1 # RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 17.11.13
4 Koha is the first free and open source software library automation
5 package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types
6 and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The
7 website for the Koha project is:
9 - [Koha Community](http://koha-community.org)
11 Koha 17.11.13 can be downloaded from:
13 - [Download](http://download.koha-community.org/koha-17.11.13.tar.gz)
15 Installation instructions can be found at:
17 - [Koha Wiki](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation)
18 - OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
20 Koha 17.11.13 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
22 It includes 1 new features, 1 enhancements, 39 bugfixes.
30 - [[21116]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21116) Add API routes through plugins
32 > Allows the extension of the Koha API via plugins. This can allow for custom vendor integrations and prototyping of new routes.
38 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
40 - [[20968]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20968) Plugins: Add hooks to enable plugin integration into catalogue
42 > Sponsored by PTFS Europe
47 ## Critical bugs fixed
51 - [[21282]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21282) Ordered/spent lists should use prices including tax for calculations
53 > Corrects the prices shown on the ordered/spent lists for each fund in acquisitions to show the price with taxes included. This will make the total shown on these pages match the total shown in the table on the acq start and fund pages.
56 - [[21853]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21853) Internal software error when exporting basket group as PDF with Perl > 5.24.1
58 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
60 - [[21955]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21955) Cache::Memory should not be used as L2 cache
62 > Cache::Memory fails to work correctly under a plack environment as the cache cannot be shared between processes.
71 - [[17597]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17597) Outdated translation credits
72 - [[20720]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20720) Add libraries (sponsors) to the about page
74 ### Architecture, internals, and plumbing
76 - [[18584]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18584) Our legacy code contains trailing-spaces
77 - [[18720]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18720) Get rid of "die" in favor of exceptions in C4::Acquisition::GetBasketAsCsv
78 - [[21867]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21867) Replace remaining document.element.onchange calls in marc_modification_templates.js
82 - [[20592]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20592) updateitem.pl causes database errors when empty non-public item notes updated
83 - [[21556]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21556) Deleting same record twice leads to fatal software error
84 - [[21666]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21666) Advanced editor search- error is given for 'Unsupported Use attribute' when searching on title + author
88 - [[18677]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18677) issue_id is not added to accountlines for lost item fees
89 - [[20598]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20598) Accruing fines not closed out by longoverdue.pl if WhenLostForgiveFine is not enabled
91 ### Command-line Utilities
93 - [[21640]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21640) Itivia outbound script doesn't print to STDOUT
94 - [[21698]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21698) FIX POD of cancel_unfilled_holds.pl
98 - [[21349]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21349) Instructors with special characters (e.g. $, ., :) in their cardnumber cannot be removed from course reserves
102 - [[21015]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21015) Members.pm slow because it loads twice Koha::Schema
106 - [[21497]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21497) Dates should be correctly formatted for ILL requests in OPAC
107 - [[21585]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21585) Missing firstnames should be gracefully ignored in ILL requests table
109 ### Installation and upgrade (command-line installer)
111 - [[21654]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21654) Installer is loading a non-existent file
115 - [[21629]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21629) List sort on call number does not use cn_sort
117 > With this patch lists sorted on call number will now use the machine sortable form of the callnumber from items.cn_sort for better results.
120 - [[21874]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21874) Encoding broken in list and cart email subjects
122 ### MARC Authority data support
124 - [[21581]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21581) Matching rules for authorities do not respect 'Search index' setting
125 - [[21644]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21644) UNIMARC XSLT display of 210 in intranet
129 - [[20952]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20952) Automatic debian/control updates (oldoldstable/17.11.x)
133 - [[21080]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21080) patron attribute classes break patron's edit view
134 - [[21634]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21634) "Circulation" option is lost when viewing patron's logs
138 - [[21005]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21005) Missing row/column defaults cause unexpected results in report wizards
139 - [[21837]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21837) Overdues report shoudln't set homebranchfilter as holdingbranchfilter
141 ### System Administration
143 - [[21625]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21625) Fix wording and typo in SMSSendDriver system preference description
144 - [[21730]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21730) PA_CLASS missing from list of authorized values categories
