[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/


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


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