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<h1 id="releasenotesforkoha24.11.19">RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 24.11.19</h1>
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<p>25 Aug 2026</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="https://koha-community.org">Koha Community</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Koha 24.11.19 can be downloaded from:</p>
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<li><a href="https://download.koha-community.org/koha-24.11.19.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="https://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 24.11.19 is a bugfix/maintenance release with security patches.</p>
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<p>It includes 5 bugfixes (3 security).</p>
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<p><strong>System requirements</strong></p>
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<p>You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha on the <a href="https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/System_requirements_and_recommendations">community wiki</a>.</p>
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<h4 id="securitybugs">Security bugs</h4>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=42736">42736</a> SQL Injection in reports/cat_issues_top.pl via Criteria / Filter request parameters (unvalidated string context, no placeholders)</li>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=42800">42800</a> Potential XSS in shelf list in the erm module</li>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=42904">42904</a> Prevent XSS in patron restriction comments</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="bugfixes">Bugfixes</h2>
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<h3 id="marcbibliographicdatasupport">MARC Bibliographic data support</h3>
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<h4 id="otherbugsfixed">Other bugs fixed</h4>
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<li><p><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=43085">43085</a> Fix typo in data/marc21_field_006.xml</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This fixes the text label shown in the plugin/value builder for MARC21 006 tag when "CF - Computer Files" is selected. The label "12-18 - Undefined" was changed to "12-17 - Undefined".</p>
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<p>(Change only for Koha 25.05 - made to later releases by Bug 40284 - MARC21: Adjust maxlength for 005, 006 and 007.)</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p><strong>Sponsored by</strong> <em>Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, New Zealand</em></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="reports">Reports</h3>
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<h4 id="otherbugsfixed">Other bugs fixed</h4>
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<p><ul>
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<li><a href="https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=8127">8127</a> Most-circulated items report doesn't work when limited by library</p>
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<p>This fixes some of the filters for the "Most-circulated items" report so that using limits (the Limits section with "Limit to" and "By") now works.</p>
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<p>Previously some options for "By" (such as Library and Week) generated an error message or there were no results (when results were expected).</li>
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</ul></p>
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<h2 id="documentation">Documentation</h2>
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</blockquote>
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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><p><a href="https://koha-community.org/documentation/">Koha Documentation</a>
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As of the date of these release notes, the Koha manual is available in the following languages:</p></li>
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<li><p><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/24.11/en/html/">English (USA)</a></p></li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/24.11/fr/html/">French</a> (83%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/24.11/de/html/">German</a> (84%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/24.11/el/html/">Greek</a> (91%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/24.11/hi/html/">Hindi</a> (62%)</li>
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<li><a href="https://koha-community.org/manual/24.11/pt_BR/html/">Portuguese (Brazil)</a> (28%)</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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<div style="column-count: 2;">
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- Arabic (ar_ARAB) (95%)
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- Armenian (hy_ARMN) (100%)
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- Azerbaijani (62%)
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- Bulgarian (bg_CYRL) (100%)
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- Chinese (Simplified Han script) (86%)
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- Chinese (Traditional Han script) (99%)
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- Czech (68%)
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- Dutch (89%)
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- English (100%)
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- English (New Zealand) (63%)
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- English (USA)
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- Finnish (99%)
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- French (100%)
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- French (Canada) (99%)
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- German (100%)
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- Greek (68%)
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- Hindi (97%)
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- Italian (84%)
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- Khmer (Central) (55%)
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- Norwegian Bokmål (73%)
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- Persian (fa_ARAB) (96%)
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- Polish (100%)
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- Portuguese (Brazil) (99%)
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- Portuguese (Portugal) (88%)
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- Russian (95%)
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- Slovak (61%)
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- Spanish (99%)
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- Swedish (88%)
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- Telugu (67%)
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- Tetum (52%)
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- Turkish (83%)
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- Ukrainian (77%)
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- Uzbek (52%)
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- Western Armenian (hyw_ARMN) (62%)
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</div>
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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="https://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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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://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="https://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 24.11.19 is</p>
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<li><p>Release Manager: Pedro Amorim</p></li>
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<li><p>QA Manager: Lisette Scheer</p></li>
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<li><p>QA Team:</p>
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<li>Marcel de Rooy</li>
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<li>Martin Renvoize</li>
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<li>Jonathan Druart</li>
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<li>Laura Escamilla</li>
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<li>Lucas Gass</li>
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<li>Tomás Cohen Arazi</li>
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<li>Lisette Scheer</li>
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<li>Nick Clemens</li>
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<li>Paul Derscheid</li>
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<li>Emily Lamancusa</li>
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<li>David Cook</li>
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<li>Matt Blenkinsop</li>
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<li>Andrew Fuerste-Henry</li>
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<li>Brendan Lawlor</li>
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<li>Pedro Amorim</li>
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<li>Kyle M Hall</li>
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<li>Aleisha Amohia</li>
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<li>David Nind</li>
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<li>Baptiste Wojtkowski</li>
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<li>Jan Kissig</li>
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<li>Katrin Fischer</li>
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<li>Thomas Klausner</li>
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<li>Julian Maurice</li>
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<li>Owen Leonard</li>
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<li>Lucas Gass</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>Documentation Manager: Aude Charillon</p></li>
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<li><p>Documentation Team:</p>
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<li>Philip Orr</li>
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<li>Caroline Cyr La Rose</li>
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<li>David Nind</li>
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<li>Marion Durand</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>Translation Manager: Jonathan Druart</p></li>
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<li><p>Wiki curators:</p>
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<li>George Williams</li>
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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>26.05 -- Lucas Gass</li>
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<li>25.11 -- Baptiste Wojtkowski</li>
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<li>25.05 -- Wainui Witika-Park</li>
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<li>24.11 -- Fridolin Somers</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p>Release Maintainer assistants:</p>
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<li>26.05 -- Jacob O'Mara</li>
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<li>25.05 -- Alex Buckley & 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 24.11.19</p>
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- Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, New Zealand
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</div>
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<p>We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 24.11.19</p>
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<div style="column-count: 2;">
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- Jonathan Druart (1)
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- Amit Gupta (1)
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- Sanjar Tulkinov Anvar o'g'li (1)
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- Martin Renvoize (1)
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- Marcel de Rooy (1)
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- Fridolin Somers (3)
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- Baptiste Wojtkowski (4)
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</div>
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<p>We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
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patches to Koha 24.11.19</p>
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- [BibLibre](https://www.biblibre.com) (7)
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- Independant Individuals (1)
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- informaticsglobal.ai (1)
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- Koha Community Developers (1)
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- [OpenFifth](https://openfifth.co.uk) (1)
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- Rijksmuseum, Netherlands (1)
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</div>
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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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- Aleisha Amohia (1)
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- David Cook (3)
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- Lucas Gass (2)
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- David Nind (3)
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- Lawrence O'Regan-Lloyd (1)
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- Martin Renvoize (2)
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- Fridolin Somers (7)
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- Wainui Witika-Park (1)
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</div>
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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 main branch of:</p>
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<ul>
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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 24.11.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="https://bugs.koha-community.org">Koha Bugzilla</a></li>
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</ul>
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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 01 Sep 2026 10:10:44.</p>
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