4960: Incorporate earning gift points onto the ledger - Composr CMS feature tracker

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4960	Composr	points	public	2022-10-02 01:01	2022-10-02 01:01

Reporter	Chris Graham	Assigned To	Guest
Priority	normal	Severity	feature
Status	new	Resolution	open

Summary	4960: Incorporate earning gift points onto the ledger
Description	Gift points are given to members based on how many days they are a member and the best quota specified by any of their usergroups they are in. It is calculated on-the-fly. This is not ideal, because if they switch to a usergroup with a different quota, the number of gift points available will jump (could even go negative). We could make it work via the system scheduler, assigning them nightly via updating a hidden CPF. However, at that point it becomes less transparent, as there is no single/simple calculation to see why someone has the number of gift points they do. Things would therefore need to then be handled on the ledger, accounting for each nightly transaction on the ledger. For this to happen, the ledger would need to support giving gift points as gift points, which it currently does not. Patrick tells me that is not as bad as it sounds, but it would need special consideration in the code as a special case, loading up the system with extra complexity. As gift points are no longer enabled by default, and are highly inflationary, and as the problem is mitigated by gift points not being necessary to make a transaction, it is arguable that this is a non-issue. People who care about the sanctity of the economy won't want gift points enabled so won't miss the lack of a ledger for them. However, ideally we would add the nice ledger support, and add good automated testing for it. The following sections of tut_points would be removed or simplified: "Gift Points and Groups (advanced)" "The only time a member can have a negative gift points balance (...)" "Gift Points are calculated dynamically"
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2022-10-02 01:01	Chris Graham	New Issue