The koha community is proud to announce the release of 3.8.17. This is a maintenance release and contains many bugfixes. As always you can download the release from http://download.koha-community.org RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.17 24 Aug 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 3.8.17 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.17.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 3.8.17 is a bugfix/maintenance release. It includes 0 features, 2 enhancements and 23 bugfixes. New features in 3.8.17 ====================== ---------- Enhancements in 3.8.17 ====================== Acquisitions ---------- 10514 Add item link on acquisitions add item is too small Packaging ---------- 10411 Add cache control headers to static resources in the apache config Critical bugs fixed in 3.8.17 ====================== Acquisitions ---------- 10088 critical Software error when filling a basket with staged record Authentication ---------- 10384 major Software error when LDAP connexion fails Circulation ---------- 10490 major Overdue fines cap (amount) in circulation rules is saved incorrectly (rounded) I18N/L10N ---------- 10560 major No way to disable english Other bugs fixed in 3.8.17 ====================== About ---------- 7143 trivial Bug for tracking changes to the about page Acquisitions ---------- 10556 normal Deliverytime is not inserted on adding a supplier 10535 minor By default sort funds by name Architecture, internals, and plumbing ---------- 10527 normal C4::Branch::get_branch_code_from_name is useless Authentication ---------- 10029 normal CAS authentication fails in OPAC reserve Cataloging ---------- 9113 normal Batch modification removes + 9533 normal Batch item modification should ignore defaults 9770 minor C4::ClassSortRoutine::Dewey can pad the wrong part of a call number internally 10448 minor Changing framework when cataloguing clears all fields 10428 trivial Undefined check in add additem.pl Lists ---------- 5894 normal Adding multiple items from a cart to a list shows only the first title Notices ---------- 10127 normal Printoverdues.sh should tar only pdf files Serials ---------- 10484 normal Serials-edit.pl not checking for barcode field before checking for barcode subfield 10563 normal Link to edit subscription from 'check expiraton' page is broken Templates ---------- 10497 normal Star ratings not showing right in ccsr detail 10422 minor Remove references to unused and non-existent wizard.css 9519 trivial Wrong language code for Italian in the advanced search language limitations Test Suite ---------- 10290 normal UT: VirtualShelves.t needs to create its own data 10386 normal UT: VirtualShelves.t needs some more adjustments New sysprefs in 3.8.17 ====================== 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/3.8/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: * English (USA) * Arabic (97%) * Armenian (97%) * Chinese (China) (63%) * Danish (100%) * English (New Zealand) (97%) * French (97%) * French (Canada) (74%) * German (100%) * German (Switzerland) (96%) * Greek (92%) * Italian (100%) * Kurdish (91%) * Maori (67%) * Norwegian Bokmål (65%) * Portuguese (97%) * Portuguese (Brazil) (97%) * Slovak (100%) * Spanish (100%) * 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 3.8.17 is Release Manager: Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.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: Nguyen Quoc Uy <nguyenquocuy_1102@yahoo.com> 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 3.8.17: We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.17. * 1 Galen Charlton * 1 David Cook * 1 Chris Cormack * 4 Jonathan Druart * 2 Jason Etheridge * 2 Katrin Fischer * 1 Chris Hall * 2 Kyle M Hall * 1 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel * 1 Sonia LEMAIRE * 3 Owen Leonard * 1 Sophie Meynieux * 2 Marcel de Rooy * 5 Fridolyn SOMERS * 2 Robin Sheat * 1 Marc Veron We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.17 * 3 ACPL * 2 BSZ BW * 11 BibLibre * 1 BigBallOfWax * 2 ByWater-Solutions * 2 Catalyst * 3 Equinox * 1 Prosentient Systems * 2 Rijksmuseum * 2 unidentified * 1 veron.ch We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha 3.8.17. * 27 Tomas Cohen Arazi * 2 Jared Camins-Esakov * 30 Galen Charlton * 1 David Cook * 12 Chris Cormack * 3 Jonathan Druart * 1 Nicole C. Engard * 2 Jason Etheridge * 11 Katrin Fischer * 28 Chris Hall * 10 Kyle M Hall * 1 Mason James * 28 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel * 2 Owen Leonard * 1 Liz Rea * 2 Marcel de Rooy * 1 Paola Rossi * 1 Mathieu Saby * 1 Silvia Simonetti * 2 Srdjan 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 3.8.x. The last Koha release was 3.8.14, which was released on June 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)