-RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.12.0-alpha2
-20 Mar 2013
+RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.12.0-beta1
+23 Mar 2013
========================================================================
Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package
http://koha-community.org/
-Koha 3.12.0-alpha2 can be downloaded from:
+Koha 3.12.0-beta1 can be downloaded from:
- http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.12.00-alpha2.tar.gz
+ http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.12.00-beta1.tar.gz
Installation instructions can be found at:
OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
-This is an alpha release of Koha 3.12 and is not yet ready for use in
+This is a beta release of Koha 3.12 and is not yet ready for use in
production. It has many new features compared to 3.10.
+It includes 6 features, 169 enhancements and 228 bugfixes.
-It includes 145 enhancement and 210 bugfixes.
+
+New features in 3.12.0-beta1
+======================
+
+Architecture, internals, and plumbing
+----------
+ 7167 Updatedatabase improvements
+
+Authentication
+----------
+ 9587 Allow login via mozilla persona - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/persona/
+
+OPAC
+----------
+ 8733 Adding critic reviews to book pages
+ 8917 Track clicks to links external to Koha
+
+Patrons
+----------
+ 7067 Allow patron self registration via the opac
+
+Serials
+----------
+ 8782 Add a feature to close a subscription
-Enhancements and new features in 3.12.0-alpha2
+Enhancements in 3.12.0-beta1
======================
About
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
7387 Add Template::Toolkit plugin to allow caching of includes
+ 8089 Use Koha::Cache everywhere
8164 Replace IFNULL() with COALESCE() in all database calls
- 7167 Updatedatabase improvements
Authentication
----------
- 9587 Allow login via mozilla persona - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/persona/
+ 7973 Allow for new type of LDAP authentication
+ 9704 Add persona login to the CCSR theme
Cataloging
----------
4906 Allow fine calculation to exclude grace period
7189 Preference to control if returning lost items gives refund
7243 Do not take rentals as fines
+ 8220 Allow koc uploads to go to process queue instead of being applied directly.
+ 8365 Renewal duration in issuingules
8758 Code seems useless in circ/returns.pl
+ 9014 Add time due to slips
9263 Trim barcodes in offline circulation
9283 Change structure of export checkouts form
9332 Display call number in "Holds waiting" notice (checkout page)
9367 Code optimization: CheckReserves is too often called
9423 Add notforloan value to issue confirmation or blocking message
+ 9604 Filter overdues with homebranch and holdingbranch
Command-line Utilities
----------
+ 5608 Tool to move MARC21 series info to 490 tag
+ 5635 Bulkmarcimport new parameters & features
8519 Make koha-index-daemon run on startup
9012 Allow bulkmarcimport to specify a framework code when importing MARC
+ 9045 Adding some parameters to export_borrowers.pl
Hold requests
----------
5079 Make display of shelving location and call number in XSLT results controlled by sysprefs
5888 Opac-detail subject/author links improvements
7620 OPACNoResult, add search string to available parameters
+ 7740 Highlight items in own library in search results/detail page in OPAC
8377 Show HTML5 video/ audio for media files in OPAC and staff client
8712 We should use WAI-ARIA guidelines to help with accessibility -OMNIBUS bug
- 8733 Adding critic reviews to book pages
- 8917 Track clicks to links external to Koha
+ 9068 Babelthèque: New podcasts area
+ 9257 Add "groups" to normal search pulldown
Packaging
----------
8878 Koha-shell: a command to make using koha commands easier
9143 Package related updates for master
+ 9802 Add test case to verify package man pages are well formatted
+ 9880 Package updates to make master build
Patrons
----------
7969 Select all / unselect all on fines page
9076 Add ability to delete borrowers by expiration date and category code to cleanborrowers.pl
- 7067 Allow patron self registration via the opac
+ 9718 Add POD and comments for Check_Userid and Generate_Userid subs
+ 9751 Patron flags red in moremember.pl like in circulation.pl
Reports
----------
