[Koha] Koha 3.12.7 released

Tomas Cohen Arazi tomascohen at gmail.com
Sat Nov 23 06:53:34 NZDT 2013


The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 3.12.7.

This is a maintenance release and contains some enhancements and several
bugfixes.

As always you can download the release from
http://download.koha-community.org

Please read more for the full release notes:


RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.12.7
22 Nov 2013
========================================================================

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 3.12.7 can be downloaded from:

    http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.12.07.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 3.12.7 is a bugfix/maintenance release.


It includes 8 enhancements and 42 bugfixes.


Enhancements in 3.12.7
======================

OPAC
----------
7813 Add ability to delete local cover images

Packaging
----------
10622 Add --sip and --nosip switches to koha-list
10624 Koha-common.init should implement the 'status' option switch

Patrons
----------
9372 Automatic carriage return in message_queue where content_type is html
 10894 ID required for mainaddress fieldset in create new patron

Serials
----------
 10570 Show internal note from subscription in results on check expiration
page

Templates
----------
10803 "Make payment" in circ is not easily translatable

Tools
----------
9618 Add support for intranetuserjs to labels/spinelabel-print.pl


Critical bugs fixed in 3.12.7
======================


Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
9299 major For loop in Auth_with_ldap.pm requires an extended patron
attribute to be set or LDAP logins fail
 10897 major T/ILSDI_Services.t is db dependent

Authentication
----------
10925 major LDAP Auth fails if DEBUG is enable

Circulation
----------
10016 critical SelfCheckTimeout not logging patron out
 10663 critical Holds never block renewals

Notices
----------
11218 critical Due notices broken / not generated

Serials
----------
10430 major Status filter not working in serial claims when translated


Other bugs fixed in 3.12.7
======================


Acquisitions
----------
8821 normal Receive shipment page should hide inactive funds like new order
form does
 10847 trivial Open external link to website of a vendor in new tab/window

Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
10872 minor C4::Items GetHiddenItems fix and optimization
 10305 trivial _increment_barcode is called twice
11269 trivial Latest MARC::Record makes visible some wrong usage of
field->subfield in C4::Search

Browser compatibility
----------
10376 normal Printing cart does not work under IE9

Cataloging
----------
11054 normal Creating a child record has problems with accented Latin
characters
 10331 trivial Little errors in unimarc_field_4XX.pl (punctuation)
10687 trivial Delete erroneous tags 68a and 68b on default MARC21 auth
framework

Circulation
----------
10027 normal Fine details not showing when printing a fine
 9943 minor Pay fines page "Pay selected" button give invalid amount when
nothing is selected

Command-line Utilities
----------
10810 trivial Fix synopsis for -html option to overdue_notices.pl

Developer documentation
----------
10967 trivial POD ERROR in acqui/booksellers.pl

Documentation
----------
7764 normal INSTALL.ubuntu needs to be updated

Hold requests
----------
10731 minor IntranetSlipPrinterJS is not working for hold slips

I18N/L10N
----------
10948 normal Some strings in the authority result list turned out
untranslatable
 7478 minor Template/translation problem in catalogue_out.tt
 8070 minor <pre> block produced by showmarc.pl really not good in RTL
languages
 10841 minor Edit/Delete item context links in items table are not
translatable
 10871 trivial Confirmation message for deleting news entries is not
translatable

Notices
----------
10720 normal Substitution term in overdue notices shouldn't be removed even
if they don't match

OPAC
----------
10619 normal Sco.css missing for CCSR OPAC templates
 10564 minor Use OPACURLOpenInNewWindow in UNIMARCslim2OPACResults.xsl

Packaging
----------
10617 trivial Init script cleanup

Patrons
----------
10924 normal Contact note not updating via opac

Reports
----------
10718 normal Items with no checkouts report does not work

Searching
----------
5645 normal Z39.50 search from search results not parsing query correctly
 10684 normal Koha search dies on undecodable records

Serials
----------
10689 minor Public note does not appear in subscriptions search

SIP2
----------
9531 normal Make SIP2 message terminator configurable via SIPconfig.xml
 10817 normal SIPserver does not return holds info when requested

Staff Client
----------
10911 normal Records with 880 fields have broken details links in intranet
search results using XSLT.

