[Koha] Koha 3.6.4 is now available
Chris Nighswonger
cnighswonger at foundations.edu
Mon Mar 5 10:48:43 NZDT 2012
It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.6.4.
The package can be retrieved from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.04.tar.gz
You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download:
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Release notes for 3.6.4 are below the fold.
Come and get it!
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.6.4
22 Feb 2012
========================================================================
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 3.6.4 can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.04.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 3.6.4 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
Highlights of 3.6.4
======================
6488 critical opachiddenitems not working in master
6634 critical manager_id not populated when paying fines
6984 critical Holds Statistics Doesn't Work
7018 critical need all acq permissions to search
7339 critical Help System in IE8-9 Does Not Load With 500 Error
7359 critical Begin migration to a new "Koha" namespace from the old
"C4" namespace
7432 critical Changing frameworks should refresh cache
7450 critical Missing placeholders in admin/authorised_values.pl
7551 critical Any logged-in OPAC user can renew items for others using
a properly constructed URL
2012 major Add bilio crashes under no zebra
3264 major Uncloning a dropdown list in MARC authorities/biblio
editor may clear all subfields (see comment 17)
5327 major Unit tests required for all C4 modules
6115 major Acquisition reports : date filter & sorting don't work
6490 major Lost and paid not updated when book is checked out without check-in
6631 major Unrestricted creation of lists by anonymous users
6718 major No manager_id saved for writeoff of fines
6842 major Branch transfer limits broken
7005 major no confirmation for write off all
7431 major OPAC item hold list doesn't show 'checked out'
7459 major Can only add to one public list in OPAC search results
Bugs fixed in 3.6.4
======================
5473 normal 952 fields should be filled in by Acquisitions
6598 normal OPACFineNoRenewals syspreference does not stop user
renewing in opac
6694 normal Anonymous sessions not kept when casAuthentication is on
7114 normal Hiding filters on funds page messes with layout
7127 normal Templates must be valid XHTML
7190 normal written off fines being refunded
7350 normal In New order the "+" button duplicates input text but not
the "selected" in ddl
7402 normal invoice not showing received titles
7406 normal saved reports not showing right number
7409 normal Missing dependencies for Debian package
7457 normal basket.pl makes a lot of noise in the logs
7466 normal Cart notification popup should appear onscreen even when
button is offscreen
7472 normal Edit button ineffective when paying borrower fee
7476 normal Files executable that probably should not be
7489 normal Implement DisplayOPACiconsXSLT for NORMARC XSLT
7501 normal OPAC authority browser should mark alternate rows as highlighted
7521 normal Cannot receive serials without full serials permissions
4376 enhancement A minor change in the “GetMarcAuthors†function
of C4/Biblio.pm would allow differentiate the type of authors in the
templates
5346 enhancement Linking suggestions & orders
6210 enhancement Choose framework on Merge
6299 enhancement Provide a list of authorized values for relator terms
6314 enhancement UNIMARC OPAC XSL improvements
6323 enhancement Attach/move items - adding option "try again" after
success or wrong barcode
6752 enhancement Be stricter with utf-8 output
6790 enhancement C4::Serials::getroutinglist returns unnecessary variable
6838 enhancement Filtering and pagination in subscriptions table
6865 enhancement Replace image-based gradient backgrounds with CSS3 gradients
6913 enhancement Improving koha-list and koha-create
6985 enhancement Hide "kw,wrdl:" from Search Results
7080 enhancement Clean up interface on fine payment screens
7083 enhancement Show creator name on list of public lists
7090 enhancement Add "AllowItemsOnHandCheckout" syspref to allow issue
to the patron regardless of hold status
7148 enhancement Add some error handling to Acquisitions' Z39.50
search to match Cataloging's
7157 enhancement Improve the j2a.pl cronjob
7201 enhancement Hold to pull report needs extra fields
7246 enhancement rebuild_zebra.pl --limit option to allow partial re-indexing
7289 enhancement edition statement field
7343 enhancement search tag usability in MARC framework
7345 enhancement Should be possible to export MARC records without
private fields
7355 enhancement Note subfields are not displayed in TEXTAREA if hidden
7357 enhancement Subscriptions titles are replaced by "---" when duplicated
7458 enhancement New call number allocation plugin
7511 enhancement Caching Templates
7514 enhancement Choose OPAC language with URL parameter
7532 enhancement opac-ics depends on Date::ICal which is largely unmaintained
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 de Rooy, 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 3.6.4.
3 Tomas Cohen Arazi
1 Alex Arnaud
2 D Ruth Bavousett
3 Jared Camins-Esakov
2 Colin Campbell
7 Garry Collum
11 Chris Cormack
1 Christophe Croullebois
1 Stéphane Delaune
8 Frédéric Demians
1 Connor Dewar
1 Jonathan Druart
1 Nicole Engard
1 Magnus Enger
4 Katrin Fischer
2 Kyle M Hall
2 Kate Henderson
7 Srdjan Jankovic
1 Bart Jorgensen
1 Janusz Kaczmarek
1 Jorgia Kelsey
1 Henri-Damien Laurent
13 Owen Leonard
1 Peter Lorimer
5 Julian Maurice
1 Matthias Meusburger
2 Jono Mingard
31 Chris Nighswonger
2 Maxime Pelletier
26 Paul Poulain
1 MJ Ray
7 Liz Rea
5 Marcel de Rooy
5 Sam Sanders
3 Adrien Saurat
6 Robin Sheat
1 Juan Sieira
1 Duncan Tyler
2 Aleksa Vujicic
1 biblibre
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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