[Koha] Upgrading ubuntu & koha

2020-01-04 Thread Alvaro Cornejo
Hi We are going to move a server from ubuntu 16.4 to 18.4 and koha from 17.5 to latest stable. All this in a new machine to minimize downtime. Is there any special consideration to take care of? In my understanding, for the biblio DB, I only need to install base koha (command line part) an then

Re: [Koha] Upgrading ubuntu & koha

2020-01-04 Thread Katrin Fischer
Hi Alvaro, system preferences and custom CSS and JS stored in system preferences (not separate files) are stored in your database and will be moved as well. Also your patron accounts and passwords, including your superlibrarian. What could change is your DB user password, depending on how you cre

[Koha] Printing overdue letters

2020-01-04 Thread Mark Alexander
My librarian has asked me to make Koha do something that doesn't sound easy to me. She'd like to be able to generate letters to each patron having overdues more than N days (where N is a variable). The letter would be then be printed, stuffed into an envelope, and mailed with the postal service.