[Koha-bugs] [Bug 8366] Meaning of "All" in issuing rules

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=8366

--- Comment #9 from Paul Poulain <paul.poulain at biblibre.com> ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> Sorry for the delay, I was doing some research.  Librarians seem to like the
> idea of going back to 'Default' instead of 'All'.  But we might want to ask
> why it was changed to all originally - who was confused by 'All'?
> 
> Nicole

The main issue here is that the "all" (same word) has different meanings. See
the initial description of this bug:
* for libraries and patrons, it means "value to use if there is no rule for
this library/patron"
* for itemtypes it means "otherwise", it's not exactly the same "default"

Let me take another example:
3 libraries LA, LB, LC
3 patron categories PA, PB, PC
3 itemtypes IA, IB, IC

If you define
LA, PA, IA = 5 items
LA, PA, IB = 5 items
LA, PA, IC = 5 items
*, *, * = 10 items
it will mean one can issue 10 items from LB *and* 10 items from LC

That's not the same behaviour as for itemtypes, where
LA, PA, IA = 5
LA, PA, * = 10
means 10 IB *or* IC (= 10 IB, 9 IB+1IC, 8+2, 7+3,...)

Different behaviour = different terms should be used !

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