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-RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.0 ALPHA
+RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.0 BETA
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Koha 3 is the next-generation release of the award-winning Koha open-source
integrated library system.
Active Directory via the Auth_with_ldap module.
The Amazon.com module can be enabled to enrich bibliographic data with jacket
-covers, professional reviews, ratings and comments from Amazon users, as well
+covers, professional reviews, ratings and comments from Amazon users, as well
as point to 'Similar Items' within the catalog. OCLC's xISBN, and
LibraryThing's ThingISBN can likewise be enabled to provide an 'Editions' tab
on item detail pages. New with Koha 3 is service throttling for these services,
* revision: two-digit
* build: three-digit
-This beta release of Koha 3.0 is versioned 3.00.00.056. Every database change
+This beta release of Koha 3.0 is versioned 3.00.00.067. Every database change
or significant enough code change requires an update to the 'build' number,
and developers will be able to easily upgrade their systems using the built-in
updater.
* OPAC Templates re-design (oleonard)
* Additional translations
-This beta release of Koha 3.0 will be followed by a stable release on Mar 15,
-2008, including fixes to the following components:
+This beta release of Koha 3.0 will be followed by a stable release, including
+fixes to the following components:
* General Bugfixing (everyone)
* Sync the system preferences between dev_week, rel_2_2 and 3.0 (gmcharlt)
* Additional Template improvements (oleonard)
* Documentation and Translations (everyone)
-The final stable release of Koha 3.0 is now slated for March 15 2008 and will
-include bugfixes to 3.0 beta.
-
Subsequent releases of 3.0 will be bugfix releases, and won't include any new
features.
languages:
OPAC: de-DE (German), el-GR (Greek), es-ES (Spanish), en (English), fr-FR (French)
- hu-HU (Hungarian), it-IT (Italian), pt-PT (Portuguese), tr-TR (Turkish)
+ hu-HU (Hungarian), it-IT (Italian), pt-PT (Portuguese), tr-TR (Turkish),
+ ru-RU (Russian), uk-UA (Ukranian)
+ zh-Hans-CN (Simplified Chinese in China), zh-Hans-TW (Simplified Chinese in Taiwan)
-Staff Client fr-FR (French), en (English), hy-Armn (Armenian)
+Staff Client fr-FR (French), en (English), hy-Armn (Armenian),
+ ru-RU (Russian), uk-UA (Ukranian)
+ zh-Hans-CN (Simplified Chinese in China), zh-Hans-TW (Simplified Chinese in Taiwan)
Additionally, Koha 3 beta (this release) has partial translations for the following
languages:
OPAC: am-Ethi (Amharic), bg-Cyrl (Bulgarian), fa-Arab (Persian), fi-FI (Finnish)
gl (Galego), he-Hebr (Hebrew), id-ID (Indonesian), ja-Japn (Japanese),
kn-Knda (kannada), ko-Kore (Korean), mi-NZ (Maori), pl-PL (Polish),
- tet (Tetum), zh-Hans-CN (Simplified Chinese in China),
- zh-Hans-TW (Simplified Chinese in Taiwan)
+ tet (Tetum)
Staff Client: de-DE (German), el-EL (Greek), es-ES (Spanish), hu-HU (Hungarian),
- ja-Japn (Japanese), tr-TR (Turkish), zh-Hans-CN (Simplified Chinese in China),
- zh-Hans-TW (Simplified Chinese in Taiwan)
+ ja-Japn (Japanese), tr-TR (Turkish),
The Koha Team welcomes additional translations; please see
http://www.kohadocs.org/usersguide/apb.html for information about