September 2012 - Koha-devel - lists.koha-community.org

Fwd: Re: Bug Numbers in Update Database
by Marc Véron 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

> Can we start putting our bug references in our updates? +1 This rule should be written down somewhere in the Wiki. But where? Marc

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September Koha Newsletter has been published
by Daniel Grobani 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

Hi, The September 2012 edition of the Koha Community Newsletter has been posted to http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-3-issue-9-september-2012/. Cheers, Daniel Grobani Koha Community Newsletter Editor

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Problems with suggestions
by Robin Sheat 24 Sep '12

24 Sep '12

We have had a few queries about suggestions not working correctly in 3.8, that seem to be the result of this: http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7300#c6 can we decide the path to solving this? Making suggestions hidden by default is distinctly a regression for many libraries. On the other hand, filtering by branch is a genuinely useful thing, as is the ability to filter by default. My suggestion (to avoid a syspref) is that it has big, obvious words saying it's filtered and a button to show all, and it remembers the last state that user had (filtered or not) to show them next time. But I don't have any funding in line for this, so it'd really be up to whoever had the time to implement it. (It also maybe exposed a weakness in the patch signoff workflow, as it didn't really get any external review before going in, but that's another conversation perhaps.) -- Robin Sheat Catalyst IT Ltd. ✆ +64 4 803 2204 GPG: 5957 6D23 8B16 EFAB FEF8 7175 14D3 6485 A99C EB6D

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Bug Numbers in Update Database
by Nicole Engard 24 Sep '12

24 Sep '12

Hello all, In the past we were all putting bug numbers in our updatedatabase messages like this: Upgrade to 3.09.00.034 done (Bug 8207: correct typo in authority types) But more and more I'm seeing this: Upgrade to 3.09.00.035 done (Adding PrefillItem and SubfieldsToUseWhenPrefill sysprefs) When documenting new features I often need to refer to the bug report to get more information but without the bug number I have to do searches to find the right bug and it can sometimes be easy - but sometimes not so much. Can we start putting our bug references in our updates? Thanks in advance, Nicole C. Engard Documentation Manager

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Koha 3.8.5 Released
by Chris Cormack 22 Sep '12

