[Koha-devel] Why not change IndependantBranches?

[Kyle Hall]

I cannot imagine why altering that syspref would break anything. It does
indeed only modify runtime behavior. In fact, CCFLS has switched it on and
off at various time with no negative side effects.

Kyle

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On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 7:24 AM, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:

> So there's this text in the kohadocs.git en/manual.xml about
> IndependantBranches that says
>
> "It is important that this value be set before going live and that it
> NOT be changed."
>
> The kohadocs.git log message of when that IndependentBranches warning
> line was added is commit c2885b75d1dd8085df072fcd0af17d1bbe046f90
> "integrate wayne state manual contents"
>
> Anyone know why it's important that this value not be changed after
> going live?
>
> Anecdotes after asking on IRC a few times and by direct mail suggests
> that some have tried changing it and not noticed anything break - just
> the behaviour changes and some patrons might not be visible by any
> staff except a superlibrarian.
>
> Thanks in advance for any answers,
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