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<h1 id="releasenotesforkoha21.11.20">RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 21.11.20</h1>
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<p>11 May 2023</p>
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<p>Koha is the first free and open source software library automation
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package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types
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and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The
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website for the Koha project is:</p>
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<li><a href="http://koha-community.org">Koha Community</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Koha 21.11.20 can be downloaded from:</p>
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<li><a href="http://download.koha-community.org/koha-21.11.20.tar.gz">Download</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Installation instructions can be found at:</p>
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<li><a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation">Koha Wiki</a></li>
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<li>OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Koha 21.11.20 is a bugfix/maintenance release.</p>
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<p>It includes 20 bugfixes.</p>
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<h3 id="systemrequirements">System requirements</h3>
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<p>You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/System_requirements_and_recommendations</p>
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<h2 id="criticalbugsfixed">Critical bugs fixed</h2>
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<h3 id="architectureinternalsandplumbing">Architecture, internals, and plumbing</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=33183">[33183]</a> Error inserting matchpoint_components when creating record matching rules with MariaDB 10.6</li>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=33309">[33309]</a> Race condition while checkout renewal with ES</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="cataloging">Cataloging</h3>
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<li><p><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=30966">[30966]</a> Record overlay rules - can't use Z39.50 filter</p>
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<p><strong>Sponsored by</strong> <em>Koha-Suomi Oy</em></p></li>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=33100">[33100]</a> Authority linking doesn't work for bib headings ending in two or more punctuation characters</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="labelpatroncardprinting">Label/patron card printing</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=31259">[31259]</a> Downloading patron card PDF hangs the server</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="otherbugsfixed">Other bugs fixed</h2>
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<h3 id="architectureinternalsandplumbing">Architecture, internals, and plumbing</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=33211">[33211]</a> Fix failing test for basic_workflow.t when adding item</li>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=33341">[33341]</a> Perl 5.36 doesn't consider some of our code cool</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="cataloging">Cataloging</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=33144">[33144]</a> Authority lookup in advanced editor overencodes HTML</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="command-lineutilities">Command-line Utilities</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=33285">[33285]</a> It should be possible to specify the separator used in runreport.pl</li>
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<h3 id="holdrequests">Hold requests</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=33198">[33198]</a> request.pl is calculating pickup locations that are not used</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="i18nl10n">I18N/L10N</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=33151">[33151]</a> Improve translation of strings in cities and circulation desk administration pages</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="ill">ILL</h3>
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<li><p><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=28641">[28641]</a> ILLHiddenRequestStatuses does not consider custom statuses</p>
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<p><strong>Sponsored by</strong> <em>PTFS Europe</em></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="marcauthoritydatasupport">MARC Authority data support</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=32279">[32279]</a> GetAuthorizedHeading missing from exports of C4::AuthoritiesMarc</li>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=32280">[32280]</a> Export method ImportBreedingAuth from C4::Breeding</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="packaging">Packaging</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=33168">[33168]</a> Timeline on "About Koha" is not working for package installs</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="reports">Reports</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=33063">[33063]</a> Duplicated reports should maintain subgroup of original</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="searching">Searching</h3>
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<li><p><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13976">[13976]</a> Sorting search results by popularity is alphabetical</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This patch fixes the sorting of searches by popularity, ensuring that results are sorted numerically.</p>
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<p>Note: The popularity search requires the use of either the syspref UpdateTotalIssuesOnCirc or the update_totalissue.pl cronjob</p>
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</blockquote></li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="searching-elasticsearch">Searching - Elasticsearch</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=32519">[32519]</a> In Elasticsearch mappings table use search field name</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="selfcheckout">Self checkout</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=33150">[33150]</a> Add specific message for renewal too_soon situation</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="templates">Templates</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=33137">[33137]</a> Make sure columns on transactions and 'pay fines' tab are matching up</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="documentation">Documentation</h2>
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<p>The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
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documentation is</p>
