The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 3.12.5. This is a maintenance release and contains some enhancements and several bugfixes. As always you can download the release from http://download.koha-community.org Please read more for the full release notes RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.12.5 23 Sep 2013 ======================================================================== 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 3.12.5 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.12.05.tar.gz Installation instructions can be found at: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball Koha 3.12.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release. It includes 10 enhancements and 49 bugfixes. Enhancements in 3.12.5 ====================== Cataloging ---------- 10678 Allow framework selection when creating from Z39.50 Documentation ---------- 9247 Add two more usage examples to the manpage for koha-mysql Installation and upgrade (web-based installer) ---------- 10593 AuthoritiesLog should default to yes Lists ---------- 7257 Add a link to remove an individual title from a list MARC Authority data support ---------- 5262 Authority plugin doesn't copy indicators OPAC ---------- 8712 We should use WAI-ARIA guidelines to help with accessibility -OMNIBUS bug 10743 Add style to privacy rules Templates ---------- 10130 Input fields for branch configuration are too short 10614 Have add order form at top and bottom 10755 Add "Keyword as Phrase" to staff client advanced search indexes Critical bugs fixed in 3.12.5 ====================== Cataloging ---------- 10766 major Cataloging reservoir search broken if UseQueryParser is off Hold requests ---------- 10628 major AutomaticItemReturn prevents holds queue from filling local holds with local items OPAC ---------- 2394 major Canreservefromotherbranches preference not working Templates ---------- 10701 major In transit information doesn't display on the bibliographic detail page Other bugs fixed in 3.12.5 ====================== About ---------- 10915 normal About->timeline broken on upgraded Koha 7143 trivial Bug for tracking changes to the about page Acquisitions ---------- 9238 normal Fund pull down says 'select budget' 10028 normal ModReceiveOrder works unexpectedly 10483 normal Check_uniqueness.pl does not work 10557 normal GetBooksellersWithLateOrders has an unused branch parameter 10573 normal French translation for printing a basketgroup 10786 normal Javascript error on the parcel page: YAHOO is not defined Architecture, internals, and plumbing ---------- 10629 normal Inappropriate uses of $sth->finish() in C4::Branch.pm 10642 normal Inappropriate uses of $sth->finish() in C4::RotatingCollections.pm 10693 normal CreateBranchTransferLimit's return values in C4::Circulation.pm should be more explicit 10699 normal DeleteBranchTransferLimits in C4/Circulation.pm needs return value Cataloging ---------- 10543 normal False mandatory warning in additem 10715 trivial MARC21 007 Plugin Editor doesn't load position 01 Circulation ---------- 5652 normal Patron checkout and holds summary should show subtitles 10081 minor IndependentBranches error message missing the library name Documentation ---------- 10703 normal Add/update database documentation 8670 trivial Update POD of C4::Branch::GetBranches() to use TT syntax 10763 trivial Update POD of C4::Creators::Lib::html_table() to use TT syntax 10764 trivial Update POD of C4::Items::GetItemStatus() to use TT syntax 10765 trivial Update POD of C4::Koha::GetSupportList() to use TT syntax MARC Bibliographic data support ---------- 9820 normal Missing space between 100/700 $a and $c (MARC21/XSLT) Notices ---------- 10727 normal Replace carriage return with <br /> when writing hold notices OPAC ---------- 10587 minor HTML errors on authority detail page in OPAC 10588 minor Opac-topissues first branch always selected in filters 10686 minor Fielded searches confuse highlighter Packaging ---------- 10574 minor Remove the message about upgrading to 3.4 10645 trivial Missing zebra languages in koha-create manpage Patrons ---------- 5904 normal Ysearch.pl members improvements (Independant branches behaviour) 10481 normal No enrollment fee when changing patron category 10511 minor Odd behavior for messaging preferences with Talking Tech enabled Searching ---------- 10741 normal Can not place a hold on an item in transit and for loan 10704 trivial Search term highlighting doesn't work beyond the first results page Serials ---------- 10728 trivial Subscription-renew generates unnecessary warnings in logs Staff Client ---------- 8887 normal Search preferences: Strange behaviour with exact matches (default instead of custom favicon used, displays to much results) System Administration ---------- 10690 trivial Warn about trailing slashes in description of OPACBaseURL and staffClientBaseURL Templates ---------- 9603 normal Fix layout of Patron Card Creator Layout screen for display in IE 10656 normal Shelving locations not alpha on search 10716 normal The booksellers template generates a JS error Test Suite ---------- 10508 normal UT: C4::Branch.pm needs unit tests 10528 normal UT: C4::Bookseller.pm needs unit tests 10653 normal UT : C4::RotatingCollections.pm needs unit tests. 