[Evergreen-general] Evergreen 3.8.0 released

[Galen Charlton]

Evergreen 3.8.0 is now available for download from

https://evergreen-ils.org/egdownloads/

 This is a major release with various new features and enhancements,
including:

* Angular rewrites of several staff interfaces:

Acquisitions administration
Holdings maintenance and item attributes editor
Patron triggered events log
Item triggered events log

* A new option to make headings browsing case-insensitive
* A new interface for editing notes that are attached to bibliographic
records
* Improvements to the staff interface for browsing bib records that are
attached to a heading
* Patron notes, messages, alert messages, and standing penalties have been
folded into a consolidated notes interface.
* New settings to control how the item price and acquisition cost are used
to determine the item’s value for replacement
* Improvements to the dialogs used to override events in the checkout,
items out, and renew items interfaces
* The patron photo URL can now be edited from the patron registration
interface
* New settings for hold stalling based on the pickup library
* New settings for tuning the default pickup location that is applied when
a hold request is placed by a staff member
* Stripe credit payments in the public catalog now use a newer API
recommended by Stripe
* Cover images are now displayed in the My Account items checked out, check
out history, holds, and holds history pages
* New reporting views, including item statistics andDewey call number
blocks and ranges

Evergreen admins installing or upgrading to 3.8.0 should be be aware of the
following:

* The minimum version of PostgreSQL required to run Evergreen 3.6 is
PostgreSQL 9.6.
* The minimum version of OpenSRF is 3.2.
* Debian Bullseye is now supported, while Debian Jessie is no longer
supported
* The upgrade includes a step to regenerate search suggestions. If you had
tested the 3.8 beta release, please note that this is a new step in the
upgrade from 3.7.1.
* If you are experimenting with the case-insensitive browse feature,
reingests will be required for any index that you change.

Full release notes are available at

https://evergreen-ils.org/documentation/release/RELEASE_NOTES_3_8.html

Sent on behalf of the 3.8 release team:

Jason Boyer
Galen Charlton
Jason Etheridge
Michele Morgan

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Galen Charlton
Implementation and IT Manager
Equinox Open Library Initiative
gmc at equinoxOLI.org
https://www.equinoxOLI.org
phone: 877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
direct: 770-709-5581
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