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opac not available
by Samuel Desseaux 29 May '12

29 May '12

Hello, Since i've upgraded for koha 3.8, i can't access on my opac. I think my virtualhost is good (i join it in attached file) but maybe there's something wrong i've not seen. I've the same url with two differents ports. For the intranet, it's ok but for the opac, it's the problem. thank you. samuel

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Claim is not sending a serial claim notification
by Manju N 28 May '12

28 May '12

Hi All, I am using koha 3.6 and postfix mail in which claim email notice is not generating for serial claim but other notification for patrons are working fine. I can view claim log activity Under Tools-Additional tools-Log viewer information but not sending claim notices to respective vendor email id. Can anyone suggest me how to fix this ? Thanks Manju Naika Asst.Librarian Central Library

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bugs.koha-community.org changes
by Chris Cormack 27 May '12

27 May '12

Hi All Tonight, I rejigged the configuration of a few sites I look after namely: bugs.koha-community.org schema.koha-community.org paste.koha-community.org download.koha-community.org piwik.koha-community.org They now live behind nginx, they seem to be working fine, but please let me know if you notice anything untoward. Chris

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Koha 3.6.5 released
by Jared Camins-Esakov 25 May '12

25 May '12

The Koha release team is happy to announce the release of Koha 3.6.5 This is a stable release and contains bugfixes as well as updated translations. You can download it at http://download.koha-community.org/ Go forth, download, and enjoy :) RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.6.5 24 May 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 3.6.5 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.05.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 3.6.5 is a bugfix/maintenance release. Highlights of 3.6.5 ====================== 3916 critical Batch Modify tool overwrites dropdown fields - no option for "no change" 6488 critical opachiddenitems not working in master 7485 critical Cannot edit barcode on Fast Add 7513 critical MARC Import Hangs 7597 critical fines not recording the right info in the stats table 7631 critical Self checkout renewal fails because of reference to non-existent subroutine in sco-main.pl 7893 critical Missing build-dependency on libdatetime-format-dateparse-perl and libreadonly-perl 7924 critical Fix handling of command line arguments in koha-remove 7231 major ordering from staged file not using price 7272 major Fix for Bug 6328 causes user accounts to be frozen (SIP2) 7284 major Authority matching algorithm improvements 7454 major Sip renewal all response returns incorrect info 7482 major overdues report downloads without names 7581 major Holds not working in OPAC in singlebranchmode 7636 major error when trying to email cart when opacuserlogin set to don't allow 7838 major Add sort-string-utf.chr for Ukrainian and Russian Bugs fixed in 3.6.5 ====================== 1662 normal Is there a difference between Full and Simplified for Serials History 3216 normal UNIMARC author facets 4976 normal Status of item returned with process_koc.pl is empty in Intranet 5180 normal Autocomplete broken on overdues report 5373 normal fields listed on patron import do not match the csv file 5482 normal Translation problem in guided reports - Item field names 5657 normal biblio records update fails when updating multiple authorities linked with the same biblio 5749 normal The display of borrower adresses composed of streetnumber, streettype and address is broken 5841 normal Routing slip not displaying publication date 6125 normal Plugin for date acquired does not work on ACQ framework 6434 normal Many changes for Ukrainian and Russian sql-tables 6701 normal language on timeout system preference is wrong 7092 normal Complete-subfield searches TraceCompleteSubfields syspref not working correctly 7271 normal Revert getitems default sort to homebranch instead of holding branch 7445 normal Clicking on a tag gives "Language ... does not exist" 7493 normal Deleting a record with comments breaks 7537 normal Implement TraceCompleteSubfields, TraceSubjectSubdivisions and UseICU for NORMARC XSLT 7558 normal Serial issue note doubled up in full history 7579 normal Icons for authorized values/item types not showing in OPAC 7590 normal Cataloging authorities search result page is broken 7609 normal Improving links to find analytics and volumes when using UseControlnumber 7644 normal Invalid markup in staff client language chooser 7645 normal System preferences editor save button obscured by language chooser 7656 normal "undefined" pop-up message when putting hold on reference item 7665 normal Bibs with no ISBN's show broken images for covers when using Syndetics cover images. 