Koha 2.2.7 with new z39.50 client released
27 November 2006
Paul Poulain, Release Manager for the Koha 2.2 series, annouces the release of Koha 2.2.7.
RELEASE NOTES
Koha is the first Open-Source Integrated Library System.
Koha is a full-featured open-source ILS. Developed initially in New Zealand by Katipo Communications Ltd and first deployed in January of 2000 for Horowhenua Library Trust, it is currently maintained by a team of software providers and library technology staff from around the globe.
Koha 2.2.7 is more than 250,000 lines of code (see : http://bureau.paulpoulain.com/cvslog/) , contributed by about 50 different developers (46, +translators).
The 2.2.7 version of Koha is a mature product, with a lot of nice features.
More than 100 libraries are registered as users on wiki.koha.org, and we are sure that at least 300 libraries use the software. There are 2 projects derived from Koha.
Warnings
- The librarian interface is tested only with Mozilla/Firefox. Should work (partially) with IE. OPAC should work fine with any browser.
- during install, you may get some warnings during package dependency
checkings. Something like :
"Too late to run INIT block at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.4/ZOOM.pm line 37." or "Subroutine PDF::API2::Resource::Font::Postscript::O_RDONLY redefined at
/usr/share/perl/5.8/Exporter.pm line 65."
You can ignore them.
KNOWN BUGS
Critical/blocking :
- mySQL5.0 : Koha is NOT compatible with mySQL 5.0 We plan to add 5.0 compatibility in Koha 3. If you want to give a try to 2.2.7 with mySQL5, you can have a look at http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1089, but it's untested & unofficial.
- child card craziness, see http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1117 for details
- Update child looses guarantor and address., see http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1065 for details
- Don't use spaces in currencies codes. Use USD, not US DOLLAR, for
example. spaces breaks acquisition module.
see bugs.koha.org for more information. Please report any problem in bugs.koha.org
Apple users : it seems there is an annoying bug in Firefox, that you can have in librarian biblio search: only the first MARC field list is available and the others can't be opened. The problem is described and fixed at http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20051226091140372
Changes
Changes 2.2.6 => 2.2.7
- NEW z3950 client (for quick cataloguing) : it's based on ZOOM, and DOES NOT REQUIRE a daemon on the server. It has 2 majors consequences : it should work well on MS-windows servers platforms and it's much easier to install : just install Koha, and you have it. Another improvement is that you can select the servers you want to query. And, last but not least, it should be a little bit faster for single server searches.
- some packages dependancy during install where missing
- biblios without any title will show "no title" as title, in the result list, making them clickables
- for libraries with IndependantBranche=YES, the biblio can be deleted only if it has no items attached or the librarian is a superlibrarian. This prevent a librarian from deleting a biblio with existing items in another branch.
Koha 2.2 Series Release Manager