[Koha-devel] RFC on sysprefs deprecation workflow

[Colin Campbell]

On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 11:41:41AM -0400, Galen Charlton wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 09/05/2012 10:50 AM, Tomas Cohen Arazi wrote:
> >If you take a look at bug 8724 [2] you'll notice that i followed that
> >path. But as NoZebra is to be fully removed from Koha tree I ask: what
> >do u think the workflow for syspref removal be? It should be added to
> >the sysprefs wiki too. I can do it if needed.
> 
> I would think it should be something like this:
> 
> [1] Remove all code that uses the syspref.
> [2] Remove all references to the syspref from preferences/*.pref.
> [3] Remove all references to the syspref from the installer SQL for
> all localizations.
> [4] Add an update to updatedatabase.pl deleting the preference from
> the systempreferences table.
> 
Do we need to add an explicit step to ensure that the removal is
included in the release notes of the upstream release?
Or will the commit message from [2] suffice

Colin

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