1 <h1 id=
"releasenotesforkoha16.11.13">RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA
16.11.13</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
16.11.13 can be downloaded from:
</p>
17 <li><a href=
"http://download.koha-community.org/koha-16.11.13.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
16.11.13 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
</p>
29 <p>It includes
4 enhancements,
57 bugfixes.
</p>
31 <h2 id=
"securitybugsfixed">Security bugs fixed
</h2>
34 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18956">[
18956]
</a> Possibleprivacy breach with OPAC password recovery
</li>
35 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19117">[
19117]
</a> paycollect.pl is vulnerable for CSRF attacks
</li>
36 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19333">[
19333]
</a> XSS vulnerability in opac-shelves
</li>
39 <h2 id=
"enhancements">Enhancements
</h2>
41 <h3 id=
"acquisitions">Acquisitions
</h3>
44 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19257">[
19257]
</a> Warn when reopening a basket
</li>
47 <h3 id=
"holdrequests">Hold requests
</h3>
50 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14353">[
14353]
</a> Show 'damaged' and other status on the 'place holds' page in staff
</li>
53 <h3 id=
"opac">OPAC
</h3>
56 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17834">[
17834]
</a> Change library news text for single-branch libraries
</li>
59 <h3 id=
"tools">Tools
</h3>
62 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18871">[
18871]
</a> It is unclear how to view a patron list
</li>
65 <h2 id=
"criticalbugsfixed">Critical bugs fixed
</h2>
67 <h3 id=
"acquisitions">Acquisitions
</h3>
70 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18351">[
18351]
</a> No warning when deleting budgets that have funds attached
</li>
71 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19120">[
19120]
</a> Order cancelled status is reset on basket open
</li>
72 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19372">[
19372]
</a> Selecting MARC framework doesn't work when adding to basket from an external source
</li>
75 <h3 id=
"cataloging">Cataloging
</h3>
78 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19350">[
19350]
</a> Holds without link in
773 trigger SQL::Abstract::puke
</li>
81 <h3 id=
"holdrequests">Hold requests
</h3>
84 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19116">[
19116]
</a> Holds not set to waiting when
"Confirm" is used
</li>
87 <h3 id=
"lists">Lists
</h3>
90 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19343">[
19343]
</a> Private lists displayed in search results list
</li>
93 <h3 id=
"opac">OPAC
</h3>
96 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19366">[
19366]
</a> PatronSelfRegistrationEmailMustBeUnique pref makes it impossible to submit updates via OPAC
</li>
99 <h3 id=
"patrons">Patrons
</h3>
102 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19418">[
19418]
</a> Patron search is broken
</li>
105 <h3 id=
"sip2">SIP2
</h3>
108 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18996">[
18996]
</a> SIP sets ok flag to true for refused checkin for data corruption
</li>
111 <h3 id=
"serials">Serials
</h3>
114 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19323">[
19323]
</a> subscription edit permission issue
</li>
117 <h2 id=
"otherbugsfixed">Other bugs fixed
</h2>
119 <h3 id=
"acquisitions">Acquisitions
</h3>
122 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18941">[
18941]
</a> C4::Budgets GetBudgetByCode should return active budgets over inactive budgets
</li>
123 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19024">[
19024]
</a> Order cancelled status is reset on basket close
</li>
124 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19118">[
19118]
</a> Due to wrong variable name passed vendor name is not coming in browser title bar
</li>
125 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19165">[
19165]
</a> [
16.11.x] When adding from a staged file order discounts are not passed into C4::Acquisitions::populate_order_with_prices
</li>
128 <h3 id=
"architectureinternalsandplumbing">Architecture, internals, and plumbing
</h3>
131 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13012">[
13012]
</a> suggestion.suggesteddate should be set to NOW if not defined
</li>
132 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17699">[
17699]
</a> DateTime durations are not correctly subtracted
</li>
133 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18794">[
18794]
</a> OAI/Server.t fails on slow servers
</li>
134 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19055">[
19055]
</a> GetReservesToBranch is not used
</li>
137 <h3 id=
"circulation">Circulation
</h3>
140 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19007">[
19007]
</a> Allow paypal payments via debit or credit card again
</li>
141 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19027">[
19027]
</a> Circulation rules: Better wording for standard rules for all libraries
</li>
144 <h3 id=
"coursereserves">Course reserves
</h3>
