It is with pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.4.2. The package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.02.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.02.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.02.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.02.tar.gz.sig Release notes for 3.4.2 are below. Come and get it! RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.4.2 - 27 June 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 3.4.2 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.02.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 3.4.2 is a bugfix/maintenance release. Highlights of 3.4.2 ====================== 6518 blocker XSS vulnerabilities in the OPAC 2246 critical Label printing doesn't work with Unicode characters 4993 critical ldap search always anonymous when using auth_by_bind 5658 critical can't delete subfields in frameworks 5683 critical link_bibs_to_authorities.pl can corrupt records 5860 critical Adding duplicate stocknumber will fail silently 6343 critical Label Creator not working, Current Branch: NULL 6395 critical cannot create routing list - template error? 6472 critical HidePatronName no longer works as stated 6525 critical hold filled emails not going out 3140 major It is possible to email someone else's private list 4319 major waiting items cannot be reserved 5094 major auth_by_bind authentication can fail even if given a correct password and userid 5918 major When AddPatronLists is set to "general" and EnhancedMessagingPreferences is set, messaging prefs not copied from defaults 6258 major Guided reports wizard 'Build new' brings up empty page 6300 major can't get to other pages of marc import 6340 major Pagination bar on guided reports result page broken 6351 major Cannot delete library-specific circulation rules 6370 major news showing that it's for the opac when it's for the librarian interface 6452 major Missing SQL placeholders 6497 major MARC URLs not showing up in both OPAC and staff client Details page under non-XSLT view Bugs fixed in 3.4.2 ====================== 5509 Packaging scripts get upset when there's an LDAP configuration in the koha_conf.xml 5653 default new label layout and sample data have broken call number placeholder 5684 Z3950 search on OCLC pulls in items (tag 952) 5868 Subject indexes do not search most 6xx fields 6031 koha-rebuild-zebra doesn't allow XML and verbose indexing 6067 When Add Duplicate changing framework would lose data 6103 Many MARC21 fields not searched with CCL indexes due to misconfiguration 6131 (unimarc only) improper index name for personal-name 6170 'More options' in advanced search broken 6306 It is not possible edit news 6337 Variable scope errors in staff client cart print view 6338 Datepickers on OPAC hold form does not work 6342 Help link doesn't popup anymore contextual help page 6353 Erroneous prefixes before the singleBranchMode preference 6355 Late orders report shows cancelled orders 6363 The "Item Location" selectbox in inventory.pl doesn't appear when the default MARC framework is the only one avaiable. 6364 Display of item availability broken on OPAC detail screen 6365 Missing information about tab number when mandatory fields unfilled 6402 Lists sorted by year appear to be empty 6408 column alignment off on the patron categories admin 6409 pagination bar for guided report output does not work if report has parameters 6417 Template variable errors in Guided Reports 6436 Don't allow deletion of an itemtype used in items.itype 6444 Encoding problems with vendor names in subscription-add.pl 6446 batch item deletion interface problems 6463 Authorities browsing error when using auth. plugins 6487 No error explanation if patron expiration date is missing 6510 "Sort by" in intranet search alters search and number of hits 6512 Time missing from Item circulation history table 6521 Editing a patron fails with blank cardnumber 5268 Language Issue: Debarred 5714 Unescaped ampersands in OPAC facets 6091 Remove undeclared syspref OPACAdvSearchInputCount 6357 Items (un)availability not displayed correctly (OPAC) 6367 'Preview MARC' hover button does not show correct MARC record 6375 Markup and style corrections for overdue report 6377 fines should be red on patron search 6378 Misaligned columns on tags approval page 6388 Broken pager images in branch_transfer_limits.tt 6389 Administration menu like Tools menu 6397 Mis-named variable in .TT causes table cell shift 6442 opacnav pref explained wrong 6453 The "Compare barcodes list to results" functionnality of inventory.pl can't find barcodes 6462 Authority type is not displayed in OPAC 5020 on patron record sex should be gender 6332 missing 'clear date' link 6350 Bug for tracking updates to the history file 6401 Give Ian Walls credit in the history file. 6459 Needless call to C4::Context->dbh in C4::Templates::themelanguage() 5929 Use branch admin email for advance_notice.pl emails 6050 GetItemsInfo ignores second parameter 6294 Add {BIBLIONUMBER} parsing support to SearchForTitleIn syspref 6347 Bug in opac-reserve.pl stopping item level holds 6362 Fix MARC display in OPAC 6415 Can't make a patron card batch 6429 Updating development team in about 6433 rebuild_zebra.pl does not handle MARC::Record exceptions gracefully 6464 Add inconsistence check for '%s' count in tmpl_process3.pl 6491 Add Div in privacy 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@catalyst.net.nz> Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com> Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic@tamil.fr> Release Maintainer (3.2.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu> Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu> QA Manager: Colin Campbell Credits ====================== We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.4.2. Tomas Cohen Arazi Alex Arnaud D Ruth Bavousett Jared Camins-Esakov Colin Campbell Frédérick Capovilla Galen Charlton Chris Cormack Jeremy Crabtree Elliott Davis Frédéric Demians Nicole C. Engard Magnus Enger Katrin Fischer Srdjan Janković Janusz Kaczmarek Owen Leonard Frère Sébastien Marie Ricardo Dias Marques Chris Nighswonger Dobrica Pavlinusic Ian Walls MJ Ray Liz Rea Marcel de Rooy Robin Sheat Fridolyn Somers 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 ====================== 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