Dexter - Old

Delete image when a contact is deleted

Bug #681530 reported by Danielle Foré
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Dexter - Old
Confirmed
Low
Allen Lowe

Bug Description

When a contact is deleted, the image associated with that contact is still stored in "~/.local/share/dexter". These should be removed as not to use unnecessary amounts of disk space.

Allen Lowe (lallenlowe)
Changed in dexter-rolodex:
assignee: nobody → Allen Lowe (lallenlowe)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → In Progress
Allen Lowe (lallenlowe)
Changed in dexter-rolodex:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Allen Lowe (lallenlowe) wrote :

I had to revert the fix, because it caused a very nasty regression, much more severe than a few extra photos on the hard drive. The correct fix is not trivial, so I will have to get to it later

Changed in dexter-rolodex:
status: Fix Committed → Confirmed
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Gavin Coles (gavin-indie-it-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Would it be better to have the option of whether you want to delete the photo or not, you might use the photo on other devices (e.g. a smartphone) and want to keep it?

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Cris Dywan (kalikiana) wrote :

Keeping doesn't make sense in my opinion because images are stored in a folder users don't normally see. And you most likely won't re-use pictures unless perhaps there are twins among your contacts.

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John Macdonald (jxtreme42) wrote :

Gavin: Not delete the original picture, delete the copy that Dexter creates.

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