RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.10.3
21 Feb 2013
========================================================================

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 3.10.3 can be downloaded from:

    http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.10.03.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 3.10.3 is a bugfix/maintenance release.


Major fixes in 3.10.3
======================

Acquisitions
----------
	9236	major	deleting an order when receiving redirects to closed basket
	9281	major	Impossible to create an order from a staged file
	9432	major	acqui/addorderiso2409.pl is not Plack-friendly
	9454	major	NewBasket does not use placeholders in sql
	9503	major	Link from histsearch via invoicenumber results in error

Circulation
----------
	9380	critical	branch not recording right on writeoff

MARC Authority data support
----------
	9145	major	Authorities: standard language for UNIMARC

OPAC
----------
	9147	major	OPAC hidden fields are not hidden in ISBD view

System Administration
----------
	8401	critical	Search term deleted from system preference content

Test Suite
----------
	9486	blocker	t/Letters.t loads modules in wrong order

Tools
----------
	9421	major	tools/picture-upload.pl not Plack-compatible


Bugs fixed in 3.10.3
======================

Acquisitions
----------
	9280	normal	Bad price calculation when filling a basket with staged records
	9116	minor	Code cleaning: Remove some useless temp variables
	9226	minor	Wrong branch filter after suggestion creation
	9364	minor	Wrong billing/delivery addresses when creating a basket
	9062	trivial	Tax and discount should be formatted the same
	9268	trivial	Scanning in barcode or ISBN in Acquisitions -> new order submits the form unexpectedly

Architecture, internals, and plumbing
----------
	9546	normal	MANIFEST.SKIP breaking regexp when running make manifest tardist
	9552	normal	BIB1 Relation "Greater Than" Attribute Not Mapped Properly in CCL.Properties

Cataloging
----------
	9497	normal	Make it easier to add to the the list of possible encodings for Z39.50 servers and add ISO 8859-1
	9494	minor	Library of Congress Z39.50 target seed data outdated

Circulation
----------
	8079	normal	opac not showing fines - says 'no'

Command-line Utilities
----------
	9104	minor	country in CSV in overdue_notices.pl

Hold requests
----------
	9320	normal	Pending reserves is showing reserves already waiting

Holidays
----------
	9211	normal	days_between wrong behaviour

I18N/L10N
----------
	9493	minor	confirmations for user holds in opac are not translatable

Notices
----------
	9348	minor	Format dates in HOLD notices consistently
	9499	trivial	--itemscontent= option is undocumented in advanced-notice.pl cronjob + default date should be date_due, not issuedate

OPAC
----------
	8108	normal	Remove unused images from the OPAC
	9174	normal	Item type image does not display for biblio-level itemtypes in list display in OPAC
	9276	normal	Display of biblio-level authorized values on OPAC search results broken
	9308	minor	logo-koha.png not transparent in ccsr theme.
	9329	minor	Wrong message for already expired cards

Packaging
----------
	9592	minor	Package dependency updates for master

Patrons
----------
	9407	minor	patrons search should match substrings

Reports
----------
	9451	normal	borrower_stats.pl gives off warnings and is not Plack-compatible

Searching
----------
	7507	normal	Audience Subtype limit on Advanced Search does not have all Audiences
	9402	trivial	useless letter "v" between 2 <option> tags

Serials
----------
	7608	normal	Manual history is always 'enabled'
	9222	minor	manual history reversed in subscription-detail.pl
	9229	minor	branch code instead of name in subscription-detail.pl

SIP2
----------
	9343	minor	SIP doesn't handle debarred date/status correctly

Staff Client
----------
	9376	minor	Problem with dateexpiry display in moremember.tt
	9382	trivial	Bold necessary permissions for staff client access.
	9398	trivial	[ ? ] Link Lacks Context for All General Users (Accessibility) [Contexual Help]

System Administration
----------
	9201	normal	OAI-PMH mapping value cannot be 0

Templates
----------
	9310	normal	Patron image upload template corrections
	9583	normal	OPAC cart button display problem in Chromium

Tools
----------
	9509	normal	batchMod.pl does not ensure each barcode is unique

translate.koha-community.org
----------
	8942	normal	Translation process breaks javascript in calendar.inc