148 - [[10442]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10442) Remove references to non-standard "error" class
149 - [[21186]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21186) Incorrect Bootstrap modal event name in multiple templates
150 - [[21740]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21740) Fixed-length fields show _ instead of @ when editing subfields
154 - [[18959]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18959) Text_CSV_Various.t must skip if Text::CSV::Unicode is not installed
155 - [[21787]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21787) GetHardDueDate.t has a silly test
159 - [[21819]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21819) Marc modification templates action always checks Regexp checkbox
160 - [[21854]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21854) Patron category is not showing during batch modification
161 - [[21861]](http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21861) The MARC modification template actions editor does not always validate user input
165 ## System requirements
169 - Perl 5.10 is required
174 The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
177 - [Koha Documentation](http://koha-community.org/documentation/)
179 As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
180 Koha manual is available:
182 - [Koha Manual](http://koha-community.org/manual/17.11/en/html/)
185 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
187 - [Koha Git Repository](https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual)
191 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
192 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
197 - Chinese (China) (79.5%)
198 - Chinese (Taiwan) (99.4%)
201 - English (New Zealand) (99.1%)
205 - French (Canada) (91.8%)
207 - German (Switzerland) (99.1%)
211 - Norwegian Bokmål (54.3%)
212 - Occitan (post 1500) (72.6%)
216 - Portuguese (Brazil) (84.2%)
223 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
225 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
227 - [Koha Translation Info](http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha)
229 For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
232 - [Koha Translate List](http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate)
234 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
236 - [Koha Translation](http://translate.koha-community.org/)
240 The release team for Koha 17.11.13 is
242 - Release Manager: [Nick Clemens](mailto:nick@bywatersolutions.com)
243 - Release Manager assistants:
244 - [Jonathan Druart](mailto:jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org)
245 - [Tomás Cohen Arazi](mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com)
246 - QA Manager: [Katrin Fischer](mailto:Katrin.Fischer@bsz-bw.de)
248 - [Alex Arnaud](mailto:alex.arnaud@biblibre.com)
249 - [Julian Maurice](mailto:julian.maurice@biblibre.com)
250 - [Kyle Hall](mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com)
252 - [Martin Renvoize](mailto:martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com)
253 - [Jonathan Druart](mailto:jonathan.druart@bugs.koha-community.org)
254 - [Marcel de Rooy](mailto:m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl)
255 - [Tomás Cohen Arazi](mailto:tomascohen@gmail.com)
256 - [Chris Cormack](mailto:chrisc@catalyst.net.nz)
258 - SIP2 -- Colin Campbell
259 - EDI -- Colin Campbell
260 - Elasticsearch -- Ere Maijala
261 - REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi
262 - UI Design -- Owen Leonard
266 - [Indranil Das Gupta](mailto:indradg@l2c2.co.in)
267 - Packaging Manager: [Mirko Tietgen](mailto:mirko@abunchofthings.net)
268 - Documentation Manager: Caroline Cyr La Rose
269 - Documentation Team:
273 - Translation Managers:
274 - [Indranil Das Gupta](mailto:indradg@l2c2.co.in)
275 - [Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel](mailto:bgkriegel@gmail.com)
278 - Caroline Cyr La Rose
279 - Release Maintainers:
280 - 18.11 -- [Martin Renvoize](mailto:martin.renvoize@ptfs-europe.com)
281 - 18.05 -- Lucas Gass
282 - 18.05 -- Jesse Maseto
283 - 17.11 -- [Fridolin Somers](mailto:fridolin.somers@biblibre.com)
284 - Release Maintainer assistants:
285 - 18.05 -- [Kyle Hall](mailto:kyle@bywatersolutions.com)
289 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 17.11.13.
291 - Dimitris Antonakis (1)
292 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (5)
295 - Jonathan Druart (13)
299 - Andrew Isherwood (3)
302 - Thatcher Leonard (1)
306 - Martin Renvoize (3)
308 - Andreas Roussos (3)
309 - Fridolin Somers (8)
312 - Koha translators (1)
314 We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
315 patches to Koha 17.11.13
317 - abunchofthings.net (2)
321 - ByWater-Solutions (11)
322 - bywatersolution.com (1)
324 - Independant Individuals (12)
325 - Koha Community Developers (13)
327 - Prosentient Systems (3)
330 - Theke Solutions (5)
332 We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
335 - Tomás Cohen Arazi (3)
337 - Cori Lynn Arnold (4)
341 - Jonathan Druart (13)
343 - Katrin Fischer (15)
347 - Andrew Isherwood (5)
353 - Martin Renvoize (55)
354 - Benjamin Rokseth (1)
355 - Marcel de Rooy (21)
356 - Andreas Roussos (6)
358 - Fridolin Somers (70)
359 - Myka Kennedy Stephens (1)
360 - Pierre-Marc Thibault (4)
364 We thank the following individuals who mentored new contributors to the Koha project.
369 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
370 please send a patch against these release notes to
371 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
373 ## Revision control notes
375 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
376 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
378 - [Koha Git Repository](git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git)
380 The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
383 ## Bugs and feature requests
385 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
388 - [Koha Bugzilla](http://bugs.koha-community.org)
390 He rau ringa e oti ai.
391 (Many hands finish the work)
393 Autogenerated release notes updated last on 21 déc. 2018 08:27:15.