[Koha-bugs] [Bug 2539] New: kohaspsuggest is deprecated, notes outmoded

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http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2539

           Summary: kohaspsuggest is deprecated, notes outmoded
           Product: Koha
           Version: HEAD
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: OPAC
        AssignedTo: jmf at liblime.com
        ReportedBy: joe.atzberger at liblime.com
         QAContact: koha-bugs at lists.koha.org


The syspref "kohaspsuggest" is for an external database, but this feature does
not appear functional in 3.0.   Reportedly it did something in 2.4(?) according
to notes in the script:
  misc/spellcheck_suggest/make_spellcheck_suggest.pl

But the script doesn't actually make use of the system preference and instead
expects you to hand edit it.  The searches (opac/opac-search.pl and
catalogue/search.pl) use the syspref, but there doesn't appear to be any
instruction on how to setup this additional DB.  The same notes reference
http://liblime.com/c/downloads.html but currently that resolves only to a 404.  

I suggest we change the syspref description(s) to designate kohaspsuggest as
"[UNIMPLEMENTED]" for now and rework the script later, if necessary.  Script
comments (URL) should be corrected or removed.

There may be related documentation updates also.

More broadly, I don't understand the motivation to use a separate database to
begin with.  Wouldn't a table in the Koha DB be sufficient?  Is it just a
performance/load distribution question?  Or is the intention to share one such
DB amongst many koha installations (i.e., different permissions model)?




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