1 RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.18.5.1
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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 3.18.5.1 can be downloaded from:
14 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.18.05.1.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 3.18.5.1 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
25 It includes 3 enhancements and 38 bugfixes.
27 Enhancements in 3.18.5.1
28 ========================
32 13729 Give news in Opac a unique anchor
36 13785 Koha-disable should also stop SIP/Zebra/Indexer for instance
40 13814 Add unit tests for C4::Boolean
43 Critical bugs fixed in 3.18.5.1
44 ======================
49 13731 major Suggestions reason doesn't save
51 Architecture, internals, and plumbing
53 13379 major Authorised_values.category is varchar(16)
57 13523 major AddBiblio fails on mysql with STRICT_TRANS_TABLES
61 13753 major INDEXER_DAEMON default is incorrect in koha-indexer
62 13789 major Facets with accented utf-8 characters generate double encoded links
66 13473 critical Plugins fail when loading templates
69 Other bugs fixed in 3.18.5.1
70 ======================
75 13380 normal Auto fill order cancellation reasons from authorised values
77 Architecture, internals, and plumbing
79 13586 normal Makefile.PL mentions win32
80 13645 normal DBIx connection needs to be cached
81 13836 minor Koha/Number/Price.pm: format_for_editing fails 3 tests because of leading spaces in output
85 13635 normal $record->title is called even if marc flavour is UNIMARC
86 13648 normal OPAC = hidden removes pull down from item form
90 13647 trivial On-site checkouts: Allow library to specifiy due date
91 13804 trivial Returns via the checkouts tables uses the phrase "Returned" rather than "Checked in"
95 10703 normal Add/update database documentation
96 13771 normal Koha 3.18 Help Files
100 11364 normal Label layout types and text justification types are not translatable
101 13700 normal Translated item search not working
102 13741 minor "No fund found" not translatable
103 13350 trivial Untranslatable strings in aqbudgetperiods.tt
104 13351 trivial Untranslatable javascript in members.tt
108 12399 minor Opaccredits printing at top on printable version
112 13784 minor Allow running Zebra daemon for disabled instances in packages
116 13605 normal _AUTHOR_ not replaced in relatives checkouts
117 13657 minor Don't show extra comma after guarantor name on patron details
121 13578 normal Parameter public is lost on creating a report
125 13787 minor Clean up noisy koha qa tool warnings
129 13746 normal On creating a new subscription, notes fields get confused
133 9848 minor SIP tests : fix in 10renew_all.t (additional checkin)
135 System Administration
137 13676 trivial OpacSuppression description says 'items' but means 'records'
141 13744 normal Paging on some datatables slightly broken
142 13858 normal Datatables paging for news page is broken
143 13745 minor Serial collection page shows branchcode instead of branchname
144 13750 minor Holds queue: Always show branch name, not branch code
145 13593 trivial 'Stock number' should be 'Inventory number'
146 13682 trivial Capitalization: Holds Queue
150 12631 normal Inventory: fix "wrong place" and "item not scanned" statuses
151 13709 minor Patron cards creator doesn't work with diacritics, utf-8 or ttf fonts
155 ======================
159 * Perl 5.10 is required
164 ======================
166 The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.The home page for Koha
169 http://koha-community.org/documentation/
171 As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
172 Koha manual is available:
174 http://manual.koha-community.org/3.18/en/
176 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
178 http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary
182 ======================
184 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
185 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
206 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
208 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
210 http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha
212 for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
215 http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate
217 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
219 http://translate.koha-community.org/
223 ======================
225 The release team for Koha 3.18.5.1 is
227 Release Manager: Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen@gmail.com>
228 Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
229 Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com>
230 QA Manager: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de>
231 QA Team: Galen Charlton <gmc@esilibrary.com>
232 Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>
233 Brendan Gallagher <brendan@bywatersolutions.com>
234 Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>
235 Julian Maurice <julian.maurice@biblibre.com>
236 Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
237 Martin Renvoize <martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com>
238 Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>
239 Bug Wranglers: Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@ptfs-europe.com>
240 Zeno Tajoli <z.tajoli@cineca.it>
241 Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz>
243 Release Maintainer (3.16.x): Galen Charlton <gmc@esilibrary.com>
244 Release Maintainer (3.14.x): Fridolin Somers <fridolin.somers@biblibre.com>
245 Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>
248 ======================
251 We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
252 new features in Koha 3.18.5.1:
253 * Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
255 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.18.5.1.
259 * Larry Baerveldt (2)
261 * Tomás Cohen Arazi (6)
263 * Jonathan Druart (17)
266 * Katrin Fischer (11)
267 * Bernardo González Kriegel (2)
270 * Matthias Meusburger (1)
272 * Dobrica Pavlinusic (2)
273 * Benjamin Rokseth (1)
277 * Fridolin Somers (1)
282 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
283 patches to Koha 3.18.5.1
289 * ByWater-Solutions (15)
292 * Oslo Public Library (1)
293 * Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (8)
295 * regionhalland.se (1)
300 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
303 * Brendan Gallagher (14)
305 * Dobrica Pavlinusic (4)
310 * Jonathan Druart (27)
311 * Katrin Fischer (23)
312 * Larry Baerveldt (4)
321 * Tomas Cohen Arazi (67)
322 * Nicole C. Engard (1)
324 * Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel (3)
326 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
327 please send a patch against these release notes to
328 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
330 Revision control notes
331 ======================
333 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
334 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of
336 git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git
338 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.18.x.
340 The last Koha release was 3.14.10, which was released on September 4, 2014.
343 Bugs and feature requests
344 ======================
346 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
349 http://bugs.koha-community.org/
352 He rau ringa e oti ai.
353 (Many hands finish the work)
355 ##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 23 Mar 2015 23:10:16 Z #####