7678 Statistics wizard: patrons
7896 Acquisition statistics wizard: add filters and cell values
+ 9117 Reports hierarchies management improvements
9417 Allow number of results per page to be selectable for guided reports
Searching
----------
9134 There is no previous link on the second page of the search results page
9239 Koha should share Evergreen's QueryParser module for parsing queries
+ 9403 Material type icons not showing for XSLT default view in intranet
Self checkout
----------
Serials
----------
+ 5343 Subscription cost (Link serial and acqui modules)
+ 7688 Change subscriptions numbering pattern and frequencies
+ 8509 Allowing the Expected status even if another status has been saved
8715 Select all serials for a year
- 8782 Add a feature to close a subscription
SIP2
----------
8125 SIP should send Zipcode with address
+Staff Client
+----------
+ 6209 Standardize on one javascript library for client-side form validation
+
System Administration
----------
+ 4354 Cannot edit existing issuing rules
5634 Ordering branches should be case independent
8664 Add floating toolbar with save button to system preferences editor
8906 Improve OAI management interface
9445 Use DataTables in local use system preferences editor
9446 Use DataTables on Z39.50 servers administration page
9450 Use DataTables in cataloging Z39.50 search results
+ 9457 Ordering branches should be case independent (2)
9460 Use DataTables on transfers to receive report page
9461 Use DataTables on holds awaiting pickup report page
9462 Use DataTables on patron detail page
+ 9464 Update DataTables configuration on patron statistics page
9465 Use DataTables on update child to adult patron page
9466 Use DataTables on saved reports page
9467 Use DataTables on catalog by item type report page
9694 Remove YUI styling from buttons on the patron card creator manage pages
9696 Remove YUI styling from buttons on patron card creator edit pages
9698 Replace YUI buttons on patron card creator manage toolbar with Bootstrap
+ 9764 Replace YUI buttons on the authority search popup with Bootstrap
9765 Remove unused include file: budgetperiods-admin.inc
+ 9769 Replace YUI buttons on acquisitions basket page with Bootstrap
+ 9771 Replace YUI buttons on acquisitions basket groups page with Bootstrap
+
+Tools
+----------
+ 7804 Add Koha Plugin System
-Critical bugs fixed in 3.12.0-alpha2
+Critical bugs fixed in 3.12.0-beta1
======================
(this list include all bugfixes since the previous major version. Most of them have already been fixed in maintainance releases)
Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
+ 9907 blocker Plugins test dies early on some servers
9574 critical Serials/subscription-add.pl does not work right under Plack
9832 critical QueryParser causes software error if koha-conf.xml has not been updated
9136 major C4::Tags not Plack-compatible
+ 9434 major Introduce new tied cache system
bugs.koha-community.org
----------
----------
9142 blocker Failing test case in 3.10.0 release.
9486 blocker T/Letters.t loads modules in wrong order
+ 9909 blocker If plugins directory isn't writable, plugins test shouldn't try to write to it
+ 9911 blocker Remove two invalid tests
+ 9912 blocker DateUtils.t must not access database
Tools
----------
+ 9883 blocker Koha::Plugins::* should not require koha-conf to load
+ 9884 blocker Plugin permissions not added to translations
+ 9900 blocker Plugins should not be enabled by default
9065 major Upload local cover image permission implementation error
9421 major Tools/picture-upload.pl not Plack-compatible
9293 major Action_logs not tracking payments
-Other bugs fixed in 3.12.0-alpha2
+Other bugs fixed in 3.12.0-beta1
======================
(this list include all bugfixes since the previous major version. Most of them have already been fixed in maintainance releases)
8557 normal In orderreceive.tt and serials-edit.tt the use of a barcode scan send the form unexpectedly
9168 normal Software error when filtering in receipt summary
9280 normal Bad price calculation when filling a basket with staged records
+ 9506 normal Values are false in the generated pdf for basketgroups
9116 minor Code cleaning: Remove some useless temp variables
9226 minor Wrong branch filter after suggestion creation
