upgrade notes, on options removed
This ain't a bug report (proper), it's a note to keep track of upgrade. (It should be on github, too.)
1. I'm removing the option show_board_desc (profile -> show board description inside boards). I'm not removing it from the db while upgrading yet. I tend to think it's the kind of option that should be removed by a cleanup db, while upgrade might let it in place, for addons which would re-use it. Useless?
2. Same for show_children. (profile -> show child boards inside every board listing not just the first.)
3. Same for posts_apply_ignore_list. (profile -> hide posts from people on my ignore list.)
Where/if these options were in use, removing them during upgrade might not be the expected effect; people may want to use some replacement mod/addon, using that data. Rather, a cleanup script would be able to do it. Or, an option in the upgrade process?
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Reply #2 –
Take it out during upgrade. It's going to be clutter and oddly placed otherwise.
Did the "hot topic" and "Very hot topic" nonsense get pulled out too?
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Reply #4 –
Eh, I'd argue that if you're not using it, remove it.
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Reply #7 –
That's pretty much common sense to any developer with a brain there Arantor.
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Reply #8 –
You'd think, wouldn't you? Yet how often is it really applied?
All too often things are made overcomplicated with too many unnecessary features, or made overcomplicated at the user's expense.
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Reply #10 –
haha nice avatar Spuds....
I think developers know it. It's just a matter of getting them to live by it.