[Koha] Koha 3.2.3 is now available

Chris Nighswonger cnighswonger at foundations.edu
Sun Jan 23 12:10:03 NZDT 2011


It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.2.3.

The package can be retrieved from:

http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.03.tar.gz

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Release notes for 3.2.3 are below the fold.

Come and get it!

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RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.2.3 - 22 January 2011
========================================================================

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 3.2.3 can be downloaded from:

    http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.03.tar.gz

Installation instructions can be found at:

    http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation

Koha 3.2.3 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

Highlights of 3.2.3
======================

Some of the higher profile bugs addressed in this release are:

4286    Subscription expired at its creation
4438    incorrect "Budget total exceeds period allocation" error when
editing fund
4945    Patron search is limited by default to the currently logged-in library
5480    Some usual UNIMARC cataloguing plugins doesn't work anymore
5542    Limit to availability not working
5611    can't add comments and tags in the OPAC when mod_perl is activated

This release also contains a variety of minor enhancements improving
Koha's interface and underlying scripts.

Bugs fixed in 3.2.3
======================

3153    'maxoutstanding' syspref does not disallow placing holds on staff side
3199    batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl failed due to missing argument
3262    OPAC needs syspref to show homebranch instead of current
location on detail page
3347    Inconsistencies with tables in opac-shelves.tmpl
3459    topissues doesn't take care of ccode.
3550    Use GetRecordValue to get the subtitle
3737    search order title should me more fuzzy
3743    Acquisition stats ordering by month
3859    Attach Item Clarification
3918    Add to order lists inconsistent
3987    New Sys Prefs Branch - Alphabetize prefs in sections
4131    link on subscripton page says 'create routing' even when one exists
4473    Recent comments view for the OPAC
4826    Choose either 'new basket' or 'add basket'
4885    Only 1 ISBN shows in non-XSL detail view
4891    Order facets in left sidebar of search results
4908    OPAC patron details page doesn't show patron's home library
4942    When a new patron is created and the expiry date is left
blank, it comes up with an invalid date
4946    hold warning needs rewording
4950    checkbox should be removed when can't place a hold
4984    Invalid XHTML in staff client search results
4997    More searches menu not on OPAC MARC and ISBD detail pages
5006    Invalid XHTML in record matching rules template
5040    "Distance" misspelled in default framework
5045    The help doesn't work if something strips the referrers
5055    crontab.example should use standard file paths
5143    Subtitles not showing on view_holdsqueue.pl
5294    Vendor name shows with '%20'
5327    Unit tests required for all C4 modules
5374    Update date/time last transaction (MARC 005) when saving biblio record
5375    Update date/time last transaction (MARC 005) when saving
authority record
5398    several pages in the staff interface do not obey noItemTypeImages
5399    remove useless eval 'use C4::Foo'
5403    C4::Koha::DisplayISBN should be wrapper for Business::ISBN->as_string
5419    account fees not showing as reason to not check out
5446    Item creation in Acquisition module doesn't control mandatory fields
5451    can add tags with userlogin turned off
5470    improvements to results display in the staff client
5486    HomeOrHoldingBranch description inaccurate
5489    Send hold email to branch email address if it exists instead
of koha email address
5492    import patrons page title reads 'cataloging'
5497    add option to supply library phone #, address, and other
fields to circ receipts
5510    Hard to tell what instance a cron error comes from
5518    Add to shelf icon doesn't appear in OPAC results page
5526    List of lists should be in alphabetical order by list name
5531    Missing sysprefs in language specific files
5550    Wrong file name in package-installed docs
5556    OPAC does not display the type of authority
5557    Logs cannot be viewed by user with granular permission view_system_logs
5562    circ history says 'issues' instead of 'checkouts'
5563    note on enhanced content about cover images inaccurate
5570    item types not showing on other editions
5571    tags as bulleted list too long
5582    MARC Field Documentation links incorrect on tags < 080
5583    Rename variable to reflect what it is
5585    today's date does not display on receipts and slips
5589    Duplicate Code in Suggestions
5601    SIP Due dates miscalculated via DateTime
5603    advance_notices.pl generating "uninitialized value in hash element"
5604    additional icons for the Seshat set

Commits in 3.2.3 without a referenced bug report:

    * Added more unit tests to check when JSONStream should fail.
    * Added unit tests to test all of get_amazon_tld in Amazon.pm.
    * Added unit tests for Biblio and moved it to db_dependent as it
requires the database.
    * Added unit tests using a test database for XISBN.
    * Created unit testing using the testdatabase for XISBN.
    * Added extra unit tests to Debug.t
    * Adding new developers to the history
    * Removing OPACNoResultsFound Enhancement Syspref
    * Deleted old sample budget sql-data for Ukrainian and Russian

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

    Changes since 3.0:

    * The minimum version of Perl required is now 5.8.8.
    * There are a number of new Perl module dependencies.
      Run ./koha_perl_deps.pl -u -m to get a list of
      any new modules to install during upgrade.

Upgrades
======================

The structure of the acquisitions tables have changed significantly
from 3.0.x.  In particular, the budget hierarchy is quite different.
During an upgrade, a new database table is created called fundmapping
that contains a record of how budgets were mapped.  It is strongly
recommended that users of Koha 3.0.x acquisitions carefully review
the results of the upgrade before resuming ordering in Koha 3.2.x.

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, several translations of the
Koha manual are available:

English: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual/
Spanish: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual-es/
French:  http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual-fr/

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
  * Danish
  * English (New Zealand)
  * English (USA)
  * French (France)
  * French (Canada)
  * German
  * Greek
  * Hindi
  * Italian
  * Norwegian
  * Portuguese
  * Spanish
  * Turkish

Partial translations are available for various other languages.

The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see

    http://www.kohadocs.org/usersguide/apb.html

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 3.2 is

Release Manager:        Galen Charlton <gmcharlt at gmail.com>
Documentation Manager:  Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com>
Translation Manager:    Chris Cormack <chris at bigallofwax.co.nz>
Release Maintainer (3.0.x):
                        Henri-Damien Laurent <henridamien.laurent at biblibre.com>
Release Maintainer (3.2.x):
                        Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger at foundations.edu>

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

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.2.3:

Nahuel Angelinetti
Claudia
Colin Campbell
Galen Charlton
Chris Cormack
Frédéric Demians
Johnboy
Marcel de Rooy
Serhij Dubyk {Сергій Дубик}
Nicole Engard
Magnus Enger
Amit Gupta
Srdjan Jankovic
Henri-Damien Laurent
Owen Leonard
Chris Nighswonger
Liz Rea
Bryce Sanchez
Robin Sheat
Spartaness
Zach Sim
Ian Walls

We regret any omissions.  If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed,
please send patch against these release notes to
koha-patches at lists.koha-community.org.

The 3.2.x Release Maintainer especially thanks the 3.4 Release Team and all
who participated in QA for their diligent labors in testing and pushing well
over 287 patches since the 3.2.0 relese. Their continued work very much makes
possible the release of 3.2.3 on its announced schedule.

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 3.2.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
releases) is 3.2.x.

The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.4.0.

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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