+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 > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org > http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > website : http://www.koha-community.org/ > git : http://git.koha-community.org/ > bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/ > -- Julian Maurice <julian.maur...@biblibre.com> BibLibre _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel website : http://www.koha-community.org/ git : http://git.koha-community.org/ bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/
