=======Evergreen Release 1.2.2=======

==Release date: 2008-05-02==

[[:contrib_list_1_2_2|Contributors]] (work in progress)


======Overview======

This release adds functionality, performance, and usability improvements, and simplifies installing and configuring, in the following areas:

    * General search speed
    * Cloned patron search
    * OPAC Post-search sorting and filtering
    * OPAC Advanced search syntax in the simple search interface
    * OPAC Advanced search form propagation
    * Hold processing improvements
    * Z39.50 target server record format configuration
    * Hold suspension, including manual and automatic activation.  
      * Suspended holds will maintain their slot in the queue, but will not be captured until activated
      * Includes patron and staff management interfaces.
    * Hold migration on record merge.
      * When merging a set of bibliographic records, all title and volume holds for the merged (hence deleted) records will be migrated to the lead record.
    * Org unit specific soft and hard hold boundaries.
      * A hold boundary determines how far from a given org unit (by proximity) the hold processor can search to find a potential copy.  
      * A soft boundary forces the system to set the boundary based on the closest potential copy.  This is useful for reducing, but not disallowing transits.  If there is a potential copy that's "close by", but it's not available yet, the system will continue to wait for that item to become available (or another potential item to come into range).  
      * A hard boundary forces the system to not search outside of a given range regardless of the existence of a potential copy.  Hard boundaries are useful for completely disallowing transits outside of a given range.
    * Enhanced added content plugin management.
      * Server-side caching of all added content for speed and reduced dependence on vendor site
      * Better handling of added content vendor timeouts (error and retry handling)
      * Amazon is now a proper plugin (images only)
    * Added support for limiting the number of checkouts by item type (circulation modifier).





=====More 1.2.2 information=====
  * [[http://open-ils.org/downloads.php|Download an Evergreen 1.2.2 release]]
  * [[zzz_archive:upgrading:1.2.1_to_1.2.2|Upgrading from 1.2.1 to 1.2.2]]
    * [[zzz_archive:upgrading:1.2.2.0_to_1.2.2.1|Upgrading from 1.2.2.0 to 1.2.2.1]]
    * [[zzz_archive:upgrading:1.2.2.1_to_1.2.2.2|Upgrading from 1.2.2.1 to 1.2.2.2]]
  * [[http://open-ils.org/downloads/ChangeLog-1.2.2.0-1.2.2.1|Subversion change log for 1.2.2.1]]
  * [[http://open-ils.org/downloads/ChangeLog-1.2.2.1-1.2.2.2|Subversion change log for 1.2.2.2]]