RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.6.3
26 Jan 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 3.6.3 can be downloaded from:

    http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.03.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 3.6.3 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

Highlights of 3.6.3
======================

6627	blocker		[security] insecure file creation
2830	critical	Hold not removed when "trapped" item on hold shelf is checked out to a different patron in the holds queue
3651	critical	Require patron login to send shelves and baskets
5533	critical	marking item lost diff in two places
6292	critical	Overdue notices have a bug when multiple overdues exist
7193	critical	can't remove end date from subscriptions
7360	critical	Importing a SQL file for frameworks based on Default Framework deletes the default framework
7370	critical	Longoverdue cronjob claims Undefined subroutine &main::LostItem
7394	critical	Broken detail page for last link from result page
7407	critical	HidePatronName not working anymore
2012	major		Add bilio crashes under no zebra
6302	major		Failing to send email notices - to_address not set
7226	major		Can't add tags on list
7282	major		invalid language selection


Bugs fixed in 3.6.3
======================

2307	normal		Calendar widget cannot be translated
3431	normal		Catalog by itemtype report pulling from holdingbranch
4300	normal		Display 866z summary holdings public note in OPAC
5226	normal		MARC21 field 545 missing
5369	normal		se queries with paranthesis fail
6098	normal		zebra conf NSB NSE indexed as space
6142	normal		CanBookBeReserved function is redefined in C4/ILSDI/Utility.pm
6374	normal		Use "size" as names/hash keys leads to an unexpected results when using Template::Toolkit (name of a virtual method there)
6466	normal		hung socket read causes SIP tests to fail
6700	normal		Better handling of version numbers in updatedatabase
6717	normal		Sub total doubled up on borrower pay fines page
6885	normal		Superlibrarian users can't delete items from another library when IndependantBranches
7097	normal		HidePatronName not hiding in all places
7266	normal		overdue.pl : filter on flags "debarred" "suspended" and "gonenoaddress" not working
7276	normal		member entry Performance improvement
7277	normal		keyword mapping needs spaces in the OPAC
7311	normal		Error when records have UNIMARC 461$0 or 773$0 for something other than bibnumber
7313	normal		Untranslatable strings in 'search to hold' feature
7328	normal		Expanded options in advanced search
7332	normal		Translated title (MARC21 field 242) doesn't display
7338	normal		link to serial detail wrong
7349	normal		Sorting patron search result by cardnumber doesn't work
7356	normal		Fix various typos and mis-spellings
7361	normal		'Default' encoding in staged marc import breaks diacritics
7363	normal		Downloading a list in CSV format doesn't work
7381	normal		wrong isbn showing on the staff search results
1623	enhancement	Retain history of approved comments
3184	enhancement	Show creator and budget receiving a document
5327	enhancement	Unit tests required for all C4 modules
5565	enhancement	Default OAI UNIMARC to Dublin Core XSL adds superfluous blanks
5607	enhancement	Make fields from issues table available in overdues
5729	enhancement	Add coins information to the intranet
6015	enhancement	Enhancing the performance test suite
6193	enhancement	Use memcached cache koha-conf.xml configuration variables
6787	enhancement	NORMARC needs a Fast Add framework
6990	enhancement	TransformKohaToMarc enhancement
7079	enhancement	Default values for German system preferences (web installer)
7143	enhancement	Bug for tracking changes to the about page
7220	enhancement	Add IDs to check-in message dialogs to facilitate CSS customization
7240	enhancement	Cleaning up import tables and action_logs
7247	enhancement	rebuild_zebra.pl -v should show all Zebra log output
7278	enhancement	In the items table, make items.materials of type text, and show its contents at circulation
7324	enhancement	Show alternate email as mailto link on patron summary
7326	enhancement	longoverdue.pl was hardcoded to 1 year, is now a parameter
7364	enhancement	Fast-Add framework doesn't always get the branch for item creation
7373	enhancement	new bridge icons
7439	enhancement	Mailmap for git shortlog


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@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

Release Maintainer (3.4.x):
                        Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
Release Maintainer (3.6.x):
                        Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>



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 3.6.3. 

     1	Tomas Cohen Arazi
     1	Alex Arnaud
     2	Marc Balmer
     2	D Ruth Bavousett
     6	Jared Camins-Esakov
     1	Frédérick Capovilla
     1	Garry Collum
    15	Chris Cormack
     1	Christophe Croullebois
     8	Frédéric Demians
     3	Connor Dewar
     2	Nicole Engard
     2	Magnus Enger
    14	Katrin Fischer
     4	Chris Hall
     1	Srdjan Jankovic
     1	Admin User Koha
     2	Henri-Damien Laurent
    12	Owen Leonard
     1	Frère Sébastien Marie
     1	Jesse Maseto
     1	James Mason
     2	Julian Maurice
     3	Sophie Meynieux
     5	Chris Nighswonger
     1	Albert Oller
     1	Dobrica Pavlinusic
    10	Paul Poulain
     2	Liz Rea
     7	Marcel de Rooy
     1	Fridolyn SOMERS
     1	Sam Sanders
     5	Adrien Saurat
    11	Duncan Tyler
     5	Ian Walls


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 3.6.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
releases) is 3.6.x.

The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.8.0.

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 

##### Autogenerated release notes updated last on 26 Jan 2012 15:06:56 Z #####