GNU bug report logs - #29586
Please revert change to package deletion

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Message #8 received at 29586 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "John Wiegley" <johnw <at> gnu.org>
To: Adam Porter <adam <at> alphapapa.net>
Cc: 29586 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29586: Please revert change to package deletion
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:46:13 -0800

>>>>> "AP" == Adam Porter <adam <at> alphapapa.net> writes:

AP> The original bug report complained of, "cluttering the user's trash can."
AP> This is a very poor justification for the change that was made, to claim
AP> that the *trash can* is being cluttered. The trash can is the designated
AP> receptacle for such clutter, and is designed to be emptied with a single
AP> action. I cannot fathom real users lamenting that their *trash can* is
AP> cluttered with *trash*.

I tend to agree with Adam on this point. As a user, I'd prefer such things to
accumulate in my trash so that I could undo them; I really don't care what's
in the trash, just that's useful for undeleting things. Most operating systems
provide ways to periodically tidy up the trash, so I'm somewhat surprised that
a bug was issued to this fact.

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