Templates
----------
10888 normal Don't hide authorities module from users without permission to
edit authorities
 10465 trivial Reference to fields 780 and 785 in UNIMARC XSLT should be
removed

Web services
----------
10667 normal ILS-DI: AuthenticatePatron should also work with cardnumber


System requirements
======================

    Important notes:

    * Perl 5.10 is required
    * Zebra is required


Documentation
======================

The Koha manual is 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/3.12/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:


  * English (USA)
  * Arabic (89%)
  * Armenian (100%)
  * Chinese (China) (100%)
  * Chinese (Taiwan) (99%)
  * Czech (100%)
  * Danish (99%)
  * English (New Zealand) (92%)
  * French (100%)
  * French (Canada) (97%)
  * German (100%)
  * German (Switzerland) (99%)
  * Greek (54%)
  * Italian (99%)
  * Kurdish (78%)
  * Norwegian Bokmål (64%)
  * Polish (73%)
  * Portuguese (100%)
  * Portuguese (Brazil) (92%)
  * Slovak (99%)
  * Spanish (100%)
  * Swedish (97%)
  * Turkish (99%)


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 3.12.7 is

  Release Manager:       Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins at cpbibliography.com>
  Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard at gmail.com>
  Installation Documentation Managers:
                         Samuel Desseaux <samuel.desseaux at ecp.fr>
                         Mason James <mtj at kohaaloha.com>
  Translation Manager:   Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel at gmail.com>
  QA Manager:            Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer at bsz-bw.de>
  QA Team:               Chris Cormack <chrisc at catalyst.net.nz>
                         Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy at rijksmuseum.nl>
                         Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart at biblibre.com>
                         Brendan Gallagher <brendan at bywatersolutions.com>
                         Kyle Hall <kyle at bywatersolutions.com>
                         Mason James <mtj at kohaaloha.com>
                         Paul Poulain <paul.poulain at biblibre.com>
  Bug Wranglers:         Magnus Enger <magnus at enger.priv.no>
  Packaging Manager:     Robin Sheat <robin at catalyst.net.nz>
  Live CD Manager:       Vimal Kumar V.
  VM Manager:            Samuel Desseaux <samuel.desseaux at ecp.fr>

  Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Hall <chrish at catalyst.net.nz>
  Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <
bgkriegel at gmail.com>
  Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen at gmail.com>

Credits
======================

We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.12.7:
  * Universidad Nacional de Cordoba

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.7.
  *      8 Tomas Cohen Arazi
  *      1 D Ruth Bavousett
  *      1 Jared Camins-Esakov
  *      2 Colin Campbell
  *     13 Galen Charlton
  *      4 Jonathan Druart
  *      2 Magnus Enger
  *     11 Katrin Fischer
  *      8 Kyle M Hall
  *      1 Srdjan Jankovic
  *      1 Janusz Kaczmarek
  *      1 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
  *      1 Ketan Kulkarni
  *      7 Owen Leonard
  *      2 Sophie Meynieux
  *      1 David Roberts
  *      1 Marcel de Rooy
  *      6 Fridolyn SOMERS
  *      1 Mathieu Saby
  *      2 Mark Tompsett

We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.7
  *       7 ACPL

  *      11 BSZ BW

  *      12 BibLibre

  *       8 ByWater-Solutions

  *       1 C & P Bibliography

  *       1 Catalyst

  *      13 Equinox

  *       2 Libriotech

  *       3 PTFS-Europe

  *       1 Rijksmuseum

  *       1 Université Rennes 2
  *       1 carvingit.com
  *      13 unidentified

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.12.7.
  *       2 Nuño López Ansótegui
  *      75 Tomas Cohen Arazi
  *      71 Galen Charlton
  *       1 David Cook
  *       9 Chris Cormack
  *       1 Frédéric Demians
  *      13 Jonathan Druart
  *       1 Magnus Enger
  *      25 Katrin Fischer
  *       2 Brendan Gallagher
  *       9 Kyle M Hall
  *       4 Mason James
  *      14 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
  *       7 Owen Leonard
  *       1 Melia Meggs
  *       1 Josef Moravec
  *       4 Liz Rea
  *       2 Campbell Reid-Tait
  *       4 Marcel de Rooy
  *       2 Paola Rossi
  *       1 Mathieu Saby
  *       1 Adrien Saurat
  *       4 Robin Sheat
  *       2 Srdjan
  *       1 Mark Tompsett
  *       2 Ed Veal
  *       1 Marc Veron

We regret any omissions.  If a contributor has been inadvertently 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 this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
line is 3.12.x.

The last Koha release was 3.12.17, which was released on October 28, 2013.


Bugs and feature requests
======================

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

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


He rau ringa e oti ai.
(Many hands finish the work)


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