[Bug 39798] New: Add ability to shut off modules completely
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 Bug ID: 39798 Summary: Add ability to shut off modules completely Change sponsored?: --- Product: Koha Version: Main Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P5 - low Component: Architecture, internals, and plumbing Assignee: koha-bugs@lists.koha-community.org Reporter: lucas@bywatersolutions.com QA Contact: testopia@bugs.koha-community.org I am filing this bug after working with a library that is non-circulating, no patrons. It would be quite nice if we could shut off entire modules with an on/off switch. The idea would be, shut off patrons/members: -I would see no links to patrons/members pages. -The search bar at the top of each page would never show 'Search patrons' -System preferences related to patrons/members would not be shown unless the module was turned on. This is kind of pie in the sky type stuff but it would be nice. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes. You are the assignee for the bug.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 --- Comment #1 from Lucas Gass (lukeg) <lucas@bywatersolutions.com> --- Also, I think some libraries find Koha very daunting, complex, and intimidating because it is. I would be nice if you could hide some of of that complexity from libraries who don't need it. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes. You are the assignee for the bug.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 Lucas Gass (lukeg) <lucas@bywatersolutions.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |andrew.auld@openfifth.co.uk -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 David Cook <dcook@prosentient.com.au> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |dcook@prosentient.com.au --- Comment #2 from David Cook <dcook@prosentient.com.au> --- I like the idea of shutting off modules completely (especially Acquisitions and Serials). I'm not sure that I understand shutting off Patrons/members though. Even if it's non-circulating and has no patrons, the library staff would still need to be managed via the Patrons module? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 --- Comment #3 from Andrew Auld <andrew.auld@openfifth.co.uk> --- I also think this is a good idea. It would help with the use of Koha in less complex libraries with fewer resources and would also tie in with the concept of streamlining admin and system preferences which was discussed at the 2024 Marseille Hackfest. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes. You are the assignee for the bug.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 Andrew Auld <andrew.auld@openfifth.co.uk> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |matt.blenkinsop@openfifth.c | |o.uk, | |pedro.amorim@openfifth.co.u | |k -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 --- Comment #4 from Lucas Gass (lukeg) <lucas@bywatersolutions.com> --- (In reply to David Cook from comment #2)
I like the idea of shutting off modules completely (especially Acquisitions and Serials).
I'm not sure that I understand shutting off Patrons/members though. Even if it's non-circulating and has no patrons, the library staff would still need to be managed via the Patrons module?
Yea, bad example. However I did file this after fighting with some jQuery/CSS to hide patron/member related things for a non-circulating library, like the stuff in the top search bar. Acquisitions/Serials would be a better example. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer@bsz-bw.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- See Also| |https://bugs.koha-community | |.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi | |?id=32963 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer@bsz-bw.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- See Also| |https://bugs.koha-community | |.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi | |?id=32961, | |https://bugs.koha-community | |.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi | |?id=32962 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 hebah@bywatersolutions.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |hebah@bywatersolutions.com --- Comment #5 from hebah@bywatersolutions.com --- I really like this idea. Serials, acquisitions, authorities are all good cases for this sort of functionality. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 Angela Berrett <angela.berrett@familysearch.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |angela.berrett@familysearch | |.org -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 --- Comment #6 from David Cook <dcook@prosentient.com.au> --- In practical terms, what do we think this means? Does this mean that links to these modules don't appear on the Koha UI? Visiting URLs in those modules returns 404 or 403? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 --- Comment #7 from David Cook <dcook@prosentient.com.au> --- On Mattermost, I think Katrin may have said something about permissions already managing this? I'd argue that permissions in Koha are quite difficult to manage, because you have to manage the permissions for every single borrower account. Whereas with this we'd be able to just turn off the module for everyone. But it does make me wonder how many of our system preferences perhaps should be permissions... -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes. You are the assignee for the bug.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 --- Comment #8 from Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer@bsz-bw.de> --- I filed the most of the linked bugs for shutting off modules, I believe permissions are more a workaround here and a real switch would be the better solution. I think often it's an ON/OFF decision and should be treated as such. And then ideally we should mark related permissions or remove them from display when the switch was set to OFF. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 Fiona Borthwick <fiona.borthwick@openfifth.co.uk> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |fiona.borthwick@openfifth.c | |o.uk -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=39798 Catrina Berka <catrina@bywatersolutions.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |catrina@bywatersolutions.co | |m -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
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