Congratulations, well done and thanks to the team who made this happen.<br><br>It is heart warming stuff to read all the organisations who sponsored development and all the individuals who contributed patches.<br><br>Thank you.<br>
<br>Cheers Jo.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/4/22 Chris Cormack <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz">chrisc@catalyst.net.nz</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Kia ora tatou<br>
<br>
The Koha development team is happy to announce the release of Koha<br>
3.4.0.<br>
<br>
Koha 3.4.0 is a major feature release that contains major changes to<br>
underlying architecture (adoption of Template::Toolkit for templating)<br>
and performance enhancements (removal of item data from biblio records).<br>
<br>
These changes, in addition to the inclusion of many new features, mean a<br>
lot of new strings for translators to translate.<br>
<br>
For these reasons we recommend that people who are already running Koha<br>
in<br>
production delay their upgrade until 3.4.1, due May 22, to give the<br>
translators<br>
time to finish, and for the removing of item data to be streamlined. If<br>
you do wish to upgrade please make sure you read the UPGRADE section of<br>
the INSTALL document.<br>
<br>
The development team would like to thank all the people who have made<br>
this release possible. Please take time to read the release notes.<br>
<br>
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.4.0 - 22 April 2011<br>
========================================================================<br>
<br>
Koha is the first free and open source software library automation<br>
package<br>
(ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes,<br>
volunteers, and support companies from around the world.<br>
The website for the Koha project is<br>
<br>
<a href="http://koha-community.org/" target="_blank">http://koha-community.org/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Koha 3.4.0 is released in memoriam of Elizabeth Mae Gallagher-Mitchell<br>
December 20, 2010 - March 10, 2011.<br>
Haere. Mōu tai ata; mōku tai ahiahi<br>
<br>
Koha 3.4.0 can be downloaded from:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.00.tar.gz" target="_blank">http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.00.tar.gz</a><br>
<br>
Installation instructions can be found at:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation" target="_blank">http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation</a><br>
<br>
OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball<br>
<br>
Koha 3.4.0 is a major feature release.<br>
<br>
New features in 3.4.0<br>
======================<br>
<br>
ACQUISITIONS:<br>
* Can filter budgets by active status and date on the acquisitions<br>
homepage<br>
* Freetext field added to specify one-off delivery<br>
* addresses/comments<br>
* Can create multiple orders from a staged MARC file<br>
* New cronjob to delete old suggestions<br>
* Warning when ordering from an external source when a catalogue<br>
record already exists<br>
* Currency can be set when ordering<br>
<br>
ADMINISTRATION<br>
* Many additional granular permissions are added<br>
* Ability to replace the favicon from within the admin interface<br>
* Ability to import and export MARC frameworks<br>
* Separate field for library state/province<br>
* WYSIWYG editor for Koha News<br>
* Ability to add news items to slips<br>
* Label batch edit interface allows entry of items by scanning<br>
barcodes<br>
* Can choose the MARC framework when importing records<br>
<br>
CATALOGING<br>
* NORMARC support added<br>
* Edits to Authority records are now logged<br>
* 005 field updated when a Biblio or Authority record is edited<br>
* Added edit record/edit items to the search result if logged in<br>
user has cataloguing privileges<br>
* Add support of record linking by record control number in $w<br>
* 006/008 plugins much improved<br>
<br>
CIRCULATION<br>
