[Koha] Koha 3.8.0 Released

[Chris Cormack]

The Koha release team is happy to announce the release of Koha 3.8.0, the
third major release since we shifted to time based releases. The release
team would like to thank everyone involved in this release for making it
possible.

Koha 3.8.0 contains over 130 enhancements with over 1000 changesets from 71
developers. Please read the release notes below the fold for more
information.

Koha 3.8.0 can be downloaded from download.koha-community.org or directly
at http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.8.0.tar.gz

Chris



Release Notes
==================

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 3.8.0 can be downloaded from:

http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.8.0.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 3.8.0 is a major feature release, that comes with a lot of new
features, and many tweaks to improve performance. Those tweaks are usually
not activated by default when you install Koha. If you're upgrading, they
are not activated. Go the the "PERFORMANCE" chapter to see all of those
improvements, and how to activate them.

NEW FEATURES

==========

There are 130+ enhancements in Koha 3.8. Some of them are minor, some are
major. The list is given below. The number in () is the bugzilla number (
http://bugs.koha-community.org) The "IMPORTANT" flag before an enhancement
description means it's a totally new feature, or a major improvement of an
existing one, or a change that you should be warned, because you'll spot it
in your daily use of Koha

CATALOGUE and CATALOGUING
* IMPORTANT Add ability to take book cover images from local img db (1633)
This feature let you attach images to bibliographic records, that can be
cover images or any kind of image
* Delete biblios if deleting all their items in batch deletion (6027)
When you do batch deletion, you can check a checkbox to automatically
delete biblios that have no more items attached. The previous behaviour is
still there (do not delete the biblio), and the checkbox not checked by
default
* Choose framework on Merge (6210)
When you merge 2 bibliographic records, you can choose the framework of the
merged record
* Attach/move items - adding option "try again" after success or wrong
barcode (6323)
* Enhanced Workflow for adding analytical records (6831)
In cataloguing after searching for the parent record the new tool bar
option 'add child' takes you into the addbiblio screen but with the Host
Item Tag already populated with data derived from the parent record
* Adding invoice number and vendor name to the moredetail page (7235)
When a biblio is created through an acquisition order, the vendor name and
invoice number is displayed, and linked to the order
* In the items table, make items.materials of type text, and show its
contents at circulation (7278)
The note in the item field mapped to items.materials will show up in a
message box when checking the item in or out.
* New call number allocation plugin (7458)
When you activate this new plugin (callnumber-KU), the callnumber has the
following behaviour:
FREN 0 (then click on ...) - FREN 0000 is returned
FREN 0 (then click on ...) - FREN 0001 is returned (the first unused value
beginning with this prefix)
FREN 01 (then click on ...) - FREN 0100 is returned
FEAT AM (then click on ...) - FEAT AM01 is returned
FEAT AM (then click on ...) - FEAT AM02 is returned
* Create index for items.itemcallnumber (7509)
This index speed up a lot the shelves browsing feature
* OCLC Connexion Gateway, including extension svc/import_bib (7613)
* Add auto-completion on auth_finder (7400)
* 5 icons have been added to bridge itemtype icon theme (7373)
* A minor change in the “GetMarcAuthors” function of C4/Biblio.pm would
allow differentiate the type of authors in the templates (4376)
* Add search links in detail pages (6120)
* IMPORTANT Authority matching improvements (7284)
Implemented new C4::Linker functionality to make it possible to easily add
custom authority linker algorithms. Currently available linker options are:
* Default: retains the current behavior of only creating links when there is
an exact match to one and only one authority record; if the
'broader_headings'
option is enabled, it will try to link to headings to authority records for
broader headings by removing subfields from the end of the heading (NOTE:
test the results before enabling broader_headings in a production system
because its usefulness is very much dependent on individual sites' authority
files)
* First Match: based on Default, creates a link to the *first* authority
record that matches a given heading, even if there is more than one
authority record that matches
* Last Match: based on Default, creates a link to the *last* authority
record that matches a given heading, even if there is more than one record
that matches

