[Koha-bugs] [Bug 8484] Add ability to choose if lost items are removed from a borrowers record.

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=8484

Galen Charlton <gmcharlt at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #22 from Galen Charlton <gmcharlt at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #21)
> I agree that removing the option could cause problems. Why not change the
> behaviour so the switch can overwrite the system preference? Or would that
> cause problems?

I'm pondering this.  Since the new system preference defaults to ON, folks used
to running longoverdue.pl without the --mark-returned switch (and not just used
to it, but who explicitly do *not* want loans to be checked in when the item is
marked lost) would be in for a surprise.  And since this entails circulation
and money, it would be the sort of surprise where a positive response to "you
should have read the release notes first" is ... unlikely.

To toss out an idea, maybe make the default value (on upgrade) of
WhenLostReturnItems be NULL, then add some code to make the staff client header
area display a complaint until the system preferences is set to a specific
value?  And maybe make longoverdue.pl continue to keep its old behavior if the
system preference is NULL?  This is would all be rather crufty, I know, but
overdue and lost item processing is definitely an area where Read the Fine
Release Notes doesn't fly.

Also, it's not clear to me whether ON or OFF is the better default value for
WhenLostReturnItems.

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