RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.1
21 May 2012
========================================================================

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 3.8.1 can be downloaded from:

    http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.01.tar.gz

Installation instructions can be found:

   in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball

Koha 3.8.1 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

Highlights of 3.8.1
======================

7924	critical	Fix handling of command line arguments in koha-remove
7998	critical	3.8 UI cleanup, tweaks to new styles
8035	critical	bibs with comments show an error in opac
8072	critical	reports wizard dies
8077	critical	overdues with fines won't run
3969	major		Budget Search Doesn't Work
7984	major		Fix the upload_local_cover_images permission
8002	major		Can't add patron attribute type in newer installation
8027	major		Wrong order for parameters in Z39.50 SQL INSERT


Bugs fixed in 3.8.1
======================

2399	normal		All status fields in the item edit interface offer two blank/null entries per dropdown instead of one
3413	normal		repeatable tickbox not sticking 1st time round
6335	normal		Branch not set consistently in all SIP transactions
7604	normal		Link on basket group name for closed basket groups is broken
7722	normal		Insidious problem with searching
7820	normal		Missing packages from install_misc/debian.packages
7842	normal		Inconsistencies in Notices interface
7982	normal		Typo in moremember-receipt.tt
8020	normal		Prepare debian packages for 3.8 release
8022	normal		Permissions test doesn't check all languages
8025	normal		Patron attribute not selected if value is zero
8045	normal		Problems on Due date when checking in
8084	normal		Suspend Until not set on by suspend button
5345	enhancement	DataTables in Koha
5549	enhancement	Hourly Loans
7178	enhancement	Improve order item creation
7213	enhancement	Document /svc/ HTTP API and provide example command-line client
7647	enhancement	Checkout History Sort
7849	enhancement	Instant Fine Calculation at Checkin
7870	enhancement	Replace itemnumber by barcode in links of patron modification log
7903	enhancement	add an ordernumber column in orders history table
7990	enhancement	bad html attribute into aqplan.tt : styl= insted of style=
8001	enhancement	Add some styling to the tags to allow them to be distinctive


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

    Changes since 3.6:
    
    * No new system requirements


Documentation
======================

As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now 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:

the following languages:
  * French (100%)
  * Spanish (100%)
  * German (100%)
  * Chinese -Taiwan- (97%, OPAC 100%)
  * Italian (86%, OPAC 100%)
  * Danish (81%)
  * Portuguese (79%)
  * French -canada- (76%)
  * English -nz- (76%)
  * Greek (74%)
  * Norwegian (73%)

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 is

  Release Manager:       Paul Poulain <paul.poulain@biblibre.com>
  Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
  Translation Manager:   Frédéric Demians <frederic@tamil.fr>
  QA Manager:            Ian Walls <koha.sekjal@gmail.com>
  QA team:               Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>,
  Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>
  Bug Wranglers:         Katrin Fischer, Magnus Enger

  Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
  Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com>
  Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>


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

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to
Koha 3.8.1. 

     2	Jared Camins-Esakov
     3	Colin Campbell
     8	Chris Cormack
     2	Stéphane Delaune
     7	Jonathan Druart
     4	Magnus Enger
     6	Katrin Fischer
     4	Kyle M Hall
     2	Srdjan Jankovic
     4	Owen Leonard
     1	Julian Maurice
     1	Chris Nighswonger
     1	Dobrica Pavlinusic
     4	Paul Poulain
     2	Liz Rea
     2	Marcel de Rooy
     3	Adrien Saurat
     3	Robin Sheat
     2	Lyon3 Team
     2	Ian Walls


We regret any omissions.  If a contributor has been inadvertantly 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 Koha 3.8.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
releases) is 3.8.x.

The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.10.0.

Bugs and feature requests
======================

Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at

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


Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini 

##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 21 May 2012 18:18:26 Z #####