Enhancements in 3.10.3
======================

Cataloging
----------
	9357	Missing 'c' option in LEADER_18 value builder

Packaging
----------
	9143	Package related updates for master

Templates
----------
	9615	Combine staff home page images into single sprite


New sysprefs in 3.10.3
======================

  * UNIMARCAuthorityField100


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

    Important notes:
    
    * Perl 5.10 is required
    * Zebra is required


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/3.10.3/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 (89%)
  * Armenian (100%)
  * Chinese (China) (93%)
  * Chinese (Taiwan) (100%)
  * Danish (79%)
  * English (New Zealand) (99%)
  * French (98%)
  * French (Canada) (68%)
  * German (100%)
  * German (Switzerland) (97%)
  * Greek (62%)
  * Italian (100%)
  * Norwegian Bokmål (65%)
  * Portuguese (100%)
  * Portuguese (Brazil) (99%)
  * Slovak (100%)
  * Spanish (100%)
  * Turkish (98%)


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 3.10.3 is

  Release Manager:       Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com>
  Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
  Translation Manager:   D Ruth Bavousett <ruth@bywatersolutions.com>
  QA Manager:            Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de>,
  QA Team:               Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>,
                         Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>,
                         Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>,
			 Elliott Davis <elliott@bywatersolutions.com>
  Bug Wranglers:         Magnus Enger <magnus@enger.priv.no>,
                         Marc Véron <veron@veron.ch>,
			 Chris Hall <chrish@catalyst.net.nz>,
                         Mirko Tietgen <5p4m@gmx.de>
  Packaging Manager:     Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz>
  Packaging Assistant:   Mason James <mtj@kohaaloha.com>

  Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Liz Rea <liz@catalyst.net.nz>
  Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
  Release Maintainer (3.10.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>


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

We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 3.10.3:
  * KEEP SOLUTIONS
  * Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.10.3.
  *      1	Tomas Cohen Arazi
  *     10	Jared Camins-Esakov
  *      2	Colin Campbell
  *      2	Galen Charlton
  *      2	David Cook
  *      4	Chris Cormack
  *      2	Hugh Davenport
  *      6	Jonathan Druart
  *      1	Magnus Enger
  *      2	Vitor FERNANDES
  *      1	Corey Fuimaono
  *      5	Kyle M Hall
  *      1	Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
  *      5	Owen Leonard
  *      1	Sophie Meynieux
  *      1	Fred Pierre
  *      1	MJ Ray
  *      3	Liz Rea
  *      5	Fridolyn SOMERS
  *      1	Mathieu Saby
  *      3	Adrien Saurat
  *      2	Robin Sheat
  *      1	Mirko Tietgen
  *      1	Ed Veal

We thank the following companies who contributed patches to Koha 3.10.3
  *       5 ACPL                                                                                          
  *      15 Biblibre                                                                                    
  *       2 BigBallOfWax                                                                          
  *       6 ByWater-Solutions                                                                   
  *      10 C & P Bibliography                                                                    
  *       7 Catalyst                                                                                 
  *       2 Equinox                                                                                   
  *       1 Libriotech                                                                                 
  *       2 PTFS-Europe                                                                              
  *       2 Prosentient Systems
  *       1 Software.coop                                                                             
  *       1 Université Rennes 2
  *       1 abunchofthings.net
  *       2 davenport.net.nz
  *       2 keep.pt
  *       1 smfpl.org
  *       3 unidentified

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha 3.10.3.
  *      56 Jared Camins-Esakov
  *       1 Colin Campbell
  *       8 Galen Charlton
  *       1 David Cook
  *      67 Chris Cormack
  *       2 Hugh Davenport
  *       6 Elliott Davis
  *      26 Jonathan Druart
  *       2 Nicole C. Engard
  *      19 Katrin Fischer
  *       7 Kyle M Hall
  *       6 Mason James
  *       5 Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
  *       9 Owen Leonard
  *       1 Paul Poulain
  *       2 Liz Rea
  *       3 Marcel de Rooy
  *       1 Fridolyn SOMERS
  *       1 Mathieu Saby
  *       2 Mirko Tietgen
  *       1 Marc Veron
  *       3 mathieu saby

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 this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.10.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/


Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini 
##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 21 Feb 2013 06:02:50 Z #####
