[Koha-devel] RFC on sysprefs deprecation workflow

[Paul]

At 11:41 AM 9/5/2012 -0400, Galen Charlton wrote:
>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.

+1

but from an excess of caution, is there any possibility that this could 
complicate a MySQL {dump form earlier version} ==> {restore to a brand new 
install}?

Best - Paul