* Callnumbers are displayed when an item is checked in<br>
* Waiting holds now show the date they were marked waiting<br>
* Show guarantees checkouts when checking out to a guarantor and<br>
* vice versa<br>
* Show holds waiting for a patron on check in<br>
* New report wizard for Holds<br>
* Syspref to disable the ability for borrowers to choose their<br>
pickup library for holds<br>
* Self Checkout supports login<br>
* Ability to set 'hard' due dates, which will not allow items to<br>
be checked out past that<br>
* Printed receipts can now include the library phone, address and<br>
other fields<br>
* Fast Add framework at circulation<br>
* Ability to define due dates in the past<br>
* Checkin page now lists fines owed by patron<br>
* Preferences for defining the fine level when a staff<br>
override is needed<br>
* Search to Hold feature<br>
<br>
OPAC<br>
* New system preference added to allow the librarians to hide<br>
items from the OPAC. See docs/opac/OpacHiddenItems.txt for<br>
more information.<br>
* Authority display improved in OPAC<br>
* Allow the patron to choose which library they wish to make a<br>
purchase suggestion for<br>
* Added the ability to hide the name of a reviewer/commenter in<br>
the OPAC<br>
* CSS/HTML and other UI improvements<br>
* Lists respect the XSLT bibliograhic display preferences<br>
* Truncation of facets now controllable by a system preference<br>
* Can use 856$u to store an image URI which Koha can then display in<br>
* the OPAC<br>
* User can renew multiple items at once<br>
* A new librarian-controlled column added to the 'My Summary' page<br>
* on the OPAC<br>
* Recent comments view for the OPAC (allow users to see recently<br>
* reviewed items)<br>
* Feature to make the OPAC private (allow only logged in users to<br>
* search/view items)<br>
* Ability to edit what displays when no results are found<br>
* Privacy feature allowing the user to specify when their reading<br>
(or circulation) records are anonymised<br>
* opacstylesheet can link to a url anywhere, not just a local file<br>
<br>
PATRONS<br>
* Separate field for state/province<br>
* Ability to duplicate a Patron<br>
* Print overdue and hold notices for patrons without email addresses<br>
<br>
REPORTS<br>
* Run a report immediately after creation<br>
* The list of saved reports has pagination and can be sorted<br>
* SQL formatting improvements when viewing a report<br>
* Parameters can be set in guided reports<br>
<br>
SEARCHING<br>
* NoZebra mode is officially deprecated.<br>
* Added shelf location to the indexes<br>
* Added a search link for analytics to serial records<br>
* Subjects can now search complete subfields<br>
* MARC21 tag 751 (geographical entry) is now searchable<br>
* UNIMARC EAN/UPC/Music fields added to the indices<br>
* usecontrolnumber syspref allows you to link the 78X fields to<br>
other names of the same serial<br>
<br>
SERIALS<br>
* 50 bugs fixed in serials management 5508<br>
<br>
STAFF INTERFACE<br>
* Enumchron added to the biblio detail page<br>
* Improvements to suggestion management<br>
* Can use 856$u to store an image URI which Koha can then display in<br>
the staff interface.<br>
* Cart is emptied when a user logs out<br>
* IntranetUserCSS preference added to allow styling of staff<br>
* interface<br>
<br>
INTERFACE<br>
* New icon set for itemtypes (Nimes)<br>
* LibLime kids iconset resized to consistent size<br>
* Seshat itemtype iconset added (Naropa College)<br>
* CSS classes added to the XSLT results to enable styling<br>
<br>
INTERNATIONALIZTION<br>
* New initialization SQL files for Norwegian<br>
<br>
INTERNALS, PACKAGING AND PERFORMANCE<br>
* Koha now uses Template::Toolkit rather than HTML::Template::Pro<br>
* Improvements to test case coverage<br>
* .packages file for Ubuntu Maverick<br>
* Testing using Test::Perl::Critic<br>
* CGI::Session can now be stored in Memcached<br>
* mod_deflate added to save bandwidth<br>
* Move items out of biblioitems<br>