9364 minor Wrong billing/delivery addresses when creating a basket
+ 9438 minor Biblio notes displayed when ordering
7875 trivial Pending suggestion link (the numbers) from staff client home directs to accepted suggestions instead of pending
9062 trivial Tax and discount should be formatted the same
9268 trivial Scanning in barcode or ISBN in Acquisitions -> new order submits the form unexpectedly
9497 normal Make it easier to add to the the list of possible encodings for Z39.50 servers and add ISO 8859-1
9019 minor ILS-DI: GetRecords should return item fields in marcxml
9207 minor Improve z39.50 speed slowdowns for sites with many records
+ 9353 minor Missing subfields on MARC21 frameworks
9494 minor Library of Congress Z39.50 target seed data outdated
Circulation
8079 normal Opac not showing fines - says 'no'
8559 normal Conflicting item statuses
8682 normal Quick slip: renewals do not appear on quick slips
+ 9875 normal Don't display empty tab when using (OPAC)SeparateHoldings
8781 minor Access to Transfer page while "independent branches" is on
9289 minor Adjacent checkbox behavior broken on circulation.pl
9526 trivial Patron statistics table is not pretty, the page needs the circ toolbar added
Command-line Utilities
----------
+ 2013 normal New Overdues.pm breaks fines2.pl
+ 9496 normal Rebuild_zebra.pl should handle invalid XML records better
9104 minor Country in CSV in overdue_notices.pl
9235 minor Hardcoded values in cronjobs/backup.sh
9734 normal String::Random is marked as optional, but C4::Members requires it
9315 trivial Bad version of String::Random reported by koha_perl_deps.pl
+MARC Bibliographic data support
+----------
+ 9213 normal Implement analytics for NORMARC XSLT
+
MARC Bibliographic record staging/import
----------
5333 normal Undefined value stops import from z39.50
Packaging
----------
9260 normal Koha-run-backups complains "[: 97: missing ]"
+ 9890 normal Fix the new plugin system for package installs
9592 minor Package dependency updates for master
9784 minor Koha-shell missing from koha-common man page
9555 normal Template files contain single quote strings
9583 normal OPAC cart button display problem in Chromium
9695 normal Use alphabet system preference on page used to browse patrons for patron card batches
+ 9879 normal Use DataTables on suggestions management page
8899 minor Remove unused CSS declarations from staff client CSS
9215 minor Non translatable string in manage-marc-import
9278 minor Remove unused OPAC CSS file sanop.css
9415 normal XML catalog export is missing root node
9509 normal BatchMod.pl does not ensure each barcode is unique
+Transaction logs
+----------
+ 7241 normal Circulation action logs record biblionumber instead of item number
+
translate.koha-community.org
----------
8942 normal Translation process breaks javascript in calendar.inc
9520 minor Update default LOC Z39.50 target
-New sysprefs in 3.12.0-alpha2
+New sysprefs in 3.12.0-beta1
======================
+ * DisplayOPACiconsXSLT
* UNIMARCAuthorityField100
* RentalsInNoissuesCharge
* ManInvInNoissuesCharge
* UseQueryParser
* FinesIncludeGracePeriod
* UNIMARCAuthorsFacetsSeparator
+ * UseKohaPlugins
+ * TimeFormat
+ * DisplayIconsXSLT
+ * HighlightOwnItemsOnOPAC
+ * HighlightOwnItemsOnOPACWhich
System requirements
* Armenian (99%)
* Chinese (China) (86%)
* Chinese (Taiwan) (95%)
- * Danish (76%)
+ * Danish (77%)
* English (New Zealand) (96%)
* French (94%)
* French (Canada) (66%)
* Portuguese (Brazil) (96%)
* Slovak (100%)
* Spanish (96%)
- * Turkish (97%)
+ * Turkish (100%)
Partial translations are available for various other languages.
Release Team
======================
-The release team for Koha 3.12.0-alpha2 is
+The release team for Koha 3.12.0-beta1 is
Release Manager: Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com>
Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
======================
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
-new features in Koha 3.12.0-alpha2:
+new features in Koha 3.12.0-beta1:
* Arcadia Public Library
* Athens County Public Libraries
* BdP de la Meuse
* VOKAL
* Washoe County Library System
-We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.0-alpha2.
+We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.0-beta1.
* 10 Tomas Cohen Arazi
* 1 Alex Arnaud