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<li><a href="http://koha-community.org/documentation/">Koha Documentation</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>As of the date of these release notes, the Koha manual is available in the following languages:</p>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/21.11/ar/html/">Arabic</a> (33.8%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/21.11/zh_TW/html/">Chinese (Taiwan)</a> (58.8%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/21.11/cs/html/">Czech</a> (27.2%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/21.11/en/html/">English (USA)</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/21.11/fr/html/">French</a> (70.9%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/21.11/fr_CA/html/">French (Canada)</a> (25.6%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/21.11/de/html/">German</a> (73.3%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/21.11/hi/html/">Hindi</a> (100%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/21.11/it/html/">Italian</a> (48.2%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/21.11/es/html/">Spanish</a> (36.1%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/21.11/tr/html/">Turkish</a> (39.6%)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at</p>
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<li><a href="https://gitlab.com/koha-community/koha-manual">Koha Git Repository</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="translations">Translations</h2>
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<p>Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
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interface are available in this release for the following languages:</p>
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<li>Arabic (86.4%)</li>
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<li>Armenian (100%)</li>
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<li>Armenian (Classical) (89%)</li>
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<li>Bulgarian (100%)</li>
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<li>Chinese (Taiwan) (78.5%)</li>
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<li>Czech (76.9%)</li>
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<li>English (New Zealand) (60.1%)</li>
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<li>English (USA)</li>
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<li>Finnish (98.9%)</li>
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<li>French (100%)</li>
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<li>French (Canada) (91.7%)</li>
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<li>German (100%)</li>
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<li>German (Switzerland) (58.1%)</li>
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<li>Greek (61%)</li>
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<li>Hindi (100%)</li>
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<li>Italian (99.9%)</li>
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<li>Nederlands-Nederland (Dutch-The Netherlands) (86.2%)</li>
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<li>Norwegian Bokmål (62.4%)</li>
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<li>Polish (100%)</li>
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<li>Portuguese (91.1%)</li>
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<li>Portuguese (Brazil) (83.4%)</li>
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<li>Russian (83.9%)</li>
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<li>Slovak (74.8%)</li>
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<li>Spanish (100%)</li>
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<li>Swedish (81.3%)</li>
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<li>Telugu (94%)</li>
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<li>Turkish (99.8%)</li>
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<li>Ukrainian (75.1%)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Partial translations are available for various other languages.</p>
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<p>The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see</p>
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<li><a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha">Koha Translation Info</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
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list to volunteer:</p>
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<li><a href="http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate">Koha Translate List</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>The most up-to-date translations can be found at:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://translate.koha-community.org/">Koha Translation</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="releaseteam">Release Team</h2>
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<p>The release team for Koha 21.11.20 is</p>
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<li><p>Release Manager: Jonathan Druart</p></li>
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<li><p>Release Manager assistants:</p>
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<li>Martin Renvoize</li>
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<li>Tomás Cohen Arazi</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>QA Manager: Katrin Fischer</p></li>
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<li><p>QA Team:</p>
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<li>Agustín Moyano</li>
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<li>Andrew Nugged</li>
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<li>David Cook</li>
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<li>Joonas Kylmälä</li>
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<li>Julian Maurice</li>
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<li>Kyle M Hall</li>
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<li>Marcel de Rooy</li>
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<li>Martin Renvoize</li>
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<li>Nick Clemens</li>
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<li>Petro Vashchuk</li>
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<li>Tomás Cohen Arazi</li>
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<li>Victor Grousset</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>Topic Experts:</p>
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<li>UI Design -- Owen Leonard</li>
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<li>REST API -- Tomás Cohen Arazi</li>
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<li>Elasticsearch -- Fridolin Somers</li>
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<li>Zebra -- Fridolin Somers</li>
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<li>Accounts -- Martin Renvoize</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>Bug Wranglers:</p>
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<li>Sally Healey</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>Packaging Manager: </p></li>
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<li><p>Documentation Manager: David Nind</p></li>
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<li><p>Documentation Team:</p>
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<li>David Nind</li>
