[Koha-devel] RFC : Item level 'hold-fee' and 'not-for-hold' feature?

[Mason James]

Bonjour peoples

I am about to do some development work to add item-type level hold- 
fees, and item-type level 'not-for-hold' restrictions in koha3

the reasons?

1) Currently in koha3, an item's reserve-fee (aka hold-fee) is set  
per patron-type - not per item-type,
    which is not ideal for libraries that want to charge different  
reserve-fees for different itemtypes
    eg: DVD, magazines, best-sellers etc...

2) There is no ability to make an itemtype loan-able, but *not* hold- 
able.
    'best-seller' and 'reference' items are good examples for this  
problem


What do people think about allowing a item-type level 'not-for-hold'  
checkbox,
and a item-type level hold-fee (that overrides the patron-type level  
hold-fee)

a good/bad idea?
is this something other people are working on?
potential problems i may have missed?

cheers, Mason.