[Koha] Koha 3.10.5 released

Chris Cormack chris at bigballofwax.co.nz
Wed Apr 24 17:25:26 NZST 2013


The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 3.10.5.
This is a stable release and contains many bugfixes.

You can download the tarball from http://download.koha-community.org
or wait a day or 2 for the packages to become available.

Please read below for the full release notes

RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.10.5
23 Apr 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 3.10.5 can be downloaded from:

    http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.10.05.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 3.10.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release.


Major fixes of 3.10.5
======================

Acquisitions
----------
9928 blocker no way to see all purchase suggestions at all
7018 critical need all acq permissions to search
7449 major billingplace and freedeliveryplace not saved when creating
a new basketgroup

Cataloging
----------
9908 major OCLC Connexion Desktop Client Doesn't Work

Circulation
----------
9953 major When OpacMaintenance breaks lifting debarment

Hold requests
----------
9922 critical holds queue shows home library with AutomaticReturn

Notices
----------
8378 major <fine> syntax not working on overdues anymore

OPAC
----------
8979 major "News" does not work with CCSR

Patrons
----------
9930 critical can't update patron info in ccsr

Searching
----------
9341 major Problem with UNIMARC authors facets

Tools
----------
9535 major Patron card creator "Remove duplicates" function doesn't work


Other bugs fixed in 3.10.5
==========================

About
----------
9956 trivial Add missing translators to the about page

Acquisitions
----------
7875 trivial Pending suggestion link (the numbers) from staff client
home directs to accepted suggestions instead of pending

Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
9727 normal Typo in code causes compilation failure with Solr enabled
9609 trivial Rebuild zebra reports double numbers for exported records
with -z option

Authentication
----------
9841 minor Improve the link from the "logged in as mysql-user"-warning

Command-line Utilities
----------
9496 normal rebuild_zebra.pl should handle invalid XML records better
9885 normal Passwords generated by command line scripts are weak

Database
----------
9745 trivial Don't nuke translated permissions with changes introduced
in bug 9382

I18N/L10N
----------
7938 normal The -v option to the translate script is not documented

Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
----------
9498 normal Update encoding for Norwegian sample Z39.50 servers
9752 normal Set marcflavor = normarc when NORMARC is chosen in the web installer
9837 normal Fix Norwegian authorized values for the web installer
9863 trivial 'import' button in web installer should read 'Import'

MARC Bibliographic data support
----------
9274 normal Software error in bibtex export

OPAC
----------
9166 normal OPAC needs configuration file for datepicker
9504 normal URL escape in OPAC more searches
9660 normal OpenLibrary covers are too small on OPAC search results
9932 normal Broken calendar image and misplaced masthead include for CCSR theme
9003 minor Add css fix for opac news items with strong and em
9935 minor Social icons missing in CSSR theme

Packaging
----------
8816 normal add WARNING to debian/control file, to not manually edit
9802 minor Add test case to verify package man pages are well formatted

Patrons
----------
9002 normal Remove Problematic Logic from Patron Messaging Preferences Form

Searching
----------
9419 minor The highlight feature can cause a browser freeze

Self checkout
----------
9748 minor noitemlinks not being enforced

Serials
----------
9947 minor Creating item for received serial prefills enumchron subfield

SIP2
----------
9838 trivial SIP tests : fix in 04patron_status.t

Staff Client
----------
9726 minor XISBN service throttle not initialized

Templates
----------
9554 normal single quote in didyoumean
9945 normal Pretty icon display in authorised values configuration
5648 minor icons clumping together
9571 minor Fix width for textareas in Edit Item screen
9952 trivial MARC tab: tab 0 is not translated correctly

Tools
----------
9415 normal XML catalog export is missing root node
9954 minor CSV profile encoding not selected on editing

translate.koha-community.org
----------
8942 normal Translation process breaks javascript in calendar.inc


Enhancements in 3.10.5
======================

Circulation
----------
9423 Add notforloan value to issue confirmation or blocking message


New sysprefs in 3.10.5
======================

  * UNIMARCAuthorsFacetsSeparator


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

    Important notes:

    * Perl 5.10 is required
    * Zebra is required


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, only the English version of the
Koha manual is available:

    http://manual.koha-community.org/3.10.5/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 (99%)
  * Chinese (China) (92%)
  * Chinese (Taiwan) (99%)
  * Danish (100%)
  * English (New Zealand) (99%)
  * French (98%)
  * French (Canada) (68%)
  * German (100%)
  * German (Switzerland) (97%)
  * Greek (62%)
  * Italian (99%)
  * Norwegian Bokmål (64%)
  * Portuguese (99%)
  * Portuguese (Brazil) (99%)
  * Slovak (100%)
  * Spanish (100%)
  * Turkish (100%)


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 3.10.5 is

  Release Manager:       Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins at cpbibliography.com>
  Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard at gmail.com>
  Translation Manager:   D Ruth Bavousett <ruth at bywatersolutions.com>
  QA Manager:            Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer at bsz-bw.de>,
  QA Team:               Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy at rijksmuseum.nl>,
                         Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart at biblibre.com>,
                         Mason James <mtj at kohaaloha.com>,
            Elliott Davis <elliott at bywatersolutions.com>
  Bug Wranglers:         Magnus Enger <magnus at enger.priv.no>,
                         Marc Véron <veron at veron.ch>,
            Chris Hall <chrish at catalyst.net.nz>,
                         Mirko Tietgen <5p4m at gmx.de>
  Packaging Manager:     Robin Sheat <robin at catalyst.net.nz>
  Packaging Assistant:   Mason James <mtj at kohaaloha.com>

  Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Liz Rea <liz at catalyst.net.nz>
  Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc at catalyst.net.nz>
  Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc at catalyst.net.nz>


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

We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.10.5:
  * KEEP SOLUTIONS

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.10.5.
  *      3 Jared Camins-Esakov
  *      1 Colin Campbell
  *      1 Galen Charlton
  *      3 David Cook
  *      5 Chris Cormack
  *      2 Jonathan Druart
  *      4 Magnus Enger
  *      1 Vitor FERNANDES
  *      4 Kyle M Hall
  *      1 Mason James
  *      2 Peter Crellan Kelly
  *      2 Owen Leonard
  *      1 Chris Nighswonger
  *      4 Dobrica Pavlinusic
  *      1 Karam Qubsi
  *      1 Thatcher Rea
  *      2 Liz Rea
  *      2 Marcel de Rooy
  *     15 Fridolyn SOMERS
  *      1 Mathieu Saby
  *      2 Adrien Saurat
  *      1 Robin Sheat
  *      1 Will Stokes
  *      1 ByWater Migration Support
  *      1 Aaron Wells
  *      1 Jen Zajac

We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.10.5
  *       2 ACPL
  *      19 Biblibre
  *       4 BigBallOfWax
  *       6 ByWater-Solutions
  *       3 C & P Bibliography
  *       9 Catalyst
  *       1 Equinox
  *       1 Foundations
  *       1 KohaAloha
  *       4 Libriotech
  *       1 PTFS-Europe
  *       3 Prosentient Systems
  *       2 Rijksmuseum
  *       1 Université Rennes 2
  *       1 keep.pt
  *       4 rot13.org
  *       1 unidentified

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.10.5.
  *       4 Tomas Cohen Arazi
  *       1 Larry Baerveldt
  *       1 Brendan
  *      51 Jared Camins-Esakov
  *       5 Galen Charlton
  *      60 Chris Cormack
  *       1 Frédéric Demians
  *      14 Jonathan Druart
  *       1 Frédéric Durand
  *       1 Nicole C. Engard
  *       4 Magnus Enger
  *      25 Katrin Fischer
  *       6 Kyle M Hall
  *       6 Mason James
  *       5 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
  *       9 Owen Leonard
  *       1 Sophie Meynieux
  *       1 Chris Nighswonger
  *       1 Dobrica Pavlinusic
  *       6 Paul Poulain
  *       1 MJ Ray
  *       5 Liz Rea
  *       5 Marcel de Rooy
  *       1 Mathieu Saby
  *       1 Robin Sheat

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 this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this
release line is 3.10.x.

The last Koha release was 3.8.10, which was released on February 23, 2013.


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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