OPAC
* IMPORTANT XSLT systempreference should take a path to file rather than
YesNo (4032)
You can now display biblio detail and search results using a XSLT taken
from a file. It means you can have a XSLT that is independant from the one
provided by Koha. You can still choose to display using normal mode or the
default XSLT provided
* Add ID attribute to certain areas of OPAC so jquery can be used to hide
them (4819)
* IMPORTANT Star ratings in the opac (5668)
You can now activate (through a system preference) local rating in the
OPAC. Logged-in users can rate any biblio
* IMPORTANT Display information about library on OPAC detail (7264)
In libraries administration, there is a new field that, if filled, is
displayed on the OPAC when the patron put his mouse over library name. This
can be used to enter library opening hours, address,...
* System preference to configure export options for OPAC detail page (7392)
The new system preference allows to give a list of | separated values to
define, which download options are offered in OPAC. You can choose between
BIBTEX (bibtex), Dublin Core (dc), MARCXML (marcxml), MARC-8 encoded MARC
(marc8), Unicode/UTF-8 encoded MARC (utf8), Unicode/UTF-8 encoded MARC
without local use (9xx, x9x, xx9) fields and subfields (marcstd), MODS and
RIS
* Add ISSN to SearchForTitleIn (7576)
The placeholder {ISSN} is now available in SearchForTitleIn
systempreference (as title, author, isbn were previously)
* Introduce sys pref to control 'browse results' in OPAC (7935)
A system preference has been added to activate or desactivate the "browse
result" feature (that let you move to the next/previous record when you've
made a search)
* "Add to Cart" changes to "Remove from Cart" when a record already in the
cart is checked (3215)
* comments shouldn't show patron's full name (5503)
* Babeltheque integration (7470)
Babeltheque is a french provider for enhanced content (comments,
reviews,...). The basic support available in previous versions has been
improved a lot.
* social networks links (7470)
You can activate a system preference that will display Facebook 'I like',
google+ '+1', linkedIn and some other social networks links. (Note that the
system preference OPACBaseURL must be filled in order to have this feature
working correctly)

ACQUISITION
* Linking suggestions & orders (5346)
You can now jump from a suggestion to the order placed or from the order to
the suggestion it comes from
* IMPORTANT keep track of cancelled orders (5358)
When you cancel an order, it does not disappear, but is displayed in a
table below the other orders
* Create new budget from a copy of a previous budget (6943)
* Claim notice in acquisitions is now using the message queue (7103)
* Claims/Late orders in acquisitions give feedback (7104)
* Modify order notes when basket is closed (7166)
When a basket is closed, you still can update an order notes. This will let
you, for example, add a comment about a delay for delivery
* Change booksellers search results display (7169)
The page displayed when you search for a bookseller has been changed a lot
for a better readability
* edition statement field (7289)
The edition statement field has been added to the order form
* IMPORTANT claims management improvement (5347)
When you claim a late order, the date of the last claim and the total
number of claims is now saved and displayed
* IMPORTANT new fields in vendor table (7293 and 7291)
There is now a field to store the common delivery time. It is used to
calculate estimated delivery when placing an order, and displayed in
acquisition claims. There is also a field containing the library customer
number at the vendor
* IMPORTANT display suggestions from librarian library only by default
(7300)
By default, the librarian sees only the suggestions placed by patrons from
his library
* Add default date limit to acquisitions histsearch (7301)
* Suggestion show page (7577)
There is now a page to display a suggestion, that is used when jumping from
order to suggestion
* Use of date filters on bookseller pages (7737)
* When adding Vendor default to active currencies (4161)

PATRONS
* The patron password is masked as it is entered (5280)
* Display Organisation and Parent Organisation names when viewing a
borrower of type organisation (6303)
* Link in readingrec.pl to export a barcode file (6751)
* A system preference has been added to renew membership from expiry date
or from current date (6843)
* Clean up interface on fine payment screens (7080)
* IMPORTANT Group borrower attributes and link between patron category and
attribute (7154)
In patron extended attributes, you can now:
- group patron attributes, in a PA_GROUP authorised value list.
- select a patron category for a give attribute. If you choose one, only
patrons of this category will have this attribute available and displayed
* IMPORTANT Add ability search borrowers only on email / phone (7544)
In patron search, you can choose on which field you're doing your search:
- standard (the default option, the previous one : search on patron
card, then name+surname)
- email
- borrowernumber (Koha internal number)
- phone
* Custom field removal from patron entry screens (6190)
The systempreference BorrowerUnwantedField (same format as
BorrowerMandatoryField) implement a mechanism for removing unwanted fields
from the entry screens

