RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.22.1
25 Dec 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/

Koha 3.22.1 can be downloaded from:

    http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.22.01.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 3.22.1 is a bugfix/maintenance release.


The Koha community dedicates its version 3.22.1 to the memory of 31-year old
Santu Mandal.  Santu Mandal, an Indian who was a committed Koha user, as well
as a Koha translator into Bengali, passed away on December 15th.  Our warmest
support goes to his fiancée, and to his parents.


Critical bugs fixed in 3.22.1
======================


Cataloging
----------
	15256	major	Items table on detail page can be broken

Circulation
----------
	13024	major	Nonpublic note not appearing in the staff client

Reports
----------
	15250	major	Software error: Can't locate object method "field" via package "aqorders.datereceived" in reports/acquisitions_stats.pl
	15290	major	SQL reports encoding problem


Other bugs fixed in 3.22.1
======================


Acquisitions
----------
	9184	normal	Ordering from staged file in acq should not offer authority records
	15202	minor	Fix date display when transferring an order

Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
	15193	minor	Perl scripts missing exec permission
	15230	trivial	Remove unused file circ/stats.pl from system

Circulation
----------
	14846	normal	Items with no holdingbranch causes user's holds display to freeze
	15244	normal	t/db_dependent/Reserves.t depends on external data/configuration
	13838	minor	Redirect to 'expired holds' tab after cancelling a hold

Command-line Utilities
----------
	15325	normal	Rebuild_zebra.pl table option (-t) doesn't work

OPAC
----------
	11602	minor	Fix localcover display
	14971	minor	RIS only outputs the first 10 characters for either ISBN10 or ISBN13

Patrons
----------
	14599	normal	Saved auth login and password are used in patron creation from

Staff Client
----------
	14349	normal	Checkouts and Fines tabs missing category description on the left

Templates
----------
	11038	normal	Enable use of IntranetUserCSS and intranetcolorstylesheet on staff client login page
	15216	normal	Display Branch names and itemtype descriptions on the returns page
	12152	minor	Holds to pull report should show library and itype description instead of their codes

Tools
----------
	15223	trivial	Buttons on patron list main page funny after font awesome


System requirements
======================

    Important notes:

    * Perl 5.10 is required
    * Zebra is required


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:

    http://manual.koha-community.org/3.22/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:


  * English (USA)
  * Arabic (100%)
  * Armenian (99%)
  * Chinese (China) (98%)
  * Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)
  * Czech (98%)
  * Danish (80%)
  * English (New Zealand) (92%)
  * Finnish (86%)
  * French (91%)
  * French (Canada) (86%)
  * German (100%)
  * German (Switzerland) (100%)
  * Italian (100%)
  * Korean (60%)
  * Kurdish (57%)
  * Norwegian Bokmål (65%)
  * Persian (67%)
  * Polish (96%)
  * Portuguese (99%)
  * Portuguese (Brazil) (99%)
  * Slovak (100%)
  * Spanish (100%)
  * Swedish (86%)
  * Turkish (100%)
  * Vietnamese (82%)


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:

    http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate

The most up-to-date translations can be found at:

    http://translate.koha-community.org/


Release Team
======================

The release team for Koha 3.22.1 is

<ul>
    <li>Release Manager: <a href="mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com">Tomás Cohen Arazi</a></li>
    <li>QA Manager: <a href="mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de">Katrin Fischer</a></li>
    <li>QA Team:
        <ul>
            <li><a href="mailto:jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org">Jonathan Druart</a></li>
            <li><a href="mailto:brendan@bywatersolutions.com">Brendan Gallagher</a></li>
            <li><a href="mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com">Kyle Hall</a></li>
            <li><a href="mailto:paul.poulain@biblibre.com">Paul Poulain</a></li>
            <li><a href="mailto:martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com">Martin Renvoize</a></li>
            <li><a href="mailto:m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl">Marcel de Rooy</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Bug Wranglers:
        <ul>
            <li><a href="mailto:amitddng135@gmail.com">Amit Gupta</a></li>
            <li><a href="mailto:indradg@l2c2.co.in">Indranil Das Gupta</a></li>
            <li><a href="mailto:eivin@sysmystic.com">Eivin Giske Skaaren</a></li>
            <li><a href="mailto:z.tajoli@cineca.it">Zeno Tajoli</a></li>
            <li><a href="mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net">Mirko Tietgen</a></li>
            <li><a href="mailto:veron@veron.ch">Marc Veron</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Packaging Manager: <a href="mailto:robin@catalyst.net.nz">Robin Sheat</a></li>
    <li>Documentation Manager: <a href="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">Nicole C. Engard</a></li>
    <li>Translation Manager: <a href="mailto:bgkriegel@gmail.com">Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel</a></li>
    <li>Wiki curators:
        <ul>
            <li><a href="mailto:kohadevel@agogme.com">Thomas Dukleth</a></li>
            <li><a href="mailto:indradg@l2c2.co.in">Indranil Das Gupta</a></li>
            <li><a href="mailto:abesottedphoenix@yahoo.com">Brooke Johnson</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Release Maintainer (3.20.x): <a href="mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz">Chris Cormack</a></li>
    <li>Release Maintainer (3.18.x): <a href="mailto:liz@catalyst.net.nz">Liz Rea</a></li>
    <li>Release Maintainer (3.16.x): <a href="mailto:mtj@kohaaloha.com">Mason James</a></li>
    <li>Release Maintainer (3.14.x): <a href="mailto:fridolin.somers@biblibre.com">Fridolin Somers</a></li>
</ul>
Credits
======================


We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.22.1:

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.22.1.

  * Blou (1)
  * Hector Castro (1)
  * Galen Charlton (1)
  * Tomás Cohen Arazi (1)
  * Jonathan Druart (2)
  * Katrin Fischer (7)
  * Bernardo González Kriegel (2)
  * Julian Maurice (1)
  * Kyle M Hall (3)
  * Liz Rea (1)
  * Fridolin Somers (2)
  * Nicholas van Oudtshoorn (1)
  * Marc Véron (2)


We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 3.22.1


  * BSZ BW (7)
  * BibLibre (3)
  * ByWater-Solutions (3)
  * Catalyst (1)
  * Solutions inLibro inc (1)
  * Theke Solutions (1)
  * Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (2)
  * bugs.koha-community.org (2)
  * unidentified (3)
  * veron.ch (2)

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.22.1.

  * Brendan Gallagher (1)
  * David Cook (1)
  * Frédéric Demians (5)
  * Galen Charlton (2)
  * Hector Castro (3)
  * Jonathan Druart (19)
  * Julian Maurice (24)
  * jvr (1)
  * Katrin Fischer (6)
  * Marc Véron (5)
  * Nick Clemens (2)
  * Owen Leonard (2)
  * Tom Misilo (1)
  * Kyle M Hall (19)

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
3.22.x.

The last Koha release was 3.22.0, which was released on November 26, 2015.


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)

##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 25 Dec 2015 00:00:51 Z #####
