RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.16.9

29 Mar 2015

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 and Koha 3.16.9 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.16.09.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 3.16.9 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 3 enhancements and 20 bugfixes.

Table of contents

New features in Koha 3.16.9

Enhancements in Koha 3.16.9

OPAC

Packaging

Test Suite

Critical bugs fixed in Koha 3.16.9

Cataloging

Templates

Other bugs fixed in Koha 3.16.9

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Cataloging

Circulation

I18N/L10N

OPAC

Packaging

Patrons

Reports

SIP2

Templates

Test Suite

Tools

Web services

New system preferences in Koha 3.16.9

System requirements

Important notes:

Documentation

The Koha manual is 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 at http://manual.koha-community.org/3.16.9/en/

The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary

Translations

Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages:

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

The most up-to-date translations can be found at http://translate.koha-community.org

Release Team

The release team for Koha 3.16.9 is

Credits

We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.16.9:

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.16.9:

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 3.16.9:

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha 3.16.9:

We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed, please send a patch against these release notes to koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.

Revision control notes

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 3.16.x.

The last Koha release was 3.8.21, which was released on January 2, 2014.

Bugs and feature requests

Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at http://bugs.koha-community.org

He rau ringa e oti ai. (Many hands finish the work)

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