SERIALS
* Partial duplication of a subscription (5354)
A syspref has been added that you can use to define fields that should not
be duplicated when you duplicate a subscription
* Add a 1/4 month frequency (6321)
* The hardcoded routing list note is now a system preference (7557)

CIRCULATION
* IMPORTANT Hourly loans (5549)
issuing rules can now be defined in hour unit, enabling daily/hourly loans
* Make fields from issues table available in overdues (5607)
* IMPRTANT Offline circulation improvements : Firefox plugin, and
upload all files, apply at once (5877)
You can download a Firefox plugin (
https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/koct/), that will let you do
offline circulation when your network is down. When the network is back,
you can upload all KOCT files from your circulation desks, and apply all of
them at once.
* Adds staticfines.pl for static fines processing (6858)
This script let you define static fine like "when the patron is late, set a
fixed fine of 1€ for each book late"
* IMPORTANT User Configurable Slips (7001)
- Slips and checkout reciepts are now driven under the notices editor.
- The Notice for a given event can be defined for all libraries, or library
by library
- You can define a CSS to format the notices (see systempreferences)
* Floating collection (7144)
Adds support for Floating Collections (i.e. items that don't automatically
return home when checked in at another branch) on a per branchcode/itemtype
basis.
* Display of issue number for serials in overdues (7434)
* Printing Transfer Slips for checkin items that do not have holds but need
transfer (7467)
* Display fine amount and make payment link during checkin (7566)
* add columns to overdues export (4051)
* Double-clicking the 'place hold' button can result in duplicate holds
(4054)
* Suspension of holds (7641)
Users are now able to place a hold 'on suspension'. This means the hold
will preserve it's place in the queue, but it will be skipped over to the
next non-suspended hold when the item becomes available. Upon
un-suspension, the hold will resume it's original place in the queue.
* Expire holds that have been waiting too long (7408)
For holds that have been waiting for pickup longer than the
ReservesMaxPickupDelay number of days, there is now an automated way to
mark these holds as "expired" (misc/cronjobs/holds/expire_holds_over.pl).
* Cancel all waiting holds (6039)
There is now a button to cancel all waiting holds and an option to choose
to cancel or not hold needing a transfer when clicking on this cancel all
button
* Add "AllowItemsOnHoldCheckout" syspref to allow issue to the patron
regardless of hold status (7090)
An item scanned at a self check station connected to Koha over SIP2 can
generate an issue regardless of whether there is a hold on the item. If the
patron has the book in hand, they should be allowed to check it out;
otherwise, what's to stop them from just taking it?
* Add system pref to control behavior of submitting empty barcode field on
circulation page (7077)
It used to be that submitting an empty barcode input field when a patron's
account was open in Circulation would clear the page (the same behavior as
the "clear screen" buton offers now). Since inclusion of Bug 4389 this
action has been co-opted to pop up a quick slip print window. A system
preference has been added to allow the library to choose which behavior
they want.

PERFORMANCE (see below for more information about performance)
* Use memcached cache koha-conf.xml configuration variables (6193)
* Caching Templates (7511)
* work on persistency compatibility to make Koha Plack / mod_perl compliant
(7172)
* Enhancing the performance test suite (6015)

SEARCHING
* More options for AdvancedSearchTypes (7031)
Adds the ability to perform advanced searches in both the OPAC and staff
client on more than
a single AdvancedSearchType at a time. Support included for Itemtype,
Collection Code and Shelving Location.

AdvancedSearchTypes syspref preference is repurposed; no longer a single
value, it can now take
multiple item code fields separated by "|". The order of these fields will
determine the order
of the tabs in the OPAC and staff client advanced search screens. Values
within the search type
are OR'ed together, while each different search type is AND'ed together in
the query limits. The
current stored values are supported without any required modification.

