[Koha-bugs] [Bug 12528] Enable staff to deny message setting access to patrons on the OPAC

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12528

--- Comment #32 from Francois Charbonnier <francois.charbonnier at inlibro.com> ---
(In reply to Jonathan Druart from comment #28)
> (In reply to Francois Charbonnier from comment #27)
> > > Why don't you want the patrons to show the type of messages they receive?
> > > I could understand not to let the patrons change the settings, but I don't
> > > see the point to hide them completely.
> > 
> > By hiding them, you avoid the question : "Why can't I change my settings by
> > myself?" ;^)
> 
> But can answer the question "Why am I receiving email for that?"
> We can imagine a quick sentence "Contact your library if you want to change
> them"

I like Frederic's option but we will not do it. :^) If anyone want his third
option, I'll suggest to open a new ticket for the enhancement.

My thoughts on this are : this patch does not change the current behaviour if
not activated. For libraries who can see how useful it is (like the one who
sponsored it, use it for more than a year now and hasn't got any complaint so
far), it's there. For libraries who doesn't see it, they just don't activate
it. Everybody's happy! :^)

In the end, I'll just take the opportunity to say that I know how developers
don't like new system preferences (I understand their points) but us,
librarians, do like them a lot. They allow us to be even more in control of our
ILS which I think is fantastic. We can all agree Koha is all about empowering
librarians with new features, right? But, the difficulty is to find the better
way do it. I think we should always see it as a step by step process.

This patch is the first step for a better courtesy notices management. Once
this patch is pushed, it will benefit the libraries who see its usefullness and
change nothing for libraries who can't see it. AND it will let anybody who want
to enhanced it to go further.

So please, lets not abandoned this patch in the small enhancement patches limbo
of bugzilla because we want to move two steps at a time. Let's do it step by
step! 

Thanks!!! :^)

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