Koha 19.05.16
246 - Athens County Public Libraries (1)
248 - ByWater-Solutions (4)
249 - Independant Individuals (1)
250 - Koha Community Developers (9)
252 - Prosentient Systems (1)
255 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
259 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (3)
261 - Jonathan Druart (7)
266 - Victor Grousset (18)
271 - Kelly McElligott (2)
273 - Martin Renvoize (6)
279 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
280 please send a patch against these release notes to
281 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
283 ## Revision control notes
285 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
286 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
288 - [Koha Git Repository](git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git)
290 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
293 ## Bugs and feature requests
295 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
298 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
300 He rau ringa e oti ai.
301 (Many hands finish the work)
303 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 27 Oct 2020 20:58:26.