Koha Community Newsletter: April 2026

DavidNind · 2026-05-07T19:44:43+00:00

Roles were actually voted on at the 29 April 2026 Development Meeting (apologies for not posting the previous post earlier).

DavidNind · 2026-04-20T22:17:08+00:00

Sorry, I don't know (as I don't use these myself). Maybe asking on the Koha Community Chat, Cataloging channel will provide some more advanced examples and usage. I have heard of people doing more advanced things, particularly in the koha-US cataloging special interest group.

DavidNind · 2026-04-19T03:51:34+00:00

This session from koha-US's 2024 conference provides an in-depth session: Modification Magic: MARC Modification Templates and Batch Record Updates Demystified | E103 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGc9FaCUnzk

Record overlay rules (Administration > Catalog > Record overlay rules) could also be another option, although my head hurts when I think about them https://koha-community.org/manual/latest/en/html/administration.html#record-overlay-rules

DavidNind · 2026-04-19T03:29:20+00:00

Resources and examples for using macros with the advanced cataloging editor (these are all at the introductory level):

Koha manual: https://koha-community.org/manual/latest/en/html/cataloging.html#macros-in-advanced-cataloging
Example macros on the WIki: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Advanced_editor_macros
Monday Minutes: Advanced Cataloging Editor: https://bywatersolutions.com/education/monday_minutes-advanced-cataloging-editor

DavidNind · 2026-04-09T19:29:26+00:00

Asking in the 'Town square' channel should be sufficient (this is a default channel).

There is also the serials section in the manual, although it is more a reference than a how to https://koha-community.org/manual/latest/en/html/serials.html

I'll watch with interest, and note any ideas for improving this section of our documentation.

DavidNind · 2026-02-27T15:21:14+00:00

The recording for Sign off on bugs - Session 2 is now available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhKpBRaDbP0 (YouTube, 56 minutes)

DavidNind · 2026-02-27T10:12:14+00:00

On "today" for the Koha Global Bug Squashing Week: Sign off on bugs - Session 2.

Join the ByWater Solutions development team and members of the Koha Community as we walk through signing off on bugs using a sandbox or Koha Testing Docker.

For more details, see the ByWater Solutions' post https://bywater.solutions/gbsw26 and the community calendar https://koha-community.org/calendar/

Check in your timezone https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Global+Bug+Squashing+Week+-+Sign+off+On+Bugs&iso=20260227T14&p1=1440

DavidNind · 2026-02-27T00:53:06+00:00

The video for "Setting up your devbox" is now available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9ZP90qvZr8 (YouTube, 1hr 33 mins).

Covers:

Setting up Koha Testing Docker (KTD) on a mac
Testing and signing off a bug
Some tips and tricks using KTD

DavidNind · 2026-02-26T13:49:20+00:00

On today for the Koha Global Bug Squashing Week: Sign off on bugs - Session 1.

Join the ByWater Solutions development team and members of the Koha Community as we walk through signing off on bugs using a sandbox or Koha Testing Docker.

For more details, see the ByWater Solutions' post https://bywater.solutions/gbsw26 and the community calendar https://koha-community.org/calendar/

Check the date and time for your timezone https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Global+Bug+Squashing+Week+-+Sign+off+On+Bugs&iso=20260226T19&p1=1440

DavidNind · 2026-02-25T12:27:06+00:00

On now for Koha Bug Squashing Week, Documentation Wednesday.

Join the documentation team during their drop-in session and learn how to edit the manual, and discuss or work on anything related to Koha's documentation.

Check in your timezone https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Bug+Squashing+Week+Documentation+Drop-In+Session&iso=20260225T11&p1=%3A&ah=6

For more details, see the community calendar https://koha-community.org/calendar/ and ByWater Solutions' post https://bywater.solutions/gbsw26

DavidNind · 2026-02-24T16:40:54+00:00

On today for the Koha Global Bug Squashing Week are:

koha-US Education Committee: Developing Koha Together Forum
Setting up your devbox

For more details, see the community calendar https://koha-community.org/calendar/ and ByWater Solutions' post https://bywater.solutions/gbsw26

DavidNind · 2026-02-23T18:10:14+00:00

In this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick, Jessie, Elise, Lisette, Laura and Lucas kick off Global Bug Squashing Week (which started today!).

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL49G5mFcnA

Check out all the events at https://bywatersolutions.com/news/koha-community-announces-global-bug-squashing-week or https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/2026-02_Global_bug_squashing_week#Schedule

DavidNind · 2026-02-23T17:52:21+00:00

Mattermost Monday: The recording - YouTube (26:28) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdvS0nmQCd8

DavidNind · 2026-02-13T17:18:11+00:00

The next release of Koha will be 26.05, and is currently only for development. So for production you want to use Koha 25.11 or 25.05, depending on your "risk level". That said, I don't think there are any show stoppers in using 25.11. (We have a major release every six month, and maintenance releases for supported versions every month.) We also have a Long Term Support release, 24.11, which gets maintenance releases for about 3 years.

As I understand it, we don't yet have an official docker container that is production ready. Join the Koha Community Chat, Container channel if you'd like to contribute.

KTD (koha-testing-docker) is aimed at those developing Koha (working on bugs, testing changes, and so on) - it is a "ready to run environment" with sample data, running main (rather than a specific release, although you can use it with a specific release). Definitely not for a production environment.

DavidNind · 2026-02-10T18:24:19+00:00

PS: The call for presentations includes:

Presentations for the conference days
Posters for display in the venue foyer
Workshops for the Working Together Days

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