RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.6.6

24 Jun 2012

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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 3.6.6 can be downloaded from:

http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.06.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 3.6.6 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

Highlights of 3.6.6

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7016 blocker CanBookBeReserved uses GetItemsInfo unnecessarily

7354 critical Can't edit local use system preferences

7528 critical amount subtracting 1 cent

7927 critical library not showing on subscription full history anymore

2012 major Add bilio crashes under no zebra

3969 major Budget Search Doesn't Work

5327 major Unit tests required for all C4 modules

6496 major authors appearing incorrectly in OPAC and Staff Client

6931 major hardcoded insert incompatible with UNIMARC

Bugs fixed in 3.6.6

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2399 normal All status fields in the item edit interface offer two blank/null entries per dropdown instead of one

3337 normal RSS link is not correct

3413 normal repeatable tickbox not sticking 1st time round

7722 normal Insidious problem with searching

7820 normal Missing packages from install_misc/debian.packages

7833 normal unique holiday link broken

7845 normal Multiple 260s don't display properly in search results

7922 normal Fixing typos and improving translations in German sample data

8022 normal Permissions test doesn't check all languages

8025 normal Patron attribute not selected if value is zero

1577 enhancement installer and language

7213 enhancement Document /svc/ HTTP API and provide example command-line client

7990 enhancement bad html attribute into aqplan.tt : styl= insted of style=

System requirements

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Changes since 3.4:

* Perl 5.10 is required

Documentation

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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

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Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff

interface are available in this release for the following languages:

* Chinese (China)

* Chinese (Taiwan)

* Danish

* English (USA)

* English (UK)

* English (New Zealand)

* French (Canada)

* French (France)

* German

* Greek

* 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

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The release team for Koha 3.6 is

Release Manager: Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>

Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>

Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic@tamil.fr>

QA Manager: Ian Walls <ian.walls@bywatersolutions.com>

Bug Wranglers: MJ Ray, Marcel de Rooy, Paul Poulain, Mason James

Past Release Maintainer (3.6.x):

Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>

Release Maintainer (3.6.x):

Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@cpbibliography.com>

Credits

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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 3.6.6.

1 Gaetan Boisson

3 Jared Camins-Esakov

1 Colin Campbell

1 Galen Charlton

3 Chris Cormack

1 Stéphane Delaune

1 Jonathan Druart

1 Magnus Enger

11 Katrin Fischer

2 Kyle M Hall

1 Dobrica Pavlinusic

3 Paul Poulain

2 MJ Ray

1 Adrien Saurat

2 Robin Sheat

2 Ian Walls

1 mveron

We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed,

please send a patch against these release notes to

koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.

Revision control notes

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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

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Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug

tracker at

http://bugs.koha-community.org/

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