7695 normal Boolean operator AND in XSLT gets translated 7699 normal Restricted until datepicker broken 7724 normal Tests requiring Zebra should be skipped if Zebra isn't set up 7727 normal NORMARC XSLT OPAC detail view shows double tabs 7749 normal Not all OKs on the start page are translatable 7766 normal C4/Auth.pm emits debug output to STDOUT 7780 normal fix translator tool verbosity 7824 normal [3.6 only] Typo in opac-userupdate.tt causes the first name to not show in the header 7837 normal nb-NO z3950servers.sql misses column names 7858 normal Missing packages from install_misc/ubuntu.packages 7885 normal Change filename of TransferLog suggested by packages to fit with logrotate 7886 normal C4/ShelfBrowser slow SQL performance 7940 normal Placing a hold on a single item from the staff cart causes errors 8020 normal Prepare debian packages for 3.8 release 4819 enhancement Add ID attribute to certain areas of OPAC so jquery can be used to hide them 7140 enhancement Add item type description on the catalogue search and detail screens 7143 enhancement Bug for tracking changes to the about page 7436 enhancement Set itemtypes.rentalcharge = 0 in sample data for nb-NO and de-DE 7617 enhancement Authority search results should optionally be sorted by system order 7700 enhancement Cart's more details view shows identity numbers 7734 enhancement NO_LIBRARY_SET should be translatable 7738 enhancement "Display more constraints" in subfield configuraton is not properly translatable 7746 enhancement In staff 'No public lists.' is not translatable 7758 enhancement Koha allowing LOST items to check out without alert 7760 enhancement Add ids and classes to every staff page to help with customizaton 7761 enhancement cleaning up empty declarations from staff-global.css 7876 enhancement Add ids to divs and spans with ids in opac-user.tt 7935 enhancement Introduce sys pref to control 'browse results' in OPAC New sysprefs in 3.6.5 ====================== * AutoCreateAuthorities * CatalogModuleRelink * LinkerKeepStale * LinkerModule * LinkerOptions * LinkerRelink * OpacBrowseResults * UseICU * dateformat System requirements ====================== Changes since 3.4: * Perl 5.10 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 (Taiwan) * Danish * English (USA) * English (UK) * French (France) * German * Italian * Portuguese (Brazil) * Spanish 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: Katrin Fischer, Magnus Enger 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 libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.6: * Los Gatos Public Library * NEKLS * East Brunswick Public Library * Athens County Public Libraries * Horowhenua Library Trust * Halton Borough Council * South Taranaki District Council We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.6.5. 1 BibLibre 1 Gaetan Boisson 12 Jared Camins-Esakov 3 Colin Campbell 1 David 2 Stéphane Delaune 2 Frédéric Demians 1 Jonathan Druart 9 Magnus Enger 28 Katrin Fischer 1 Chris Hall 12 Kyle M Hall 3 Srdjan Jankovic 1 Janusz Kaczmarek 11 Owen Leonard 1 Sophie Meynieux 1 Chris Nighswonger 3 Dobrica Pavlinusic 1 Maxime Pelletier 6 Paul Poulain 1 MJ Ray 3 Liz Rea 2 Marcel de Rooy 3 Adrien Saurat 5 Robin Sheat 1 Zeno Tajoli 2 Serhij Dubyk {Сергій Дубик} 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 3.6.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix releases) is 3.6.x. Koha 3.8.0 was released on April 23, 2012. The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.10.0. 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 -- Jared Camins-Esakov Bibliographer, C & P Bibliography Services, LLC (phone) +1 (917) 727-3445 (e-mail) jcamins(a)cpbibliography.com (web) http://www.cpbibliography.com/

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Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 5: May 2012
by Daniel Grobani 25 May '12

