The Koha community is proud to release Koha version 3.8.2. This is a bugfix release, and contains a large number of fixes. You can obtain Koha 3.8.2 from the http://download.koha-community.org site. Debian packages will be available from the http://debian.koha-community.org shortly also. Please read the release notes below for more information RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.2 21 Jun 2012 ======================================================================== Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The website for the Koha project is http://koha-community.org/ Koha 3.8.2 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.02.tar.gz Installation instructions can be found: in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball Koha 3.8.2 is a bugfix/maintenance release. Highlights of 3.8.2 ====================== 8140 blocker Error when exporting label xml 8247 blocker adding basket doesn't save basket name, internal or vendor note 7329 critical The "undo import into catalog" command deletes items onloan without checking 8056 critical CircAutoPrintQuickSlip set to clear doesn't work 8062 critical Cart email broken for non english templates 8135 critical Services Directory and itemrecorddisplay.pl File Missing After Install 8144 critical 775 tag in the MARC record causes display issue 5327 major Unit tests required for all C4 modules 7112 major Having two prices in 020$c causes basket creation to fail from staged marc import 8057 major Error when adding a patron with email address 8082 major The: IssuingInProcess configuration setting is working in reverse. 8145 major opac-tags.pl fails when DEBUG is set 8182 major Problem with overdue fine calculations after upgrade 8201 major can't change receive date Bugs fixed in 3.8.2 ====================== 3638 normal Status of hold not changed when item checked in via SIP2 Interface 4330 normal Copyright statements out of date 4838 normal Repeated authority headings break biblio record data entry form 5795 normal Missing ReservesControlBranch system pref in database installer 6858 normal Adds staticfines.pl for static fines processing 7127 normal Templates must be valid XHTML 7178 normal Improve order item creation 7586 normal Search: Language restriction does NOT show expected results (no items shown) 7599 normal Cart JavaScript contains untranslatable English strings 7810 normal C4/Auth.pm - on plack restart session is undefined 7872 normal C4::Items should use C4::Koha methods instead of duplicating SQL queries 7951 normal Suspending holds needs a system preference 7952 normal PDF::Reuse under plack writes to console STDOUT instead to browser 7961 normal Local cover images should support CSV link files 8005 normal Lost item is not anonymized when checked in 8111 normal Language chooser display problem in self-checkout 8116 normal z3950 empty search causes silent warning in koha-error_log 8124 normal Hide option to download results of items with no checkouts report 8129 normal quick slips issuing does not work 8136 normal Changes the expected lenght of 100$a in rebuild_zebra.pl 8160 normal Link to cataloging appears for users without cataloging permission 8161 normal Cataloging home page should be accessible to users with permission to edit catalog or edit items 8171 normal Improper escaping of quotes during z39.50 queries leads to broken html 8176 normal $sqlwhere is undefined in C4::Serials in GetSubscriptions 8184 normal Duplicate budget page lacks heading and breadcrumbs 8197 normal Software error when you have cleaned cookies in your browser and try to past the url to opac-topissues.pl 8226 normal 'OpacFooter' markup/css improvements 5312 minor XHTML correction in authority summary 6141 minor html glitches causing problems to translator 7815 minor Order pickup library list by name rather than by code 7948 minor Printing transfer slip loses barcode field focus 8009 minor Item descriptive data not populated on pay.pl 8014 minor On the patron entry form hide "restricted until" field if "Restricted: No" is checked 8040 minor a menu misnamed in budgets 8119 minor Show hint when disabling active currency checkbox 8122 minor Add a link to new library group creation from empty groups message 8139 minor Fix the CSS for the recent comments to prevent leftmenu overlapping it. 8150 minor Patron circulation history has a fossil navagation bar 8166 minor Adding new currencies & exchange rates if not fill any field it save blank record 8195 minor The selected link in include menus must be bold 8217 minor Focus on search box in Detail page (staff search) 3521 trivial Items table in catalogue/detail.pl and cataloguing/additem.pl is sorted nonsensically 6267 trivial custom http user-agent in check-url.pl (fix for books.google.com 401 error) 7368 trivial General staff client typo omnibus 8222 trivial The zip code field is mandatory by default 6684 enhancement koha-remove should check the number of arguments it gets 7444 enhancement Use T::T date plugin to display dates omnibus 7788 enhancement Tiny problems with calling GetShelf 7847 enhancement OPAC search dies with plack 7926 enhancement Acq search results show empty parenthesis for orders without basket group 7941 enhancement Fix version numbers in modules and set up a system to keep them up to date 8080 enhancement login and password is pre-filled by the browser when creating a new patron 8107 enhancement Disabled buttons not distinguishable from enabled buttons. 8138 enhancement Add 773$t field to xslt 8178 enhancement circ/circulation.pl under plack duplicates checkout rows New system preferences in 3.8.2 ================================= * ReservesControlBranch * SuspendHoldsIntranet * SuspendHoldsOpac System requirements ====================== Changes since 3.6: * No new system requirements Documentation ====================== As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The home page for Koha documentation is http://koha-community.org/documentation/ As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the Koha manual is available: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/en/ The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary Translations ====================== Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages: the following languages: * Chinese -Taiwan- (100%, OPAC 100%) * German (100%, OPAC 100%) * Italian (100%, OPAC 100%) * French (99%, OPAC 100%) * Portuguese (Brazil) (90%, OPAC 100%) * Spanish (87%, OPAC 100%) * English -nz- (78%, OPAC 100%) * Arabic (76%, OPAC 100%) * Danish (75%, OPAC 100%) * Greek (69%, OPAC 100%) * French -canada- (68%, OPAC 70%) * Armenian (68%, OPAC 100%) * Norwegian (67%, OPAC 100%) Partial translations are available for various other languages. The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate list to volunteer: http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate The most up-to-date translations can be found at: http://translate.koha-community.org/ Release Team ====================== The release team for Koha 3.8 is Release Manager: Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com> Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com> Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic@tamil.fr> QA Manager: Ian Walls <koha.sekjal@gmail.com> QA team: Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>, Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com> Bug Wranglers: Katrin Fischer, Magnus Enger Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu> Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com> Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz> Credits ====================== We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.2. 1 D Ruth Bavousett 1 Jared Camins-Esakov 4 Colin Campbell 20 Chris Cormack 4 Christophe Croullebois 1 Stéphane Delaune 4 Frédéric Demians 4 Jonathan Druart 3 Katrin Fischer 2 Amit Gupta 10 Kyle M Hall 2 Mason James 2 Srdjan Jankovic 1 Piotr Kowalski 12 Owen Leonard 2 Julian Maurice 1 Matthias Meusburger 3 Sophie Meynieux 7 Dobrica Pavlinusic 6 Paul Poulain 1 Liz Rea 3 Marcel de Rooy 1 Fridolyn SOMERS 1 Adrien Saurat 2 Robin Sheat 1 Simon Story 1 Marc Veron 1 Ian Walls We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed, please send a patch against these release notes to koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org. Revision control notes ====================== The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git The branch for Koha 3.8.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix releases) is 3.8.x. The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.10.0. Bugs and feature requests ====================== Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at http://bugs.koha-community.org/ Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini