1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.11.09
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 19.11.09 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-19.11.09.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 19.11.09 is a security and bugfix/maintenance release.
22 It includes 3 security fixes, 8 enhancements, 45 bugfixes.
24 ### System requirements
26 Koha is continuously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for
29 - Debian Jessie with MySQL 5.5 (End of life)
30 - Debian Stretch with MariaDB 10.1
31 - Debian Buster with MariaDB 10.3
32 - Ubuntu Bionic with MariaDB 10.1
33 - Debian Stretch with MySQL 8.0 (Experimental MySQL 8.0 support)
37 - Perl 5.10 is required (5.24 is recommended)
38 - Zebra or Elasticsearch is required
42 - [[23634]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23634) Privilege escalation vulnerability for staff users with 'edit_borrowers' permission and 'OpacResetPassword' enabled
43 - [[25360]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25360) Use secure flag for CGISESSID cookie
44 - [[24663]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24663) OPACPublic must be tested for all opac scripts
50 - [[25443]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25443) Improve translation of "Select the host record to link%s to"
51 - [[25922]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25922) aria-labels are currently not translatable
55 - [[25155]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25155) Accessibility: The 'Login modal' contains semantically incorrect headings
56 - [[25237]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25237) Accessibility: The 'Author details' in the full record display contains semantically incorrect headings
57 - [[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
58 - [[25984]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25984) Accessibility: Shelf browse lacks focus visibility when cover image is missing
60 ### System Administration
62 - [[25709]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25709) Rename systempreference from NotesBlacklist to NotesToHide
64 >This patchset updates a syspref name to be clearer about what it does and to follow community guidelines on using inclusive language.
66 >https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Coding_Guidelines#TERM3:_Inclusive_Language
70 - [[25351]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25351) Move cart-related strings out of opac-bottom.inc and into basket.js
73 ## Critical bugs fixed
75 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
77 - [[26000]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26000) Holiday exceptions are incorrectly cached for an individual branch
81 - [[25566]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25566) Change in DecreaseLoanHighHolds behaviour
82 - [[25726]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25726) Holds to Pull made empty by pathological holds
83 - [[25850]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25850) CalcDateDue freezes with 'useDaysMode' set to 'Dayweek' and the due date lands on a Sunday
85 ### Command-line Utilities
87 - [[25683]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25683) update_patron_categories.pl should recognize no fine history = 0 outstanding fines
89 ### Label/patron card printing
91 - [[25852]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25852) If a layout is edited, the layout type will revert to barcode
95 - [[25920]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25920) Add liblocale-codes-perl package to fix ubuntu-stable (focal)
99 - [[25944]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25944) Bug in ill_requests patch schema
100 - [[26143]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26143) The API does not handle requesting all resources
102 ### Searching - Elasticsearch
104 - [[25882]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25882) Elasticsearch - Advanced search itemtype limits are being double quoted
106 ### Searching - Zebra
108 - [[23086]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23086) Search for collection is broken
112 - [[26033]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26033) framapic is closing
114 ### Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers
116 - [[23542]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23542) SRU import encoding issue
123 - [[25499]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25499) Fund code column is empty when closing a budget
124 - [[25599]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25599) Allow use of cataloguing placeholders when ACQ framework is used creating new record (UseACQFrameworkForBiblioRecords)
125 - [[25887]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25887) Filtering funds by library resets to empty in library pull down
127 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
129 - [[20882]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20882) URI column in the items table is limited to 255 characters
130 - [[25950]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25950) REMOTE_ADDR set to null if client_ip in X-Forwarded-For matches a koha_trusted_proxies value
134 - [[25293]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25293) Don't call escapeHtml on null
135 - [[25724]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25724) Transferred item checked in to shelving cart has cart location removed when transfer is filled
136 - [[25868]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25868) Transfers page must show effective itemtype
137 - [[25890]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25890) Checkouts table not sorting on check out date correctly
138 - [[25940]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25940) Two separate print dialogs when checking in/transferring an item
139 - [[26012]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26012) Date in 'Paid for' information not formatted to Time/DateFormat system preferences
141 ### Command-line Utilities
143 - [[25853]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25853) update_patrons_category.pl has incorrect permissions in repo
147 - [[24379]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24379) Patron login attempts happen to be NULL instead of 0
148 - [[24640]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24640) quotes.timestamp should default to NULL
150 >This fixes a problem with the QOTD tool - you can now add and edit quotes again.
154 - [[24473]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24473) Syndetics content should be $raw filtered on opac-detail.tt
156 >Syndetics provides enhanced content which is displayed in the OPAC under the tabs 'Title Notes', 'Excerpt', 'About the author', and 'Editions'. They provide this information as HTML but Koha currently displays the content with the HTML tags. This fixes this so that the enhanced content displays correctly.