22 Sep '12

The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 3.8.5. The latest maintenance release in the 3.8.x series. You can obtain the tarball from http://download.koha-community.org, check out the tag from git, or wait a couple of days for the Debian packages to be updated. RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.8.5 22 Sep 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 3.8.5 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.08.05.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 3.8.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release. Highlights of 3.8.5 ====================== 8071 blocker link beween bib and authorities with the authid 8495 blocker Javascript error when creating a new order 8002 critical Can't add patron attribute type in newer installation 8251 critical Patrons are systematically debarred at checkin 8293 critical Software error when clicking on first or last result of each page on OPAC 8418 critical Koha::Calendar is_holiday ignores all user data 8447 critical can't save new records / indicator error 8520 critical Authorities display incorrectly in staff results 8637 critical Lack of control on mandatory in orderreveive.tt 8706 critical Private lists can be accessed by anyone 8743 critical ZOOM error when merging authority change to biblios 5327 major Unit tests required for all C4 modules 6976 major User hold limit can be avoided by users in OPAC 7068 major autobarcode not working when duplicating patrons 8204 major Authority viewer in OPAC ugly, unfriendly, and mostly useless 8336 major SIP Server does not process renewal transaction correctly 8420 major tool statisticfines.pl(bz 6858) and hourly loan(bz5549) 8636 major Some dependencies are not listed by the installer 8656 major Koha::Calendar not loading both sets of special dates 8678 major XSLT stylesheets output XML, but HTML is needed Bugs fixed in 3.8.5 ====================== 3782 normal delivered z39.50 targets wrong for NY Public Library and NY University Library 4064 normal Uninitialized variable errors in opac-search.pl 6617 normal table of contents not printing right if entered right 7409 normal Missing dependencies for Debian package 8275 normal xml parsing error when the webservice GetPatronInfo/show_loans is called 8413 normal Space in barcode breaks GET request in benchmark_staff.pl 8550 normal Z39.50 searches for ISBN/ISSN problematic 8594 normal A report containing a subquery that has a 'limit' will have that limit stripped out 8596 normal Reports interface date picker doesn't force ISO formatted dates 8621 normal Template for sending out carts not formatting correctly 8626 normal Encoding problem with = in cart emails 8640 normal GetHardDueDate functions incorrectly 8648 normal searchResults uses SQL query rather than GetMarcFromKohaField 8653 normal With DOM indexing turned on subject authority links are not indexed 8657 normal Default sort by call number does not work 8663 normal Circulation rules hard due date calendar wrong format 8675 normal Renewing item to specified date creates a due date with HH:MM set to 00:00 8704 normal Typo in etc/koha-conf.xml 8705 normal Software error on help of main page 8708 normal RSS feed for new comments is broken 8716 normal Reordering of routing list entries doesn't work 8719 normal Private lists always sorted by title (even when author or date is selected) 2553 minor alphabetize dropdown menus 3456 minor Serials receipt note 6886 minor Single branch mode should disable showing the branch name in front of all callnumbers 7690 minor hidelostitems not working in Normal Display 8017 minor Remove unnecessary processing on return of GetAllIssues 8261 minor Cannot search system preferences from Local Use tab 8339 minor div id="login" should be id="login_controls" in header.inc 8478 minor Update Ubuntu related files 8533 minor Non-numeric cardnumbers screw up autoMemberNum 8569 minor Paying for a lost item overwrites nonpublic notes 8593 minor Add unique IDs to pending approval markup on staff client home page 8646 minor Certain search terms cause browser "script taking too long" error 8666 minor Prevent to create baskets for inactive suppliers 8677 minor table overlapping to the right on holds waiting 8696 minor Tools menu says export bibs still 8717 minor Wrong subscription notes are showing in catalogue detail view of serials in staff client 8730 minor browse overlaying powered by 8765 minor Add series title to intranet search results 7143 trivial Bug for tracking changes to the about page 7368 trivial General staff client typo omnibus 8012 trivial defaultSortOrder and OPACdefaultSortOrder are set to "ascending" on install 8713 trivial Warning message triggered by clicking keyword to marc mapping. 8714 trivial Poorly ordered and triggers warning in marctagstructure.pl 8727 trivial Correct help text in rebuild_zebra_sliced.sh 7613 enhancement OCLC Connexion Gateway, including extension svc/import_bib 8524 enhancement Add barcode plugin that does not autofill 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/3.8/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: * Arabic (100%) * Armenian (100%) * Chinese (Taiwan) (76%) * Danish (75%) * English (New Zealand) (99%) * English (USA) * French (100%) * French (Canada) (76%) * German (100%) * German (Switzerland) (99%) * Greek (69%) * Italian (100%) * Norwegian BokmÃ¥l (68%) * Portuguese (Brazil) (100%) * Spanish (100%) 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(a)biblibre.com> Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard(a)gmail.com> Translation Manager: FrÃ©dÃ©ric Demians <frederic(a)tamil.fr> QA Manager: Ian Walls <koha.sekjal(a)gmail.com> QA team: Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy(a)rijksmuseum.nl>, Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart(a)biblibre.com> Mason James <mason(a)kohaaloha.com> Bug Wranglers: Katrin Fischer, Magnus Enger Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins(a)cpbibliography.com> Release Maintainer (3.8.x): Chris Cormack <chrisc(a)catalyst.net.nz> Credits ====================== We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.8: * Universidad Nacional de CÃ³rdoba We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.8.5. 2 Tomas Cohen Arazi 3 D Ruth Bavousett 10 Jared Camins-Esakov 9 Colin Campbell 2 David Cook 14 Chris Cormack 1 Christophe Croullebois 2 Jonathan Druart 1 Nicole Engard 3 Katrin Fischer 2 Kyle M Hall 1 Jorgia Kelsey 7 Owen Leonard 3 Julian Maurice 1 Melia Meggs 1 Maxime Pelletier 4 Paul Poulain 1 MJ Ray 2 Marcel de Rooy 7 Fridolyn SOMERS 1 Adrien Saurat 3 Robin Sheat 1 Mirko Tietgen 5 Mark Tompsett 1 Kathryn Tyree We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha 3.8.5. 1 Koha Team Lyon 3 4 Tomas Cohen Arazi 5 Jared Camins-Esakov 1 Galen Charlton 92 Chris Cormack 10 Jonathan Druart 5 Nicole C. Engard 4 Katrin Fischer 9 Kyle M Hall 1 Doug Kingston 6 Owen Leonard 5 Julian Maurice 2 Melia Meggs 53 Paul Poulain 1 Liz Rea 1 Marc Veron 1 jorgia 1 wajasu 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 this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.8.x. The last Koha release was 3.8.4, which was released on August 22, 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

