1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.05.15
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](https://koha-community.org)
11 Koha 19.05.15 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](https://download.koha-community.org/koha-19.05.15.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 19.05.15 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
22 It includes 4 enhancements, 26 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
47 - [[25155]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25155) Accessibility: The 'Login modal' contains semantically incorrect headings
48 - [[25244]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25244) Accessibility: Checkboxes on the search results page do not contain specific aria labels
49 - [[26041]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26041) Accessibility: The date picker calendar is not keyboard accessible
51 ### System Administration
53 - [[25709]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25709) Rename systempreference from NotesBlacklist to NotesToHide
55 >This patchset updates a syspref name to be clearer about what it does and to follow community guidelines on using inclusive language.
57 >https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Coding_Guidelines#TERM3:_Inclusive_Language
60 ## Critical bugs fixed
62 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
64 - [[26000]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26000) Holiday exceptions are incorrectly cached for an individual branch
65 - [[26253]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26253) duplicated mana_config in etc/koha-conf.xml
69 - [[25566]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25566) Change in DecreaseLoanHighHolds behaviour
70 - [[25726]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25726) Holds to Pull made empty by pathological holds
74 - [[24379]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24379) Patron login attempts happen to be NULL instead of 0
76 ### Label/patron card printing
78 - [[25852]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25852) If a layout is edited, the layout type will revert to barcode
82 - [[26069]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26069) Twitter share button leaks information to Twitter
86 - [[17084]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17084) Automatic debian/control updates (master)
87 - [[25591]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25591) Update list-deps for Debian 10 and Ubuntu 20.04
88 - [[25792]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25792) Rename 'ttf-dejavu' package to 'fonts-dejavu' for Debian 11
92 - [[25944]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25944) Bug in ill_requests patch schema
96 - [[26090]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26090) Catalog by itemtype report fails if SQL strict mode is on
100 - [[23086]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23086) Search for collection is broken
104 - [[26033]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26033) framapic is closing
106 ### Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers
108 - [[23542]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23542) SRU import encoding issue
113 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
115 - [[26270]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26270) XISBN.t is failing since today
119 - [[26233]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26233) Edit item date sort still does not sort correctly
123 - [[25982]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25982) OPAC shelves RSS link output is HTML not XML
125 ### Searching - Elasticsearch
127 - [[25873]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25873) Elasticsearch - Records with malformed data are not indexed
129 ### System Administration
131 - [[25005]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25005) Admin Rights issue for Suggestion to Purchase
135 - [[25762]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25762) Typo in linkitem.tt
139 - [[24147]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24147) Objects.t is failing randomly
140 - [[25641]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25641) Koha/XSLT/Base.t is failing on U20
141 - [[25729]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25729) Charges/Fees.t is failing on slow servers due to wrong date comparison
142 - [[26043]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26043) Holds.t is failing randomly
143 - [[26162]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26162) Prevent Selenium's StaleElementReferenceException
150 The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
153 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
155 As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
156 Koha manual is available:
158 - [Koha Manual](http://koha-community.org/manual/19.05/en/html/)
161 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
163 - [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
167 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
168 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
172 - Armenian (Classical) (99.9%)
174 - Chinese (China) (59.7%)
175 - Chinese (Taiwan) (99.4%)
178 - English (New Zealand) (82.7%)
182 - French (Canada) (99%)
184 - German (Switzerland) (85.7%)
188 - Norwegian Bokmål (88.4%)
189 - Occitan (post 1500) (55.9%)
192 - Portuguese (Brazil) (94.2%)
200 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
202 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
204 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
206 For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
209 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
211 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
213 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
217 The release team for Koha 19.05.15 is
220 - Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
222 - Release Manager assistants:
226 - QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
238 - Matthias Meusburger
241 - Elasticsearch -- Frédéric Demians
242 - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
243 - UI Design -- Owen Leonard
244 - Zebra -- Fridolin Somers
245 - Accounts -- Martin Renvoize
246 - CAS/Shibboleth -- Matthias Meusburger
255 - Packaging Manager: Mason James
258 - Documentation Managers:
259 - Caroline Cyr La Rose
262 - Documentation Team:
272 - Translation Manager: Bernardo González Kriegel
275 - Release Maintainers:
276 - 20.05 -- Lucas Gass
277 - 19.11 -- Aleisha Amohia
278 - 19.05 -- Victor Grousset
280 - Release Maintainer mentors:
281 - 19.11 -- Hayley Mapley
282 - 19.05 -- Martin Renvoize
286 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.05.15.
290 - Jonathan Druart (18)
291 - Andrew Fuerste-Henry (1)
292 - Didier Gautheron (1)
293 - Victor Grousset (4)
299 - Martin Renvoize (5)
300 - Fridolin Somers (1)
301 - Koha Translators (1)
303 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
304 patches to Koha 19.05.15
306 - Athens County Public Libraries (1)
308 - ByWater-Solutions (8)
310 - Independant Individuals (2)
311 - Koha Community Developers (22)
315 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
318 - Aleisha Amohia (39)
319 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (5)
321 - Donna Bachowski (1)
322 - Christopher Brannon (1)
324 - Jonathan Druart (17)
326 - Katrin Fischer (13)
328 - Didier Gautheron (1)
329 - Victor Grousset (41)
333 - Brandon Jimenez (1)
336 - Kelly McElligott (2)
337 - Martin Renvoize (9)
343 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
344 please send a patch against these release notes to
345 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
347 ## Revision control notes
349 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
350 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
352 - [Koha Git Repository](git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git)
354 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
357 ## Bugs and feature requests
359 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
362 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
364 He rau ringa e oti ai.
365 (Many hands finish the work)
367 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 22 Sep 2020 13:41:51.