<br>
COMMAND LINE UTILITIES<br>
* Script to update all items and biblio<br>
* Script to set and get system preferences from the command line<br>
<br>
BUGFIXES<br>
* Approximately 633 tracked bugs and enhancement requests<br>
are addressed in this release<br>
<br>
System Preferences<br>
======================<br>
<br>
The following system preferences are new in 3.4.0:<br>
<br>
* AllFinesNeedOverride<br>
* AllowFineOverride<br>
* AllowPurchaseSuggestionBranchChoice<br>
* AllowSelfCheckReturns<br>
* AlternateHoldingsField<br>
* AlternateHoldingsSeparator<br>
* AuthoritiesLog<br>
* COinSinOPACResults<br>
* Display856uAsImage<br>
* displayFacetCount<br>
* FacetLabelTruncationLength<br>
* FineNotifyAtCheckin<br>
* HoldNotifyAtCheckin<br>
* IntranetFavicon<br>
* IntranetUserCSS<br>
* itemBarcodeInputFilter<br>
* maxItemsInSearchResults<br>
* maxRecordsForFacets<br>
* OPACAllowUserToChooseBranch<br>
* OPACDisplay856uAsImage<br>
* OpacFavicon<br>
* OpacHiddenItems<br>
* OPACMySummaryHTML<br>
* OPACNoResultsFound<br>
* OpacPrivacy<br>
* OpacPublic<br>
* SelfCheckHelpMessage<br>
* SelfCheckTimeout<br>
* ShowReviewer<br>
* StaffAuthorisedValueImages<br>
* TraceCompleteSubfields<br>
* TraceSubjectSubdivisions<br>
* UseAuthoritiesForTracings<br>
* UseControlNumber<br>
* UseTablesortForCirc<br>
* WaitingNotifyAtCheckin<br>
<br>
System requirements<br>
======================<br>
<br>
Changes since 3.2:<br>
<br>
* Template::Toolkit<br>
<br>
<br>
Documentation<br>
======================<br>
<br>
As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The<br>
home page for Koha documentation is<br>
<br>
<a href="http://koha-community.org/documentation/" target="_blank">http://koha-community.org/documentation/</a><br>
<br>
As of the date of these release notes, only the english version of the<br>
Koha manual is available:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual/" target="_blank">http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual/</a><br>
<br>
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at<br>
<br>
<a href="http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary" target="_blank">http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary</a><br>
<br>
Translations<br>
======================<br>
<br>
Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff<br>
interface are available in this release for the following languages:<br>
<br>
* Chinese<br>
* Danish<br>
* English (New Zealand)<br>
* English (USA)<br>
* French (France)<br>
* French (Canada)<br>
* German<br>
* Greek<br>
* Hindi<br>
* Italian<br>
* Norwegian<br>
* Portuguese<br>
* Spanish<br>
* Turkish<br>
<br>
Partial translations are available for various other languages.<br>
<br>
The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see<br>
<br>
<a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha" target="_blank">http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha</a><br>
<br>
for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate<br>
list to volunteer:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate" target="_blank">http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate</a><br>
<br>
The most up-to-date translations can be found at:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://translate.koha-community.org/" target="_blank">http://translate.koha-community.org/</a><br>
<br>
Release Team<br>
======================<br>
<br>
The release team for Koha 3.4 is<br>
<br>
Release Manager: Chris Cormack <<a href="mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz">chrisc@catalyst.net.nz</a>><br>
Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <<a href="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</a>><br>
Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <<a href="mailto:frederic@tamil.fr">frederic@tamil.fr</a>><br>
Release Maintainer (3.2.x):<br>
Chris Nighswonger <<a href="mailto:cnighswonger@foundations.edu">cnighswonger@foundations.edu</a>><br>
