While doing some beginning work on a local syspref editor to fit in with the new system preference interface, I have run into the file permission "problem" of writing to files inside Koha's template directory structure. This is due to the fact that the system preferences are serialized in yaml format and stored in *.pref files within the template directory structure. While the problem of writing to files is one which needs to be addressed, it is not one that we have time to address before the 3.2 stable release. As regards the system preference issue in particular, the problem may be better resolved by moving the serialization into a table in the database. As it stands presently, part of the system preference data is kept in the database in the systempreferences table while the other part is kept in the *.pref files. Moving the serialization into the database will have the benefits of keeping the data in one location as well as overcoming the file writing issues. So, are there any serious objections to making this change? Kind Regards, Chris