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ILS Perceptions survey (Marshall Breeding)
by Breeding, Marshall 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

To all libraries using Koha: As Joann mentioned, I am collecting data for the 2011 Annual Library Automation Perceptions survey. This survey aims to provide some general measurement of the levels of satisfaction that libraries have with their library automation systems and the organizations that support them. I am aware that many libraries using Koha do so independently without direct involvement of a support firm. Even in these cases, data regarding the perceived quality and functionality of the automation system would be very helpful. The survey also probes at the relative level of interest in open source automation systems. I do hope that all libraries using Koha will respond to the survey. The survey forms are linked to each library's entry in the lib-web-cats directory, so you will need to submit an entry if your library is not already represented. A large number of libraries using Koha are already represented, but I'm sure that there are many still missing. See: http://www.librarytechnology.org/libraries.pl?ILS=Koha http://www.librarytechnology.org/map.pl?ILS=Koha A strong response will help document the worldwide impact of Koha. To participate in the survey, you can start with the instructions given on the current posting on the top page of Library Technology Guides: http://www.librarytechnology.org/ Please let me know if you have an questions about the survey. Best regards, -marshall Marshall Breeding Editor, Library Technology Guides http://www.librarytechnology.org marshall.breeding(a)librarytechnology.org<mailto:marshall.breeding@librarytechnology.org> http://twitter.com/mbreeding From: koha-devel-bounces(a)lists.koha-community.org<mailto:koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org> [mailto:koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org]<mailto:[mailto:koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org]> On Behalf Of Joann Ransom Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 4:07 PM To: koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org<mailto:koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org> Subject: [Koha-devel] ILS Perceptions survey (Marshall Breeding) Hi all, Marshall is collecting responses for the technology report about libraries perceptions of ILSs. http://www.librarytechnology.org/ Cheers Jo. -- Joann Ransom RLIANZA Head of Libraries, Horowhenua Library Trust.

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ILS Perceptions survey (Marshall Breeding)
by Joann Ransom 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi all, Marshall is collecting responses for the technology report about libraries perceptions of ILSs. http://www.librarytechnology.org/ Cheers Jo. -- Joann Ransom RLIANZA Head of Libraries, Horowhenua Library Trust.

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Proposal to Standardize Bug Number References in Commit Messages
by Chris Nighswonger 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Hi all, While we are proposing changes to workflow, etc. I would like to propose that we standardize the manner in which we reference bug numbers in our commit messages. Lately I have been working on scripts to semi-automate the generation of release notes and having a standard reference to bug numbers would greatly simplify munging through git log and extracting them. So I propose that we use the form: [BZX...X] It will be pretty nigh impossible to obtain 100% compliance, so those doing sign-off, QA, or the RM could to 'git commit --amend' to add it in if it is missing or wrong. What say ye? Kind Regards, Chris

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possibility for Koha links
by Linda Culberson 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

All, In the discussion of links in Koha, there has been discussion of there being links to in-house images, but I was wondering whether anyone had considered the possibility of those being actual hyperlinks? For example, we have digitized maps that are viewed through zoomify For example, in my catalog record http://zed.mdah.state.ms.us/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85886 it would be really wonderful to have a thumbnail of that map that links to http://mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/digital_archives/maps/map.php?map=85886-1-map… For the digitized video, something similar could be done. For pdf files and other such documents, we'd probably come up with a generic something. Thanks! -- Linda Culberson lculber(a)mdah.state.ms.us Archives and Records Services Division Ms. Dept. of Archives & History P. O. Box 571 Jackson, MS 39205-0571 Telephone: 601/576-6873 Fax: 601/576-6824

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Re: [Koha-devel] koha-devel - Informe
by programcnann＠yahoo.es 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

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New release-tools Repo
by Christopher Nighswonger 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Ok. For any interested parties, I've added a release-tools repo to git.k-c.org. You may see it here: http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=release-tools.git;a=summary The two tools I currently use are there. They are very hackish, so beware. I will gladly accept patches introducing improvements or additional tools. Kind Regards, Chris Koha 3.2.x/3.4.x/3.6.x Release Maintainer