Each set of advanced search fields are displayed in tabs in both the OPAC
and staff client. The
first value in the AdvancedSearchTypes syspref is the selected tab; if no
values are present, "itemtypes"
is used. For non-itemtype values, the value in AdvancedSearchTypes must
match the Authorised Value name, and
must be indexed with 'mc-' prefixing that name.
* Add ICU option to Koha out of the box (7698)
during installation, you now have an option to use ICU. ICU is a unicode
library that improve a lot zebra search engine for non latin alphabet
catalogue

INTERNALS
* Be stricter with utf-8 output (6752)
* Have mysql returning errors (7184)
* Move SIPconfig.xml, sip_run and sip_shutdown outside from C4 (7238)
* Allow authentication to Koha via PKI / x.509 certificates (6296)
* Using OPACBaseURL for CAS Authentication (7745)
* Cleaning up import tables and action_logs (7240)
The cleanup_database.pl now can clean imported records and logs
* Opac-ics depends on Date::ICal which is largely unmaintained (7532)
the Date::ICal dependancy has been removed
* Use KohaDates Template::Toolkit plugin to display dates (7743)
all dates are displayed through a Template::Toolkit plugin, that make the
code more readable and maintainable. This change is not visible to users
* A lot of html div & ids & spans have been added to help with CSS
customization (7760, 7781, 7876, and some others)

TOOLS
* Give option to use description for homebranch/holding branch in label
creator instead of the branchcode (7615)
* It is now possible to export MARC records without private/local fields
(7345)
* It is now possible to duplicate a holiday calendar (7477)
* It is now possible to mark a range of holiday as closed (7681)

LISTS
* a deep work has been started to clean up the code and make it more
flexible (7310
most of this work is invisible for now, but new features will come soon.
for now, the only visible improvement is the system preference
OpacAllowPublicListCreation that let you enable or disable the creation of
public lists by patrons

VARIOUS
* Main page enhanced (7781)
The search toolbox available on most page has been introduced on the main
page for more consistency.
A "Welcome to Koha" has been added,
The menus are located at the same position if there is no news or if there
is some
* Improving koha-list and koha-create (6913)
The biggest change is to add support for pre-determined MySQL credentials
using
a file in /etc/koha/passwd (for security reasons, if you use this feature,
make
sure the file is not world-readable). The configuration file has the
following
format:
instance:user:password:database
The database is optional, but the other two are both required if you want to
specify MySQL credentials. If no credentials are specified for a given
instance,
the standard koha_instance username and an auto-generated password are used.

The following additional command line options are now available:
* --use-db - use a pre-existing database, see also --database
* --database - specify the name of the mysql database (still defaults to
koha_instance)
* --passwdfile - specify a custom (Koha) passwd file for MySQL credentials

The following additional variables are now available (for use in
koha-sites.conf or a custom config file):
* OPACPORT (previously added but not documented) - port on which the OPAC
should be served
* OPACPREFIX - prefix for the OPAC's virtual host
* OPACSUFFIX - suffix for the OPAC's virtual host

This commit also adds the --keep-mysql option to koha-remove, which, if
specified, will prevent koha-remove from deleting the database or MySQL user
when removing an instance.
* rebuild_zebra.pl now has a --limit option to allow partial re-indexing
(7246)
* a System Preference has been added to select the first day of week
(Sunday or Monday) to use in the calendar (OPAC and Intranet) (7261)
* Koha's OAI-PMH now fully support sets (6440)
* Provide datepicker for sql reports runtime parameters (5698)
* Installation might fail it user web doesn't have in its path the database
command path (6008)
* Script to recreate entries in the statistics table from the issues and
oldissues table (6025)
* Set a timeout to z3950 servers that could have network problems
occasionally (6140)

PERFORMANCE

==========

A lot of work has been made to improve Koha performance. Some of those
improvements are available for everybody in any situation (like database
connexion that has been speeded by 200ms (7188) However, the 3 most
important speed improvements requires a tweaking of your configuration file

TEMPLATE CACHING
Without the tweak, templates are compiled everytime you call them. It means
that, when you call circulation.pl page, the circulation template is read,
parsed and analysed before being filled. The read/parsing/analysis need to
be done only once.
Fortunately, Template::Toolkit is a great tool and provide a caching
mechanism: the read/parsing/analysis phase is made only once and the result
is stored on your server, at a location defined in your koha configuration
file. To activate the caching you must:
- open koha-conf.xml
- search for the <config> part of the file
- add a line <template_cache_dir>/tmp</template_cache_dir>
- that's all folks !
Of course, the /tmp directory is at your choice, you can use whatever
directory you want. The directory you choose will be filled with files
under path/to/koha/koha-tmpl/... (so, if you choose /tmp for template
caching and your Koha is installed on /usr/opt/koha, you'll have
/tmp/usr/opt/koha/koha-tmpl/...) The size of those files on the disk is
less than 5MB
The performance improvement is a rough 10%, so it's worth it