10692 normal UT: Routines about transfers in C4::Circulation.pm need unit tests 10710 normal UT : OfflineOperation's routines in C4/Circulation.t need unit tests. 10767 normal UT: Routines which interact with the table issuingrules in C4/Circulation need unit test Sysprefs changes in 3.12.5 ====================== * AuthoritiesLog: changed its default to 'Yes' System requirements ====================== Important notes: * Perl 5.10 is required * Zebra is required Documentation ====================== The Koha manual is 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/3.12/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: * English (USA) * Arabic (89%) * Armenian (94%) * Chinese (China) (60%) * Chinese (Taiwan) (100%) * Czech (100%) * Danish (99%) * English (New Zealand) (92%) * French (100%) * French (Canada) (98%) * German (100%) * German (Switzerland) (94%) * Greek (54%) * Italian (100%) * Kurdish (78%) * Norwegian Bokmål (64%) * Portuguese (100%) * Portuguese (Brazil) (90%) * Slovak (99%) * Spanish (100%) * Swedish (98%) * Turkish (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 3.12.5 is Release Manager: Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com> Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com> Installation Documentation Managers: Samuel Desseaux <samuel.desseaux@ecp.fr> Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com> Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com> QA Manager: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de> QA Team: Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz> Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl> Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>, Brendan Gallagher <brendan@bywatersolutions.com> Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com> Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com> Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com> Bug Wranglers: Magnus Enger <magnus@enger.priv.no> Packaging Manager: Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz> Live CD Manager: Vimal Kumar V. VM Manager: Samuel Desseaux <samuel.desseaux@ecp.fr> Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Hall <chrish@catalyst.net.nz> Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel < bgkriegel@gmail.com> Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen@gmail.com> Credits ====================== We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.12.5: * Universidad Nacional de Cordoba We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.5. * 5 Tomas Cohen Arazi * 2 Jared Camins-Esakov * 1 Colin Campbell * 16 Galen Charlton * 3 David Cook * 1 Chris Cormack * 1 Christophe Croullebois * 2 Srikanth Dhondi * 7 Jonathan Druart * 4 Nicole Engard * 2 Magnus Enger * 1 Jonathan Field * 3 Kyle M Hall * 1 Mason James * 1 Janusz Kaczmarek * 1 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel * 12 Owen Leonard * 1 Julian Maurice * 1 Sophie Meynieux * 7 Fridolyn SOMERS * 1 Robin Sheat * 2 Marc Veron * 9 Kenza Zaki * 1 root We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.5 * 12 ACPL * 26 BibLibre * 7 ByWater-Solutions * 2 C & P Bibliography * 4 Catalyst * 16 Equinox * 1 KohaAloha * 2 Libriotech * 2 PTFS-Europe * 3 Prosentient Systems * 1 kenza-VirtualBox * 7 unidentified * 2 veron.ch We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha 3.12.5. * 86 Tomas Cohen Arazi * 3 Jared Camins-Esakov * 99 Galen Charlton * 13 Chris Cormack * 13 Jonathan Druart * 4 Nicole C. Engard * 4 Magnus Enger * 37 Katrin Fischer * 24 Kyle M Hall * 8 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel * 8 Owen Leonard * 2 Melia Meggs * 1 Campbell Reid-Tait * 4 Marcel de Rooy * 13 Srdjan * 5 Mirko Tietgen We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently 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 this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.12.x. The last Koha release was 3.12.4, which was released on August 23, 2013. Bugs and feature requests ====================== Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at http://bugs.koha-community.org/ He rau ringa e oti ai. (Many hands finish the work)