Release Maintainer (3.4.x):<br>
Chris Nighswonger <<a href="mailto:cnighswonger@foundations.edu">cnighswonger@foundations.edu</a>><br>
QA Manager: Colin Campbell<br>
<br>
<br>
Credits<br>
======================<br>
<br>
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored<br>
new features in Koha 3.4:<br>
<br>
* Aix-Marseille University, France<br>
* East Brunswick Public Library, USA<br>
* Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations<br>
* Goddard College, USA<br>
* Hauraki District Council, New Zealand<br>
* Horowhenua Library Trust, New Zealand<br>
* La Trappe Monastery, France<br>
* Lyon3 University, France<br>
* Marlboro College, USA<br>
* MassCat, USA<br>
* Merrill Memorial Library, Maine, USA<br>
* Middletown Township Public Library, USA<br>
* Ministry of Culture, Spanish Government, Spain<br>
* Naropa College, USA<br>
* Nelsonville Public Library, USA<br>
* Nimes, France<br>
* Regionbibliotek Halland, Sweden<br>
* Rijksmuseum Research Library, Netherlands<br>
* SAN Ouest Provence, France<br>
* SAR, USA<br>
* St Etienne University, France<br>
* VOKAL, USA<br>
<br>
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to<br>
Koha 3.4.0.<br>
<br>
* Alex Arnaud<br>
* Amit Gupta<br>
* Andrew Elwell<br>
* Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel<br>
* Brian Engard<br>
* Brice Sanchez<br>
* Chris Cormack<br>
* Chris Nighswonger<br>
* Christophe Croullebois<br>
* Christopher Hall<br>
* Cindy Murdock Ames<br>
* Claudia<br>
* Colin Campbell<br>
* D Ruth Bavousett<br>
* Daniel Grobani<br>
* David Schuster<br>
* Dobrica Pavlinusic<br>
* Doug Dearden<br>
* Edward Allen<br>
* Frédéric Demians<br>
* Frédérick Capovilla<br>
* Frère Sébastien Marie<br>
* Galen Charlton<br>
* Garry Collum<br>
* Henri-Damien LAURENT<br>
* Ian Walls<br>
* Jane Wagner<br>
* Janusz Kaczmarek<br>
* Jared Camins-Esakov<br>
* Jean-André Santoni<br>
* Jerome Charaoui<br>
* Jesse Weaver<br>
* Joe Atzberger<br>
* Johnboy<br>
* Jonathan Druart<br>
* Julian Maurice<br>
* Katrin Fischer<br>
* Koustubha Kale<br>
* Lars Wirzenius<br>
* Liz Rea<br>
* Magnus Enger<br>
* Marcel de Rooy<br>
* Mark Gavillet<br>
* Mason James<br>
* Matthew Hunt<br>
* Matthias Meusburger<br>
* MJ Ray<br>
* Nahuel ANGELINETTI<br>
* Nate Curulla<br>
* Nicolas Morin<br>
* Nicole C. Engard<br>
* Owen Leonard<br>
* Paul Poulain<br>
* Reed Wade<br>
* Ricardo Dias Marques<br>
* Robin Sheat<br>
* Salvador Zaragoza Rubio<br>
* Savitra Sirohi<br>
* Serhij Dubyk {Сергій Дубик}<br>
* Sophie Meynieux<br>
* Spartaness<br>
* Srdjan Jankovic<br>
* Stéphane Delaune<br>
* Tomas Cohen Arazi<br>
* Will Stokes<br>
* Zach Sim<br>
* Zeno Tajoli<br>
<br>
<br>
We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly<br>
missed, please send a patch against these release notes to<br>
<a href="mailto:koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org">koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org</a>.<br>
<br>
Revision control notes<br>
======================<br>
<br>
The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development<br>
version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of<br>
<br>
git://<a href="http://git.koha-community.org/koha.git" target="_blank">git.koha-community.org/koha.git</a><br>
<br>
The branch for Koha 3.4.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix<br>
releases) is 3.4.x.<br>
<br>
The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.6.0.<br>
<br>
Bugs and feature requests<br>
======================<br>
<br>
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug<br>
tracker at<br>
<br>
<a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/" target="_blank">http://bugs.koha-community.org/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini<br>
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Chris Cormack<br>
Catalyst IT Ltd.<br>
+64 4 803 2238<br>
PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington 6142, New Zealand<br>
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