MEMCACHE
Memcache is a global caching mechanism that we use for caching almost
static data that are retrieved from mySQL. It has been introduced in
previous versions of Koha, but it has been upgraded in this release.
Previously, the memcache configuration was in the Koha configuration. The
consequence was that it was not possible to cache the configuration file
itself.
In Koha 3.8, the memcache configuration is now in the Apache setting. If
you're upgrading from a previous version, you must update your
configuration, or the memcache won't work anymore.
To activate memcache:
* install memcached server (apt-get install memcached). You should not need
to update the memcached configuration file, the default values are OK, but
it may be worth reading it, to let him use more memory or listen on a
different unix port
* update your koha-httpd.conf file, and add the following lines:
<memcached_servers>127.0.0.1:11211</memcached_servers>
<memcached_namespace>KOHA</memcached_namespace>
Note that, if you have more than one Koha instance on your server, you
*must* have a different namespace for each. Otherwise, the'll all share the
same cached values, and you'll get some unexpected behaviour !!!
DISCLAIMER = the memcache mechanism read cached values only once every 10
minuts. So, if you change some parameter that is cached (like cataloguing
frameworks), you'll have to wait up to 10 minuts before seing the changes
when cataloguing. You've been warned. In future versions, we plan to add a
more efficient caching mechanism that will update the cache when it's
needed, but for now, just wait. At your option, you also can restart
memcache (sudo /etc/init.d/memcached restart) or flush the cache (echo
"flush_all" | /bin/netcat -q 2 127.0.0.1 11211)
The performance improvement is a rought 10%, mostly due to configuration
caching (reading and parsing the XML on each page is costly)

PERSISTENCY
Since version 1, Koha run on the webserver in CGI mode. This mode is not
the most efficient we can have. We made a lot of changes on the code to
make it persistency compliant. The OPAC is safely run under Plack mode in
production in Lyon 3 university and a few other early testers. The staff
interface is still considered as experimental, but if you want to help us
polishing and make it stable, you're welcomed to try it.
Setting up Plack result in a huge performance boost. The speed of most
pages is multiplied by 3 ! It means that a page computed in 1.8s will
be computed in 0.6s under Plack.
If you want to activate Plack, head to the wiki page:
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Plack
If you want to activate Plack for staff, we strongly suggest to be (or
become) a subscriber of koha-devel mailing list (the Koha developers one),
and announce there that you're running Plack for staff !

System Preferences

==========

The following system preferences have been added or changes (the number in
() is the bugzilla number)

* OpacBrowseResults (7935)
* OpacStarsRating (5668)
* OPACXSLTDetailsDisplay, OPACXSLTResultsDisplay, XSLTDetailsDisplay and
XSLTResultsDisplay (4032)
* AutoResumeSuspendedHolds (7641)
* Babeltheque_url_js and Babeltheque_url_update (7470)
* SocialNetworks (7470)
* OpacAllowPublicListCreation and OpacAllowSharingPrivateLists (7310)
* UseICU (7092) Be carefull that this syspref can be changed, but only in
conjunction with zebra configuration files
* OAI-PMH:AutoUpdateSets (6440)
* AllowPKIAuth (6296)
* RoutingListNote (7557)
* CalendarFirstDayOfWeek (7261)
* ExpireReserveMaxPickupDelay and ExpireReserveMaxPickupDelayCharge (7408)
* NoticeCSS and SlipCSS (7001)
* AutoCreateAuthorities, LinkerModule, LinkerOptions, LinkerRelink,
LinkerKeepStale, CatalogModuleRelink (7284)
* OpacPatronimages (3516)
* ShowReviewer is now none|full|first|surname|firstandinitial|username
instead of yes/no (5503)
* TransferWhenCancelAllWaitingHolds (6039)
* OpacExportOptions (7392)
* AllowItemsOnHoldCheckout (7090)
* BorrowerRenewalPeriodBase
* OPACLocalCoverImages, LocalCoverImages, AllowMultipleCovers (1633)
* CircAutoPrintQuickSlip (7077)
* BorrowerUnWantedField (6190)

