Re: [Koha-devel] permission flag proposal => priorities and holidays for me

[Pat Eyler]

On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, paul POULAIN wrote:

> Tonnesen Steve a ?crit:
>
> >I'd like to propose a permission flag be added to the "borrowers" table.
> >
> >My thoughts are we could have flags like:
> >
> >superlibrarian   (can do any intranet functions)
> >circulate        (can circulate books)
> >catalogue        (can add/modify bibliographic data and holdings info)
> >parameters    (can modify Koha parameter settings)
> >borrowers     (can add/modify patron information)
> >permissions   (can modify these flags)
> >reserveforothers (can set reserves for any patron)
> >
> >borrow                (can borrow items)
> >reserveforself   (can reserve books for themselves)
> >
> >
> >The big reason for this is that the new authentication system needs to
> >determine which users have access to intranet functions and which users
> >are just patrons and should have no access to intranet.  In most cases,
> >probably all that is needed is a "librarian" flag, but I thought I'd make
> >it possible for it to be more fine-grained.
> >
> >I was thinking of using a 32 bit integer for storing the flags so up to 32
> >flags can be set.
> >
> >Thoughts?
> >
> >Steve.
> >
> hi Steve, and hi others too...
>
> I was wondering if it would not be a good idea to have a priority list.
> This idea is good, but when should it be scheduled ? we have many other
> feature-request, and we should have a way to order them.

This sounds like a job for you, Chris, Nick, and I (as the management
board) -- with input invited from the larger user group.  Why don't we
kick a list around a bit and put a draft up for public comment?


>
> Note : on monday, I leave Marseille, and will be in something like "in
> holidays" until august,25.
> But as i love koha, it's every day holiday with it, so i go with my PC.
> I've many other things to do during august, but i'll still read my
> mails, and maybe spend some hours on MARC stuff. Anyway, i won't have a
> ADSL connexion, but a 56k one, so be patient and don't expect fast
> answers ;-)

Enjoy your holiday, even if it means I have to wait a day or three for
responses.

-pate


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