1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.05.13
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 19.05.13 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-19.05.13.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 19.05.13 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
22 It includes 16 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 ## Critical bugs fixed
47 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
49 - [[24986]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24986) Maximum row size reached soon for borrowers and deletedborrowers
53 - [[22672]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22672) Replace <i> tags with <em> AND <b> tags with <strong> in the OPAC
54 - [[25769]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25769) Patron self modification triggers change request for date of birth to null
58 - [[25858]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25858) Borrower permissions are broken by update from bug 22868
65 - [[25587]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25587) JavaScript issue - "clear" button doesn't reset some dropdowns
67 ### Command-line Utilities
69 - [[22470]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22470) Missing the table name on misc/migration_tools/switch_marc21_series_info.pl
73 - [[25576]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25576) ILL requests Help does not take you to the correct place in the manual
77 - [[23276]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23276) Don't show tags on tag cloud when tagging is disabled
81 - [[24353]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24353) [19.05] privacy_guarantor_checkouts incorrectly shows No on moremember.pl
85 - [[24862]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24862) Wrong behaviour on anonymous sessions
87 **Sponsored by** *ByWater Solutions*
91 - [[25696]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25696) Test prediction pattern button is invalid HTML
95 - [[25537]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25537) Page reload at branchtransfers.pl loses destination branch
97 ### System Administration
99 - [[25394]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25394) Cronjob path in the AuthorityMergeLimit syspref description is wrong
101 >Updates the system preference description with the correct path for the cronjob (misc/cronjobs/merge_authorities.pl).
102 - [[25675]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25675) System preference PatronSelfRegistration incorrectly described
106 - [[25615]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25615) Empty select in "Holds to pull" filters
110 - [[25623]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25623) Some tests in oauth.t do not roll back
115 The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
118 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
120 As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
121 Koha manual is available:
123 - [Koha Manual](http://koha-community.org/manual/19.05/en/html/)
126 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
128 - [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
132 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
133 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
137 - Armenian (Classical) (99.9%)
139 - Chinese (China) (59.8%)
140 - Chinese (Taiwan) (99.4%)
143 - English (New Zealand) (82.7%)
147 - French (Canada) (99.1%)
149 - German (Switzerland) (85.7%)
153 - Norwegian Bokmål (88.4%)
154 - Occitan (post 1500) (55.9%)
157 - Portuguese (Brazil) (94.2%)
165 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
167 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
169 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
171 For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
174 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
176 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
178 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
182 The release team for Koha 19.05.13 is
185 - Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
187 - Release Manager assistants:
191 - QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
203 - Matthias Meusburger
206 - Elasticsearch -- Frédéric Demians
207 - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
208 - UI Design -- Owen Leonard
209 - Zebra -- Fridolin Somers
210 - Accounts -- Martin Renvoize
211 - CAS/Shibboleth -- Matthias Meusburger
220 - Packaging Manager: Mason James
223 - Documentation Managers:
224 - Caroline Cyr La Rose
227 - Documentation Team:
237 - Translation Manager: Bernardo González Kriegel
240 - Release Maintainers:
241 - 20.05 -- Lucas Gass
242 - 19.11 -- Aleisha Amohia
243 - 19.05 -- Victor Grousset
245 - Release Maintainer mentors:
246 - 19.11 -- Hayley Mapley
247 - 19.05 -- Martin Renvoize
250 We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
251 new features in Koha 19.05.13:
253 - [ByWater Solutions](https://bywatersolutions.com/)
255 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.05.13.
258 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (3)
260 - Jonathan Druart (4)
262 - Andrew Fuerste-Henry (1)
264 - Victor Grousset (3)
267 - Caroline Cyr La Rose (1)
268 - Koha Translators (1)
271 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
272 patches to Koha 19.05.13
274 - Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) (1)
275 - ByWater-Solutions (4)
276 - Independant Individuals (4)
277 - Koha Community Developers (7)
278 - Prosentient Systems (1)
280 - Solutions inLibro inc (1)
281 - Theke Solutions (3)
283 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
286 - Aleisha Amohia (15)
287 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (1)
289 - Donna Bachowski (1)
291 - Jonathan Druart (10)
293 - Andrew Fuerste-Henry (1)
295 - Victor Grousset (20)
299 - Martin Renvoize (5)
300 - Andreas Roussos (1)
302 - Timothy Alexis Vass (1)
304 We thank the following individuals who mentored new contributors to the Koha project.
309 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
310 please send a patch against these release notes to
311 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
313 ## Revision control notes
315 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
316 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
318 - [Koha Git Repository](git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git)
320 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
323 ## Bugs and feature requests
325 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
328 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
330 He rau ringa e oti ai.
331 (Many hands finish the work)
333 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 23 Jul 2020 01:33:36.