[Savannah-hackers] [support #102497] Deleting comments in bug reports?

[nobody]

Support Request #102497, was updated on Thu 10/02/2003 at 11:15
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Category: Software
Status: Closed
Priority: 5
Summary: Deleting comments in bug reports?

By: earl
Date: Sun 10/05/2003 at 22:53
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I under reservations about the ability to delete "history",

but my request would be restricted to project admins, who

already could do complete damage to a project.



Also, what is meant by "history"?  Tracking all changes to

a particular item?  CVS allows the removal of revisions,

so what makes bug reports any more special than a CVS

repository.



To me, it appears the commenting feature has a similiar

feel as forum software, and an administrator should have

the right to remove inappropriate comments.



Note, there could be potential legal consequences.

A malicious user could post any kind of text (and images)

to a bug, and if such text and/or images have liabilities

concerns, or violate laws, there should be a mechanism in

place that allows deletion of such date beyond hand-crafting

SQL queries.



I do request that the offending text of bug #4719 of the

mhonarc project be removed since it does pollute the

legitimate bug history, and since I do not know what it

says, I prefer to get rid of it.



Thanks.

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By: yeupou
Date: Sun 10/05/2003 at 07:43
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I'm sure to be really confortable with the idea of providing

a way to erase history.

In fact, I suspect a bigger risk of malicious behavior if we

provide an erase feature.



If this bugger comment still harms your project, we will

remove it from the database by an SQL command (tell us if

you feel it necessary).



Regards,

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