[Koha-devel] new contrib in HEAD : holidays and news

[Paul POULAIN]

Hello all, I've just commited a contrib from Tümer Garip (from Turkey) :
(tümer : question for you at the end of the mail)

* holiday :
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in /tools/ the holiday.pl script let you define holidays (days where the 
library is closed), branch by branch. You can define 3 types of holidays :
- single day : only this day is closed
- repet weekly (like "sunday") : the day is holiday every week
- repet yearly (like "July, 4") : this day is closed every year.
You can also put exception :
- sunday is holiday, but "2006 March, 5th" the library will be open
The holidays are used for return date calculation : the return date is 
set to the next date where the library is open. A systempreference 
(useDaysMode) set ON (Calendar) or OFF (Normal) the calendar calculation.

* news system :
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in /tools/ the opac-news.pl let you create small news :
- for OPAC. You must select in which language the news are shown.
- for librarian interface : it does not depend on the language, as all 
librarians are supposed to speak the same language.

Note that :
- news appear in librarian interface in mainpage.pl
- news don't appear anywhere in OPAC, as there are no PROG templates 
yet. It has to be done (copy/past from mainpage.pl should be simple)
- news don't have an expiry date, the library must delete them manually. 
- there is no possibility to have news on a branch/borrower category 
basis either, that could be a nice (and easy) improvement


Questions to Tümer :
* i sometimes have problem to reach you directly with your mail. which 
mail is the correct one ?
* NewsChannel.pm deals with a news_channels and news_channels_categories 
tables that I don't have. Do you confirm it's useless ? did I miss some 
feature ?
* NewsChannels.pm also deals with a opac_electronic table. Same question 
and note.

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Paul POULAIN et Henri Damien LAURENT
Consultants indépendants
en logiciels libres et bibliothéconomie (http://www.koha-fr.org)