System requirements

==========

Installation

==========

You can install Koha from:

* the tag.gz provided, see INSTALL and INSTALL.debian (even if you're not
using debian. There are some usefull hints here)
* git repository. Download Koha from git.koha-community.org, and checkout
branch 3.8.x or tag 3.8.0
* debian package, that will be provided soon (check
http://koha-community.org for announcement)

Upgrading

==========

If you have a Koha already running, you must take care of the following
changes:

* The SIP start and shutdown scripts and configuration file have been moved
from C4 directory to misc/bin, Update your system or your SIP server won't
work anymore
* The cleanup_database.pl script has 2 new options, to clean-up imported
records and logs, update your crontab :
--import DAYS purge records from import tables older than DAYS days.
Defaults to 60 days if no days specified.
--logs DAYS purge entries from action_logs older than DAYS days.
Defaults to 180 days if no days specified.
* The Date::ICal dependancy has be removed and a DateTime::Format::ICal has
been introduced, update your perl packages on your server !
* The memcache configuration has been moved from koha conf file to Apache
configuration file

Also note that Koha 3.4.x or later no longer stores items in biblio
records. If you are upgrading from an older version ou will need to do the
following two steps, they can take a long time (several hours) to complete
for large databases

misc/maintenance/remove_items_from_biblioitems.pl --run
misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -r

Documentation

==========

The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook format. The home page for Koha
documentation is

http://koha-community.org/documentation/

As of the date of these release notes, the Koha manual is available:

english: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/en/
french: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/fr/

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 are available in this release for
the following languages:
* French (100%)
* Spanish (100%)
* German (100%)
* Chinese -Taïwan- (97%, OPAC 100%)
* Italian (86%, OPAC 100%)
* Danish (81%)
* Portuguese (79%)
* French -canada- (76%)
* English -nz- (76%)
* Greek (74%)
* Norwegian (73%)

Note that some strings in online help have been introduced after string
freeze, so:
* the previous number don't count them
* you'll find some strings in english in online help

Partial (less than 50%) 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 at biblibre.com>
Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard at gmail.com>
Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic at tamil.fr>
QA Manager: Ian Walls <koha.sekjal at gmail.com>
QA team: Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy at rijksmuseum.nl>, Jonathan Druart <
jonathan.druart at biblibre.com>
Bug Wranglers: Katrin Fischer, Magnus Enger

Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger at foundations.edu>
Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger at foundations.edu>
Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc at catalyst.net.nz>

Credits

==========

The following individuals contributed patches to Koha 3.8.0.:
Paul Poulain
Owen Leonard
Katrin Fischer
Chris Cormack
Colin Campbell
Marcel de Rooy
Dobrica Pavlinusic
Nicole C. Engard
Kyle M Hall
Ian Walls
Jonathan Druart
Jared Camins-Esakov
Adrien Saurat
Frédéric Demians
Julian Maurice
Srdjan Jankovic
Liz Rea
Robin Sheat
Magnus Enger
Duncan Tyler
Elliott Davis
Garry Collum
Chris Hall
Frédérick Capovilla
MJ Ray
Juan Romay Sieira
Chris Nighswonger
Alex Arnaud
Sam Sanders
Maxime Pelletier
Matthias Meusburger
Sophie Meynieux
Tomas Cohen Arazi
Mason James
Marc Balmer
Stéphane Delaune
Henri-Damien Laurent
D Ruth Bavousett
Connor Dewar
Christophe Croullebois
Zeno Tajoli
Gaetan Boisson
Aleksa Vujicic
Brendan Gallagher
Marc Veron
Galen Charlton
Serhij Dubyk {Сергій Дубик}
Janusz Kaczmarek
Salvador Zaragoza Rubio
Koustubha Kale
Kate Henderson
Jono Mingard
Albert Oller
Frère Sébastien Marie
Martin Renvoize
Peter Lorimer
Bart Jorgensen
Jorgia Kelsey
Lyon3 Team
James Mason
Jesse Maseto
Fridolyn Sommers
Jon Aker
Greg Barniskis
Joy Nelson
Nahuel Angelinetti

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 3.8.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
releases) is 3.8.x.

Bugs and feature requests

==========

Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at

http://bugs.koha-community.org/