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bug #21267: users should be allowed to remove/change the 'description' of a message

Submitted by:  Boud Roukema <boud>
Submitted on:  Fri 05 Oct 2007 10:20:25 PM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 2 - Minor
Status: Works For MePrivacy: Public
Assigned to: NoneOpen/Closed: Closed

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Fri 18 Jul 2008 10:05:55 PM UTC, comment #2:

Since the description facility is turned off in 080703-2, IMHO it's safe to turn this bug to "closed". If description gets turned
back on again, then it could be reopened depending on the way in which it is reverted.

Boud Roukema <boud>
Project Member
Fri 09 Nov 2007 10:41:10 PM UTC, comment #1:

i'm not so convinced that this is "minor", but in any case,
i just want to add that this bug comes from a user of a live
samizdat installation :) (not me),
it's not just an "in principle this could happen" bug.

Boud Roukema <boud>
Project Member
Fri 05 Oct 2007 10:20:25 PM UTC, original submission:

PROBLEM: This is already marked with a fixme in the code :P.
If a user accidentally tries using the parameter:
"Reference to description (ID or URL of another message on this site)",
for example, because s/he thinks that this is the way to relate
an article to a focus, then s/he should be able to remove this
afterwards. With 0.6.0.070818, this is not possible except
by sysadmin entry to the database (psql or other).

DISCUSSION:
As i understand it, the description function is
not very useful right now, but unless we remove it totally,
(which could invalidate already existing databases), or at
least invalidate any creation of new descriptions (leaving
this as a deprecated column), then we should at least allow
people authorised to edit the article to either change or
remove the description.

PROPOSED FIX:
This fix only changes the code by two bytes (it
removes two bytes). It's probably the lightest bug fix
i've proposed so far. :P A heavier version of a fix would
also remove the # fixme comment.

Boud Roukema <boud>
Project Member

 

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file #14096:  edit_description-0.1.patch added by boud (434B - text/x-patch)

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Fri 18 Jul 2008 10:05:55 PM UTCboudOpen/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Sun 04 Nov 2007 06:43:06 PM UTCangdraugSeverity3 - Normal=>2 - Minor
    Fri 05 Oct 2007 10:20:25 PM UTCboudAttached File-=>Added edit_description-0.1.patch, #14096

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