147 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19228">[
19228]
</a> Confirm delete doesn't show when deleting an item from course
</li>
148 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19229">[
19229]
</a> Clicking Cancel when editing course doesn't take you back to the course
</li>
151 <h3 id=
"holdrequests">Hold requests
</h3>
154 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18469">[
18469]
</a> Suspend all holds when specifying a date to resume hold does not keep date
</li>
157 <h3 id=
"i18nl10n">I18N/L10N
</h3>
160 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18687">[
18687]
</a> Translatability: abbr tag should not contain lang attribute
</li>
161 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18754">[
18754]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of exposed tt directives in opac-detail.tt
</li>
162 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18776">[
18776]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of exposed tt directives in opac-advsearch.tt
</li>
163 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18777">[
18777]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of exposed tt directives in opac-memberentry.tt
</li>
164 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18779">[
18779]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of exposed tt directives in authorities-search-results.inc (OPAC)
</li>
165 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18780">[
18780]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of exposed tt directive in masthead-langmenu.inc
</li>
166 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18781">[
18781]
</a> Translatability: Get rid of exposed tt directives in openlibrary-readapi.inc
</li>
169 <h3 id=
"installationandupgradecommand-lineinstaller">Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
</h3>
172 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=9409">[
9409]
</a> koha-create --request-db should be able to accept a dbhost option
</li>
175 <h3 id=
"lists">Lists
</h3>
178 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15924">[
15924]
</a> Coce not enabled on lists
</li>
181 <h3 id=
"opac">OPAC
</h3>
184 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=9857">[
9857]
</a> Did you mean? from authorities uses incorrect punctuation
</li>
185 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18692">[
18692]
</a> When SMS is enabled the OPAC messaging table is misaligned
</li>
186 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18946">[
18946]
</a> Change language from external web fails
</li>
189 <h3 id=
"patrons">Patrons
</h3>
192 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18621">[
18621]
</a> After duplicate message system picks category expiry date rather than manual defined
</li>
193 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18636">[
18636]
</a> Can not save new patron on fresh install (Conflict between autoMemberNum and BorrowerMandatoryField)
</li>
196 <h3 id=
"sip2">SIP2
</h3>
199 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18812">[
18812]
</a> SIP Patron status does not respect OverduesBlockCirc
</li>
202 <h3 id=
"searching">Searching
</h3>
205 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16485">[
16485]
</a> Collection column in Item search is always empty
</li>
208 <h3 id=
"testsuite">Test Suite
</h3>
211 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18897">[
18897]
</a> Elastic related tests do not skip when ES modules are not installed
</li>
212 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19004">[
19004]
</a> Koha/Patrons.t fails when item-level_itypes is not set
</li>
213 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19013">[
19013]
</a> sample_data.sql inserts patrons with guarantorid that do not exist
</li>
214 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19042">[
19042]
</a> Silence warnings t/db_dependent/Letters.t
</li>
215 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19047">[
19047]
</a> Fix AddBiblio call in Reserves.t
</li>
216 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19071">[
19071]
</a> Fix Circulation/issue.t and Members/IssueSlip.t
</li>
217 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19126">[
19126]
</a> Fix Members.t with IndependentBranches set
</li>
218 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19227">[
19227]
</a> 00-merge-conflict-markers.t launches too many tests
</li>
219 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19335">[
19335]
</a> 00-merge-markers.t fails
</li>
220 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19385">[
19385]
</a> t/Calendar.t is failing randomly
</li>
221 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19391">[
19391]
</a> auth_values_input_www.t is failing because of bug
19128</li>
222 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19440">[
19440]
</a> XISBN tests should skip if XISBN returns overlimit error
</li>
225 <h3 id=
"tools">Tools
</h3>
228 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14316">[
14316]
</a> Clarify meaning of record number in Batch record deletion tool
