[Koha-bugs] [Bug 19974] Marking an item as 'lost' will not actually modify the current item (cataloguing/additem.pl)

[bugzilla-daemon at bugs.koha-community.org]

https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19974

--- Comment #29 from Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart at bugs.koha-community.org> ---
(In reply to Gaetan Boisson from comment #28)
> I must say i don't really like the idea of making the syspref more flexible
> here.
> 
> I don't think we should keep an option to make the interface not consistent
> and have it behave one way in a tab and another way in another tab. This is
> in my opinion much worse than the poorly documented feature that negative
> values having a different effect is.
> 
> I know i'm just blabbering since i won't be submitting a patch, but i'm all
> for removing the system preference, having different behaviors for negative
> and positive values, documenting this properly and making the cron
> consistent with this.
> 
> I've added a bug (blocked by this one) to suggest removing the tab, but this
> issue needs to be fixed first anyway of course.

I think the flexible pref is the best way to fix the issue without breaking
anybody's workflow.
We want the behaviour consistent for those who wants and let time to adapt the
workflow for others. We should not scope screw here and fix the inconsistency
in 18.05.
We could add a warning in the pref description (native English speaker around?)

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are watching all bug changes.