This cron job was introduced by bug 3020. Was improved in several reports, like bug 9739.
Created attachment 56997 [details] [review] Bug 17520: Can we add serialsUpdate.pl to the list of regular cron jobs? This patch adds the job to debian package file and the examples file in misc. Test plan: Add these lines to your cron file. Check the results. (If an issue you expect passes the grace period defined in the subscription, its status should go from Expected to Late.)
Created attachment 58194 [details] [review] [SIGNED-OFF] Bug 17520: Can we add serialsUpdate.pl to the list of regular cron jobs? This patch adds the job to debian package file and the examples file in misc. Test plan: Add these lines to your cron file. Check the results. (If an issue you expect passes the grace period defined in the subscription, its status should go from Expected to Late.) Signed-off-by: Josef Moravec <josef.moravec@gmail.com>
Created attachment 58442 [details] [review] Bug 17520: add serialsUpdate.pl to the list of regular cron jobs This patch adds the job to debian package file and the examples file in misc. Test plan: Add these lines to your cron file. Check the results. (If an issue you expect passes the grace period defined in the subscription, its status should go from Expected to Late.) Signed-off-by: Josef Moravec <josef.moravec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>
Created attachment 58443 [details] [review] Bug 17520: Do not overlap with advance_notices.pl Signed-off-by: Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart@biblibre.com>
Pushed to master for 17.05, thanks Marcel, Jonathan!
It appears to me that with this patch the job would be automatically be activated for package installations? I think this makes it more suitable for a feature release. Please let me know, if you disagree.