</li>
229 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19081">[
19081]
</a> Plack preventing uninstalled plugins from being removed on the plugins list
</li>
230 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19088">[
19088]
</a> plugins-upload.pl causes uninitialized value noise
</li>
233 <h2 id=
"systemrequirements">System requirements
</h2>
235 <p>Important notes:
</p>
238 <li>Perl
5.10 is required
</li>
239 <li>Zebra is required
</li>
242 <h2 id=
"documentation">Documentation
</h2>
244 <p>The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook.The home page for Koha
245 documentation is
</p>
248 <li><a href=
"http://koha-community.org/documentation/">Koha Documentation
</a></li>
251 <p>As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
252 Koha manual is available:
</p>
255 <li><a href=
"http://manual.koha-community.org//en/">Koha Manual
</a></li>
258 <p>The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
</p>
261 <li><a href=
"http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary">Koha Git Repository
</a></li>
264 <h2 id=
"translations">Translations
</h2>
266 <p>Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
267 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
</p>
270 <li>English (USA)
</li>
271 <li>Arabic (
99%)
</li>
272 <li>Armenian (
95%)
</li>
273 <li>Chinese (China) (
85%)
</li>
274 <li>Chinese (Taiwan) (
99%)
</li>
276 <li>Danish (
70%)
</li>
277 <li>English (New Zealand) (
93%)
</li>
278 <li>Finnish (
99%)
</li>
279 <li>French (
99%)
</li>
280 <li>French (Canada) (
93%)
</li>
281 <li>German (
100%)
</li>
282 <li>German (Switzerland) (
99%)
</li>
285 <li>Italian (
99%)
</li>
286 <li>Korean (
51%)
</li>
287 <li>Norwegian Bokmål (
56%)
</li>
288 <li>Occitan (
78%)
</li>
289 <li>Persian (
59%)
</li>
290 <li>Polish (
100%)
</li>
291 <li>Portuguese (
100%)
</li>
292 <li>Portuguese (Brazil) (
86%)
</li>
293 <li>Slovak (
92%)
</li>
294 <li>Spanish (
99%)
</li>
295 <li>Swedish (
98%)
</li>
296 <li>Turkish (
100%)
</li>
297 <li>Vietnamese (
72%)
</li>
300 <p>Partial translations are available for various other languages.
</p>
302 <p>The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
</p>
305 <li><a href=
"http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha">Koha Translation Info
</a></li>
308 <p>for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
309 list to volunteer:
</p>
312 <li><a href=
"http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate">Koha Translate List
</a></li>
315 <p>The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
</p>
318 <li><a href=
"http://translate.koha-community.org/">Koha Translation
</a></li>
321 <h2 id=
"releaseteam">Release Team
</h2>
323 <p>The release team for Koha
16.11.13 is
</p>
326 <li>Release Managers:
328 <li><a href=
"mailto:brendan@bywatersolutions.com">Brendan Gallagher
</a></li>
329 <li><a href=
"mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com">Kyle Hall
</a></li>
331 <li>QA Manager:
<a href=
"mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de">Katrin Fischer
</a></li>
334 <li><a href=
"mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com">Kyle Hall
</a></li>
335 <li><a href=
"mailto:jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org">Jonathan Druart
</a></li>
336 <li><a href=
"mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com">Tomás Cohen Arazi
</a></li>
337 <li><a href=
"mailto:m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl">Marcel de Rooy
</a></li>
338 <li><a href=
"mailto:nick@bywatersolutions.com">Nick Clemens
</a></li>
339 <li><a href=
"mailto:jweaver@bywatersolutions.com">Jesse Weaver
</a></li>
343 <li><a href=
"mailto:amitddng135@gmail.com">Amit Gupta
</a></li>
344 <li><a href=
"mailto:magnus@enger.priv.no">Magnus Enger
</a></li>
345 <li><a href=
"mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net">Mirko Tietgen
</a></li>
346 <li><a href=
"mailto:indradg@l2c2.co.in">Indranil Das Gupta
</a></li>
347 <li><a href=
"mailto:z.tajoli@cineca.it">Zeno Tajoli
</a></li>
348 <li><a href=
"mailto:veron@veron.ch">Marc Véron
</a></li>
350 <li>Packaging Manager:
<a href=
"mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net">Mirko Tietgen
</a></li>
351 <li>Documentation Manager:
<a href=
"mailto:nengard@gmail.com">Nicole C. Engard
</a></li>
352 <li>Translation Manager:
<a href=
"mailto:bgkriegel@gmail.com">Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
</a></li>
355 <li><a href=
"mailto:abesottedphoenix@yahoo.com">Brooke Johnson
</a></li>
356 <li><a href=
"mailto:kohadevel@agogme.com">Thomas Dukleth
</a></li>
358 <li>Release Maintainers:
360 <li>16.11 --
<a href=
"mailto:katrin.fischer.83@web.de">Katrin Fischer
</a></li>
361 <li>16.05 --
<a href=
"mailto:mtj@kohaaloha.com">Mason James
</a></li>
362 <li>3.22 --
<a href=
"mailto:julian.maurice@biblibre.com">Julian Maurice
</a></li>
366 <h2 id=
"credits">Credits
</h2>
368 <p>We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
369 new features in Koha
16.11.13:
</p>
375 <p>We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha
16.11.13.
