Comment 1 for bug 977382

On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 05:40:42PM -0000, Jason Etheridge wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Some functionality is implemented with org unit settings, but have
> dedicated interfaces for controlling the setting. Two that I can think
> of are ui.hide_copy_editor_fields and
> circ.staff_client.do_not_auto_attempt_print. I believe there are
> others. Trying to edit these from within generic settings editor is
> sub-optimal. Perhaps we should add a boolean to
> config.org_unit_setting_type for hiding (or not even retrieving) certain
> settings within the editor?

Alternatively, we could just avoid fetching any org settings that have
datatype of 'object' or 'array', since (IIRC) they cannot be edited
in the org settings UI anyway. It's less flexible, but is simpler to
implement and may suffice.

-b

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