[development] user deletion

[Gerhard Killesreiter]

John Handelaar wrote:

> Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:
>
>> John Handelaar wrote:
>> >> However, if you're going to assign all deleted content
>>
>>> to one account, can it please not be Anonymous User?
>>
>>
>> Too late.
>
>
> So you committed it anyway, despite asking
> for objections?
>
> May I ask what the point was of your original message?


I didn't commit it right away, but waited a few hours. In case you 
didn't notice: The development of Drupal has been sped up in order to 
get 4.7 out of the door. The patch did also exist for a few days before 
I committed it.

> The old user deletion may have been broken but it
> was far less destructive to data than this.


Yes, it was broken. Now I consider it fixed. It removes all traces of 
the user from the system. That is what most people will consider to be 
the purpose of a delete function. If you don't want that to happen, 
don't delete users but block them.

Cheers,
    Gerhard