Re: [Koha-devel] code cleaning of circulation

[Rosalie Blake]

Paul POULAIN wrote:
> (snipped)
> * removed fixaccountforlostandreturned : it was used just once, and I
> think/fear it was highly boggus. It was supposed to update fines when a
> book marked lost was returned, but it seems it supposed some HLT
> specific parameters. My opinion is that it's better just to point the
> fact (that a returned book was marked lost), and let the librarian deal
> manually with the fine part (the behaviour depending on the library)
It is not bogus, and it isn't broken. It doesn't update fines. It 
updates the charge for a book which is charged to a borrower who doesn't 
return it.  The borrower pays this charge, so that he/she can go on 
borrowing, but later finds the book and wants a credit. This 
fixaccountforlostandreturned is very clever, because it credits the 
borrower's account with the same amount they paid for the cost of the 
book. And it's all beautifully automatic, so that the staff don't have 
to watch for it and deal with it manually. (this is the age of 
computers, not doing things manually that can be, and are being, done by 
computers.

Please don't "fix" this, Paul. It isn't broken.

Chers
Rosalie Blake
Horowhenua Library Trust