1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.05.14
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 19.05.14 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](https://download.koha-community.org/koha-19.05.14.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 19.05.14 is a bugfix/maintenance release with security fixes.
22 It includes 3 security fixes, 6 enhancements, 11 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 - [[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
46 - [[24663]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24663) OPACPublic must be tested for all opac scripts
47 - [[25360]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25360) Use secure flag for CGISESSID cookie
54 - [[25151]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25151) Accessibility: The 'Your cart' page does not contain a level-one header
55 - [[25154]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25154) Accessibility: The 'Search results' page does not use heading markup where content is introduced
56 - [[25236]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25236) Accessibility: The 'Refine your search' box contains semantically incorrect headings
57 - [[25238]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25238) Accessibility: Multiple 'H1' headings exist in the full record display
58 - [[25239]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25239) Accessibility: The 'Confirm hold page' contains semantically incorrect headings
62 - [[4985]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4985) Copy a change on the calendar to all libraries
64 **Sponsored by** *Koha-Suomi Oy*
73 - [[25611]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25611) Changing the vendor when creating the basket does not keep that new vendor
75 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
77 - [[25875]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25875) Patron displayed multiple times in add user search if they have multiple sub permissions
81 - [[25553]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25553) Edit item date sort does not sort correctly
83 ### Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
85 - [[25491]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25491) Perl warning at the login page of installer
89 - [[11994]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=11994) Fix OpenSearch discovery in the OPAC
91 >OpenSearch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSearch) allows you to search your library's catalog directly from the browser address bar or search box. This fixes the OpenSearch feature so that it now works correctly in Firefox. Note: make sure OPACBaseURL is correctly set.
92 - [[24352]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24352) Wrong labels displaying in result list with OpacItemLocation
94 >This fixes the OPAC's MARC21 search results XSLT so that OPAC search result information is correctly labelled based on the OpacItemLocation preference.
96 >Previously, search results showed the label "Location(s)" whether the
97 >setting was "collection code" or "location."
101 - [[25509]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25509) Remove useless libjs-jquery dependency
105 - [[25570]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25570) Listing requests should be paginated by default
109 - [[25805]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25805) SIP will show hold patron name (DA) as something like C4::SIP::SIPServer=HASH(0x88175c8) if there is no patron
113 - [[25756]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25756) Empty HTML table row after OPAC "Appearance" preferences
117 - [[25447]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25447) Terminology: Fix button text "Edit biblio"
119 >This updates the text on the cataloging main page so that in the menu for each search result the "Edit biblio" link is now "Edit record."
124 The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
127 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
129 As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
130 Koha manual is available:
132 - [Koha Manual](http://koha-community.org/manual/19.05/en/html/)
135 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
137 - [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
141 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
142 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
146 - Armenian (Classical) (99.9%)
148 - Chinese (China) (59.7%)
149 - Chinese (Taiwan) (99.4%)
152 - English (New Zealand) (82.7%)
156 - French (Canada) (99%)
158 - German (Switzerland) (85.7%)
162 - Norwegian Bokmål (88.4%)
163 - Occitan (post 1500) (55.9%)
166 - Portuguese (Brazil) (94.2%)
174 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
176 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
178 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
180 For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
183 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
185 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
187 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
191 The release team for Koha 19.05.14 is
194 - Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
196 - Release Manager assistants:
200 - QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
212 - Matthias Meusburger
215 - Elasticsearch -- Frédéric Demians
216 - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
217 - UI Design -- Owen Leonard
218 - Zebra -- Fridolin Somers
219 - Accounts -- Martin Renvoize
220 - CAS/Shibboleth -- Matthias Meusburger
229 - Packaging Manager: Mason James
232 - Documentation Managers:
233 - Caroline Cyr La Rose
236 - Documentation Team:
246 - Translation Manager: Bernardo González Kriegel
249 - Release Maintainers:
250 - 20.05 -- Lucas Gass
251 - 19.11 -- Aleisha Amohia
252 - 19.05 -- Victor Grousset
254 - Release Maintainer mentors:
255 - 19.11 -- Hayley Mapley
256 - 19.05 -- Martin Renvoize
259 We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
260 new features in Koha 19.05.14:
264 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.05.14.
266 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (7)
269 - Jonathan Druart (7)
271 - Victor Grousset (3)
275 - Martin Renvoize (10)
277 - Andreas Roussos (1)
280 - Koha Translators (1)
282 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
283 patches to Koha 19.05.14
285 - Athens County Public Libraries (3)
286 - Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) (2)
287 - ByWater-Solutions (3)
290 - Independant Individuals (3)
291 - Koha Community Developers (10)
292 - Prosentient Systems (3)
295 - Theke Solutions (7)
297 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
300 - Aleisha Amohia (36)
301 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (9)
302 - Jonathan Druart (31)
303 - Katrin Fischer (15)
305 - Victor Grousset (40)
311 - Martin Renvoize (22)
313 - Christofer Zorn (1)
315 We thank the following individuals who mentored new contributors to the Koha project.
320 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
321 please send a patch against these release notes to
322 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
324 ## Revision control notes
326 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
327 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
329 - [Koha Git Repository](git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git)
331 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
334 ## Bugs and feature requests
336 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
339 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
341 He rau ringa e oti ai.
342 (Many hands finish the work)
344 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 25 Aug 2020 11:37:52.