</p>
379 <li>Aleisha Amohia (
6)
</li>
380 <li>Alex Arnaud (
1)
</li>
381 <li>Alex Buckley (
1)
</li>
382 <li>Colin Campbell (
2)
</li>
383 <li>Nick Clemens (
6)
</li>
384 <li>Tomás Cohen Arazi (
4)
</li>
385 <li>Christophe Croullebois (
1)
</li>
386 <li>Marcel de Rooy (
10)
</li>
387 <li>Jonathan Druart (
26)
</li>
388 <li>Katrin Fischer (
6)
</li>
389 <li>Amit Gupta (
1)
</li>
390 <li>Lee Jamison (
2)
</li>
391 <li>Kyle M Hall (
3)
</li>
392 <li>Josef Moravec (
2)
</li>
393 <li>Dobrica Pavlinusic (
1)
</li>
394 <li>Karam Qubsi (
1)
</li>
395 <li>Fridolin Somers (
3)
</li>
396 <li>Lari Taskula (
1)
</li>
397 <li>Mark Tompsett (
10)
</li>
398 <li>Marc Véron (
11)
</li>
401 <p>We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
402 patches to Koha
16.11.13</p>
405 <li>BibLibre (
5)
</li>
407 <li>bugs.koha-community.org (
26)
</li>
408 <li>ByWater-Solutions (
9)
</li>
409 <li>Catalyst (
1)
</li>
410 <li>informaticsglobal.com (
1)
</li>
412 <li>Marc Véron AG (
11)
</li>
413 <li>marywood.edu (
2)
</li>
414 <li>PTFS-Europe (
2)
</li>
415 <li>Rijksmuseum (
10)
</li>
416 <li>rot13.org (
1)
</li>
417 <li>Theke Solutions (
4)
</li>
418 <li>translate.koha-community.org (
1)
</li>
419 <li>unidentified (
19)
</li>
422 <p>We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
426 <li>Aleisha Amohia (
1)
</li>
427 <li>Alex Buckley (
7)
</li>
429 <li>Chris Kirby (
1)
</li>
430 <li>Claire Gravely (
2)
</li>
431 <li>Dilan Johnpullé (
1)
</li>
432 <li>Felix Hemme (
1)
</li>
433 <li>Frédéric Demians (
1)
</li>
434 <li>Fridolin Somers (
80)
</li>
435 <li>George Williams (
1)
</li>
436 <li>Hugo Agud (
1)
</li>
438 <li>Jonathan Druart (
95)
</li>
439 <li>Josef Moravec (
3)
</li>
440 <li>Julian Maurice (
6)
</li>
441 <li>Katrin Fischer (
98)
</li>
442 <li>Laurence Rault (
1)
</li>
443 <li>Lee Jamison (
7)
</li>
444 <li>Magnus Enger (
1)
</li>
445 <li>Marc Veron (
1)
</li>
446 <li>Marc Véron (
3)
</li>
447 <li>maricris (
1)
</li>
448 <li>Marijana Glavica (
2)
</li>
449 <li>Mark Tompsett (
16)
</li>
450 <li>Nick Clemens (
4)
</li>
451 <li>Owen Leonard (
16)
</li>
452 <li>Your Name (
1)
</li>
453 <li>Tomas Cohen Arazi (
15)
</li>
454 <li>Michael Andrew Cabus (
2)
</li>
455 <li>Kyle M Hall (
24)
</li>
456 <li>Caroline Cyr La Rose (
1)
</li>
457 <li>Marcel de Rooy (
21)
</li>
460 <p>We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
461 please send a patch against these release notes to
462 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
</p>
464 <h2 id=
"revisioncontrolnotes">Revision control notes
</h2>
466 <p>The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
467 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
</p>
470 <li><a href=
"git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git">Koha Git Repository
</a></li>
473 <p>The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
475 The last Koha release was
16.11.12, which was released on September
21,
2017.
</p>
477 <h2 id=
"bugsandfeaturerequests">Bugs and feature requests
</h2>
479 <p>Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
483 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.koha-community.org">Koha Bugzilla
</a></li>
486 <p>He rau ringa e oti ai.
487 (Many hands finish the work)
</p>
489 <p>Autogenerated release notes updated last on
22 Oct
2017 22:
47:
35.
</p>