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New 3.6 and 3.8 packages - a note
by Robin Sheat 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

I've uploaded new Debian packages for the latest 3.6 and 3.8 releases. Normally this isn't worth an email, but in this case it's necessary to be aware that Debian won't automatically upgrade it for you when you ask. New dependencies have been added, and so it is now necessary to do: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade to allow the new things to be included. If you don't know about the packages, have a look here: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.8_on_Debian_Squeeze -- 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 4177 (opaccloud) - Dead feature / dead code? - Releted to French catalogs.
by Marc Véron 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

Bug 4177 is still marked as "New". Last activity 2011-08-23 http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4177 It is related to French catalogs. Is this feature still functional? If not, we could remove dead code and set it to RESOLVED. Comments welcome... Marc

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ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/*mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
by Samuel Desseaux 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

Hi I have a problem while installing koha on a machine (i install with debian package) I have this message "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/*mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)" What i don't understand is >mysql well running $ service mysql status /usr/bin/mysqladmin Ver 8.42 Distrib 5.1.49, for debian-linux-gnu on x86_64 Copyright 2000-2008 MySQL AB, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license Server version 5.1.49-3 Protocol version 10 Connection Localhost via UNIX socket UNIX socket /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock Uptime: 2 min 12 sec Threads: 2 Questions: 842 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 135 Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 32 Queries per second avg: 6.378. >no problem when i restart $ service mysql restart Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. Starting MySQL database server: mysqld. Checking for corrupt, not cleanly closed and upgrade needing tables.. But, the problem could come from that $locate libmysqlclient.so /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.16 /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.16.0.0 As the debian package include mysql-server5.1, there may be a conflict. How can i fix this problem? best regards samuel

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Cataloguing authorities 3.6/3.8
by Paul 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

We have just discovered a problem with 3.8.4 -- before I can rule out whether it is 'our' db or setup that is at fault, or a more general issue, I would appreciate some help. Basically our "authorities" are no longer functional. EXAMPLE A: TOPIC_TERM "World War" comes up with 414 results ranging from 'World War 1' to 'World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, Japanese' all "Used 0 times" -- all were previously functional, searchable, mostly from Z39.50 imports, and had single|multiple biblios attached. EXAMPLE B: PERSO_NAME 1) Add a new biblio from Z39.50. The author is 'Thomas, W. Donald'; we have several books by this author; using the default framework, click the icon at the end of line 100$a in addbiblio.pl, brings up the pop-up 'catalogue authority plugin', no sign of this author. [authorities/auth_finder.pl?authtypecode=PERSO_NAME&index=tag_100_subfield_a_995647_916674&value_mainstr=Thomas,%20W.%20Donald&value_main=] 2) Search authorities/authorities-home.pl?op=do_search&type=intranet&marclist=mainmainentry&operator=contains&value=Thomas%2C+W.+Donald&orderby=HeadingAsc --- Authority search results No results found 3) "Search the catalogue" from the home page (catalogue/search.pl?q=Thomas%2C+W.+Donald) comes up with 9 results, the first 5 are all by this author (the last four, fuzzy, irrelevant.) 4) From any one of the relevant entries, click the author's name: catalogue/search.pl?q=au:"Thomas, W. Donald" gives all five proper results 5) checkmarc.pl gives 'Configuration OK, you don't have errors in your MARC parameters table' 6) authtypes.pl has the following "Define authority types": /... PERSO_NAME Personal Name Personal Names 100 etc, etc The first 4 biblios were from our 3.6.1 db, which imported without error into 3.8.4 ; the fifth is today's Z39.50 import The cron -z is running every minute, but to verify zebra, I manually did a 'rebuild_zebra.pl -a -r -v' and a 'rebuild_zebra.pl -b -r -v -x' which went through all authorities and biblios without error but one warning: Records exported: 37716 ==================== REINDEXING zebra ==================== 14:58:44-24/09 zebraidx(6239) [warn] Unknown register type: ==================== CLEANING ==================== So ... new biblios and items are being recorded, but the cross referencing to authorities appears to have died with the upgrade to 3.8.4 Most unfortunately, I can reproduce this in my sandbox and the [now updated] production server. We missed this entirely during our testing - mea culpa. Thoughts anyone? Many tnx - paul

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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 24 Sep '12

24 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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