What about the upgrade offering to add a news entry to the staff interface? I'm all for using existing functions :)
On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 6:23 PM <dc...@prosentient.com.au> wrote: > Oh great. I don’t think I’ve seen that? > > > > David Cook > > Systems Librarian > > Prosentient Systems > > 72/330 Wattle St > > Ultimo, NSW 2007 > > Australia > > > > Office: 02 9212 0899 > > Online: 02 8005 0595 > > > > *From:* Tomas Cohen Arazi <tomasco...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, 28 May 2020 9:53 AM > *To:* David Cook <dc...@prosentient.com.au> > *Cc:* koha-devel <koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org> > *Subject:* Re: [Koha-devel] Alerting users to breaking changes / > backwards incompatibility > > > > We already do something similar with the biblio_metadata table. > > > > El mié., 27 de mayo de 2020 20:35, <dc...@prosentient.com.au> escribió: > > Hi all, > > > > I was just thinking how a lot of SQL reports will return unexpected > results when we merge the deleted* tables with their live/active > counterparts. > > > > What do people think about a modal popup in the reports (on a per user > basis) alerting them to how they may need to update their reports following > an upgrade which changes reporting behaviour? > > I’m not 100% sure how we’d do it, but it’s something we could re-use > through much of the Koha staff client. > > > > Or maybe we could raise a flag in the borrower row during an upgrade, and > when they log into the staff client, they’re presented with a “You need to > know…” kind of page. After all, users aren’t going to be reading release > notes, and sysadmins doing upgrades aren’t necessarily going to do the best > job communicating to every single staff user about what they need to know > in an upgrade. > > > > But that’s easier said than done too, especially when you’re upgrading > past multiple versions. > > > > Anyway, just putting it out there. As you can see, I haven’t thought about > it too deeply yet. > > > > David Cook > > Systems Librarian > > Prosentient Systems > > 72/330 Wattle St > > Ultimo, NSW 2007 > > Australia > > > > Office: 02 9212 0899 > > Online: 02 8005 0595 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org > https://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/ > > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org > https://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/ > -- Michael Hafen Washington County School District Technology Department Systems Analyst
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