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Koha 3.4.6 is now available
by Chris Nighswonger 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.4.6. The package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.06.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.06.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.06.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.06.tar.gz.sig Release notes for 3.4.6 are below. Come and get it! RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.4.6 - 09 Nov 2011 ======================================================================== 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 3.4.6 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.06.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 3.4.6 is a bugfix/maintenance release. Highlights of 3.4.6 ====================== 1139 blocker ISBN search fails with double dashes 5995 blocker Glitch with checkauth 2453 critical (very) large biblio/item handling 6575 critical funds with no restrictions not see by librarians 6576 critical changing framework while cataloging looses data 6687 critical cannot move people in the holds queue 6854 critical import_borrowers.pl : Double password encryption on member update if there is no password in the csv and no default password value. 6879 critical Actual price should show correctly on order line and basket summary 6959 critical Can't import record via Z39.50 from MARC edit page 2599 major Search limits not working for NoZebra 5796 major actual price not taken into account in encumbrance 5945 major can't search patron's email anymore 6014 major Log viewer needs permissions 6414 major actual price not recorded when ordering 6465 major Errors in UNIMARC plugins for fixed length fields (for | and space) (T::T issue) 6490 major Lost and paid not updated when book is checked out. 6660 major limiting search to a patron category shows all patrons in category 6801 major Patron details page slow to load when many checkouts present 6927 major Typo in Overdues.pm 6974 major MARC21 Leader plugin no longer auto-fills the 000 field 6977 major Support for repeated subfields when importing an authority into a biblio record field. 7134 major patron records getting funny birthdays Bugs fixed in 3.4.6 ====================== 3258 normal routing-preview.pl : button text + redirect issue 3704 normal SIP Checkin of not checked out item returns error without additional reason 5369 normal se queries with paranthesis fail 5630 normal CAS improvements 6070 normal On a new order defined from suggestion some fields were missing. 6217 normal Searching for 3 part patron names brings no results 6253 normal Unified Patron Search subroutine 6280 normal Invalid SQL being passed in circulation checkout 6390 normal Basket only visible for librarian who created it 6460 normal No log generated if Action set to All or Modify or Delete 6513 normal Library and Category filters when searching for a borrower to add to a routing list don't work correctly. 6885 normal Superlibrarian users can't delete items from another library when IndependantBranches 6966 normal Update Help Files for Koha 3.6 Release 6972 normal Hardcoded template paths to en in showmarc 6996 normal Encoding problem in opac-showmarc 6997 normal koha-remove leaves system in inconsistent state if there is an error 7202 normal z39.50 search on bib edit not working 959 enhancement We need to be abble to modifie order line after receipt 5528 enhancement Analytical records support 5572 enhancement refinements to function merge sub merge in C4::AuthoritiesMarc 5983 enhancement Change the wording around the CAS login 6012 enhancement Set up a working example of a CAS proxy 6296 enhancement Allow authentication to Koha via PKI / x.509 certificates 6670 enhancement Link patron name on returns screen to circulation page instead of patron detail page 6875 enhancement de-nesting C4 packages 6884 enhancement Improve TinyMCE configuration on Koha News page System requirements ====================== Changes since 3.2: * Template::Toolkit 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://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual/ 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: * Chinese * Danish * English (New Zealand) * English (USA) * French (France) * French (Canada) * German * Greek * Hindi * Italian * Norwegian * Portuguese * Spanish * Turkish 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 3.4 is Release Manager: Chris Cormack <chrisc(a)catalyst.net.nz> Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard(a)gmail.com> Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic(a)tamil.fr> Release Maintainer (3.2.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> QA Manager: Colin Campbell Credits ====================== We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.4.6 (The numeral in the first column represents the number of patches included in this release): 1 Alex Arnaud 1 Larry Baerveldt 1 Greg Barniskis 2 D Ruth Bavousett 1 Jared Camins-Esakov 2 Colin Campbell 2 Frédérick Capovilla 1 Galen Charlton 17 Chris Cormack 8 Frédéric Demians 2 Jonathan Druart 1 Nicole Engard 2 Magnus Enger 3 Katrin Fischer 2 Mason James 6 Srdjan Jankovic 1 Janusz Kaczmarek 12 Owen Leonard 1 Matthias Meusburger 1 Joy Nelson 4 Chris Nighswonger 2 Maxime Pelletier 11 Paul Poulain 1 Meenakshi R 1 MJ Ray 4 Liz Rea 10 Marcel de Rooy 7 Robin Sheat 1 Juan Sieira 18 Ian Walls We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed, please send a patch against these release notes to koha-patches(a)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 3.4.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix releases) is 3.4.x. The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.6.0. 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 09 Nov 2011 at 16:50:37Z ##### RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.4.6 - 09 Nov 2011 ======================================================================== 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 3.4.6 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.06.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 3.4.6 is a bugfix/maintenance release. Highlights of 3.4.6 ====================== 1139 blocker ISBN search fails with double dashes 5995 blocker Glitch with checkauth 2453 critical (very) large biblio/item handling 6575 critical funds with no restrictions not see by librarians 6576 critical changing framework while cataloging looses data 6687 critical cannot move people in the holds queue 6854 critical import_borrowers.pl : Double password encryption on member update if there is no password in the csv and no default password value. 6879 critical Actual price should show correctly on order line and basket summary 6959 critical Can't import record via Z39.50 from MARC edit page 2599 major Search limits not working for NoZebra 5796 major actual price not taken into account in encumbrance 5945 major can't search patron's email anymore 6014 major Log viewer needs permissions 6414 major actual price not recorded when ordering 6465 major Errors in UNIMARC plugins for fixed length fields (for | and space) (T::T issue) 6490 major Lost and paid not updated when book is checked out. 6660 major limiting search to a patron category shows all patrons in category 6801 major Patron details page slow to load when many checkouts present 6927 major Typo in Overdues.pm 6974 major MARC21 Leader plugin no longer auto-fills the 000 field 6977 major Support for repeated subfields when importing an authority into a biblio record field. 7134 major patron records getting funny birthdays Bugs fixed in 3.4.6 ====================== 3258 normal routing-preview.pl : button text + redirect issue 3704 normal SIP Checkin of not checked out item returns error without additional reason 5369 normal se queries with paranthesis fail 5630 normal CAS improvements 6070 normal On a new order defined from suggestion some fields were missing. 6217 normal Searching for 3 part patron names brings no results 6253 normal Unified Patron Search subroutine 6280 normal Invalid SQL being passed in circulation checkout 6390 normal Basket only visible for librarian who created it 6460 normal No log generated if Action set to All or Modify or Delete 6513 normal Library and Category filters when searching for a borrower to add to a routing list don't work correctly. 6885 normal Superlibrarian users can't delete items from another library when IndependantBranches 6966 normal Update Help Files for Koha 3.6 Release 6972 normal Hardcoded template paths to en in showmarc 6996 normal Encoding problem in opac-showmarc 6997 normal koha-remove leaves system in inconsistent state if there is an error 7202 normal z39.50 search on bib edit not working 959 enhancement We need to be abble to modifie order line after receipt 5528 enhancement Analytical records support 5572 enhancement refinements to function merge sub merge in C4::AuthoritiesMarc 5983 enhancement Change the wording around the CAS login 6012 enhancement Set up a working example of a CAS proxy 6296 enhancement Allow authentication to Koha via PKI / x.509 certificates 6670 enhancement Link patron name on returns screen to circulation page instead of patron detail page 6875 enhancement de-nesting C4 packages 6884 enhancement Improve TinyMCE configuration on Koha News page System requirements ====================== Changes since 3.2: * Template::Toolkit 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://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual/ 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: * Chinese * Danish * English (New Zealand) * English (USA) * French (France) * French (Canada) * German * Greek * Hindi * Italian * Norwegian * Portuguese * Spanish * Turkish 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 3.4 is Release Manager: Chris Cormack <chrisc(a)catalyst.net.nz> Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard(a)gmail.com> Translation Manager: FrÃ©dÃ©ric Demians <frederic(a)tamil.fr> Release Maintainer (3.2.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> QA Manager: Colin Campbell Credits ====================== We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.4.6 (The numeral in the first column represents the number of patches included in this release): 1 Alex Arnaud 1 Larry Baerveldt 1 Greg Barniskis 2 D Ruth Bavousett 1 Jared Camins-Esakov 2 Colin Campbell 2 FrÃ©dÃ©rick Capovilla 1 Galen Charlton 17 Chris Cormack 8 FrÃ©dÃ©ric Demians 2 Jonathan Druart 1 Nicole Engard 2 Magnus Enger 3 Katrin Fischer 2 Mason James 6 Srdjan Jankovic 1 Janusz Kaczmarek 12 Owen Leonard 1 Matthias Meusburger 1 Joy Nelson 4 Chris Nighswonger 2 Maxime Pelletier 11 Paul Poulain 1 Meenakshi R 1 MJ Ray 4 Liz Rea 10 Marcel de Rooy 7 Robin Sheat 1 Juan Sieira 18 Ian Walls We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed, please send a patch against these release notes to koha-patches(a)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 3.4.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix releases) is 3.4.x. The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.6.0. 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 09 Nov 2011 at 16:50:37Z #####

