#4365 NORM Never A: Write activity leaves crud in journal

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#4365: Write activity leaves crud in journal
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  Reporter:  AlbertCahalan     |       Owner:  Eben          
      Type:  defect            |      Status:  new           
  Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
 Component:  interface-design  |     Version:                
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:                
  Verified:  0                 |  
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Comment(by AlbertCahalan):

 Replying to [comment:1 marco]:
 > Please don't open one ticket per activity about this, that's unnecessary
 :) Thanks.

 It was a tough decision. One bug can't be assigned to multiple activity
 maintainers.

 > Reassigning to interface-design, since it's wanted behavior (in general
 at least, in the case of blank write instances we probably don't want to
 save).

 It's a horrible bug. Now I understand why people are reporting crazy
 numbers of files in their journals. It's like spam landing in one's inbox.
 People will fall behind on spam deletion, eventually giving up. Many
 people will eventually decide that wiping out everything is easier than
 sorting through the spam.

 Maybe the Journal activity needs a SpamAssasin add-on. :-/ Then, as with
 email spam, every now and then the spam filter will delete something of
 value. Storage can be as unreliable as modern email.

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