[Koha] Koha 3.8.0 Released

Tue Apr 24 17:22:45 NZST 2012

Hello 

It is a great, great job congratulations to everybody,

I have one question on the new release, I read that was planned for release in 3.8 the chance of sharing , subscription patterns (kardex) between koha sites.

Is that feature included in 3.8 i have not seen it in the list you have provided

Once again, thank you very much for this greeat job!

Hugo Agud

Enviado desde mi iPad, disculpen los errores tipográficos y ortográficos

El 23/04/2012, a las 22:54, Chris Cormack <chris at bigballofwax.co.nz> escribió:

> The Koha release team is happy to announce the release of Koha 3.8.0, the
> third major release since we shifted to time based releases. The release
> team would like to thank everyone involved in this release for making it
> possible.
> 
> Koha 3.8.0 contains over 130 enhancements with over 1000 changesets from 71
> developers. Please read the release notes below the fold for more
> information.
> 
> Koha 3.8.0 can be downloaded from download.koha-community.org or directly
> at http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.8.0.tar.gz
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> Release Notes
> ==================
> 
> 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 3.8.0 can be downloaded from:
> 
> http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.8.0.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 3.8.0 is a major feature release, that comes with a lot of new
> features, and many tweaks to improve performance. Those tweaks are usually
> not activated by default when you install Koha. If you're upgrading, they
> are not activated. Go the the "PERFORMANCE" chapter to see all of those
> improvements, and how to activate them.
> 
> NEW FEATURES
> 
> ==========
> 
> There are 130+ enhancements in Koha 3.8. Some of them are minor, some are
> major. The list is given below. The number in () is the bugzilla number (
> http://bugs.koha-community.org) The "IMPORTANT" flag before an enhancement
> description means it's a totally new feature, or a major improvement of an
> existing one, or a change that you should be warned, because you'll spot it
> in your daily use of Koha
> 
> CATALOGUE and CATALOGUING
> * IMPORTANT Add ability to take book cover images from local img db (1633)
> This feature let you attach images to bibliographic records, that can be
> cover images or any kind of image
> * Delete biblios if deleting all their items in batch deletion (6027)
> When you do batch deletion, you can check a checkbox to automatically
> delete biblios that have no more items attached. The previous behaviour is
> still there (do not delete the biblio), and the checkbox not checked by
> default
> * Choose framework on Merge (6210)
> When you merge 2 bibliographic records, you can choose the framework of the
> merged record
> * Attach/move items - adding option "try again" after success or wrong
> barcode (6323)
> * Enhanced Workflow for adding analytical records (6831)
> In cataloguing after searching for the parent record the new tool bar
> option 'add child' takes you into the addbiblio screen but with the Host
> Item Tag already populated with data derived from the parent record
> * Adding invoice number and vendor name to the moredetail page (7235)
> When a biblio is created through an acquisition order, the vendor name and
> invoice number is displayed, and linked to the order
> * In the items table, make items.materials of type text, and show its
> contents at circulation (7278)
> The note in the item field mapped to items.materials will show up in a
> message box when checking the item in or out.
