[Koha-bugs] [Bug 29963] Date accessioned plugin should not automatically fill today's date on cataloguing screens

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=29963

--- Comment #26 from Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer at bsz-bw.de> ---
Hi,

the inconsistency that we discussed was that the same field should show the
same behaviour in all places where we can add items. These are:

* Adding items in serials
* Adding items in cataloguing
* Adding items in acquisitions

I believe that serials and acq use similar code, but the code for cataloguing
is different.

The issue as I understand it was the 'hidden' behaviour. People assumed that
leaving the field empty would mean 'no dateaccessioned' while Koha would
_always_ use today's date if left empty. Or they would feel a need to fill out
the field, when it was not necessary, adding extra steps.

I think reverting and adding a hint would actually be a good start.

Being context aware only pre-filling when the item is added/new would also be a
good compromise. I just wonder if it might upset people that do a lot of
cataloguing of items with past accession dates where it might feel like an
issue having to change the pre-filled value.

Also another thought pro hint: if we pre-fill, setting date-accessioned to
mandatory will have no effect/the warning will never trigger. This might be an
issue for libraries that want to make sure the date is verified manually.

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