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Koha 3.6.9 released
by Jared Camins-Esakov 22 Sep '12

22 Sep '12

The Koha community is proud to release Koha version 3.6.9. This is a bugfix release, and contains a number of important fixes You can obtain Koha 3.6.9 from the http://download.koha-community.org site. Debian packages will be available from thehttp://debian.koha-community.org shortly also. Please read the release notes below for more information RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.6.9 22 Sep 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 3.6.9 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.09.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 3.6.9 is a bugfix/maintenance release. Highlights of 3.6.9 ====================== 8439 critical Printing basketgroup does not work on plack 8503 major Software error n edit items with EasyAnalyticalRecords Bugs fixed in 3.6.9 ====================== 6394 normal purchase order has french hard coded in 8458 normal $stemmed_operand in C4::Search _build_stemmed_operand is not initialized. 8322 minor Removing space between end of marc data and fullstops 8351 minor fix wording when undoing an import 8422 minor Fix impossible warning in circulation.pl when OverduesBlockCirc set to Block 8470 minor remove depreciated H:T:P test file 8476 minor Little bug in OPAC XSLT on OPACURLOpenInNewWindow 8518 minor Self checkout does not display debt amount if syspref AllowFineOverride is set to allow 6267 trivial custom http user-agent in check-url.pl (fix for books.google.com 401 error) 7143 trivial Bug for tracking changes to the about page 7367 trivial General OPAC typo omnibus 7153 enhancement Show Open Library as Search Target in "More Searches" in OPAC detail page 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/3.6/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: * Chinese (China) (95%) * Chinese (Taiwan) (99%) * Danish (99%) * English (New Zealand) (100%) * English (USA) * English (United Kingdom) (64%) * French (99%) * French (Canada) (95%) * German (100%) * Greek (94%) * Italian (100%) * Norwegian BokmÃ¥l (62%) * Portuguese (Brazil) (99%) * Spanish (100%) * Tetun (52%) 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 3.6 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> QA Manager: Ian Walls <ian.walls(a)bywatersolutions.com> Bug Wranglers: MJ Ray, Marcel de Rooy, Paul Poulain, Mason James Past Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins(a)cpbibliography.com> Credits ====================== We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.6.9. 1 Jared Camins-Esakov 1 David Cook 1 Chris Cormack 1 Frédéric Demians 1 Nicole Engard 1 Magnus Enger 1 Katrin Fischer 1 Chris Hall 1 Mason James 1 Dobrica Pavlinusic 2 Fridolyn SOMERS 1 Mark Tompsett 1 Marc Veron 1 Savitra sirohi We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha 3.6.9. 16 Jared Camins-Esakov 14 Chris Cormack 1 Frédéric Demians 1 Jonathan Druart 1 Nicole C. Engard 2 Kyle M Hall 2 Owen Leonard 14 Paul Poulain 3 Mirko Tietgen 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 this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 3.6.x. The last Koha release was 3.6.7, which was released on July 22, 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