> * New call number allocation plugin (7458)
> When you activate this new plugin (callnumber-KU), the callnumber has the
> following behaviour:
> FREN 0 (then click on ...) - FREN 0000 is returned
> FREN 0 (then click on ...) - FREN 0001 is returned (the first unused value
> beginning with this prefix)
> FREN 01 (then click on ...) - FREN 0100 is returned
> FEAT AM (then click on ...) - FEAT AM01 is returned
> FEAT AM (then click on ...) - FEAT AM02 is returned
> * Create index for items.itemcallnumber (7509)
> This index speed up a lot the shelves browsing feature
> * OCLC Connexion Gateway, including extension svc/import_bib (7613)
> * Add auto-completion on auth_finder (7400)
> * 5 icons have been added to bridge itemtype icon theme (7373)
> * A minor change in the “GetMarcAuthors” function of C4/Biblio.pm would
> allow differentiate the type of authors in the templates (4376)
> * Add search links in detail pages (6120)
> * IMPORTANT Authority matching improvements (7284)
> Implemented new C4::Linker functionality to make it possible to easily add
> custom authority linker algorithms. Currently available linker options are:
> * Default: retains the current behavior of only creating links when there is
> an exact match to one and only one authority record; if the
> 'broader_headings'
> option is enabled, it will try to link to headings to authority records for
> broader headings by removing subfields from the end of the heading (NOTE:
> test the results before enabling broader_headings in a production system
> because its usefulness is very much dependent on individual sites' authority
> files)
> * First Match: based on Default, creates a link to the *first* authority
> record that matches a given heading, even if there is more than one
> authority record that matches
> * Last Match: based on Default, creates a link to the *last* authority
> record that matches a given heading, even if there is more than one record
> that matches
> 
> OPAC
> * IMPORTANT XSLT systempreference should take a path to file rather than
> YesNo (4032)
> You can now display biblio detail and search results using a XSLT taken
> from a file. It means you can have a XSLT that is independant from the one
> provided by Koha. You can still choose to display using normal mode or the
> default XSLT provided
> * Add ID attribute to certain areas of OPAC so jquery can be used to hide
> them (4819)
> * IMPORTANT Star ratings in the opac (5668)
> You can now activate (through a system preference) local rating in the
> OPAC. Logged-in users can rate any biblio
> * IMPORTANT Display information about library on OPAC detail (7264)
> In libraries administration, there is a new field that, if filled, is
> displayed on the OPAC when the patron put his mouse over library name. This
> can be used to enter library opening hours, address,...
> * System preference to configure export options for OPAC detail page (7392)
> The new system preference allows to give a list of | separated values to
> define, which download options are offered in OPAC. You can choose between
> BIBTEX (bibtex), Dublin Core (dc), MARCXML (marcxml), MARC-8 encoded MARC
> (marc8), Unicode/UTF-8 encoded MARC (utf8), Unicode/UTF-8 encoded MARC
> without local use (9xx, x9x, xx9) fields and subfields (marcstd), MODS and
> RIS
> * Add ISSN to SearchForTitleIn (7576)
> The placeholder {ISSN} is now available in SearchForTitleIn
> systempreference (as title, author, isbn were previously)
> * Introduce sys pref to control 'browse results' in OPAC (7935)
> A system preference has been added to activate or desactivate the "browse
> result" feature (that let you move to the next/previous record when you've
> made a search)
> * "Add to Cart" changes to "Remove from Cart" when a record already in the
> cart is checked (3215)
> * comments shouldn't show patron's full name (5503)
> * Babeltheque integration (7470)
> Babeltheque is a french provider for enhanced content (comments,
> reviews,...). The basic support available in previous versions has been
> improved a lot.
> * social networks links (7470)
> You can activate a system preference that will display Facebook 'I like',
> google+ '+1', linkedIn and some other social networks links. (Note that the
> system preference OPACBaseURL must be filled in order to have this feature
> working correctly)
> 
> ACQUISITION
> * Linking suggestions & orders (5346)
> You can now jump from a suggestion to the order placed or from the order to
> the suggestion it comes from
> * IMPORTANT keep track of cancelled orders (5358)
> When you cancel an order, it does not disappear, but is displayed in a
> table below the other orders
> * Create new budget from a copy of a previous budget (6943)
> * Claim notice in acquisitions is now using the message queue (7103)
> * Claims/Late orders in acquisitions give feedback (7104)
> * Modify order notes when basket is closed (7166)
> When a basket is closed, you still can update an order notes. This will let
> you, for example, add a comment about a delay for delivery
> * Change booksellers search results display (7169)
> The page displayed when you search for a bookseller has been changed a lot
> for a better readability
> * edition statement field (7289)
> The edition statement field has been added to the order form
> * IMPORTANT claims management improvement (5347)
> When you claim a late order, the date of the last claim and the total
> number of claims is now saved and displayed
> * IMPORTANT new fields in vendor table (7293 and 7291)
> There is now a field to store the common delivery time. It is used to
> calculate estimated delivery when placing an order, and displayed in
> acquisition claims. There is also a field containing the library customer
> number at the vendor
> * IMPORTANT display suggestions from librarian library only by default
> (7300)
> By default, the librarian sees only the suggestions placed by patrons from
> his library
> * Add default date limit to acquisitions histsearch (7301)
> * Suggestion show page (7577)
> There is now a page to display a suggestion, that is used when jumping from
> order to suggestion
> * Use of date filters on bookseller pages (7737)
> * When adding Vendor default to active currencies (4161)
> 
> PATRONS
> * The patron password is masked as it is entered (5280)
> * Display Organisation and Parent Organisation names when viewing a
> borrower of type organisation (6303)
> * Link in readingrec.pl to export a barcode file (6751)
> * A system preference has been added to renew membership from expiry date
> or from current date (6843)
> * Clean up interface on fine payment screens (7080)
> * IMPORTANT Group borrower attributes and link between patron category and
> attribute (7154)
> In patron extended attributes, you can now:
> - group patron attributes, in a PA_GROUP authorised value list.
