[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 #14 from Emily Lamancusa <emily.lamancusa at montgomerycountymd.gov> ---
(In reply to Christopher Brannon from comment #13)
> Could you keep the old syntax functional for existing users and give them a
> version or two to update their notices/slips?  Maybe only change the default
> notices that have not been modified from install?  It seems reasonable to
> give existing users time to clean up their own notices with the new tools. 
> That way, if there are any complications or something missed, they some
> wiggle room before the old stuff goes away.

Yes, that's basically the idea. The old syntax will still be fully functional
for now. We have Bug 15279 to remove the functionality eventually, but that bug
is blocked and won't happen until after we update the installation defaults
(this bug), create a reference guide (bug 34472), and improve the notice editor
(bug 15277) so that users actually have the tools to make good use of Template
Toolkit syntax.

The questions I'm trying to get at now are:
1) If a library hasn't modified a particular notice from install, should we
still make them responsible for updating it themselves, or should we update it
automatically in that case (since it should be relatively straightforward to
check for the old default template and replace it with the new default
template)?

2) If we do update it automatically, should we do it now, or wait until the old
syntax actually becomes nonfunctional?

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