[RFC] Post log/record

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[RFC] Post log/record

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Much like Wikipedia or some other forum software keeps records of old posts when they are edited I believe that's probably something that should be done for 4.0. Along with better logs kept for who did what this would greatly increase accountability.

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Not sure that I agree with logging EVERY single action a user makes. That would dramatically increase database size. I guess maybe having this on som sort of switch would be fine.
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Re: [RFC] Post log/record

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I am talking about recording the changes made when editing posts. Like how revisions of wiki articles are with mediawiki.

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At many sites posts table is the largest one already. Making it even larger by storing old post revisions will make just about everything slower and increase db size. A site I used to admin wanted to remove old posts due to perceived performance impact of having so many. I suspect there is going to be demand to make this feature optional, at least once people understand how it works.

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nn- wrote:At many sites posts table is the largest one already. Making it even larger by storing old post revisions will make just about everything slower and increase db size. A site I used to admin wanted to remove old posts due to perceived performance impact of having so many. I suspect there is going to be demand to make this feature optional, at least once people understand how it works.
That is exactly what I'm talking about :)
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On which note, if this feature does get implemented the old versions should probably be stored in a table other than posts (e.g. post_versions). This is how some other versioning software works (I don't know about Wikipedia).

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I think this would be a very useful feature. As mentioned it should be configurable, at least an on/off switch, but I could imagine pruning options for edits/group based settings etc. And yes the data should be stored in a separate table so it does not impact query performance for regular reads.

Exreaction: Please either bring this RFC into the proper format (add it to the wiki, preferably add some more details), or move this topic to the discussion forum.

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This would be a good feature but there should be an on/off switch, a field saying maximum disk space for old posts, leave blank for unlimited (so it limit how much db space it would use and prune old ones), a button to prune from before a selected date or prune all.
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Unknown Bliss wrote:This would be a good feature but there should be an on/off switch, a field saying maximum disk space for old posts, leave blank for unlimited (so it limit how much db space it would use and prune old ones), a button to prune from before a selected date or prune all.
I would not limit the db space that it can use.. I would limit the number of revisions that are store. eg. 0 for unlimeted 1 for 1 revision and so on.. Because I doubt that all post are the same amount of db space
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Rotsblok wrote:
Unknown Bliss wrote:This would be a good feature but there should be an on/off switch, a field saying maximum disk space for old posts, leave blank for unlimited (so it limit how much db space it would use and prune old ones), a button to prune from before a selected date or prune all.
I would not limit the db space that it can use.. I would limit the number of revisions that are store. eg. 0 for unlimeted 1 for 1 revision and so on.. Because I doubt that all post are the same amount of db space
Agreed. You could have a max limit of, say... 5 revisions per post. Or even just 2 or something.

I think to add to this would be to give the moderator the ability to not only compare past revisions, but also to restore the post to an older revision (or a newer one, if it's already at an older revision). It could be helpful in some situations. :P
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