http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10773 --- Comment #5 from David Cook <dcook@prosentient.com.au> --- (In reply to Kyle M Hall from comment #4)
One question, might it not still be useful to be able to print the codes directly for terseness? Since printing the code is the current default, perhaps these should be ccode_description, homebranch_description, etc instead? I have no idea if or how these codes are used in practice, so I do not feel qualified to make such a call, but I think it's a pertinent question at least.
Certainly a pertinent question, Kyle! I was pondering it last week a little bit. I was wondering if any libraries print their branch code on their spine label or on other labels they might apply to resources. I would think that printing on the spine label would be a bizarre choice, but I suppose one never knows... I like the idea of "ccode_description, homebranch_description, etc.", although I can't remember how straightforward those would be to implement. Still, as you say, since the code is the current default, it might make more sense to add a new option rather than changing the default. If this change were pushed, we might find some libraries quite surprised that their labels suddenly are very different. As far as I know, I only have one library using the branch code, and they're the ones who wanted the description, but like I was saying...you never know. I'll have to ponder this one some more at some point... -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.