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Debian packages PGP signing key expired
by Robin Sheat 22 Sep '12

22 Sep '12

The PGP (GPG really) key that is used to sign the Debian Koha packages expired. I've changed the expiry date on them, so they should be better now. However, you will have to update your local copy: wget -O- http://debian.koha-community.org/koha/gpg.asc | sudo apt-key add - Thanks to Tomas Cohen Arazi for letting me know. Robin.

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Suggestions to enhance the koha marc editor
by Karam Qubsi 21 Sep '12

21 Sep '12

Hi all I think that It's true the marc editor that comes with KOHA is not so flexible * I hope to find some solutions and I have some suggestions for the developers .*.. I'm talking as a librarian (cataloger ), I prefer to have some shortcuts in using the marc editor in koha for example : - shortcuts for movement to the next field ( pressing "tab" moving you to the next button not to the next writable field . so I think it's better to make it moving the cataloger to the next field . - duplication of a field could be done by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER (as a suggestion with it's contain ) - deletion of a field could be by pressing CTRL+K -(as suggestion) - deletion of the contain of field ( empty it ) could be by CTRL+D (as a suggestion) I don't know if there is shortcuts for these purposes (or other ) please guide me :) About what Ola says I think that is possible to make the editor more flexible with keeping the structure that koha build by the following : first when editing the framework we will see a new field ( I drew it ^_^ ) : in the attached file named koha 1.jpg you will find a new field named AV.LVL ( availability level ) or we can name it priority level , so that field have three values 1 , 2 , 3 - the fields that all the time use will take value "1 " - the fields that may use but less than 1 will take value "2" - and the fields that may use but less than 1 and 2 will take value "3" I will explain more please be patient : in the second attached file named "koha 2.jpg" you will see the cataloger page and you will find that I drew something new in the left of the screen . so all the fields that take the 1 value will be displayed as it used to be in the central of the screen because it's the most used by the librarian (as he defined it) all the fields take the 2 value will be displayed in the left of the screen , " the available fields to add from the framework " so he need this fields to be under his hand to add , because he use them most the time but not like the (fields with 1 value) and if the cataloger click on the *more *button he will see the fields that could be added that was take the value "3". What benefits ? : the cataloger will handle with materials with the most used fields using "tap " he will move over the fields and fill it with the information in a flexible way . he will not rollover fields he don't need to So the cataloger will determine 1. the fields he always use and 2. the fields most of the time he use and 3. the fields could be used 1. the first one there is no need to be added it will be displayed by default. 2. adding fields take the "2" value by one click to select it and ( press ) add button ( I didn't drew it ) 3. adding the fields with the "3" value by clicking the "more " button and select what he need then click " add" by this way I think koha will have a flexible and easy marc editor every one can handle with we can discuss this and make more suggestion from you :) thank you for your patient . On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:39 AM, Ola Agha <olaagha87(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear sirs, hello > > I have been dealing with Horizon 8.0 as a library management system for > almost three years, however now I’m installing koha and I’ve been going > through the system, experiencing its features, and exploring its > characteristic. > > The only aspect I’ve found where Horizon is more flexible is the MARC edit. > > In koha you can’t add tags nor subfields unless you’ve add them in the > framework first, > > The cataloger might face different cases when he find himself in need to > add tags or subfields that do not exist in the framework he’s working by. > > We can’t edit the framework every time we need to add a tag or a subfield, > especially which we might not use this tags with all the records we’re > cataloging. > > Best regards > > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- *Karam Qubsi* Arabic Koha Support Team The founder of Wikibrary (The Arabic Libraries And Information Science Encyclopedia ) *Email: karamqubsi(a)gmail.com* *Skype : karam.qubsi* *Mobile: +963 991 264 020* *Viber <http://viber.com/> / Tango <http://www.tango.me/> : +963 991 264 020 * *Wikibrary website : http://wikibrary.org* *Wiki and forum for Arabic Koha : http://koha.wikibrary.org<http://wikibrary.org/> * *كرم قبسي.* كوها العربي ـ فريق الدعم مؤسس ويكيمكتبات ( الموسوعة العربية للمكتبات والمعلومات )

