[Koha-bugs] [Bug 15278] [Omnibus] Port default slips and notices from bespoke syntax to Template Toolkit

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15278

--- Comment #12 from Emily Lamancusa <emily.lamancusa at montgomerycountymd.gov> ---
One more thing to consider: do we just update the default text in
sample_notices.yml for new installations at this point, or do we also include
dbrevs for existing installations that use the default notice text?

Normally, we don't update the default notice text for existing installations
unless there is a breaking change. However, since the goal is to eventually
deprecate the old syntax, which will be a breaking change, it might be better
to update the defaults on both new and existing installations together... It
will be unavoidable for libraries with customized notices to need to update
their own notices eventually. However, I'm sure there are libraries who rely on
the default notices and may not be familiar with customizing their notices at
all, and I could see it being a major issue if a large number of their notices,
which they haven't touched, stop working.

One could argue that we should wait until we actually introduce the breaking
change to update the default notice text on existing installations, but IMO it
makes more sense to do it now rather than tracking down what the default used
to be sometime later. (Granted, we will still probably miss some installations
that have older "default" versions of notices whose defaults have already been
changed in the past, but I still think we should prevent problems as much as we
can now.)

The downside is that it makes the current task harder, and introduces a chance
of bugs/regressions...but I still think it's worth it to avoid even more
difficulties later.

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