Anthere wrote:
Why is deletion of images permanent ?
Because it's more complicated to store them in a restricted-access
deletion queue, and no such queue has been implemented yet.
Is there a good reason it is so while articles may be
restored ?
Article undeletion was a much higher priority, and also essentially
easier to do (as it doesn't require moving and hiding actual files,
merely shuffling data between tables). Therefore it was implemented much
earlier.
Is there a solution other than retrieving lost images
on our mirrors ?
We have complete backups of the image upload directories, and can
restore files from backup if they are not available elsewhere.
-- brion vibber (brion @
pobox.com)