[Koha-devel] Country-specific forks?

[Julian Maurice]

+1 to "one Koha to rule them all"
+1000 to a more powerful plugin system!
Having a plugin system to build custom tools and reports is great, but I
think we could (and should) go further.

Le 11/02/2016 10:38, Magnus Enger a écrit :
> Dear Community!
> 
> A quote from another thread on koha-devel:
> 
> "I look at the code, and beside wondering why that custom feature
> [Norwegian patron DB] is so profoundly imbricated into master Koha, I
> was wondering what is not working."
> 
> I think this raises an interesting question. Should we let features
> into Koha that are only of interest to libraries in one or a small
> number of countries? Or should we confine those features to
> country-specific forks?
> 
> The quote above implies (I think) that support for the Norwegian
> patron DB should be in a country-specific fork.
> 
> On the other hand, the project implementing Koha for public libraries
> in Turkey has been criticized for not integrating their customizations
> into Koha. To which someone replied that the customizations were not
> of much interest to libraries outside Turkey.
> 
> So do we want one Koha to rule them all, including country-specific
> features, or do we want one fork per country?
> 
> Personally, I prefer the former. In the case of the Norwegian patron
> DB, that is one of the 2-3 "must have" features that all Norwegian
> public libraries will be looking for when they are choosing between
> Koha or some proprietary system. Should we be telling them "Nope, you
> can't use the real Koha, but you can use this fork over here"? That
> will not increase their confidence in choosing Koha, I suspect.
> 
> That said, I do think some principles should be applied:
> 
> - Strive to make even the country specific features as general as
> possible, so that others can use them as starting points for similar
> features.
> 
> - Strive to make the features as unobtrusive as possible.
> 
> And maybe, in time, the plugin system can be made powerful enough that
> it can handle some or all of the country-specific features?
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Best regards,
> Magnus Enger
> Libriotech
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