[Koha-devel] Notifications RFC

[Mason James]

On 2011-08-26, at 3:47 PM, Mason James wrote:

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> On 2011-08-26, at 4:08 AM, Elliott Davis wrote:
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>> Hey Guys,
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>> I have noticed of late that notifications is in quite a state of disarray.  
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>> Essentially what I would like to do is model notifications to do the following:
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>> 1.       Base notification rules on patron type, item type, and a new grouping I am hoping to write that I am calling the collection code
>> 2.       Define a frequency for notifications based on the previously stated groupings
>> 3.       Base the start time and end time for notifications on the due date rather than the checkout date
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> fyi, Koha's notifications not doing feature (x,y,z) does not equal 'in quite a state of disarray'
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> last time i looked the code was pretty clean and extendable?
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ooh, my last comment sounded a little condescending there :/ (friday brain)

but hey, my point still stands...
the notifications code could be modded to handle your 3 features without to much trouble, i reckon...