The Koha release team is proud to announce the release of Koha 3.8.8. This is a maintenance release and contains bugfixes please read the full release notes. You can download this release at http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.08.tar.gz
RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.8
21 Dec 2012
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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 3.8.8 can be downloaded from:
http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.08.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 3.8.8 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
Major fixes in 3.8.8
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Acquisitions
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9106 critical Filtering list of uncertain price list by owner empties order information
Circulation
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8800 blocker SpecifyDueDate && useDaysMode=Datedue wrong behaviour
Hold requests
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5801 major C4::Circulation::_GetCircControlBranch should not be used in opac-reserve.pl
Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
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9135 blocker updatedatabase.pl fails when DEBUG is set
MARC Authority data support
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9149 critical Patch 8823 introduces reference to non-existent function
Test Suite
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9142 blocker Failing test case in 3.10.0 release.
Other bugs fixed in 3.8.8
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Acquisitions
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7129 normal actual cost showing too many zeros
8382 normal It is not possible to cancel an order when receiving on a filtered page in parcel.pl
8820 minor Don't show orders table if there are no orders
Cataloging
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9123 normal Authorities search ordered by authid does not work
Circulation
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8781 minor Access to Transfer page while "independent branches" is on
Holidays
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9078 normal is_holiday should honour holiday exceptions
Installation and upgrade (web-based installer)
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9024 normal Add additional sample data to German installer
MARC Authority data support
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9070 normal Searching for authority from tag editor for field 650 gives error
OPAC
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8515 normal OPAC password change does not obey OpacPasswordChange
9077 normal OPAC Social media links broken by fix for Bug 8973
9115 normal basket window should close automatically when placing a hold
8614 minor Icon for scores on OPAC detail page broken
8981 minor Remove Nonpublic General Note from OPAC authorities display
8983 minor Typo error in UNIMARCslim2OPACResults.xsl
9098 minor Replace tabulations by spaces in opac-user.pl
8546 trivial Error in description of OPAC Advanced Search Publication date range search
Reports
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8588 normal Duplicate field IDs cause problems with SQL report parameter entry
Searching
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8954 normal Languages list in advanced search always in english
8946 minor Wrong label and missing values in UNIMARC coded fields advanced search
Staff Client
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8481 normal Items table is showing in opac-MARCdetail.pl but not in MARCdetail.pl
System Administration
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8163 trivial Click to populate XSLT preferences with "default" or empty values
Templates
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9073 normal Download option from the cart should match the menu button in lists
6680 trivial Cart download choices not understandable to patrons
Tools
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5521 normal item edit form appears if no items found
8843 normal Cannot export bibliographic records by call number
Enhancements in 3.8.8
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Packaging
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8878 koha-shell: a command to make using koha commands easier
Searching
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9134 There is no previous link on the second page of the search results page
Templates
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9137 Focus when editing/adding new itemtypes/authorised values
New sysprefs in 3.8.8
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System requirements
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Important notes:
* Perl 5.10 is required
* Zebra is required
Documentation
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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/3.8/en/
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary
Translations
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Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
interface are available in this release for the following languages:
* English (USA)
* Arabic (100%)
* Armenian (100%)
* Basque (75%)
* Chinese (Taiwan) (75%)
* Danish (74%)
* English (New Zealand) (100%)
* French (99%)
* French (Canada) (76%)
* German (99%)
* German (Switzerland) (99%)
* Greek (69%)
* Italian (100%)
* Norwegian Bokmål (68%)
* Portuguese (97%)
* Portuguese (Brazil) (99%)
* Slovak (100%)
* Spanish (100%)
* Turkish (84%)
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
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The release team for Koha 3.8.8 is
Release Manager: Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic@tamil.fr>
QA Manager: Ian Walls <koha.sekjal@gmail.com>
QA team: Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>,
Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>
Mason James <mason@kohaaloha.com>
Bug Wranglers: Katrin Fischer, Magnus Enger
Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com>
Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
Credits
======================
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.8.8:
* Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.8.
* 4 Tomas Cohen Arazi
* 3 Jared Camins-Esakov
* 1 David Cook
* 2 Chris Cormack
* 1 Jonathan Druart
* 1 Nicole Engard
* 2 Katrin Fischer
* 1 Kyle M Hall
* 15 Owen Leonard
* 1 Paul Poulain
* 3 Fridolyn SOMERS
* 2 Mathieu Saby
* 1 Adrien Saurat
* 2 Robin Sheat
* 1 Lyon3 Team
* 1 Mirko Tietgen
* 1 christophe croullebois
We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.8
* 15 ACPL
* 2 BSZ BW
* 7 Biblibre
* 2 ByWater-Solutions
* 3 C & P Bibliography
* 4 Catalyst
* 1 Prosentient Systems
* 1 Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3
* 2 Université Rennes 2
* 1 abunchofthings.net
* 4 unidentified
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.8.8.
* 30 Jared Camins-Esakov
* 44 Chris Cormack
* 1 Srikanth Dhondi
* 4 Jonathan Druart
* 2 Nicole C. Engard
* 1 Magnus Enger
* 18 Katrin Fischer
* 8 Kyle M Hall
* 2 Mason James
* 7 Melia Meggs
* 6 Paul Poulain
* 2 Marcel de Rooy
* 1 Robin Sheat
* 2 Mirko Tietgen
* 1 Marc Veron
* 2 Ian Walls
* 1 wajasu
We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed,
please send a patch against these release notes to
koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
Revision control notes
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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 3.8.x.
The last Koha release was 3.8.7, which was released on November 22, 2012.
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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