The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 3.8.5. The latest maintenance release in the 3.8.x series. You can obtain the tarball from http://download.koha-community.org, check out the tag from git, or wait a couple of days for the Debian packages to be updated. RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.5 22 Sep 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 3.8.5 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.05.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 3.8.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release. Highlights of 3.8.5 ====================== 8071 blocker link beween bib and authorities with the authid 8495 blocker Javascript error when creating a new order 8002 critical Can't add patron attribute type in newer installation 8251 critical Patrons are systematically debarred at checkin 8293 critical Software error when clicking on first or last result of each page on OPAC 8418 critical Koha::Calendar is_holiday ignores all user data 8447 critical can't save new records / indicator error 8520 critical Authorities display incorrectly in staff results 8637 critical Lack of control on mandatory in orderreveive.tt 8706 critical Private lists can be accessed by anyone 8743 critical ZOOM error when merging authority change to biblios 5327 major Unit tests required for all C4 modules 6976 major User hold limit can be avoided by users in OPAC 7068 major autobarcode not working when duplicating patrons 8204 major Authority viewer in OPAC ugly, unfriendly, and mostly useless 8336 major SIP Server does not process renewal transaction correctly 8420 major tool statisticfines.pl(bz 6858) and hourly loan(bz5549) 8636 major Some dependencies are not listed by the installer 8656 major Koha::Calendar not loading both sets of special dates 8678 major XSLT stylesheets output XML, but HTML is needed Bugs fixed in 3.8.5 ====================== 3782 normal delivered z39.50 targets wrong for NY Public Library and NY University Library 4064 normal Uninitialized variable errors in opac-search.pl 6617 normal table of contents not printing right if entered right 7409 normal Missing dependencies for Debian package 8275 normal xml parsing error when the webservice GetPatronInfo/show_loans is called 8413 normal Space in barcode breaks GET request in benchmark_staff.pl 8550 normal Z39.50 searches for ISBN/ISSN problematic 8594 normal A report containing a subquery that has a 'limit' will have that limit stripped out 8596 normal Reports interface date picker doesn't force ISO formatted dates 8621 normal Template for sending out carts not formatting correctly 8626 normal Encoding problem with = in cart emails 8640 normal GetHardDueDate functions incorrectly 8648 normal searchResults uses SQL query rather than GetMarcFromKohaField 8653 normal With DOM indexing turned on subject authority links are not indexed 8657 normal Default sort by call number does not work 8663 normal Circulation rules hard due date calendar wrong format 8675 normal Renewing item to specified date creates a due date with HH:MM set to 00:00 8704 normal Typo in etc/koha-conf.xml 8705 normal Software error on help of main page 8708 normal RSS feed for new comments is broken 8716 normal Reordering of routing list entries doesn't work 8719 normal Private lists always sorted by title (even when author or date is selected) 2553 minor alphabetize dropdown menus 3456 minor Serials receipt note 6886 minor Single branch mode should disable showing the branch name in front of all callnumbers 7690 minor hidelostitems not working in Normal Display 8017 minor Remove unnecessary processing on return of GetAllIssues 8261 minor Cannot search system preferences from Local Use tab 8339 minor div id="login" should be id="login_controls" in header.inc 8478 minor Update Ubuntu related files 8533 minor Non-numeric cardnumbers screw up autoMemberNum 8569 minor Paying for a lost item overwrites nonpublic notes 8593 minor Add unique IDs to pending approval markup on staff client home page 8646 minor Certain search terms cause browser "script taking too long" error 8666 minor Prevent to create baskets for inactive suppliers 8677 minor table overlapping to the right on holds waiting 8696 minor Tools menu says export bibs still 8717 minor Wrong subscription notes are showing in catalogue detail view of serials in staff client 8730 minor browse overlaying powered by 8765 minor Add series title to intranet search results 7143 trivial Bug for tracking changes to the about page 7368 trivial General staff client typo omnibus 8012 trivial defaultSortOrder and OPACdefaultSortOrder are set to "ascending" on install 8713 trivial Warning message triggered by clicking keyword to marc mapping. 8714 trivial Poorly ordered and triggers warning in marctagstructure.pl 8727 trivial Correct help text in rebuild_zebra_sliced.sh 7613 enhancement OCLC Connexion Gateway, including extension svc/import_bib 8524 enhancement Add barcode plugin that does not autofill System requirements ====================== Important notes: * Perl 5.10 is required * Zebra is required 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: * Arabic (100%) * Armenian (100%) * Chinese (Taiwan) (76%) * Danish (75%) * English (New Zealand) (99%) * English (USA) * French (100%) * French (Canada) (76%) * German (100%) * German (Switzerland) (99%) * Greek (69%) * Italian (100%) * Norwegian Bokmål (68%) * Portuguese (Brazil) (100%) * Spanish (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> Mason James <mason@kohaaloha.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 libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.8: * Universidad Nacional de Córdoba We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.5. 2 Tomas Cohen Arazi 3 D Ruth Bavousett 10 Jared Camins-Esakov 9 Colin Campbell 2 David Cook 14 Chris Cormack 1 Christophe Croullebois 2 Jonathan Druart 1 Nicole Engard 3 Katrin Fischer 2 Kyle M Hall 1 Jorgia Kelsey 7 Owen Leonard 3 Julian Maurice 1 Melia Meggs 1 Maxime Pelletier 4 Paul Poulain 1 MJ Ray 2 Marcel de Rooy 7 Fridolyn SOMERS 1 Adrien Saurat 3 Robin Sheat 1 Mirko Tietgen 5 Mark Tompsett 1 Kathryn Tyree We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha 3.8.5. 1 Koha Team Lyon 3 4 Tomas Cohen Arazi 5 Jared Camins-Esakov 1 Galen Charlton 92 Chris Cormack 10 Jonathan Druart 5 Nicole C. Engard 4 Katrin Fischer 9 Kyle M Hall 1 Doug Kingston 6 Owen Leonard 5 Julian Maurice 2 Melia Meggs 53 Paul Poulain 1 Liz Rea 1 Marc Veron 1 jorgia 1 wajasu 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 this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.8.x. The last Koha release was 3.8.4, which was released on August 22, 2012. 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