I would like to place what little influence I have in favor of this idea. I am one of those who had trouble with the way issuing rules workes in 2.2. I have gone as far as implementing something very similar to this already in my install.
I will add that, as I recall, there are two places in the 2.2 code that I had to change. I haven't seen the 3.0 code, so that may not be the case anymore. I'll look at the 2.2 code to see if I can find the other place again. Let's see... One was in C4/Circulation/Circ.pm::TooMany, also C4/Circulation/Fines.pm::CalcFine. I've change CalcFine() so much though, that it's hard to tell if you will need to make adjustments there or not. I suspect you will. On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 15:21 +0200, Paul POULAIN wrote: > Hello world, > > We are reviewing Koha for 3.0 Release & Joshua pointed something > important: the way issuingrules worked in koha 2.2. > > In Koha 2.2, the way it works is : > - you define the rules depending on itemtype / patron category / branch > - you have "wildcard" that means "all of them". For example, * / adult / > * = 5 means "an adult patron can't issue more than 5 items whatever the > branch". > - The circ module check ALL the rules & warn if one is not correct. So, > if you don't fill a cell, it's considered as 0 (= no issue possible) > - you must fill book / * / * by understanding it means : "no patron > can't issue more than X book(s)" > > This behaviour troubled a lot users, as we often have questions about > warnings that were not expected. > > Joshua think, and i' fully agree with him, that the user understand the > wildcard as 'default if nothing specified'. > So, for example, book / * / * would mean : if a specific rule is not > defined for patron category, then use this default value. > > We should not have a "check ALL the rules", but a "check the 1st > available, from most to less specific + check the total rule if available.". > > The "wildcard" on itemtype being renamed to "total", and being applied > if defined, as total document the patron can issue. > > so we could have something like that > adult children default > book empty 3,21 5,21 > serial 4,14 3,21 5,21 > comic 5,21 3,21 empty > total 7 empty 5 > > which would mean : > - an adult can issue 5 books for 21 days (default rule) > - an adult can issue 4 serials for 14 days (specific rule) > - an adult can issue 7 documents total > - a child can issu 3 books, 3 serials, 3 comics, but 5 document maximum > > The "branch level" has the same behaviour : it a rule for a branch is > defined, then it's applicable, otherwise, it's the default rule of the > default branch. > > > Let us know your opinion on this. > It would require some tweaking on issuingrules definition & a small > rewrite the CanBookBeIssued sub, to check only 2 rules (1st found + > total), not 8 (every cell that fit the issue). > > _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