- * 410 Jared Camins-Esakov
+ * 486 Jared Camins-Esakov
* 7 Colin Campbell
- * 5 Galen Charlton
- * 8 David Cook
- * 20 Chris Cormack
+ * 6 Galen Charlton
+ * 9 David Cook
+ * 22 Chris Cormack
* 2 Christophe Croullebois
* 2 Hugh Davenport
* 1 Elliott Davis
- * 1 Stéphane Delaune
+ * 2 Stéphane Delaune
* 1 Srikanth Dhondi
- * 47 Jonathan Druart
+ * 66 Jonathan Druart
* 3 Nicole Engard
- * 5 Magnus Enger
+ * 6 Magnus Enger
* 13 Vitor FERNANDES
- * 7 Katrin Fischer
+ * 10 Katrin Fischer
* 3 Corey Fuimaono
+ * 3 Michael Hafen
* 1 Chris Hall
- * 39 Kyle M Hall
+ * 58 Kyle M Hall
+ * 1 Rolando Isidoro
* 2 Mason James
* 3 Srdjan Jankovic
- * 9 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
- * 128 Owen Leonard
- * 15 Julian Maurice
+ * 14 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
+ * 136 Owen Leonard
+ * 27 Julian Maurice
* 1 Melia Meggs
* 1 Matthias Meusburger
- * 2 Sophie Meynieux
+ * 4 Sophie Meynieux
* 1 Nadia Nicolaides
- * 2 Dobrica Pavlinusic
+ * 6 Dobrica Pavlinusic
* 1 Maxime Pelletier
* 1 Fred Pierre
- * 12 Paul Poulain
+ * 17 Paul Poulain
* 1 Romina Racca
* 3 MJ Ray
* 10 Liz Rea
* 2 Martin Renvoize
- * 14 Marcel de Rooy
- * 32 Fridolyn SOMERS
+ * 15 Marcel de Rooy
+ * 34 Fridolyn SOMERS
* 6 Mathieu Saby
- * 7 Adrien Saurat
- * 10 Robin Sheat
+ * 12 Adrien Saurat
+ * 12 Robin Sheat
* 1 Zeno Tajoli
* 2 Lyon3 Team
* 4 Mirko Tietgen
* 2 Marc Veron
* 1 koha-preprod
-We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.0-alpha2
- * 128 ACPL
- * 7 BSZ BW
- * 120 BibLibre
- * 7 BigBallOfWax
- * 45 ByWater-Solutions
- * 410 C & P Bibliography
- * 38 Catalyst
- * 5 Equinox
+We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.12.0-beta1
+ * 136 ACPL
+ * 10 BSZ BW
+ * 166 BibLibre
+ * 8 BigBallOfWax
+ * 63 ByWater-Solutions
+ * 486 C & P Bibliography
+ * 41 Catalyst
+ * 6 Equinox
* 2 KohaAloha
* 1 Libeo
* 1 Libeo
- * 5 Libriotech
+ * 6 Libriotech
* 9 PTFS-Europe
- * 8 Prosentient Systems
- * 14 Rijksmuseum
+ * 9 Prosentient Systems
+ * 15 Rijksmuseum
* 3 Software.coop
* 2 Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3
* 6 Université Rennes 2
* 2 davenport.net.nz
* 1 di.unc.edu.ar
* 13 keep.pt
- * 2 rot13.org
+ * 6 rot13.org
* 1 smfpl.org
- * 23 unidentified
+ * 3 tech.washk12.org
+ * 30 unidentified
* 2 veron.ch
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
-for Koha 3.12.0-alpha2.
+for Koha 3.12.0-beta1.
* 1 Koha Team Lyon 3
* 1 Pierre Angot
- * 2 Tomas Cohen Arazi
- * 1 Brendan
- * 480 Jared Camins-Esakov
+ * 6 Tomas Cohen Arazi
+ * 5 Leila Arkab
+ * 1 Larry Baerveldt
+ * 1 Bob Birchall
+ * 1 Nora Blake
+ * 2 Brendan
+ * 2 Broust
+ * 1 Corinne Bulac
+ * 582 Jared Camins-Esakov
* 1 Colin Campbell
- * 25 Galen Charlton
+ * 26 Galen Charlton
* 4 David Cook
- * 48 Chris Cormack
+ * 50 Chris Cormack
* 3 Hugh Davenport
* 31 Elliott Davis
- * 2 Frédéric Demians
+ * 3 Frédéric Demians
* 2 Srikanth Dhondi
- * 181 Jonathan Druart
+ * 196 Jonathan Druart
* 1 Jonathan Druarth
- * 19 Nicole C. Engard
- * 1 Magnus Enger
+ * 2 Frederic Durand
+ * 21 Nicole C. Engard
+ * 3 Magnus Enger
* 1 Vitor FERNANDES
- * 164 Katrin Fischer
- * 90 Kyle M Hall
- * 1 Claire Hernandez
+ * 1 Vitor Fernandes
+ * 213 Katrin Fischer
+ * 109 Kyle M Hall
+ * 2 Claire Hernandez
* 3 Rolando Isodoro
- * 14 Mason James
- * 81 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
- * 53 Owen Leonard
- * 6 Julian Maurice
- * 19 Melia Meggs
+ * 15 Mason James
+ * 96 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
+ * 58 Owen Leonard
+ * 7 Julian Maurice
+ * 22 Melia Meggs
+ * 1 Pascale Nalon
* 18 Chris Nighswonger
- * 1 Dobrica Pavlinusic
- * 49 Paul Poulain
+ * 3 Dobrica Pavlinusic
+ * 77 Paul Poulain
* 3 MJ Ray
- * 13 Liz Rea
+ * 14 Liz Rea
* 1 Martin Renvoize
- * 39 Marcel de Rooy
+ * 44 Marcel de Rooy
* 1 M. de Rooy
* 2 Fridolyn SOMERS
- * 1 Mathieu Saby
+ * 3 Mathieu Saby
+ * 1 Adrien Saurat
* 2 Robin Sheat
* 2 Delaye Stephane
* 1 Zeno Tajoli
* 12 Mirko Tietgen
* 1 Ed Veal
* 12 Marc Veron
+ * 2 Cedric Vita
* 2 Ian Walls
* 2 koha.aixmarseille
* 3 mathieu saby
He rau ringa e oti ai.
(Many hands finish the work)
-##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 20 Mar 2013 14:09:21 Z #####
+##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 23 Mar 2013 13:32:26 Z #####
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