[TYPO3-dam] What about not deleting files when DAM records are deleted?

[Dan Osipov]

I think DAM is desperately missing true file history functionality. 
Until it has that, it can't claim to be an enterprise digital asset 
manager. Once the file history module is in, this issue you mention will 
be resolved.

I have some plans on how to integrate file history, but unfortunately it 
requires too much time, that I don't have, so it at least needs to be 
sponsored...

Dan Osipov
http://danosipov.com/blog

On 2/16/10 3:24 AM, Francois Suter wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> When a DAM record is deleted, the DAM uses a TCEmain hook to delete the
> related file. While this makes some sense to avoid leaving orphaned
> files on the server, it does mitigate the usefulness of the "undelete"
> command. In particular it renders the new Recycler module rather useless
> with regards to the DAM, because there's not much point restoring a DAM
> record if the related file does not exist anymore.
>
> So I was thinking that it might be useful to make the hook call
> configurable. Of course I can just unset the hook registration and the
> magical delete does not happen anymore, but it might be more
> user-friendly if this were configurable.
>
> Opinions? Did I miss something?
>
> Cheers
>