> - select a patron category for a give attribute. If you choose one, only
> patrons of this category will have this attribute available and displayed
> * IMPORTANT Add ability search borrowers only on email / phone (7544)
> In patron search, you can choose on which field you're doing your search:
> - standard (the default option, the previous one : search on patron
> card, then name+surname)
> - email
> - borrowernumber (Koha internal number)
> - phone
> * Custom field removal from patron entry screens (6190)
> The systempreference BorrowerUnwantedField (same format as
> BorrowerMandatoryField) implement a mechanism for removing unwanted fields
> from the entry screens
> 
> SERIALS
> * Partial duplication of a subscription (5354)
> A syspref has been added that you can use to define fields that should not
> be duplicated when you duplicate a subscription
> * Add a 1/4 month frequency (6321)
> * The hardcoded routing list note is now a system preference (7557)
> 
> CIRCULATION
> * IMPORTANT Hourly loans (5549)
> issuing rules can now be defined in hour unit, enabling daily/hourly loans
> * Make fields from issues table available in overdues (5607)
> * IMPRTANT Offline circulation improvements : Firefox plugin, and
> upload all files, apply at once (5877)
> You can download a Firefox plugin (
> https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/koct/), that will let you do
> offline circulation when your network is down. When the network is back,
> you can upload all KOCT files from your circulation desks, and apply all of
> them at once.
> * Adds staticfines.pl for static fines processing (6858)
> This script let you define static fine like "when the patron is late, set a
> fixed fine of 1€ for each book late"
> * IMPORTANT User Configurable Slips (7001)
> - Slips and checkout reciepts are now driven under the notices editor.
> - The Notice for a given event can be defined for all libraries, or library
> by library
> - You can define a CSS to format the notices (see systempreferences)
> * Floating collection (7144)
> Adds support for Floating Collections (i.e. items that don't automatically
> return home when checked in at another branch) on a per branchcode/itemtype
> basis.
> * Display of issue number for serials in overdues (7434)
> * Printing Transfer Slips for checkin items that do not have holds but need
> transfer (7467)
> * Display fine amount and make payment link during checkin (7566)
> * add columns to overdues export (4051)
> * Double-clicking the 'place hold' button can result in duplicate holds
> (4054)
> * Suspension of holds (7641)
> Users are now able to place a hold 'on suspension'. This means the hold
> will preserve it's place in the queue, but it will be skipped over to the
> next non-suspended hold when the item becomes available. Upon
> un-suspension, the hold will resume it's original place in the queue.
> * Expire holds that have been waiting too long (7408)
> For holds that have been waiting for pickup longer than the
> ReservesMaxPickupDelay number of days, there is now an automated way to
> mark these holds as "expired" (misc/cronjobs/holds/expire_holds_over.pl).
