[FR] Required serials

[wlcx]

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Problem statement

Parts may be trackable, which allows but does not require serial numbers to be assigned to stock items. In my use of inventree, almost all trackable parts (whether serials are assigned by "us" or by an external manufacturer) should always have a serial number assigned - but currently this cannot be enforced which can lead to missing serials and mistakes when receiving stock.

Suggested solution

Make trackable functionally ternary: in addition to "no" and "optional" (the current behavior of trackable = true), add a "required" state. This would enforce serials when stock items are added or received.

This could be implemented as a second boolean "require serial" which is only respected when trackable=true.

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[SchrodingersGat]

@wlcx sounds reasonable, I would be happy to review a PR for thsi