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<li>Lucy Vaux-Harvey</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>Translation Managers: </p>
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<li>Bernardo González Kriegel</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>Wiki curators: </p>
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<li>Thomas Dukleth</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>Release Maintainers:</p>
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<li>21.05 -- Kyle M Hall</li>
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<li>20.11 -- Fridolin Somers</li>
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<li>20.05 -- Victor Grousset</li>
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<li>19.11 -- Wainui Witika-Park</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>Release Maintainer assistants:</p>
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<li>21.05 -- Nick Clemens</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>Release Maintainer mentors:</p>
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<li>19.11 -- Aleisha Amohia</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="credits">Credits</h2>
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<p>We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored
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new features in Koha 21.11.20</p>
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<li>Koha-Suomi Oy</li>
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<li><a href="https://ptfs-europe.com">PTFS Europe</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 21.11.20</p>
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<li>Pedro Amorim (1)</li>
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<li>Tomás Cohen Arazi (2)</li>
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<li>Nick Clemens (8)</li>
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<li>David Cook (1)</li>
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<li>Katrin Fischer (1)</li>
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<li>Lucas Gass (1)</li>
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<li>Kyle M Hall (1)</li>
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<li>Mason James (1)</li>
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<li>Andreas Jonsson (1)</li>
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<li>Owen Leonard (1)</li>
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<li>Johanna Raisa (1)</li>
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<li>Phil Ringnalda (1)</li>
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<li>Fridolin Somers (4)</li>
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<li>Arthur Suzuki (2)</li>
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<li>Koha translators (1)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
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patches to Koha 21.11.20</p>
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<li>Athens County Public Libraries (1)</li>
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<li>BibLibre (6)</li>
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<li>Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) (1)</li>
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<li>ByWater-Solutions (10)</li>
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<li>Chetco Community Public Library (1)</li>
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<li>Independant Individuals (1)</li>
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<li>KohaAloha (1)</li>
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<li>Kreablo AB (1)</li>
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<li>Prosentient Systems (1)</li>
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<li>PTFS-Europe (1)</li>
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<li>Theke Solutions (2)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
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for Koha</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Anke (1)</li>
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<li>Tomás Cohen Arazi (22)</li>
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<li>Matt Blenkinsop (15)</li>
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<li>Nick Clemens (2)</li>
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<li>Jonathan Druart (5)</li>
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<li>Magnus Enger (1)</li>
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<li>Laura Escamilla (1)</li>
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<li>Katrin Fischer (5)</li>
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<li>Andrew Fuerste-Henry (1)</li>
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<li>Lucas Gass (24)</li>
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<li>Sally Healey (2)</li>
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<li>Mason James (1)</li>
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<li>Janusz Kaczmarek (1)</li>
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<li>Solene Ngamga (1)</li>
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<li>David Nind (2)</li>
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<li>Jacob O'Mara (9)</li>
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<li>Martin Renvoize (8)</li>
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<li>Phil Ringnalda (1)</li>
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<li>Marcel de Rooy (2)</li>
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<li>Michaela Sieber (1)</li>
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<li>Fridolin Somers (1)</li>
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<li>Arthur Suzuki (24)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
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please send a patch against these release notes to koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org.</p>
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<h2 id="revisioncontrolnotes">Revision control notes</h2>
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<p>The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
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version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:</p>
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<li><a href="https://git.koha-community.org/koha-community/koha">Koha Git Repository</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
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line is 21.11.x.</p>
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<h2 id="bugsandfeaturerequests">Bugs and feature requests</h2>
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<p>Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
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tracker at:</p>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org">Koha Bugzilla</a></li>
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<p>He rau ringa e oti ai.
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(Many hands finish the work)</p>
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<p>Autogenerated release notes updated last on 11 May 2023 13:05:00.</p>
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