1 RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.2.2 - 22 December 2010
2 ========================================================================
4 Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package
5 (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes,
6 volunteers, and support companies from around the world.
7 The website for the Koha project is
9 http://koha-community.org/
11 Koha 3.2.2 can be downloaded from:
13 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.02.tar.gz
15 Installation instructions can be found at:
17 http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation
19 Koha 3.2.2 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
22 ======================
24 Some of the higher profile bugs addressed in this release are:
26 Bug 3285 Location on "Add Subscription" should be supplied in a drop-down
28 Bug 3575 Conflicts of template variables and the same "use" statement
29 appearing twice in the same script
30 Bug 4211 Acquisitions actions on suggestions now generate email
31 Bug 4218 Staff client detail page now shows item hold status
32 Bug 4252 Edit authorities permission now checked on 'More' list
33 Bug 4832 Re-editing a suggestion no longer changes the item type
34 Bug 5022 Supplements now show in serials
35 Bug 5041 Non repeatable fields are now deletable
36 Bug 5127 Sample suggestions notices are installed by default
37 Bug 5154 "Patrons checking out the most" report now works as expected
38 Bug 5484 List member search internal server errors if a borrower has
39 an invalid category now handled gracefully
41 Other notable fixes in this release include:
43 * A number of template bugs
44 * Various fixes to Koha's interface
46 This release also contains a variety of minor enhancements improving
47 Koha's interface and underlying scripts.
49 Maintenance activities performed in this release include:
54 ======================
56 2170 Adding 'edititems' user-permission
57 2808 Hold queue not alphabetizing
58 2965 Allow the user to specify due dates in the past
59 2981 Misleading interface for selecting patron from circulation search
61 3285 Location on Add Subscription should be pull down
62 3575 conflits of template var and 2 times the same "use"
63 3789 Set off Shelving Location in staff and OPAC title display
64 4173 Statuses not appearing in the OPAC
65 4211 Acquisitions actions on suggestions don't generate email
66 4218 Staff client detail page does not show item hold status
67 4252 edit authorities permission not checked on 'More' list
68 4449 Cannot place holds on unchecked-out missing items if
69 AllowShelfHolds turned off
70 4451 Batch item tool cannot process barcode file with Windows line
72 4500 Cant edit budget because of currency formatting
73 4832 Re-editing a suggestion changes the item type
74 4851 Batch delete shouldn't show delete button if no items were found
75 4908 OPAC patron details page doesn't show patron's home library
76 4935 Batch Modify tool cannot "unset" options such as Lost status
77 4937 XHTML error in pagination links of saved reports results.
78 4977 Acq: link to Z39.50 search missing from no results page
79 4981 Tweak style of item listing on MARC display
80 4983 Add edit record / edit item links to search results
81 5000 Uncertain prices misses option to choose display language
82 5022 supplements not showing in serials
83 5029 Update patron deletion error page
84 5030 Improve handling of duplicate patrons
85 5033 Makefile.PL doesn't know about the xml_sax.pl fix
86 5041 Non repeatable fields are not deletable
87 5048 Error in bottom menu/submenu for select language in intranet
88 5051 Renewal due date doesn't always show on patron Checkout tab
89 5084 GetBudgetHierarchy doesn't respect the 'active' switch on budgets
90 5125 Cursor default location on circulation-home.pl
91 5127 No sample suggestions notices are installed by default
92 5143 Subtitles not showing on view_holdsqueue.pl
93 5150 Issuing should read Circulation
94 5154 the most Checkouts reports problem
95 5228 Sometimes the zebra server directories break and rebuild_zebra
97 5232 Shelfname does not display on high numbered lists
98 5255 document type should say item type
99 5269 link to patron edit form when editing turned off
100 5281 "Check in" then "Renew" checkboxes checked in the same time
101 5313 koha-create script doesn't allow libraries with a '-' in their
103 5397 number of renewals not displayed consistently
104 5402 "add to cart" shown on checkbox hover even if cart disabled
105 5405 catalogue/suggest.pl is no longer used
106 5416 Template syntax error in moredetails.tmpl
107 5443 Inaccurate highlighting of fields in request for update of
109 5446 Item creation in Acquisition module doesn't control mandatory
111 5448 Boolean.pm's interface could be cleaned up
112 5450 Name clash between ILSDI::Utility and Reserves
113 5455 Fix uninitialized-warnings on authorities.pl
114 5457 gather_print_notices.pl requires explicit stylesheet
115 5460 AutoEmailPrimaryAddress set to invalid value in sysprefs.sql
116 5467 LDR pos 6 o = Kit should not show as visual material
117 5475 Wrong messages date formating on Check Out page
118 5479 Update packaging scripts to account for the new version number
119 5484 Routing list member search internal server errors
120 if a borrower has an invalid category
122 Commits in 3.2.2 without a referenced bug report:
124 * Fix some compile time errors reported in test suite
125 * Fixing formatting and links in the history document
126 * Adding 3.2.1 release to the history
127 * Add BSZ to Koha's About page
128 * Ergonomy improvement in smart rule management
129 * Updating test for systprefs to give more useful output
130 * Adding another developer to the Koha history, 120 now!