> * Cancel all waiting holds (6039)
> There is now a button to cancel all waiting holds and an option to choose
> to cancel or not hold needing a transfer when clicking on this cancel all
> button
> * Add "AllowItemsOnHoldCheckout" syspref to allow issue to the patron
> regardless of hold status (7090)
> An item scanned at a self check station connected to Koha over SIP2 can
> generate an issue regardless of whether there is a hold on the item. If the
> patron has the book in hand, they should be allowed to check it out;
> otherwise, what's to stop them from just taking it?
> * Add system pref to control behavior of submitting empty barcode field on
> circulation page (7077)
> It used to be that submitting an empty barcode input field when a patron's
> account was open in Circulation would clear the page (the same behavior as
> the "clear screen" buton offers now). Since inclusion of Bug 4389 this
> action has been co-opted to pop up a quick slip print window. A system
> preference has been added to allow the library to choose which behavior
> they want.
> 
> PERFORMANCE (see below for more information about performance)
> * Use memcached cache koha-conf.xml configuration variables (6193)
> * Caching Templates (7511)
> * work on persistency compatibility to make Koha Plack / mod_perl compliant
> (7172)
> * Enhancing the performance test suite (6015)
> 
> SEARCHING
> * More options for AdvancedSearchTypes (7031)
> Adds the ability to perform advanced searches in both the OPAC and staff
> client on more than
> a single AdvancedSearchType at a time. Support included for Itemtype,
> Collection Code and Shelving Location.
> 
> AdvancedSearchTypes syspref preference is repurposed; no longer a single
> value, it can now take
> multiple item code fields separated by "|". The order of these fields will
> determine the order
> of the tabs in the OPAC and staff client advanced search screens. Values
> within the search type
> are OR'ed together, while each different search type is AND'ed together in
> the query limits. The
> current stored values are supported without any required modification.
> 
> Each set of advanced search fields are displayed in tabs in both the OPAC
> and staff client. The
> first value in the AdvancedSearchTypes syspref is the selected tab; if no
> values are present, "itemtypes"
> is used. For non-itemtype values, the value in AdvancedSearchTypes must
> match the Authorised Value name, and
> must be indexed with 'mc-' prefixing that name.
> * Add ICU option to Koha out of the box (7698)
> during installation, you now have an option to use ICU. ICU is a unicode
> library that improve a lot zebra search engine for non latin alphabet
> catalogue
> 
> INTERNALS
> * Be stricter with utf-8 output (6752)
> * Have mysql returning errors (7184)
> * Move SIPconfig.xml, sip_run and sip_shutdown outside from C4 (7238)
> * Allow authentication to Koha via PKI / x.509 certificates (6296)
> * Using OPACBaseURL for CAS Authentication (7745)
> * Cleaning up import tables and action_logs (7240)
> The cleanup_database.pl now can clean imported records and logs
> * Opac-ics depends on Date::ICal which is largely unmaintained (7532)
> the Date::ICal dependancy has been removed
> * Use KohaDates Template::Toolkit plugin to display dates (7743)
> all dates are displayed through a Template::Toolkit plugin, that make the
> code more readable and maintainable. This change is not visible to users
> * A lot of html div & ids & spans have been added to help with CSS
> customization (7760, 7781, 7876, and some others)
> 
> TOOLS
> * Give option to use description for homebranch/holding branch in label
> creator instead of the branchcode (7615)
> * It is now possible to export MARC records without private/local fields
> (7345)
> * It is now possible to duplicate a holiday calendar (7477)
> * It is now possible to mark a range of holiday as closed (7681)
> 
> LISTS
> * a deep work has been started to clean up the code and make it more
> flexible (7310
> most of this work is invisible for now, but new features will come soon.
> for now, the only visible improvement is the system preference
> OpacAllowPublicListCreation that let you enable or disable the creation of
> public lists by patrons
> 
> VARIOUS
> * Main page enhanced (7781)
> The search toolbox available on most page has been introduced on the main
> page for more consistency.
