[Koha] Koha 3.20.6 released
Frédéric Demians
frederic at tamil.fr
Tue Dec 1 21:49:41 NZDT 2015
The Koha community is proud to release Koha version 3.20.6. This is a
bugfix release, and contains a number of important fixes
You can obtain Koha 3.20.6 from the http://download.koha-community.org site.
Debian packages will be available from the http://debian.koha-community.org
shortly also.
Please read the release notes below for more information
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.20.6
=============================
30 nov. 2015
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 3.20.6 can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.20.06.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 3.20.6 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 1 new features and 51 bugfixes.
New features in 3.20.6
======================
Command-line Utilities
----------
11190 Sitemap.pl -- Generate a catalog sitemap
Critical bugs fixed in 3.20.6
===========================
Acquisitions
----------
14743 critical Addorder.pl redirect problems under
plack behind apache 2.4.10
14264 major Export of CSV from late orders form does only
work in English
Cataloging
----------
6657 major Making 999 visible in framework duplicates 999
entry and affects index
Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
----------
15182 blocker Make test fails immediately on 3.22.00-beta
due to missing Crypt::GCrypt which is optional
Reports
----------
14735 critical Cache_expiry is not saved when
updating a SQL report
SIP2
----------
13411 major Koha's SIP server returns not ok for checking
in items that are not checked out
14673 major Renewals cause Sipserver to crash
15215 major Remove Depreciation Errors due to misuse of
UNIVERSAL in SIP/Sip/MsgType.pm
Templates
----------
14632 major Incorrect alert while deleting single item in batch
14955 major "Show more" link contains double encoded characters
Test Suite
----------
15151 blocker T/Circulation_barcodedecode.t fails if no DB present
Tools
----------
14795 critical Batch record modification tool removes
framework code
15061 critical Can't add item to rotating collection
15014 major Plack testing -- Import patrons tool -- sample
text file link broken
15066 major Transfer rotating collection fails on plack
15079 major Batch Delete Records Error
Other bugs fixed in 3.20.6
======================
Acquisitions
----------
4502 normal Perl error in acq budget planning
14388 normal Add sorting to funds
15036 normal Closing and reopening a basket should not
alter status of completed orders
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
15189 normal The batch records modification tool should not
close STDERR when running in background mode
15068 trivial Get rid of warnings in members/summary-print.pl
Cataloging
----------
14078 normal Converting from ISO5426 is not complete
Circulation
----------
14821 normal Don't show item in checked in list, when it
wasn't checked in
15094 normal Update link to offline circ for windows
Command-line Utilities
----------
15011 normal Koha-indexer --stop does not work
15120 normal Runreport.pl doesn't allow custom subjects anymore
15133 normal Runreport.pl badly encode accented characters
I18N/L10N
----------
15117 normal There is no translation of confirm dialog when
transfering a basket
14671 minor Allow correct translation of CAS authentication
15154 minor Allow correct translation for upload local cover image
15123 trivial Acquisition: Better context for "Transferred
from..." to avoid ambiguity in translation
Label/patron card printing
----------
14781 normal Creation of barcode types 2of5 not functional
Lists
----------
15137 normal List email sent from staff is missing ISBN and
author information
MARC Bibliographic record staging/import
----------
15130 minor Useless unitialization warnings when updating
authorities
OPAC
----------
15047 normal Genre/Form-655 URL not clickable in
opac-detail.pl, with XSLT enabled
14553 minor Warns when clearing a rating on an item on OPAC
14575 minor OPACURLOpenInNewWindow should apply to
item-level urls too
Patrons
----------
14867 normal Userid not generated when defined in
BorrowerUnwantedField
15010 normal Import patron tool creates 'duplicate'
restrictions ( debarments )
15109 normal Regression in patron search results ordering
14157 minor Show notices tab with
EnhancedMessagingPreferences deactivated
14687 minor Patron's transaction history changes items'
