1 RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.2.3 - 22 January 2011
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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 3.2.3 can be downloaded from:
13 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.03.tar.gz
15 Installation instructions can be found at:
17 http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation
19 Koha 3.2.3 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
22 ======================
24 Some of the higher profile bugs addressed in this release are:
26 4286 Subscription expired at its creation
27 4438 incorrect "Budget total exceeds period allocation" error when editing fund
28 4945 Patron search is limited by default to the currently logged-in library
29 5480 Some usual UNIMARC cataloguing plugins doesn't work anymore
30 5542 Limit to availability not working
31 5611 can't add comments and tags in the OPAC when mod_perl is activated
33 This release also contains a variety of minor enhancements improving
34 Koha's interface and underlying scripts.
37 ======================
39 3153 'maxoutstanding' syspref does not disallow placing holds on staff side
40 3199 batchRebuildBiblioTables.pl failed due to missing argument
41 3262 OPAC needs syspref to show homebranch instead of current location on detail page
42 3347 Inconsistencies with tables in opac-shelves.tmpl
43 3459 topissues doesn't take care of ccode.
44 3550 Use GetRecordValue to get the subtitle
45 3737 search order title should me more fuzzy
46 3743 Acquisition stats ordering by month
47 3859 Attach Item Clarification
48 3918 Add to order lists inconsistent
49 3987 New Sys Prefs Branch - Alphabetize prefs in sections
50 4131 link on subscripton page says 'create routing' even when one exists
51 4473 Recent comments view for the OPAC
52 4826 Choose either 'new basket' or 'add basket'
53 4885 Only 1 ISBN shows in non-XSL detail view
54 4891 Order facets in left sidebar of search results
55 4908 OPAC patron details page doesn't show patron's home library
56 4942 When a new patron is created and the expiry date is left blank, it comes up with an invalid date
57 4946 hold warning needs rewording
58 4950 checkbox should be removed when can't place a hold
59 4984 Invalid XHTML in staff client search results
60 4997 More searches menu not on OPAC MARC and ISBD detail pages
61 5006 Invalid XHTML in record matching rules template
62 5040 "Distance" misspelled in default framework
63 5045 The help doesn't work if something strips the referrers
64 5055 crontab.example should use standard file paths
65 5143 Subtitles not showing on view_holdsqueue.pl
66 5294 Vendor name shows with '%20'
67 5327 Unit tests required for all C4 modules
68 5374 Update date/time last transaction (MARC 005) when saving biblio record
69 5375 Update date/time last transaction (MARC 005) when saving authority record
70 5398 several pages in the staff interface do not obey noItemTypeImages
71 5399 remove useless eval 'use C4::Foo'
72 5403 C4::Koha::DisplayISBN should be wrapper for Business::ISBN->as_string
73 5419 account fees not showing as reason to not check out
74 5446 Item creation in Acquisition module doesn't control mandatory fields
75 5451 can add tags with userlogin turned off
76 5470 improvements to results display in the staff client
77 5486 HomeOrHoldingBranch description inaccurate
78 5489 Send hold email to branch email address if it exists instead of koha email address
79 5492 import patrons page title reads 'cataloging'
80 5497 add option to supply library phone #, address, and other fields to circ receipts
81 5510 Hard to tell what instance a cron error comes from
82 5518 Add to shelf icon doesn't appear in OPAC results page
83 5526 List of lists should be in alphabetical order by list name
84 5531 Missing sysprefs in language specific files
85 5550 Wrong file name in package-installed docs
86 5556 OPAC does not display the type of authority
87 5557 Logs cannot be viewed by user with granular permission view_system_logs
88 5562 circ history says 'issues' instead of 'checkouts'
89 5563 note on enhanced content about cover images inaccurate
90 5570 item types not showing on other editions
91 5571 tags as bulleted list too long
92 5582 MARC Field Documentation links incorrect on tags < 080
93 5583 Rename variable to reflect what it is
94 5585 today's date does not display on receipts and slips
95 5589 Duplicate Code in Suggestions
96 5601 SIP Due dates miscalculated via DateTime
97 5603 advance_notices.pl generating "uninitialized value in hash element"
98 5604 additional icons for the Seshat set
100 Commits in 3.2.3 without a referenced bug report:
102 * Added more unit tests to check when JSONStream should fail.
103 * Added unit tests to test all of get_amazon_tld in Amazon.pm.
104 * Added unit tests for Biblio and moved it to db_dependent as it requires the database.
105 * Added unit tests using a test database for XISBN.
106 * Created unit testing using the testdatabase for XISBN.
107 * Added extra unit tests to Debug.t
108 * Adding new developers to the history
109 * Removing OPACNoResultsFound Enhancement Syspref
110 * Deleted old sample budget sql-data for Ukrainian and Russian
113 ======================
117 * The minimum version of Perl required is now 5.8.8.
118 * There are a number of new Perl module dependencies.
119 Run ./koha_perl_deps.pl -u -m to get a list of
120 any new modules to install during upgrade.
123 ======================
125 The structure of the acquisitions tables have changed significantly
126 from 3.0.x. In particular, the budget hierarchy is quite different.
127 During an upgrade, a new database table is created called fundmapping
128 that contains a record of how budgets were mapped. It is strongly
129 recommended that users of Koha 3.0.x acquisitions carefully review
130 the results of the upgrade before resuming ordering in Koha 3.2.x.
133 ======================
135 As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The
136 home page for Koha documentation is
138 http://koha-community.org/documentation/
140 As of the date of these release notes, several translations of the
141 Koha manual are available:
143 English: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual/
144 Spanish: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual-es/
145 French: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual-fr/
147 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
149 http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary
152 ======================
154 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
155 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
159 * English (New Zealand)
172 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
174 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
176 http://www.kohadocs.org/usersguide/apb.html
178 for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
181 http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate
183 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
185 http://translate.koha-community.org/
188 ======================
190 The release team for Koha 3.2 is
192 Release Manager: Galen Charlton <gmcharlt@gmail.com>
193 Documentation Manager: Nicole Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
194 Translation Manager: Chris Cormack <chris@bigallofwax.co.nz>
195 Release Maintainer (3.0.x):
196 Henri-Damien Laurent <henridamien.laurent@biblibre.com>
197 Release Maintainer (3.2.x):
198 Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
201 ======================
203 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.2.3:
213 Serhij Dubyk {Сергій Дубик}
228 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed,
229 please send patch against these release notes to
230 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
232 The 3.2.x Release Maintainer especially thanks the 3.4 Release Team and all
233 who participated in QA for their diligent labors in testing and pushing well
234 over 287 patches since the 3.2.0 relese. Their continued work very much makes
235 possible the release of 3.2.3 on its announced schedule.
237 Revision control notes
238 ======================
240 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
241 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of
243 git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git
245 The branch for Koha 3.2.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
248 The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.4.0.
250 Bugs and feature requests
251 ======================
253 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
256 http://bugs.koha-community.org/
258 Naku te rourou, nau te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi.