Discharge RFC

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Discharge management

Status:	unknown
Sponsored by:	SCD Limoges (BibLibre)
Developed by:	BibLibre developpers and Laurence as project manager
Expected for:	already in production - need to rebase asap
Bug number:	Bug 8007
Work in progress repository:	git://git.biblibre.com:koha_biblibre.git branch unilim/ft/MT6841 (merged on dev/unilim)
Description:	In France a "quitus" (translated here by "discharge") is needed if you want to register in a state-owned company (library or university). This page is outdated, have a look at the bug report for recent information It means the patron don't have any document in his possession / is in order with his previous library. On the patron page, a new discharge button is displayed. If the patron has no more check-outs, it prints the discharge. The discharge is saved in PDF and accessible by the patron itself from OPAC. Requirements: aptitude install python-pisa 3 new sysprefs: useDischarge: Allows librarians to discharge borrowers and borrowers to request a discharge dischargePath: Sets the upload path for the generated discharges dischargeWebPath: Sets the upload path starting from documentroot for the generated discharges 1 new letter with a letter_code DISCHARGE. To use it: Switch on the syspref useDischarge. Fill the syspref dischargePath (e.g. /home/koha/src/koha-tmpl/discharges) Fill the syspref dischargeWebPath (e.g. /discharges) For a security reason create a .htaccess in your dischargePath with the following content: Options -Indexes and change the rights: sudo chown www-data:www-data /home/koha/src/koha-tmpl/discharges A new tab appears in the patron page (intranet and opac) The discharge cannot be generated if the patron has issues. The patron can request a discharge from it's opac area. The request is a mail sent via the sendmail command The discharge can be generated from the intranet interface It can be downloaded from the opac and the intranet.