> A "Welcome to Koha" has been added,
> The menus are located at the same position if there is no news or if there
> is some
> * Improving koha-list and koha-create (6913)
> The biggest change is to add support for pre-determined MySQL credentials
> using
> a file in /etc/koha/passwd (for security reasons, if you use this feature,
> make
> sure the file is not world-readable). The configuration file has the
> following
> format:
> instance:user:password:database
> The database is optional, but the other two are both required if you want to
> specify MySQL credentials. If no credentials are specified for a given
> instance,
> the standard koha_instance username and an auto-generated password are used.
> 
> The following additional command line options are now available:
> * --use-db - use a pre-existing database, see also --database
> * --database - specify the name of the mysql database (still defaults to
> koha_instance)
> * --passwdfile - specify a custom (Koha) passwd file for MySQL credentials
> 
> The following additional variables are now available (for use in
> koha-sites.conf or a custom config file):
> * OPACPORT (previously added but not documented) - port on which the OPAC
> should be served
> * OPACPREFIX - prefix for the OPAC's virtual host
> * OPACSUFFIX - suffix for the OPAC's virtual host
> 
> This commit also adds the --keep-mysql option to koha-remove, which, if
> specified, will prevent koha-remove from deleting the database or MySQL user
> when removing an instance.
> * rebuild_zebra.pl now has a --limit option to allow partial re-indexing
> (7246)
> * a System Preference has been added to select the first day of week
> (Sunday or Monday) to use in the calendar (OPAC and Intranet) (7261)
> * Koha's OAI-PMH now fully support sets (6440)
> * Provide datepicker for sql reports runtime parameters (5698)
> * Installation might fail it user web doesn't have in its path the database
> command path (6008)
> * Script to recreate entries in the statistics table from the issues and
> oldissues table (6025)
> * Set a timeout to z3950 servers that could have network problems
> occasionally (6140)
> 
> PERFORMANCE
> 
> ==========
> 
> A lot of work has been made to improve Koha performance. Some of those
> improvements are available for everybody in any situation (like database
> connexion that has been speeded by 200ms (7188) However, the 3 most
> important speed improvements requires a tweaking of your configuration file
> 
> TEMPLATE CACHING
> Without the tweak, templates are compiled everytime you call them. It means
> that, when you call circulation.pl page, the circulation template is read,
> parsed and analysed before being filled. The read/parsing/analysis need to
> be done only once.
> Fortunately, Template::Toolkit is a great tool and provide a caching
> mechanism: the read/parsing/analysis phase is made only once and the result
> is stored on your server, at a location defined in your koha configuration
> file. To activate the caching you must:
> - open koha-conf.xml
> - search for the <config> part of the file
> - add a line <template_cache_dir>/tmp</template_cache_dir>
> - that's all folks !
> Of course, the /tmp directory is at your choice, you can use whatever
> directory you want. The directory you choose will be filled with files
> under path/to/koha/koha-tmpl/... (so, if you choose /tmp for template
> caching and your Koha is installed on /usr/opt/koha, you'll have
> /tmp/usr/opt/koha/koha-tmpl/...) The size of those files on the disk is
> less than 5MB
> The performance improvement is a rough 10%, so it's worth it
> 
> MEMCACHE
> Memcache is a global caching mechanism that we use for caching almost
> static data that are retrieved from mySQL. It has been introduced in
> previous versions of Koha, but it has been upgraded in this release.
> Previously, the memcache configuration was in the Koha configuration. The
> consequence was that it was not possible to cache the configuration file
> itself.
> In Koha 3.8, the memcache configuration is now in the Apache setting. If
> you're upgrading from a previous version, you must update your
> configuration, or the memcache won't work anymore.
> To activate memcache:
> * install memcached server (apt-get install memcached). You should not need
> to update the memcached configuration file, the default values are OK, but
> it may be worth reading it, to let him use more memory or listen on a
> different unix port
> * update your koha-httpd.conf file, and add the following lines:
> <memcached_servers>127.0.0.1:11211</memcached_servers>
> <memcached_namespace>KOHA</memcached_namespace>
> Note that, if you have more than one Koha instance on your server, you
> *must* have a different namespace for each. Otherwise, the'll all share the
> same cached values, and you'll get some unexpected behaviour !!!
