[Koha-bugs] [Bug 30025] BiblioAddsAuthorities is poorly named

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=30025

--- Comment #17 from Caroline Cyr La Rose <caroline.cyr-la-rose at inlibro.com> ---
Hey Nick,

I am a bit confused with the RequireChoosingExistingAuthority pref. 

My system had AutoCreateAuthorities set to "generate" and BiblioAddsAuthorities
set to "allow" before I applied the patch. I applied and updated the db.

Now, AutoCreateAuthorities is still on "generate",
RequireChoosingExistingAuthority is set to "require" and AutoLinkBiblios is set
to "Do". I would have expected RequireChoosingExistingAuthority to be set to
"don't require" to have the same behaviour as before.

In the AutoCreateAuthorities description, it says
RequireChoosingExistingAuthority must be set to "don't require". Which makes
sense, but is currently not the case.

If I try to catalog something, the authority fields are not locked even though
RequireChoosingExistingAuthority is set to "require". I am able to write
whatever in the fields (I used 100$a) and save the record.

I changed RequireChoosingExistingAuthority to "don't require" and the fields
are still not locked and I am able to write whatever and save.

I changed RequireChoosingExistingAuthority back to "require" and now the fields
are locked.

Maybe someone else can confirm/infirm to make sure it's not just me... (note: I
also tried it on a sandbox to make sure; changed the original prefs to generate
and allow, applied patch, RequireChoosingExistingAuthority is set to require by
default but am able to write whatever I want in 100$a)

Also, side note, the terminology page says we should use "authority record(s)"
rather than "authority(ies)". Maybe change the RequireChoosingExistingAuthority
description to "When editing records, require/don't require catalogers to
reference existing authority records. If set to "don't require", catalogers can
manually enter uncontrolled terms into controlled fields." I also added a
period at the end of the second sentence and wrote the entire value "don't
require".

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