[Koha-bugs] [Bug 27080] Add --statute-barred-fees option to cleanup_database.pl to purge all fees where the item has been returned and the fee is older than the given number of days.

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=27080

--- Comment #30 from Timothy Alexis Vass <timothy_alexis.vass at ub.lu.se> ---
We have discussed the statute-barred fines further in our team.
To clean up statute-barred fees would require the system to know how such are
defined. This would need to be defined specifically for each library.

For our purpose, these would the answers specific to Lund University Library:
> 1) Do you not want to limit by "debit_type_code => 'OVERDUE'" to ensure you
> only catch overdue fines?
We only want those with debit_type_code => 'OVERDUE'
> 2) Limiting to "status => 'RETURNED'" will mean you miss accruing fines,
> fines fixed at the point of the lose of the item being reported and others
We only want those with status => 'RETURNED'
> 3) Is there any difference between a partially paid and completely unpaid
> fee in the legal context that needs taking care of?
They all need to be deleted.
> Hmm.. should this really be a delete rather than a recorded write-off...
They need to be deleted.
> You may want to also take care of offsets here.
The offsets also need to be deleted.

- It could be that most libraries would prefer setting the balance to 0 rather
than deleting them.
- It could be that a few libraries would want different status and
debit_type_code criteria.
- There could be other requirements which are relevant to other libraries than
ours.

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