RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.18
23 Sep 2013
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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 3.8.18 can be downloaded from:

    http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.18.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 3.8.18 is a bugfix/maintenance release.


It includes 0 features, 2 enhancements and 18 bugfixes.


New features in 3.8.18
======================


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Enhancements in 3.8.18
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MARC Bibliographic data support
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	5858	Update default MARC21 framework to Update No. 16 (April 2013)

Templates
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	10516	Improve titles, breadcrumbs, and confirmation messages for Z39.50 server adds and updates


Critical bugs fixed in 3.8.18
======================


Templates
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	10541	major	Enable cross-browser AJAX in additem.js


Other bugs fixed in 3.8.18
======================


About
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	7143	trivial	Bug for tracking changes to the about page

Acquisitions
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	4907	normal	Suggestions "organize by" menu doesn't reflect current choice
	7598	normal	Acquisitions JavaScript contains untranslatable English strings

Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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	10643	normal	Inappropriate uses of $sth->finish() in C4::ClassSource.pm

Cataloging
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	9353	minor	Missing subfields on MARC21 frameworks

Circulation
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	9362	normal	Wrong query in GetUpcomingDueIssues (Circulation.pm)

Notices
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	10559	minor	Noisy statement handle still active warnings when generating notices

OPAC
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	10553	normal	Public lists not available from OPAC login page
	10595	normal	OpacTopissue page still accessible when system preference is turned off

Patrons
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	10507	trivial	Typo when warning about creating duplicate patron attribute

Searching
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	9801	normal	Location facet shows even if no locations

Serials
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	10621	normal	Subscription alert emails have wrong from-address
	10457	minor	Export selected items data doesn't work when using checkall checkbox

Templates
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	10189	trivial	French values in cataloging plugins for unimarc 128b and 128c fields
	10346	trivial	"Add multiple copies" should be labelled "Add multiple items"

Test Suite
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	10644	normal	C4::ClassSource.pm needs unit tests

Web services
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	10549	trivial	ILS-DI should not use ISO-8851-9 encoding


New sysprefs in 3.8.18
======================



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/3.8/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 (84%)
  * Armenian (84%)
  * Chinese (China) (56%)
  * Chinese (Taiwan) (99%)
  * Czech (98%)
  * Danish (87%)
  * English (New Zealand) (84%)
  * French (99%)
  * French (Canada) (65%)
  * German (100%)
  * German (Switzerland) (83%)
  * Greek (80%)
  * Italian (100%)
  * Kurdish (83%)
  * Maori (58%)
  * Norwegian Bokmål (57%)
  * Portuguese (100%)
  * Portuguese (Brazil) (84%)
  * Slovak (87%)
  * Spanish (100%)
  * Turkish (100%)


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 3.8.18 is

  Release Manager:       Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
  Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
  Installation Documentation Managers:
                         Samuel Desseaux <samuel.desseaux@ecp.fr>
                         Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>
  Translation Manager:   Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com>
  QA Manager:            Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de>
  QA Team:               Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
                         Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>,
                         Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>,
                         Brendan Gallagher <brendan@bywatersolutions.com>
                         Kyle Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>
                         Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>
                         Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
  Bug Wranglers:         Magnus Enger <magnus@enger.priv.no>
  Packaging Manager:     Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz>
  Live CD Manager:       Nguyen Quoc Uy <nguyenquocuy_1102@yahoo.com>
  VM Manager:            Samuel Desseaux <samuel.desseaux@ecp.fr>

  Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Hall <chrish@catalyst.net.nz>
  Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <bgkriegel@gmail.com>
  Release Maintainer (3.12.x): Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen@gmail.com>


Credits
======================

We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.8.18:

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.18.
  *      1	Tomas Cohen Arazi
  *      1	Colin Campbell
  *      5	Galen Charlton
  *      3	David Cook
  *      2	Katrin Fischer
  *      4	Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
  *      5	Owen Leonard
  *      1	Marcel de Rooy
  *      1	Fridolyn SOMERS
  *      1	Mathieu Saby
  *      3	Mirko Tietgen
  *      1	Kenza Zaki
  *      1	root

We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.18
  *       5 ACPL                                                                                          
  *       2 BSZ BW                                                                                         
  *       2 BibLibre                                                                                    
  *       5 Equinox                                                                                   
  *       1 PTFS-Europe                                                                              
  *       3 Prosentient Systems
  *       1 Rijksmuseum                                                                               
  *       1 Université Rennes 2
  *       3 abunchofthings.net
  *       1 kenza-VirtualBox
  *       5 unidentified

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.8.18.
  *      26 Tomas Cohen Arazi
  *       2 Jared Camins-Esakov
  *      27 Galen Charlton
  *       3 Chris Cormack
  *       6 Jonathan Druart
  *       7 Katrin Fischer
  *      28 Chris Hall
  *      10 Kyle M Hall
  *       1 Mason James
  *      28 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
  *       2 Owen Leonard
  *       3 Liz Rea
  *       4 Marcel de Rooy
  *       1 Mathieu Saby
  *       5 Srdjan
  *       1 Cedric Vita

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 3.8.x.

The last Koha release was 3.8.14, which was released on June 23, 2013.


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 23 Sep 2013 09:08:16 Z #####
