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On Fri, 6 Apr 2018 at 12:32 Gaetan Boisson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello community, > > (please don't answer to this message with comments about the specific > issues mentioned, do it rather on bugzilla to keep things manageable, > thanks!) > > during the last hackfest in Marseille we started a list of features or > parts of Koha that currently exist but don't make us entirely happy for > a reason or another and could be removed. At first i was only thinking > of broken features that are part of Koha, then defaults that could be > better, and it grew to whole parts that might be considered not so > useful. (The list was made mostly by me and two other BibLibre project > managers : Claudie and Stéphane, Owen also had a look.) > > Since we started i have found the right term for what i was concerned > with: feature creep. > > I feel like there's been a very solid effort into refactoring code. But > we should also consider the features themselves. Every feature comes > with a cost: we need to maintain the code for it, we need to maintain > documentation about it, we need to train people about them, etc. Having > redundant features might look like it leaves choice to the user and is a > good thing, but it can turn into a mess pretty fast. Another aspect that > i am really concerned about are features that don't actually work. The > best example for this according to me is results highlighting. I'm so > used to the interface I barely see it any longer and don't pay > attention, but it's broken, and new users notice it. This kind of not > really functional feature included in the release looks extremely bad in > my opinion. We need to do something about it to make Koha more > accessible and better. > > As this is very much as controversial as this sounds, some of these bugs > have generated debates, as expected. So i'm bringing this to the mailing > list in order for all users to be able to have a look at them and tell > us what they think. Since there are a few places concerned, an omnibus > was created: > https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20396. I don't > want to send one message per topic to the list, that would probably be > way too much. I also think it won't be that productive if the debates > start from this generic message on the list. If you are a library with a > strong opinion about one of these issues, i suggest you create an > account on bugzilla and voice your concerns there. You are most welcome > to do so in order to say that killing feature X is a great idea! (I > expect we are more likely to hear from people who are against change > than from people who are for it.) > > I'd like to add that since i don't write code, i'm not going to "kill" > any of these features myself, this is more about putting the spotlight > on some aspects of Koha that i think should be streamlined. > > Here's what was created so far, i will try to put the more contentious > issues first: > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20415 > > Remove UseKohaPlugins system preference > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20417 > > Remove OpacCloud system preference and feature > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20528 > > Remove the items tab from the detailed bibliographic view > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20398 > > Add a system preference to disable search result highlighting in the > staff interface > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20401 > > "Item circulation alerts" is overkill and could be removed > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20406 > > Remove ISBD display > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20408 > > Remove the availability facet and filter > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20414 > > Remove COinSinOPACResults system preference and make it always on > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10047 > > "Cataloguing search maybe useless?": in the cataloguing module, there is > a different kind of search, that we could do without. > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12561 > > Omnibus: Deprecate non-XSLT detail and result views > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20399 > > "Remove "did you mean" for the staff interface" > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20403 > > Refactor "Keywords to marc mapping" > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20404 > > Extended patron attributes should always be on > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20405 > > enhanced messaging preference should always be on > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20409 > > Remove OpacBrowseResults system preference and make it always on > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20410 > > Remove OpacGroupResults system preference and feature > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20411 > > Remove StaffDetailItemSelection system preference and make the feature > always on > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20413 > > Remove the "template" system preference > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20416 > > Remove hide_marc and advancedMARCeditor system preferences > > > - https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20418 > > Remove UpdateTotalIssuesOnCirc and make it cron everywhere > > > > -- > Gaetan Boisson > Chef de projet bibliothécaire > BibLibre > +33(0)6 52 42 51 29 <06%2052%2042%2051%2029> > 108 rue Breteuil 13006 Marseille > <https://maps.google.com/?q=108+rue+Breteuil+13006+Marseille&entry=gmail&source=g> > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
