RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.15
23 Jul 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 3.8.15 can be downloaded from:

    http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.15.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 3.8.15 is a bugfix/maintenance release.


It includes 0 features, 1 enhancements and 11 bugfixes.


New features in 3.8.15
======================


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Enhancements in 3.8.15
======================

Architecture, internals, and plumbing
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	9370	Use Library::CallNumber::LC when splitting LC call numbers for spine labels


Critical bugs fixed in 3.8.15
======================


OPAC
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	10590	critical	In opac-topissues limit param is not protected

Templates
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	766	major	Use of CGI::scrolling_list prevents customization in template


Other bugs fixed in 3.8.15
======================


Documentation
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	10425	minor	Help page missing for Local Use preferences

Notices
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	10439	normal	Cannot modify the notice's library

OPAC
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	9541	normal	Opac-user doesn't load correct CSS for multiple branches

Packaging
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	10379	minor	Koha-rebuild-zebra gets noisy if no instances are defined

Patrons
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	10297	minor	Categorycode and branchcode should be required when adding patrons

Staff Client
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	6281	normal	Bug in LCC sort routine

Templates
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	10464	minor	Patron search on placing a hold doesn't use jqueryui.autocomplete
	10466	minor	Lists: Use "size" as names/hash keys leads to an unexpected results when using Template::Toolkit (name of a virtual method there)

Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers
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	10458	trivial	Remove obsolete Z3950 module and test


New sysprefs in 3.8.15
======================



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 (97%)
  * Armenian (97%)
  * Chinese (China) (63%)
  * Danish (100%)
  * English (New Zealand) (97%)
  * French (97%)
  * French (Canada) (74%)
  * German (97%)
  * German (Switzerland) (96%)
  * Greek (92%)
  * Italian (97%)
  * Kurdish (93%)
  * Maori (67%)
  * Norwegian Bokmål (65%)
  * Portuguese (97%)
  * Portuguese (Brazil) (97%)
  * Slovak (100%)
  * Spanish (99%)
  * Turkish (99%)


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 3.8.15 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 3.8.15:
  * Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.15.
  *      1	Tomas Cohen Arazi
  *      1	Colin Campbell
  *      7	Galen Charlton
  *      1	David Cook
  *      2	Jonathan Druart
  *      1	Magnus Enger
  *      1	Kyle M Hall
  *      2	Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
  *      1	Owen Leonard
  *      1	Marcel de Rooy
  *      2	Fridolyn SOMERS
  *      2	Robin Sheat

We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.15
  *       1 ACPL                                                                                          
  *       4 BibLibre                                                                                    
  *       1 ByWater-Solutions                                                                   
  *       2 Catalyst                                                                                 
  *       7 Equinox                                                                                   
  *       1 Libriotech                                                                                 
  *       1 PTFS-Europe                                                                              
  *       1 Prosentient Systems
  *       1 Rijksmuseum                                                                               
  *       3 unidentified

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.8.15.
  *      19 Tomas Cohen Arazi
  *      29 Galen Charlton
  *       1 David Cook
  *       8 Chris Cormack
  *       4 Jonathan Druart
  *       1 Magnus Enger
  *       4 Katrin Fischer
  *      20 Chris Hall
  *       8 Kyle M Hall
  *      20 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
  *       1 Owen Leonard
  *       2 Marcel de Rooy
  *       2 Robin Sheat
  *       1 Srdjan

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 3.6.11, which was released on December 27, 2012.


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 Jul 2013 07:53:50 Z #####
