Hi, I have submitted a series of patches to fix the blocker bug 2000. Since the patches are extensive, I wanted to point them out, not just rely on people catching them on the patches list.
The bug has to do with the separate admin scripts for editing fines rules and loan rules. Since both scripts edit rows in the issuingrules table but don't directly tie the fine and loan rules together, it was possible for a user to subtly misconfigure their circulation rules. For example, if a user creates a loan rule for a default patron category, then creates a fine rule for a more specific one, the new fine rule will have an empty loan component that silently overrides the first loan rule. Please read the patch description for the complete details, but here's a summary of what I did: * made some improvements to smart-rules.pl (the "alternate" circ rules editor) to allow it to replace issuingrules.pl and finesrules.pl * created several new database tables to store maximum allowed checkouts across item types without having to rely on a special interpretation of the wildcard character in issuingrules.itemtype * clarified how issuingrules is searched: when trying to find a loan rule for a given branch, itemtype, and patron category, Koha now searches for the most specific rule that matches, then looks for less specific ones. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Koha Application Developer LibLime [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: 1-888-564-2457 x709 _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.koha.org http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