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Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha-translate] Koha Manual translation site
by Frédéric Demians 20 Sep '12

20 Sep '12

Hi Bernardo and Tomas, Your announcement for koha-devel list members: http://lists.koha-community.org/pipermail/koha-translate/2012-September/001… Thanks a lot for your work. From my perspective, you reach the point where your documentation translation workflow and tools is usable by the whole community. Could you propose to discuss the subject on the next IRC meeting? http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_meeting,_10_October_2012 > Hopefully this will be useful to the community, and that someday this > work can be integrated into the main translation site of Koha. The translation files (.po files) could be stored centrally on the community Pootle server, with the current Koha translation files. Someone will have to manage those specific files, and how they are used to generate Koha manual in various languages. Is it necessary to have a new role? 'Manual translation manager', affiliated to the Translation manager. It could help the various jobs to be done properly to have several related roles. For example: Translation manager > Manual translation manager (Bernardo or Tomas?) Translators community manager Translatability QA Those kind of sub-roles could be extended to other Koha community positions... It could be the responsibility of the 'main' manager to choose his/her affiliated managers. In order to help Manual translators, a workflow must be designed to generate automatically HTML/PDF versions of manual, so they can see the result of their work. Where to put them? Automation? What to do if something break? Which frequency? A release schedule must be decided, to distinguish work in progress and 'official' issued translated manuals. Or it can be done language per language, at translators demand. So the need of a Manual translation manager. Which coordination with Documentation manager? It isn't only necessary to generate documentation from .po files but also to update the .po files when the Documentation manager edit the original English manual. How will it be done? Which frequency? Are milestones necessary? How can the Translation manager reports information to the translators? Conversely, how can translators, who are quality proofreaders, can reports to the Translation manager errors, improvement suggestions? What to do with current massive use of images in Manual? It make translators work difficult. A picture worth a thousand words. You bet. But is it still true in a multi-lingual environment? Couldn't it be decided to avoid images in manual, for the future, and in accordance with the Documentation manager? Kind regards, -- Frédéric DEMIANS http://www.tamil.fr/u/fdemians.html

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Record indexer integration (Zebra)
by Tomas Cohen Arazi 20 Sep '12

20 Sep '12

An effort is being made to update the INSTALL.* files and to aid our users in running Koha almost auto-magically (read .deb install method, copy and paste instructions for src install in debian/ubuntu, etc). A missing piece (from my point of view) is the integration of the record indexer daemon into Koha (currently the default is to reindex -z every 5', and there are links to using Koha::Contrib::Tamil tools for having a *daemon* to do it). I vote for doing an effort to have Koha::Contrib::Tamil integrated into Koha. Once it is in the source tree this will: - Avoid Koha version-specific incompatibilities (read ease of maintenance). - Provide a simple way (SysV) to run the daemon. - Make it possible for the daemon to evolve (not sure, but I read that jcamins had some patches to adapt the Koha::Contrib::Tamil to the koha-common package multi-instance schema). Even if we move to a SolR/Zebra/Whatever: if we support Zebra it will be needed. As spoken with FrédericD, this implementation of the indexer lacks some features (?) as record sanitization, or ISO record indexing instead of MARCXML, but maybe we conclude it is not needed anymore there. Or it could be reintroduced once is in the source tree. As I see it, once it is integrated in the Koha source its easier to patch and make it evolve. Regards To+

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