[Koha-bugs] [Bug 18532] AUTO_RENEWALS should be a patron messaging preference

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18532

--- Comment #29 from Agustín Moyano <agustinmoyano at theke.io> ---
(In reply to Catherine E. Ingram from comment #28)
> (In reply to Agustín Moyano from comment #27)
> > (In reply to Catherine E. Ingram from comment #21)
> > > We were playing around with it this morning and wondered about roll out. 
> > > The way it looked in the sandbox was that it would default to all existing
> > > patrons getting NO notices (with both email and digest un-checked). Did
> > > anyone else encounter this?  
> > > ~Catherine
> > 
> > Hi Catherine, you were right.. I believed that if I didn't add that
> > preference on patrons that already had preferences setted, Koha would break,
> > but it didn't happen at the end.
> > 
> > Thanks for spotting that out.
> > 
> > Can you please try it out again?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> Hi Agustín,
> 
> We have tested the latest patch you have submitted.
> 
> After applying the patch, we notice that all patrons will have Auto Renewals
> UNCHECKED for both Email and Digest.  This means NO Auto Renewal
> communication after we apply the patch.
> 
> This is a problem, because patrons will suddenly stop receiving all Auto
> Renewal communication unless they re-configure their preferences
> individually.
> 
> Can we request that the patch updates ALL patrons to have both Email and
> Digest CHECKED for the Auto Renewal function?
> 
> Thank you!
> Catherine

Hi Catherine, I'm afraid that setting email and digest checked for all patrons
would break the rule of keeping behavior as it is when upgrading..

Current behavior would match by making email checked and digest unchecked, but
if I set that in every patron's preference that would mean that to get digest
messages every patron should set that up individually.

So, what I propose is not to set any preference in patron, but set email
checked and digest unchecked for every patron category. 

That way, I believe behavior whould be the same after update, and if a library
wants digest messages for there patrons, they only have to set that once in
patrons categories.

What do you think?

Regards
Agustín.

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