It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.4.5. The package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.05.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.05.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.05.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.05.tar.gz.sig Release notes for 3.4.5 are below. Come and get it! RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.4.5 - 26 September 2011 ======================================================================== 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 3.4.5 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.05.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 3.4.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release. Highlights of 3.4.5 ====================== 4122 blocker WebBasedSelfCheck doesn't control anything 6704 critical merging records cuts off fields at quotation marks 6727 critical can't import frameworks 6750 critical Guarantor search broken on translated templates 4419 major Cannot change module for notice templates 4966 major no way to finish receiving 6318 major fields missing when editing a layout 6351 major Cannot delete library-specific circulation rules 6620 major Sip Server Output may be buffered 6651 major koha-upgrade-to-3.4 fails when multiple instances are present 6665 major advancedMARCeditor preference not functioning 6765 major Enable correct checksums for UTF-8 encoded data 6834 major $template->{param_map} is deprecated with the introduction of Template::Toolkit 6841 major A member with cataloging permissions cannot change branches (when independent branches is set on) Bugs fixed in 3.4.5 ====================== 520 Displaying ALL records 1016 Crashed mySql tables 1220 validation problems and usability in lynx 1664 Installer not picking up missing perl modules 2539 kohaspsuggest is deprecated, notes outmoded 2775 Test suite failing after change to cache sysprefs 2891 Cannot manually enter dates in some report forms 4866 Optionally enable Change event for item plugins 4868 Improve controls for cloning and deleting MARC subfields 4877 Create and update the manual pages for the koha-* scripts. 5028 Remove references to catmaintain.pl 5252 Emails & Phones On Patron Add/Edit form 5498 Standardize markup and style of pagination menus 5524 Can't delete list from second page of results 5602 Improve configurability of package building scripts 5866 At larger hold volume, waitingreserves.pl for all libraries times out, can cause generalized slowness 6121 waitingreserves: branchname instead of branch code 6129 ISSN url param for serialssolutions.com 6256 Many bib1 attributes missing 6275 Automated backups of data and config 6368 unimarc_field_4XX plugin does not work with new templates 6431 New Circulation modules for Hourly Circulation 6458 incorrect parsing result in translation processing 6479 Encoding problem in "recievedlist" when the numbering formula contains utf-8 characters 6516 koha-create makes assumptions about borrowernumber of staff user 6517 koha-create wants "use database" in DEFAULTSQL 6528 Cataloging search issues - Holdings not displayed in location column 6538 help on letter.pl is incorrect 6540 Add more options to koha-create 6555 only 10 lists in pull down when adding from a bib record 6562 Reserve request generates unnecessary runtime errors 6595 Add German translation for purchase suggestion mails 6602 Reports dictionary doesn't properly recognize text columns 6640 Template errors in defining default variable values causes information not to be displayed 6652 Zip showing in funny place on libraries admin 6656 Default sort preferences ignored on advanced search 6662 sort options in opac are dewey specific 6677 patron stats still refers to debarred 6695 Layout of patron category add/edit form slightly broken 6696 New category button broken when no categories defined 6712 Remove memberofinstitution markup from templates until it can be completed 6715 xmlControlField.js always fetches the value_builder xml files in the "en" directory. 6723 allow framework import with CRLF 6724 Holds Ratio does not allow decimals 6726 When SMS is enabled the messaging table is misaligned 6728 Table sorter for receiving acquisitions 6732 Missing Title for Manual Invoice 6733 printing routing list sends you to main serials page 6744 Acknowledge the actual es-ES translators 6747 Additional check in opac-export 6753 Markup corrections and improvements for label export window 6754 Improve breadcrumbs on lists pages 6768 Two unused include files can be removed: error-top.inc and error-bottom.inc 6791 editing list with apostrophe loses text 6794 Broken toggle in member-flags in ie 6822 RIS export problem in opac-export.pl with parsing the MARC 6829 Remove two warnings for opac-MARCdetail 6860 syndetics covers not showing on search results or shelf browse 6863 covers missing from shelf browse for various services System requirements ====================== Changes since 3.2: * Template::Toolkit 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://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual/ 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: * Chinese * Danish * English (New Zealand) * English (USA) * French (France) * French (Canada) * German * Greek * Hindi * Italian * Norwegian * Portuguese * Spanish * Turkish 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 3.4 is Release Manager: Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz> Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com> Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic@tamil.fr> Release Maintainer (3.2.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu> Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu> QA Manager: Colin Campbell Credits ====================== We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.4.5 Tomas Cohen Arazi Alex Arnaud Steven Callender Colin Campbell Frédérick Capovilla Chris Cormack Christophe Croullebois Frédéric Demians Nicole C. Engard Magnus Enger Katrin Fischer Srdjan Jankovic Janusz Kaczmarek Ulrich Kleiber Henri-Damien LAURENT Owen Leonard Chris Nighswonger Maxime Pelletier Paul Poulain Liz Rea Marcel de Rooy Salvador Zaragoza Rubio Robin Sheat Ian Walls Ward van Wanrooij Brett Wilkins 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 3.4.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix releases) is 3.4.x. The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.6.0. 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