On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:41:29 -0400, Frederick Grose <fgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > This ticket has some important discussion that was proposed for airing on > the mailing list. > http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2074 > > There are patches under review that would delete learner data, perhaps > unwittingly. > > An Activity bundle is deleted from the Home list view bundle pallet by > invoking the 'Erase' menu action. >
I have submitted a solution for that scenario already, because it was a corner case for 2074. > A 'Confirm erase' alert dialog appears that asks if you want to permanently > erase the Activity (bundle). It provides a negative 'Keep' and positive > 'Erase' button. > This is not necessary anymore. Because now it does not delete the installed activity anymore. > For the proposed patch, to prevent the unwitting loss of Activity profile > data or other content that may be stored in the Activity directory, an > option checkbox should be added, such as, (check) erase all associated > data, > which could default to yes (checked). > My last patches include your comments :) > Without this, Learners may unexpectedly delete content that they downloaded > at some expense, or be forced to reset profile preferences. > > If there isn't time to implement this data protection feature for the > upcoming Dextrose release, we should not forget to provide this feature for > all future learners (who may not have the same storage and usability > constraints that prompted this patch). > > --Fred I would appreciate if someone could review my patches. Saludos, tincho _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