157 - [[25869]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25869) Coce images not loading for lists (virtualshelves)
158 - [[25914]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25914) Relative's checkouts have empty title in OPAC
159 - [[25982]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25982) OPAC shelves RSS link output is HTML not XML
160 - [[26070]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26070) Google Transliterate API has been deprecated
162 >The Google Transliterate API has been deprecated by Google in 2011. This removes the remaining code and GoogleIndicTransliteration system preference from Koha as this is no longer functional.
166 - [[25336]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25336) Show checkouts/fines to guarantor is in the wrong section of the patron file
170 - [[26111]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26111) Serials module does not appear in reports dictionary
171 - [[26165]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26165) Duplicating large saved report leads to error due to length of URI
173 ### Searching - Elasticsearch
175 - [[25873]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25873) Elasticsearch - Records with malformed data are not indexed
176 - [[26009]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26009) Elasticsearch homebranch and holdingbranch facets are limited to 10
180 - [[25762]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25762) Typo in linkitem.tt
181 - [[26098]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26098) JS error on the fund list view if no fund displayed
185 - [[25641]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25641) Koha/XSLT/Base.t is failing on U20
186 - [[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
187 - [[26043]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26043) Holds.t is failing randomly
188 - [[26162]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26162) Prevent Selenium's StaleElementReferenceException
192 - [[25862]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25862) TinyMCE editor mangles local url links (relative_urls is true) in tools/koha-new.pl
193 - [[25893]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25893) Log viewer no longer searches using wildcards
200 The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
203 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
205 As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
206 Koha manual is available:
208 - [Koha Manual](http://koha-community.org/manual/19.11/en/html/)
211 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
213 - [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
217 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
218 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
222 - Armenian (Classical) (100%)
224 - Catalan; Valencian (50.8%)
225 - Chinese (China) (57.2%)
226 - Chinese (Taiwan) (98.9%)
228 - English (New Zealand) (78.6%)
232 - French (Canada) (94.1%)
234 - German (Switzerland) (81.2%)
238 - Norwegian Bokmål (83.7%)
239 - Occitan (post 1500) (53.2%)
242 - Portuguese (Brazil) (99.8%)
251 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
253 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
255 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
257 For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
260 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
262 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
264 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
268 The release team for Koha 19.11.09 is
271 - Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
273 - Release Manager assistants:
277 - QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
289 - Matthias Meusburger
292 - Elasticsearch -- Frédéric Demians
293 - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
294 - UI Design -- Owen Leonard
295 - Zebra -- Fridolin Somers
296 - Accounts -- Martin Renvoize
297 - CAS/Shibboleth -- Matthias Meusburger
306 - Packaging Manager: Mason James
309 - Documentation Managers:
310 - Caroline Cyr La Rose
313 - Documentation Team:
323 - Translation Manager: Bernardo González Kriegel
326 - Release Maintainers:
327 - 20.05 -- Lucas Gass
328 - 19.11 -- Aleisha Amohia
329 - 19.05 -- Victor Grousset
331 - Release Maintainer mentors:
332 - 19.11 -- Hayley Mapley
333 - 19.05 -- Martin Renvoize
337 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.11.09.
339 - Aleisha Amohia (12)
340 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (6)
343 - Jonathan Druart (22)
345 - Andrew Fuerste-Henry (1)
347 - Didier Gautheron (3)
350 - Andreas Jonsson (1)
351 - Bernardo González Kriegel (1)
356 - Martin Renvoize (13)
359 - Fridolin Somers (2)
360 - Koha Translators (1)
362 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
363 patches to Koha 19.11.09
365 - Athens County Public Libraries (4)
367 - Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) (3)
368 - ByWater-Solutions (24)
370 - Independant Individuals (13)
371 - Koha Community Developers (22)
374 - Prosentient Systems (2)
377 - Theke Solutions (6)
378 - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (1)
380 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
383 - Aleisha Amohia (88)
384 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (15)
386 - Donna Bachowski (1)
387 - Christopher Brannon (1)
390 - Jonathan Druart (47)
392 - Katrin Fischer (29)
393 - Andrew Fuerste-Henry (2)
395 - Didier Gautheron (2)
396 - Victor Grousset (1)
402 - Bernardo González Kriegel (1)
406 - Kelly McElligott (2)
409 - Martin Renvoize (25)
411 - Marcel de Rooy (11)
412 - Caroline Cyr La Rose (1)
414 - Michael Springer (1)
418 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
419 please send a patch against these release notes to
420 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
422 ## Revision control notes
424 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
425 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
427 - [Koha Git Repository](git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git)
429 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
432 ## Bugs and feature requests
434 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
437 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
439 He rau ringa e oti ai.
440 (Many hands finish the work)
442 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 18 Aug 2020 21:10:02.