131 * Update Debian changelog for 3.2.1 release
132 * Variable redeclared in same scope
133 * Fix for intranet-tmpl had one /TMPL_IF to many
134 * Revert "Ergonomy improvement in smart rule management"
135 * Add .packages file for Ubuntu 10.10
138 ======================
142 * The minimum version of Perl required is now 5.8.8.
143 * There are a number of new Perl module dependencies.
144 Run ./koha_perl_deps.pl -u -m to get a list of
145 any new modules to install during upgrade.
148 ======================
150 The structure of the acquisitions tables have changed significantly
151 from 3.0.x. In particular, the budget hierarchy is quite different.
152 During an upgrade, a new database table is created called fundmapping
153 that contains a record of how budgets were mapped. It is strongly
154 recommended that users of Koha 3.0.x acquisitions carefully review
155 the results of the upgrade before resuming ordering in Koha 3.2.x.
158 ======================
160 As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The
161 home page for Koha documentation is
163 http://koha-community.org/documentation/
165 As of the date of these release notes, several translations of the
166 Koha manual are available:
168 English: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual/
169 Spanish: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual-es/
170 French: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual-fr/
172 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
174 http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary
177 ======================
179 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
180 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
184 * English (New Zealand)
197 Translations updated in 3.2.2:
199 * English (United Kingdom)
206 * Portuguese (Brazil)
212 Translation related commits new to 3.2.2:
214 * 2307 Calendar widget cannot be translated
215 * 5142 Untranslatable strings in tag review template
216 * 5208 Language chooser missing on Batch item deletion/modification
217 * 5444 Installaling translation fails for 'standard' installed Koha
218 * 5506 Translation Process Simplification
220 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
222 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
224 http://www.kohadocs.org/usersguide/apb.html
226 for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
229 http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate
231 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
233 http://translate.koha-community.org/
236 ======================
238 The release team for Koha 3.2 is
240 Release Manager: Galen Charlton <gmcharlt@gmail.com>
241 Documentation Manager: Nicole Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
242 Translation Manager: Chris Cormack <chris@bigallofwax.co.nz>
243 Release Maintainer (3.0.x):
244 Henri-Damien Laurent <henridamien.laurent@biblibre.com>
245 Release Maintainer (3.2.x):
246 Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
249 ======================
251 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.2.2:
272 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed,
273 please send patch against these release notes to
274 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
276 The 3.2.x Release Maintainer especially thanks the 3.4 Release Team and all
277 who participated in QA for their diligent labors in testing and pushing well
278 over 180 patches since the 3.2.0 relese. Their continued work very much makes
279 possible the release of 3.2.2 on its announced schedule.
281 Revision control notes
282 ======================
284 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
285 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of
287 git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git
289 The branch for Koha 3.2.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
292 The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.4.0.
294 Bugs and feature requests
295 ======================
297 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
300 http://bugs.koha-community.org/
302 Naku te rourou, nau te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi.