release_notes_3_6_0.txt

RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.6.0 - 22 October 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 3.6.0 can be downloaded from:

    http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.06.00.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 3.6.0 is a major feature release.

New features in 3.6.0
======================

  ACQUISITIONS
    * When deleting an order, items are deleted and if applicable the
      biblio also (if no holds, subscriptions etc are attached)
    * Add Basket number and Invoice number search 
    * Control view of baskets for vendor with a sys pref (own/branch/all)
    * Control confirmation when closing a basket with a sys pref
    
  ADMINISTRATION
    * New permission for overdues report
    
  CATALOGING
    * Z3950 results highlighting
    * Easy Analytics support
    * Improve controls for cloning and deleting MARC subfields
    * Capability to blank subfields in Batch Modification
    * UNIMARC field 225 plugin: allow $a value data entry 
    * Adjust default values for MARC21 authority Fixed-Length Data Elements
    * Update UNIMARC plugins
    * Adding option to "attach another item" when finished attaching items
    
  CIRCULATION
    * Added a checkin tab to the patron search screen
    * Added enumchron field to the place holds screen
    * Better hold information on the staff biblio detail screen
    * Added a checked out from colum to list of checked out items
      (syspref controlled)
    * Add link to fast add framework while circulating, if a barcode is not found
    * Automatically check out fast add item after cataloging it
    * Add shelving location to checkin results screen

  OPAC
    * Paging on the opac detail page, allowing the user to move through search results    
    * Recent comments view
    * Added a powered by Koha footer
    * Show a warning if placing a hold incurs a charge
    * Added user customisable html block under the facets in search results
    * Added customisable html block under OpacNav and patron account links
    * Profile pictures in the OPAC next to review authors
    * Show number of comments on the "Comments" tab in OPAC
    
  PATRONS
    * Log membership renewal
    * Allow patron update script (on OPAC) to send email using the
      from address of the patron
    * Extended attributes display much improved
    * Partial fine payments
    * If a patron search returns one result, redirect to patron details page
    
  MESSAGING 
    * Improved the email checking when sending "Hold filled" notices.
    * Add today's date on checkin/checkout notices
    
  REPORTS
    * Added links to the schema and reports library
    * Record localuse statistics, when returning items not on issue
    * Control for which branch renewals are recorded with a sys pref
    
  SEARCHING
    * Added ISBN filter to advanced
    * Analytic links search on full phrase title
    * Control order in which facet categories display 

  SIP
    * Add Support for the Fee Paid Message

  ENHANCED CONTENT
    * Add integration for EBSCO's Novelist Select service
    * Enable Koha to fetch book covers from Open Library 
    
  STAFF INTERFACE
    * Improved styling of the table pager
    * Add autocomplete="off" to borrowernumbers and barcode forms
    * Improved the tinymce editor on the Koha news page
    
  INTERFACE
    * Added crystal icon set 
    * Nicer style for "clear screen" button 
    * Added capability to limit the RSS results
    
  INTERNATIONALIZATION
    * Tons of fixes to the translation tools
    * Add German translation for purchase suggestion mails
    * Spanish translation for SQL files

  INTERNALS, PACKAGING AND PERFORMANCE
    * Simplified system preferences for the web installer
    * Create and update the manual pages for the koha-* scripts.
    * Automated backups of data and config
    * Improve configurability of package building scripts
      
  COMMAND LINE UTILITIES
    * cron script to allow easy anonymisation of patron circulation data

  BUGFIXES
    * Longer userid fields
    * Clean up guided reports dictionary entry process
    * Circulation restrictions working when other withdrawn reasons are used
    * Fixed LDAP username case issues
    
    Plus 356 more bugfixes
   

System Preferences
======================

The following system preferences are new in 3.6.0:
  * numSearchRSSResults
  * OpacRenewalBranch
  * ShowReviewerPhoto
  * BasketConfirmations
  * MARCAuthorityControlField008
  * OpenLibraryCovers
  * OPACResultsSidebar
  * RecordLocalUseOnReturn
  * OpacKohaUrl
  * NovelistSelectEnabled
  * NovelistSelectProfile
  * NovelistSelectPassword
  * NovelistSelectView
  * EasyAnalyticalRecords
  * OpacNavBottom
  * AcqViewBaskets
  * OpacShowRecentComments
    
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 3.6.0. 

Nuño López Ansótegui
Alex Arnaud
Larry Baerveldt
Greg Barniskis
D Ruth Bavousett
Steven Callender
Jared Camins-Esakov
Colin Campbell
Fernando L. Canizo
Frédérick Capovilla
Galen Charlton
Tomas Cohen Arazi
Chris Cormack
Jeremy Crabtree
Christophe Croullebois
Elliott Davis
Frédéric Demians
Stéphane Delaune
Ricardo Dias Marques
Jonathan Druart
Nicole C. Engard
Magnus Enger
Katrin Fischer
Amit Gupta
Mason James
Srdjan Jankovic
Janusz Kaczmarek
Ulrich Kleiber
Henri-Damien LAURENT
Owen Leonard
Frère Sébastien Marie
Francois Marier
Julian Maurice
Meenakshi.R
Matthias Meusburger
Sophie Meynieux
Joy Nelson
Chris Nighswonger
Maxime Pelletier
Paul Poulain 
Dobrica Pavlinusic
MJ Ray
Liz Rea
Thatcher Rea
Marcel de Rooy
Juan Romay Sieira
Brice Sanchez
Jean-André Santoni
John Seymour
Robin Sheat
Fridolyn SOMERS
Zeno Tajoli 
Jane Wagner
Ian Walls
Ward van Wanrooij
Jesse Weaver
Brett Wilkins
Salvador Zaragoza Rubio


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/


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