OJS 3.4.0.1 - Authors Unable to Initiate Discussion in Workflow

Hi @asmecher ,
I tried the solution we applied here Error during upgrade from 3.3.0.13 to 3.4.0.1 - Unsupported assoc_type in the event log: 515 - #16 by asmecher

by changing the triple equal to the double equal sign, it has solved two problems:
1- Now the author can start the discussion
2- The editor was not allowed to use the “Notify” option after the change even this function is working fine.

Now the question is do you recommend keeping this change or I should revert this to a triple equal sign? Is this change going to break/harm any other function?

Thanks
seisense