order after paying fines
Searching
----------
14542 normal Transliterate rule for all single quote forms
15175 minor IntranetBiblioDefaultView syspref is not
respected when XSLTResultsDisplay is empty
15198 minor Make OpacSuppression work even if there are no
records suppressed
Serials
----------
15171 normal Searching serials expiring after today should be allowed
Staff Client
----------
14773 normal Move help link back out of the dropdown menu
Templates
----------
10181 normal Improve message shown for deleted records in
basket summary page
15114 normal Warning on purchase suggestions is inaccurate
15059 minor Line break in html attribute
Tools
----------
12540 minor Batch modifications for records - unavailable
"Every" option
New sysprefs in 3.20.6
======================
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/3.20/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 (99%)
* Armenian (100%)
* Czech (98%)
* Danish (83%)
* Finnish (87%)
* French (95%)
* German (100%)
* Italian (100%)
* Korean (63%)
* Kurdish (60%)
* Persian (70%)
* Polish (99%)
* Portuguese (100%)
* Slovak (100%)
* Spanish (100%)
* Swedish (89%)
* Turkish (99%)
* Vietnamese (85%)
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 3.20.6 is
Release Manager: Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen at gmail.com>
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer at bsz-bw.de>
QA Team: Marcel de Rooy <m.de.rooy at rijksmuseum.nl>
Jesse Weaver <jweaver at bywatersolutions.com>
Kyle Hall <kyle at bywatersolutions.com>
Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen at gmail.com>
Paul Poulain <paul.poulain at biblibre.com>
Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart at biblibre.com>
Bug Wranglers: Amit Gupta <amitddng135 at gmail.com>
Magnus Enger <magnus at enger.priv.no>
Mirko Tietgen <mirko at abunchofthings.net>
Indranil Das Gupta <indradg at l2c2.co.in>
Zeno Tajoli <z.tajoli at cineca.it>
Marc Véron <veron at veron.ch>
Packaging Manager: Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com>
Documentation Manager: Nicole C. Engard <nengard at gmail.com>
Translation Manager: Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel at gmail.com>
Wiki curators: Thomas Dukleth <kohadevel at agogme.com>
Release Maintainers: 3.22 - Julian Maurice <julian.maurice at biblibre.com>
3.20 - Frédéric Demians <f.demians at tamil.fr>
3.18 - Liz Rea <liz at catalyst.net.nz>
3.16 - Mason James <mtj at kohaaloha.com>
3.14 - Fridolin Somers <fridolin.somers at biblibre.com>
Credits
=======
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.20.6:
* Vaara-kirjastot
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.20.6.
* Aleisha (1)
* Colin Campbell (3)
* Hector Castro (1)
* Nicole C. Engard (1)
* Tomás Cohen Arazi (1)
* David Cook (4)
* Indranil Das Gupta (1)
* Frédéric Demians (4)
* Jonathan Druart (24)
* Bernardo González Kriegel (2)
* Mason James (1)
* Joonas Kylmälä (2)
* Sophie Meynieux (1)
* Kyle M Hall (5)
* Liz Rea (1)
* Winona Salesky (1)
* Fridolin Somers (6)
* Lyon3 Team (1)
* Mark Tompsett (1)
* Marc Véron (4)
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions
who contributed
patches to Koha 3.20.6
* BibLibre (10)
* ByWater-Solutions (6)
* Catalyst (1)
* KohaAloha (1)
* PTFS-Europe (3)
* Prosentient Systems (4)
* Tamil (4)
* Theke Solutions (1)
* Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (2)
* Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (1)
* bugs.koha-community.org (19)
* koha-community.org (2)
* unidentified (7)
* veron.ch (4)
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.20.6.
* Alex Arnaud (1)
* Benjamin Rokseth (1)
* Chris Cormack (3)
* Daniel Grobani (1)
* Frederic Demians (15)
* Frédéric Demians (55)
* Hector Castro (9)
* Jonathan Druart (13)
* Joonas Kylmälä (2)
* Josef Moravec (3)
* Katrin Fischer (32)
* Laurence Lefaucheur (1)
* Liz Rea (2)
* Magnus Enger (2)
* Marc Véron (7)
* Mark Tompsett (1)
* Martin Renvoize (3)
* Nicole Engard (4)
* Tomas Cohen Arazi (64)
* Brendan A Gallagher (2)
* Kyle M Hall (14)
* Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel (10)
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 3.20.x.
The last Koha release was 3.16.9, which was released on March 29, 2015.
Bugs and feature requests
=========================
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at
http://bugs.koha-community.org/
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