[Koha] Koha 3.6.1 is now available
Chris Nighswonger
cnighswonger at foundations.edu
Tue Nov 29 15:05:02 NZDT 2011
It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.6.1.
The package can be retrieved from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.01.tar.gz
You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.01.tar.gz.MD5
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Release notes for 3.6.1 are below.
Come and get it!
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.6.1
29 Nov 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 3.6.1 can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.01.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 3.6.1 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
Highlights of 3.6.1
======================
6628 critical [security] help system use insecure REFERRER for file inclusion
4211 major Acquisitions actions on suggestions don't generate email
6824 major Basket permissions not looked up correctly
6977 major Support for repeated subfields when importing an authority
into a biblio record field.
7069 major Javascript errors in tags/review
7207 major Cannot export label batches
Bugs fixed in 3.6.1
======================
2847 normal Use HTML escape in templates where appropriate
3958 normal Standardize vendor/supplier/bookseller terminology
5072 normal Filling an order page with no budget defined causes a 500 error
5885 normal UNIMARC XSLT changes
5974 normal Bogus auth check for "StaffMember" role
6253 normal Unified Patron Search subroutine
6280 normal Invalid SQL being passed in circulation checkout
6369 normal Formatting problems on some items when printing an order
form (PDF).
6390 normal Basket only visible for librarian who created it
6676 normal Acquisition basket access control trivially by-passable
6963 normal When creating a new order, the item isn't added if its
barcode already exists in the items table.
3184 enhancement Show creator and budget receiving a document
4161 enhancement When adding Vendor default to active currencies
5436 enhancement Extended patron attributes display improvements
6721 enhancement Add Basket number and Invoice number search
6875 enhancement de-nesting C4 packages
7173 enhancement Detect duplicates when creating items while receiving
System requirements
======================
Changes since 3.4:
* Perl 5.10 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/3.6/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:
* Chinese (Taiwan)
* Danish
* English (USA)
* English (UK)
* French (France)
* German
* Italian
* Portuguese (Brazil)
* Spanish
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 3.6 is
Release Manager: Chris Cormack <chrisc at catalyst.net.nz>
Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard at gmail.com>
Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic at tamil.fr>
QA Manager: Ian Walls <ian.walls at bywatersolutions.com>
Bug Wranglers: MJ Ray, Marcel Roy, Paul Poulain, Mason James
Release Maintainer (3.4.x):
Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger at foundations.edu>
Release Maintainer (3.6.x):
Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger at foundations.edu>
Credits
======================
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.6:
* Los Gatos Public Library
* NEKLS
* East Brunswick Public Library
* Athens County Public Libraries
* Horowhenua Library Trust
* Halton Borough Council
* South Taranaki District Council
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to
Koha 3.6.1.
1 Nahuel ANGELINETTI
5 Frédérick Capovilla
12 Chris Cormack
2 Frédéric Demians
4 Katrin Fischer
6 Owen Leonard
1 Julian Maurice
1 Joy Nelson
3 Chris Nighswonger
2 Maxime Pelletier
5 Paul Poulain
2 Liz Rea
1 Marcel de Rooy
1 Salvador Zaragoza Rubio
7 Ian Walls
We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed,
please send a patch against these release notes to
koha-patches at 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 3.6.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
releases) is 3.6.x.
The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.8.0.
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
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