[Koha] 2 different circulation rules against a patron

[Bob Birchall]

Hi Chee,
I am going to answer 'No, it can't be applied to 18.05', for a few reasons:
- the patch was submitted over three years ago: that is six versions of 
Koha ago;
- even if it applies to the code base, it could cause any number of 
problems - it has not been tested by project maintainers or subjected to 
quality assurance (QA) testing;
- the concept is a bad idea, if you read the discussion in the bug 
report: the concept has been rejected by the project's QA Manager no less;
- patches that are not part of Koha have to be re-applied at every 
upgrade: if you do this once, you will keep doing it, and create a 
maintenance headache for yourself.
The only way in Koha for a user to have two categories is to create two 
records for them. That can cause its own problems. Why not just put them 
in the category with the most generous circulation rules?
Otherwise, Koha does not support the functionality you are seeking.
I hope this explains,
Bob Birchall
Calyx

On 7/1/19 9:00 am, Chee Hong wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> Thanks for your reply.  Is there any problem if I want to apply the patch
> to Koha 18.05? If not, please provide the steps to do so.
> I appreciate that. Thank you.
>
> Best Regards,
> Chee
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 10:20 AM Michael Kuhn <mik at adminkuhn.ch> wrote:
>
>> Hi Chee
>>
>>   > There is a patch to a bug that has my use case.
>>   >
>>   >
>>
>> https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/attachment.cgi?id=44762&action=edit
>>   >
>>   > My question now is this available in Koha 18.05?
>>
>> No, this patch was never pushed to master. The discussion about it ended
>> in 2015. Thus, it is not in Koha 18.05 or any other Koha version.
>>
>> Best wishes: Michael
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