[Koha-bugs] [Bug 34579] New: Separate notice/message languages from installed languages

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=34579

            Bug ID: 34579
           Summary: Separate notice/message languages from installed
                    languages
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           Product: Koha
           Version: 22.11
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: Notices
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: magnus at libriotech.no
        QA Contact: testopia at bugs.koha-community.org

This was mentioned by a Finnish library at PerlKohaCon23, and it makes a lot of
sense! As far as I can see there is no previous bug for this. 

Currently, the list of installed languages governs which languages can be
chosen as the "Preferred language for notices" for a patron, as well as the
languages that notices can be translated into. This is too restrictive, and it
should be possible to define a list of active/available "languages for
notices", independently of the installed languages. 

For example, libraries in Finland, Sweden and Norway might want to be able to
send out notices in one or more of the Sami languages, even though there are no
translations for them (yet).

I *think* we could use authorised values for this. As long as the codes in
borrowers.lang and letter.lang correspond to each other, it shouldn't matter
exactly *what* they are? Or am I missing something? We could also add a syspref
to make it possible to choose between using the installed languages (default)
and the alternative method of using the authorised values.

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