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@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:          Katrin Fischer, Magnus Enger

Past Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
Release Maintainer (3.6.x): Jared Camins-Esakov <jcamins@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@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/


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