[Koha-bugs] [Bug 5670] Housebound Readers Module

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5670

--- Comment #63 from Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen at ptfs-europe.com> ---
(In reply to Jonathan Druart from comment #62)
> (In reply to Alex Sassmannshausen from comment #61)
> > > Same for HSBND_ROLE, it seems that another value is not taken into account
> > > completely. It appears when editing a patron, but not on the housebound
> > > details. What is the use case exactly?
> > 
> > You should find that HSBND_ROLE appears when creating an individual
> > housebound_visit.  Any patrons tagged as chooser or deliverer will then
> > appear as values which can be selected in the chooser and deliverer
> > dropdowns in the edit/create visit screen.
> 
> Ok but what could be a third value? What could be a third value and how it
> is supposed to behave?

Thinking about this some more last night, it feels like the current design is
not appropriate.  You're quite right asking whether there could be third
values, and the answer is there cannot.  The UI expects there to be only two
values.

My alternative proposal now would be:
- create a new custom table "housebound_role"
- with three columns (borrower_id, deliverer, chooser)
- remove the current dependency on extended patron attributes
- remove HSBND_ROLE authorised values

So within this approach, I reduce complexity (no extended attributes, fewer
authorised values), and confirm that housebound roles are not supposed to be
extensible.

WDYT?

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