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EDI code
by savitra sirohi 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

All, we need to implement EDI for one of our customers. Can anyone point to a git repo that has EDI code please? Thanks, Savitra

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Replacing YUI javascript libraries with jQueryUI
by Owen Leonard 07 Nov '11

07 Nov '11

I see from the weekend traffic on Bugzilla that not everyone is aware of the work I've been doing on Bug 5481: Replace YUI JS libraries with Jquery UI http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5481 Over the last year I've been working to replace all instances of YUI js dependencies with jQueryUI-native functions. My hope was that native jQueryUI could handle all the functions that YUI did. Among the features which are integrated: Date picker Autocomplete Tabs So far so good, but one piece is lacking: while jQueryUI has a button widget in their current release, there is still no native menu or menu/button widget. YUI Menu is used in the OPAC in a couple of places and on any page in the staff client which has a toolbar of buttons. The jQueryUI menu widget has been in alpha for about as long as I've been working on this branch, so this project has been stalled for a while. I've been keeping the branch up to date and pushed to my repo on Gitorious. Sorry to anyone following the link from Bug 5481, the name of the branch changed: http://gitorious.org/koha-dev/koha-dev/commits/ip-bug-5481-tt-jquery-ui-201… I check this branch regularly and fix conflicts with master. As of today it rebases cleanly for me, so it should be testable if anyone would like to see it in action. Be sure to clear your browser cache or shift-refresh to make sure the up-to-date js and CSS are loaded. -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org

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Setting DEBUG=1 on your testing setups
by Paul Poulain 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

Hello, I just pushed a few minuts ago a patch that will have Koha raise an error message when there is a mySQL error. All developers should activate this in their staff & OPAC virtual hosts. Thus if there are errors, they'll be displayed & visible. Please have a look at http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7184 to get details ! -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08

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