I agree with Christian on all points. On 7 Mar 2011 16:18, "Christian Lohmaier" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Florian, *, > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Florian Effenberger > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Christoph Noack wrote on 2011-03-05 22.27: >>> [Handling attachments proposal] >> >> thanks for the proposal, and sorry for me being the bad guy here, but: I >> would not do this out of several reasons. > > Oh, nothing that cannot be solved.. > >> First, it requires backup space. We just had to invest in larger hard disks >> for our regular backups, and offering users to upload files will require >> more space, thus costs more money. > > No - why would you need backups for this? - It is not a file storage, > it is explicitly temporary, for convenience of communicating. Add a > statement "the attachments can be deleted anytime..." The initial > proposal included an explicit expiry period, but you could also have > it by disk-quota or whatever. > >> Second, it brings liability risks. What if someone uploads illegal stuff? > > We already store the plaintext mails, that can contain illegal stuff as well. > >> What if it's copyrighted material? > > What if someone paste's HarryPotter into the mails and sends it off to the list? > > For images, we might get in touch with the folks from frupic, maybe > they would be OK to upload images to their site... > > But for other filetypes the choices where you can upload stuff without > the burden of having to endure either a countdown before you can > download/use the file or have tons of advertisement banners are > basically non-existent, are they? > >> What if we lose the files and someone >> thinks we can be held liable? > > What if someone complains that you make his/her email and personal > details sent in a mail public? > > So I don't see this any different. As you mention, the same is true > for the wiki. > >> [dumb users who won't read and complain] > > You'll always have those.. And yes, if people complain, someone of the > maintenance team can delete the file. > It is again nothing different from the actual content of a mail in my > opinion - the difference with the mail-body itself is that you cannot > delete it, as it is added to various archives and you cannot delete it > at all. > >> So, as nice as the idea is, I think it would bring more issues than it >> helps.. > > I don't see it that pessimistic. > > ciao > Christian > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/website/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** >
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