Hi, A new version of Koha, the 1st Free software ILS has just been released, and is avaible here : https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=16466 Enjoy RELEASE NOTES ============= This version of Koha is still in the "unstable" directory, because some bugs are still reported. But it's fully useable and used in (at least) 3 libraries in "real world" : * Nelsonville Public Library, Ohio, USA * Esiee, high school, France * Dombes Abbey, France The next version should/might be the 2.0.0RC1. The only missing features are : * a migration tool for libraries already using Koha1.2.x * an automated upgrading tool for future version. It's possible to upgrade manually. UPGRADING : --------- People using a previous 2.0.0preX version can upgrade code and use the same DB, there's no DB change. To upgrade mannually : - mv /etc/koha.conf /etc/koha.conf_previous - install in a new directory /var/www/html/koha_200pre3 for example. - delete the 2.0.0pre3 DB - modify /etc/koha.conf to point to 2.0.0pre3 DB - modify httpd.conf to have Koha root directory pointing to 200pre3 install instead of 200pre2 - restart Apache. Note : you can use the 2.0.0pre2 login/password. If you do, mySQL may complaint about "already existing DB user". It's not a problem. Note : you can also use "CVS symlink installation" of Koha if you prefer. See http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/wiki/index.php?page=CVSSymLinkInstallation IMPROVEMENTS : --------- * adding a demo setup : if you set "demo=1" in /etc/koha.conf, Koha is in "demo mode". In this mode, user can connect with "demo/demo", even if this user is not in members table. He can do everything, except that any modif/add/delete done in systempref or marc structure is NOT saved in the DB. This avoid demo user breaking the demo config. * adding javascript function to focus on 1st field for issues / returns. Thus, librarian don't need manual mouse focus & can scan barcode immediatly. * authories/thesaurus management : adding the possibility to add an authority directly. BUGFIXES : --------- (the bug number refers to bugzilla number. See bugs.koha.org) 512 : bibliosubject table is not being populated 564 : Member card number not checked unique 567 : classlist not filled in when using catalogue-home.pl 593 : data duplication in MARC-DB 562 : Returns not showing 'on reserve' message for holds 565 : item barcode not checked unique 516 : biblioitems.itemtype does not load 556 : OPAC subject search with class specified returns error 103 : Need additional Perl module checks in installer.pl 570 : Subject search returns duplicate results 493 : add member error 563 : Keyword search does not search author names 583 : values in marc_word table should have quotation marks, etc, 499 : Members display by letter 561 : Javascript link doesn't work 164 : Editing member details loses postal address 233 : OPAC - User update doesn't work. 525 : If itemtype is not set, we get a broken more detail page, We 129 : Choosing to install MARC tables gave errors 152 : Install.pm missing from main branch 363 : Searching on contains works only with full names. 553 : broken html (neither valid nor well-formed) 582 : Move error message contents out of newmember.pl 153 : opachtdocs and intrahtdocs in koha.conf not initialized 474 : Alternate contact should not be required 558 : Member search results table doesn't show alternating colors 542 : Move HTML out of itemtypes.pl 490 : Poor display 558 : Member search results table doesn't show alternating colors 548 : Spelling of Catalog/Catalogue 547/546 : some improvements in koha docs (located at docs/kohadoc.sgml) 540 : Missing requests.gif or equivalent XXX : Many french translation improvements. XXX : some installer improvments. XXX : fix for publicationyear : extracting numeric value from MARC string, like for copyrightdate. XXX : fixing font size bug, & minor change in submenu look. XXX : modifying MARC21 default setup : using Nelsonville setup, that is working. User just need to define itemtypes. XXX : fixing small bug : escaping twice the ' in title & author. (XXX : bugfixes not in bugs.koha.org) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)