[Koha-devel] Moving system preference serialization into the database

[Chris Cormack]

* Chris Nighswonger (cnighswonger at foundations.edu) wrote:
> While doing some beginning work on a local syspref editor to fit in
> with the new system preference interface, I have run into the file
> permission "problem" of writing to files inside Koha's template
> directory structure. This is due to the fact that the system
> preferences are serialized in yaml format and stored in *.pref files
> within the template directory structure. While the problem of writing
> to files is one which needs to be addressed, it is not one that we
> have time to address before the 3.2 stable release.
> 
> As regards the system preference issue in particular, the problem may
> be better resolved by moving the serialization into a table in the
> database. As it stands presently, part of the system preference data
> is kept in the database in the systempreferences table while the other
> part is kept in the *.pref files. Moving the serialization into the
> database will have the benefits of keeping the data in one location as
> well as overcoming the file writing issues.
> 
> So, are there any serious objections to making this change?
> 
Hi Chris

Assuming this leaves the system preferences translatable, as they are
now, then I have no objections.

Chris
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