25 May '12

Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 5: May 2012 [Below is the text of the newsletter. For active links and a more readable format, please visit http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-3-issue-5-may-2012] Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) Volume 3, Issue 5: May 2012 Edited by Daniel Grobani, Koha Community Newsletter Editor. Please submit news items to danielg.koha(a)gmail.com. Table of Contents Koha Development Koha 3.8.1 Released Koha 3.6.5 Release Imminent Koha Statistics Database Schema Documentation Updated Koha Community New Koha Libraries Community Gossip Past Koha Events May General IRC Meeting New Zealand Koha User Group Day 2012 Upcoming Koha Events June General IRC Meeting KohaCon12 KohaCon13 Koha Development Koha 3.8.1 Released by Chris Cormack The Koha release team is happy to announce the release of Koha 3.8.1. This is a stable release and contains bugfixes as well as updated translations. Koha 3.8.1 can be downloaded here. Release notes are here. Installation instructions can be found here or in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball. Koha 3.6.5 Release Imminent As we go to press on 24 May 2012, Koha 3.6.5 is scheduled to be released today. Koha Statistics Chris Cormack, statistician par excellence, has posted bug statistics for April and statistics for Koha 3.8.1. Database Schema Documentation Updated Koha’s database schema documentation has been updated. Koha Community New Koha Libraries Gerard Cottet Library at Salus University (via ByWater Solutions) Lane Library at Ripon College (via ByWater Solutions) North Central Regional Library (via ByWater Solutions) Community Gossip Lenora Oftedahl reports: “The StreamNet Library successfully upgraded from 3.0 to 3.6. In addition to our upgrade, we also successfully installed the Koha software on the same server as our WordPress CMS. The two programs are peacefully co-existing through the creative use of subdomains. You can visit our website at our new domain, http://www.streamnetlibrary.org. If other users would like assistance or have suggestions, please feel free to contact Lenora at oftl(a)critfc.org. Lee Miller of the Butte-Silver Bow Public Library in Montana reports that her library is co-hosting KohaCon12 and that she’ll be presenting at the conference on the use of open source software in Montana libraries and the use of new applications and discovery tools. Equinox Software is looking to hire a support specialist to provide technical support for Koha and Evergreen. Shire of Derby West Kimberley has become the first local government area in Australia to choose Koha to support the delivery of its public library services. More information is here. Past Koha Events May General IRC Meeting The May general IRC meeting was held on 2 May 2012. More info, including the agenda and links to the minutes, is here. New Zealand Koha User Group Day 2012 Current and prospective Koha users got together at the New Zealand Treasury on 15 May 2012 for the second New Zealand Koha users group meeting. Chris Cormack reported on the meeting here. Upcoming Koha Events June General IRC Meeting The June general IRC meeting will be held on Wednesday, 13 June 2012. More info is here. KohaCon12 KohaCon12 is nearly upon us! It will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 5-7 June 2012. A hackfest will be held 9-11 June 2012. This is a free conference for everyone interested in the Koha library system. There is no registration fee, but attendees are asked to pre-register. The conference schedule has been posted here. The organizers continue to seek sponsors to help defray the cost of the conference. Sponsors so far include Tamil, PTFS Europe, Catalyst, Libriotech, Projektlink Konsult, The Galecia Group, C & P Bibliography Services, CALYX Information Essentials, and KohaAloha. Information on sponsorship is here. More details on the conference can be found here. KohaCon13 Bidding is now open for hosting of KohaCon13. Proposals can be viewed and added on this page of the Koha community wiki.

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DateTime::Format::MySQL
by Chris Nighswonger 24 May '12

24 May '12

Hi all, The QOTD work recently committed to master adds DateTime::Format::MySQL as a core dependency thereby extending DateTime objects to handle proper formatting of datetime strings for MySQL. While Koha::DateUtils will parse ISO formatted datetime strings, the POD notes that the module is intended to be a temporary aid to demystify DateTime foo while we are transitioning fully to DateTime: "Koha has historically only used dates not datetimes and been content to 40 handle these as strings. It also has confused formatting with actual dates 41 this is a temporary module for wrappers to hide the complexity of switch to DateTime" There are similar DateTime::Format::<db> plugins for Pg, Oracle, and friends which may be implemented in Koha as support for those db's is added. Basically DateTime::Format::MySQL will parse a correctly MySQL formatted datetime and return a DateTime object for your morphing pleasure. It will also format a DateTime object and return a MySQL datetime string. Read more here: http://tinyurl.com/br49o38 By moving away form a custom DateTime formatting module we reduce long term maintenance costs and issues as well as moving a step closer to dropping the temporary Koha::DateUtils. Kind Regards, Chris

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Re: [Koha-devel] Print page - Firefox, etc
by Paul 23 May '12

