[Koha] Koha 3.6.5 released
Jared Camins-Esakov
jcamins at cpbibliography.com
Sat May 26 02:12:26 NZST 2012
The Koha release team is happy to announce the release of Koha 3.6.5
This is a stable release and contains bugfixes as well as updated
translations.
You can download it at
http://download.koha-community.org/
Go forth, download, and enjoy :)
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.6.5
24 May 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 3.6.5 can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.05.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 3.6.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
Highlights of 3.6.5
======================
3916 critical Batch Modify tool overwrites dropdown fields - no
option for "no change"
6488 critical opachiddenitems not working in master
7485 critical Cannot edit barcode on Fast Add
7513 critical MARC Import Hangs
7597 critical fines not recording the right info in the stats table
7631 critical Self checkout renewal fails because of reference to
non-existent subroutine in sco-main.pl
7893 critical Missing build-dependency on
libdatetime-format-dateparse-perl and libreadonly-perl
7924 critical Fix handling of command line arguments in koha-remove
7231 major ordering from staged file not using price
7272 major Fix for Bug 6328 causes user accounts to be frozen
(SIP2)
7284 major Authority matching algorithm improvements
7454 major Sip renewal all response returns incorrect info
7482 major overdues report downloads without names
7581 major Holds not working in OPAC in singlebranchmode
7636 major error when trying to email cart when opacuserlogin set
to don't allow
7838 major Add sort-string-utf.chr for Ukrainian and Russian
Bugs fixed in 3.6.5
======================
1662 normal Is there a difference between Full and Simplified for
Serials History
3216 normal UNIMARC author facets
4976 normal Status of item returned with process_koc.pl is empty in
Intranet
5180 normal Autocomplete broken on overdues report
5373 normal fields listed on patron import do not match the csv file
5482 normal Translation problem in guided reports - Item field names
5657 normal biblio records update fails when updating multiple
authorities linked with the same biblio
5749 normal The display of borrower adresses composed of
streetnumber, streettype and address is broken
5841 normal Routing slip not displaying publication date
6125 normal Plugin for date acquired does not work on ACQ framework
6434 normal Many changes for Ukrainian and Russian sql-tables
6701 normal language on timeout system preference is wrong
7092 normal Complete-subfield searches TraceCompleteSubfields
syspref not working correctly
7271 normal Revert getitems default sort to homebranch instead of
holding branch
7445 normal Clicking on a tag gives "Language ... does not exist"
7493 normal Deleting a record with comments breaks
7537 normal Implement TraceCompleteSubfields,
TraceSubjectSubdivisions and UseICU for NORMARC XSLT
7558 normal Serial issue note doubled up in full history
7579 normal Icons for authorized values/item types not showing in
OPAC
7590 normal Cataloging authorities search result page is broken
7609 normal Improving links to find analytics and volumes when
using UseControlnumber
7644 normal Invalid markup in staff client language chooser
7645 normal System preferences editor save button obscured by
language chooser
7656 normal "undefined" pop-up message when putting hold on
reference item
7665 normal Bibs with no ISBN's show broken images for covers when
using Syndetics cover images.
7695 normal Boolean operator AND in XSLT gets translated
7699 normal Restricted until datepicker broken
7724 normal Tests requiring Zebra should be skipped if Zebra isn't
set up
7727 normal NORMARC XSLT OPAC detail view shows double tabs
7749 normal Not all OKs on the start page are translatable
7766 normal C4/Auth.pm emits debug output to STDOUT
7780 normal fix translator tool verbosity
7824 normal [3.6 only] Typo in opac-userupdate.tt causes the first
name to not show in the header
7837 normal nb-NO z3950servers.sql misses column names
7858 normal Missing packages from install_misc/ubuntu.packages
7885 normal Change filename of TransferLog suggested by packages to
fit with logrotate
7886 normal C4/ShelfBrowser slow SQL performance
7940 normal Placing a hold on a single item from the staff cart
causes errors
8020 normal Prepare debian packages for 3.8 release
4819 enhancement Add ID attribute to certain areas of OPAC so jquery can
be used to hide them
7140 enhancement Add item type description on the catalogue search and
detail screens
7143 enhancement Bug for tracking changes to the about page
7436 enhancement Set itemtypes.rentalcharge = 0 in sample data for nb-NO
and de-DE
7617 enhancement Authority search results should optionally be sorted by
system order
7700 enhancement Cart's more details view shows identity numbers
7734 enhancement NO_LIBRARY_SET should be translatable
7738 enhancement "Display more constraints" in subfield configuraton is
not properly translatable
7746 enhancement In staff 'No public lists.' is not translatable
7758 enhancement Koha allowing LOST items to check out without alert
7760 enhancement Add ids and classes to every staff page to help with
customizaton
7761 enhancement cleaning up empty declarations from staff-global.css
7876 enhancement Add ids to divs and spans with ids in opac-user.tt
7935 enhancement Introduce sys pref to control 'browse results' in OPAC
New sysprefs in 3.6.5
======================
* AutoCreateAuthorities
* CatalogModuleRelink
* LinkerKeepStale
* LinkerModule
* LinkerOptions
* LinkerRelink
* OpacBrowseResults
* UseICU
* dateformat
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: Katrin Fischer, Magnus Enger
Past Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Chris Nighswonger <
cnighswonger at foundations.edu>
Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins at cpbibliography.com>
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 3.6.5.
1 BibLibre
1 Gaetan Boisson
12 Jared Camins-Esakov
3 Colin Campbell
1 David
2 Stéphane Delaune
2 Frédéric Demians
1 Jonathan Druart
9 Magnus Enger
28 Katrin Fischer
1 Chris Hall
12 Kyle M Hall
3 Srdjan Jankovic
1 Janusz Kaczmarek
11 Owen Leonard
1 Sophie Meynieux
1 Chris Nighswonger
3 Dobrica Pavlinusic
1 Maxime Pelletier
6 Paul Poulain
1 MJ Ray
3 Liz Rea
2 Marcel de Rooy
3 Adrien Saurat
5 Robin Sheat
1 Zeno Tajoli
2 Serhij Dubyk {Сергій Дубик}
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.
Koha 3.8.0 was released on April 23, 2012. The next major feature release of
Koha will be Koha 3.10.0.
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
--
Jared Camins-Esakov
Bibliographer, C & P Bibliography Services, LLC
(phone) +1 (917) 727-3445
(e-mail) jcamins at cpbibliography.com
(web) http://www.cpbibliography.com/
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