> DISCLAIMER = the memcache mechanism read cached values only once every 10
> minuts. So, if you change some parameter that is cached (like cataloguing
> frameworks), you'll have to wait up to 10 minuts before seing the changes
> when cataloguing. You've been warned. In future versions, we plan to add a
> more efficient caching mechanism that will update the cache when it's
> needed, but for now, just wait. At your option, you also can restart
> memcache (sudo /etc/init.d/memcached restart) or flush the cache (echo
> "flush_all" | /bin/netcat -q 2 127.0.0.1 11211)
> The performance improvement is a rought 10%, mostly due to configuration
> caching (reading and parsing the XML on each page is costly)
> 
> PERSISTENCY
> Since version 1, Koha run on the webserver in CGI mode. This mode is not
> the most efficient we can have. We made a lot of changes on the code to
> make it persistency compliant. The OPAC is safely run under Plack mode in
> production in Lyon 3 university and a few other early testers. The staff
> interface is still considered as experimental, but if you want to help us
> polishing and make it stable, you're welcomed to try it.
> Setting up Plack result in a huge performance boost. The speed of most
> pages is multiplied by 3 ! It means that a page computed in 1.8s will
> be computed in 0.6s under Plack.
> If you want to activate Plack, head to the wiki page:
> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Plack
> If you want to activate Plack for staff, we strongly suggest to be (or
> become) a subscriber of koha-devel mailing list (the Koha developers one),
> and announce there that you're running Plack for staff !
> 
> System Preferences
> 
> ==========
> 
> The following system preferences have been added or changes (the number in
> () is the bugzilla number)
> 
> * OpacBrowseResults (7935)
> * OpacStarsRating (5668)
> * OPACXSLTDetailsDisplay, OPACXSLTResultsDisplay, XSLTDetailsDisplay and
> XSLTResultsDisplay (4032)
> * AutoResumeSuspendedHolds (7641)
> * Babeltheque_url_js and Babeltheque_url_update (7470)
> * SocialNetworks (7470)
> * OpacAllowPublicListCreation and OpacAllowSharingPrivateLists (7310)
> * UseICU (7092) Be carefull that this syspref can be changed, but only in
> conjunction with zebra configuration files
> * OAI-PMH:AutoUpdateSets (6440)
> * AllowPKIAuth (6296)
> * RoutingListNote (7557)
> * CalendarFirstDayOfWeek (7261)
> * ExpireReserveMaxPickupDelay and ExpireReserveMaxPickupDelayCharge (7408)
> * NoticeCSS and SlipCSS (7001)
> * AutoCreateAuthorities, LinkerModule, LinkerOptions, LinkerRelink,
> LinkerKeepStale, CatalogModuleRelink (7284)
> * OpacPatronimages (3516)
> * ShowReviewer is now none|full|first|surname|firstandinitial|username
> instead of yes/no (5503)
> * TransferWhenCancelAllWaitingHolds (6039)
> * OpacExportOptions (7392)
> * AllowItemsOnHoldCheckout (7090)
> * BorrowerRenewalPeriodBase
> * OPACLocalCoverImages, LocalCoverImages, AllowMultipleCovers (1633)
> * CircAutoPrintQuickSlip (7077)
> * BorrowerUnWantedField (6190)
> 
> System requirements
> 
> ==========
> 
> Installation
> 
> ==========
> 
> You can install Koha from:
> 
> * the tag.gz provided, see INSTALL and INSTALL.debian (even if you're not
> using debian. There are some usefull hints here)
> * git repository. Download Koha from git.koha-community.org, and checkout
> branch 3.8.x or tag 3.8.0
> * debian package, that will be provided soon (check
> http://koha-community.org for announcement)
> 
> Upgrading
> 
> ==========
> 
> If you have a Koha already running, you must take care of the following
> changes:
> 
> * The SIP start and shutdown scripts and configuration file have been moved
> from C4 directory to misc/bin, Update your system or your SIP server won't
> work anymore
> * The cleanup_database.pl script has 2 new options, to clean-up imported
> records and logs, update your crontab :
> --import DAYS purge records from import tables older than DAYS days.