23 May '12

At 02:01 PM 5/22/2012 -0400, Owen Leonard wrote: [snip] >Judging from the description and the timeline of Koha 3.6.1 I'm >guessing the bug is caused by my first fix for Bug 6291 which was >subsequently reverted in favor of a better fix. Thanks - what's the best way on a *production* server to revert the patch and install the better fix? I must admit to not fully understanding how git (or whatever is most appropriate) is setup, and after a look at bug 6291, there appear to be quite a few elements touched. In my sandbox, I once tried (unsuccessfully) to have two parallel but different versions of Koha so do not really want to try that on the production box. Best - Paul > -- Owen > >-- >Web Developer >Athens County Public Libraries >http://www.myacpl.org >_______________________________________________ >Koha-devel mailing list >Koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org >http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel >website : http://www.koha-community.org/ >git : http://git.koha-community.org/ >bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/ --- Maritime heritage and history, preservation and conservation, research and education through the written word and the arts. <http://UltraMarine.ca>, <http://AandC.org> and <http://MarDoc.ca>

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KOCT pushed on contrib repo
by Paul Poulain 22 May '12

22 May '12

Hello, I just pushed a few minuts ago a patch with KOCT on the contrib repository (http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=contrib/global.git;a=summary) -- 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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Print page - Firefox, etc
by Paul 22 May '12

22 May '12

Our cataloguers are having a local problem that I was unaware of. This is probably Koha bug 7199 which appears to be a tad inactive; I'd be happy to assist, but have no knowledge whatsoever of how browsers render CSS|templates for printing. Trying to "print page" after a staff screen listing such as <http://koha-admin/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl?q=lambert%2C+andrew> (the page itself is perfect) gives an oddball output with the "Results" and "Location" columns squeezed down to very narrow columns on the right hand side of the page. The "check box" column (normally very narrow) expands to well over 50% of page width. This happens (for us at least) in Firefox (v. 12.0), Chrome (build 16.0), Safari (5.1) and MSIE (6.0 - we don't have anything more recent in our Win machine.) A quick review of "equivalent" OPAC search pages (rather than staff-admin) shows no problems. Koha 3.06.01.000, on Linux 2.6.38, Perl 5.010001, Apache 2.2.17, mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.54, for debian-linux-gnu Thanks - Paul

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Proposed QA Enhancements
by Chris Nighswonger 22 May '12

22 May '12

I am making two proposals that will help "tighten" up our QA procedures a bit in order to facilitate clarity and transparency in our patch submission/acceptance workflow. Currently the workflow is described in the wiki here: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Bug-enhancement-patch_Workflow#Steps 1. I propose that we modify step 5 to read: "The patch is checked and signed-off by the QA team member. Then the bug status is set to Passed QA" This will ensure that we have clarity that the patch was, indeed, touched by a member of the QA team, as well as increasing the accuracy of QA stats in git. 2. I propose that the RM be the QA of last resort. At present the stats show that the RM is doing the majority of the QA'ing. "Last resort" is a condition evoked by all members of the current QA team acknowledging that no one among them has the time, etc. to do QA on a particular patch the RM feels needs to be pushed OR by a bug remaining in the "Signed Off" status beyond a fixed time period of four weeks. This mechanism would address concerns of bug stagnation by allowing ample time for QA members to at least glance at a bug and determine of they do or do not have time to give to that bug as well as having a catch mechanism for bugs falling through w/o notice. Here are some statistics on sign-offs by the currently listed QA team for commits between the 3.6.0 and 3.8.0 tags: NOTE: 100% of our patches have the minimum required 1 sign-off by any community member Total commits: 1086 Sign-offs by QA Team members: Marcel de Rooy - 43 Jonathan Druart - 5 Paul Poulain - 538 Ian Walls - 25 Total commits w/sign-off by a QA team member: 611 OR 56.3% Total commits w/sign-off by RM: 538 OR 49.5% Total commits w/sign-off by non-RM QA member: 73 OR 6.7% These figures reasonably agree with the stats posted here: http://blog.bigballofwax.co.nz/2012/04/24/statistics-for-koha-3-8-0/ You may reproduce them on your local git repo master branch by using variations of the following: git log --grep="^Signed-off-by: <regexp>" --no-merges --oneline 52c666edce42..5c32a9f811d | wc -l Lets have some discussion on the two proposals above, and I'll put them on the agenda for the next IRC meeting to be voted on. Kind Regards, Chris

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