Is it safe for me to delete the sub-folders in the streams directory?
On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 1:39 AM, Lee Saunders <leesenglishless...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thank you for the technical information. > I'm just going my my experience using another system in which each meeting > was tied only to the originator and could remain open over any number of > sessions, and then closed when complete. Once complete a PDF of the > whiteboard and accompanying documentation was created as a soft copy for > download, stored in the users account. So, even though the meeting had been > closed, a downloadable representation of the meeting was available in an > archive. I do see how Open Minutes works differently, though. > > All in all, Open Meetings is a great service. Thank you for creating it. > > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 1:27 AM, seba.wag...@gmail.com < > seba.wag...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> We actually never physically delete anything, we just mark/flag as >> deleted and don't show it in the UI anymore. >> >> There are multiple reasons why you do that in software. For instance >> there are are often foreign key constraints. That means that you can't >> physically delete an user, cause this userId is a foreign key in some other >> tables. And by deleting the user physically you would get an inconsistance >> data model. >> This will become a real issue when you work with databases that have >> "real" foreign keys (postgres, oracle, MySQL InnoDB, et cetera). However >> even with data on disk in files, just because you "can" delete those files >> without throwing any error does not mean that this is a good idea, as for >> example records in the database still point to that file. By doing that the >> data model simply becomes inconsistent. Some references are missing, it >> pretty much gets a mess if you start to delete files. >> >> Another reason is that you want to keep track on changes that have >> happened. This is sometimes a legal requirement in companies and >> government. You just never delete hard, data must be always possible to be >> restored. For instance an user xyz claims his important file XXX was >> deleted at the 28.12.2009, now the sys admins need to recover that file. >> >> There are however attempts to have some kind of clean up tasks that >> delete such references to free up disk space. But if ever implemented it >> has to be done very carefully and clear to the sys admin that there is no >> way back, you will loose data and you probably should back up the data >> before doing it. >> >> Bottom line is: Don't delete, just flag as deleted. >> >> Sebastian >> >> >> >> >> >> 2013/8/25 Lee Saunders <leesenglishless...@gmail.com> >> >>> Ah, I see. I guess that does make sense. I just worry about having a >>> list of rooms that becomes too long to manage. >>> Perhaps then, completed meetings could go into an archive\ completed >>> events section, thus keeping them separate from pending events. >>> >>> I have also noticed that deleted recordings remain in the streams folder >>> (..\webapps\openmeetings\streams\). Why don't they get deleted when moved >>> to trash? >>> >>> All the best, >>> >>> Lee. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 12:49 AM, seba.wag...@gmail.com < >>> seba.wag...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Lee, >>>> >>>> I don't think we should delete the room after a calendar event was >>>> terminated. Otherwise for example any uploaded or created data that was >>>> part of the conference room itself would be gone. >>>> Also you can attach existing rooms to multiple calendar events. So the >>>> relationship between room to calendar event is not 1:1. >>>> >>>> Sebastian >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2013/8/25 Lee Saunders <leesenglishless...@gmail.com> >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I tested the calendar, but after the event had ended, the room >>>>> persisted. >>>>> Is there a way to terminate the event when the 'Exit' button is >>>>> clicked rather than delete the event in the calendar and receive a >>>>> 'Cancelled' message? >>>>> >>>>> I think that if an event is terminated before the start or end time, >>>>> then yes, it is cancelled, but after the end time, a meeting has usually >>>>> ended. >>>>> >>>>> Just a suggestion. >>>>> >>>>> All the best, >>>>> >>>>> Lee. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Sebastian Wagner >>>> https://twitter.com/#!/dead_lock >>>> http://www.webbase-design.de >>>> http://www.wagner-sebastian.com >>>> seba.wag...@gmail.com >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Sebastian Wagner >> https://twitter.com/#!/dead_lock >> http://www.webbase-design.de >> http://www.wagner-sebastian.com >> seba.wag...@gmail.com >> > >