> Defaults to 60 days if no days specified.
> --logs DAYS purge entries from action_logs older than DAYS days.
> Defaults to 180 days if no days specified.
> * The Date::ICal dependancy has be removed and a DateTime::Format::ICal has
> been introduced, update your perl packages on your server !
> * The memcache configuration has been moved from koha conf file to Apache
> configuration file
> 
> Also note that Koha 3.4.x or later no longer stores items in biblio
> records. If you are upgrading from an older version ou will need to do the
> following two steps, they can take a long time (several hours) to complete
> for large databases
> 
> misc/maintenance/remove_items_from_biblioitems.pl --run
> misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -r
> 
> Documentation
> 
> ==========
> 
> The Koha manual is maintained in DocBook format. The home page for Koha
> documentation is
> 
> http://koha-community.org/documentation/
> 
> As of the date of these release notes, the Koha manual is available:
> 
> english: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/en/
> french: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/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 are available in this release for
> the following languages:
> * French (100%)
> * Spanish (100%)
> * German (100%)
> * Chinese -Taïwan- (97%, OPAC 100%)
> * Italian (86%, OPAC 100%)
> * Danish (81%)
> * Portuguese (79%)
> * French -canada- (76%)
> * English -nz- (76%)
> * Greek (74%)
> * Norwegian (73%)
> 
> Note that some strings in online help have been introduced after string
> freeze, so:
> * the previous number don't count them
> * you'll find some strings in english in online help
> 
> Partial (less than 50%) 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 3.8 is
> 
> Release Manager: Paul Poulain <paul.poulain at biblibre.com>
> Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard at gmail.com>
> Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic at tamil.fr>
> QA Manager: Ian Walls <koha.sekjal at gmail.com>
> QA team: Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy at rijksmuseum.nl>, Jonathan Druart <
> jonathan.druart at biblibre.com>
> Bug Wranglers: Katrin Fischer, Magnus Enger
> 
> Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger at foundations.edu>
> Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger at foundations.edu>
> Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc at catalyst.net.nz>
> 
> Credits
> 
> ==========
> 
> The following individuals contributed patches to Koha 3.8.0.:
> Paul Poulain
> Owen Leonard
> Katrin Fischer
> Chris Cormack
> Colin Campbell
> Marcel de Rooy
> Dobrica Pavlinusic
> Nicole C. Engard
> Kyle M Hall
> Ian Walls
> Jonathan Druart
> Jared Camins-Esakov
> Adrien Saurat
> Frédéric Demians
> Julian Maurice
> Srdjan Jankovic
> Liz Rea
> Robin Sheat
> Magnus Enger
> Duncan Tyler
> Elliott Davis
> Garry Collum
> Chris Hall
> Frédérick Capovilla
> MJ Ray
> Juan Romay Sieira
> Chris Nighswonger
> Alex Arnaud
> Sam Sanders
> Maxime Pelletier
> Matthias Meusburger
> Sophie Meynieux
> Tomas Cohen Arazi
> Mason James
> Marc Balmer
> Stéphane Delaune
> Henri-Damien Laurent
> D Ruth Bavousett
> Connor Dewar
> Christophe Croullebois
> Zeno Tajoli
> Gaetan Boisson
> Aleksa Vujicic
> Brendan Gallagher
> Marc Veron
> Galen Charlton
> Serhij Dubyk {Сергій Дубик}
> Janusz Kaczmarek
> Salvador Zaragoza Rubio
> Koustubha Kale
> Kate Henderson
> Jono Mingard
> Albert Oller
> Frère Sébastien Marie
> Martin Renvoize
> Peter Lorimer
> Bart Jorgensen
> Jorgia Kelsey
> Lyon3 Team
> James Mason
> Jesse Maseto
> Fridolyn Sommers
> Jon Aker
> Greg Barniskis
> Joy Nelson
> Nahuel Angelinetti
> 
> 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 3.8.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
> releases) is 3.8.x.
> 
> 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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