Re: delete-file to trash

[Adrian Robert <Adrian.B.Robert@gmail.com>]

> OT1H the trashcan "feature" is something that enough people think they
> want that we do want to support it.  But OTOH I do think that people
> will end up seeing the light (think of when Gnome will keep all your
> files under a VCS as a matter of course), so I think "move-to-trash" is
> transient and will be replaced by some kind of "automatic commit".
> We don't have to worry about it yet, maybe, but we should think about
> how best to deal with "move-to-trash" within this context.

FWIW, on the Mac, the few apps I'm aware of that delete (not just overwrite)
files under explicit user control move them to trash.  The trash is considered
trash for the whole machine from the user's point of view, not just a mechanism
for the file manager app.

(And if you want to try out what this hypothetical Gnome VCS situation might be
like, you can use a Mac running Time Machine.  Not exactly the same thing, but
close in a lot of ways..)


-Adrian