[Bf-committers] Why is use fake user not default for actions?

[patrick boelens]

I think this was initially done so as to stay consistent in handling fake users; it now acts the same as for materials, textures, etc. However, I've also seen this being discussed before, and I think the consensus then was to roll-back to the old "fake-by-default", though I could be wrong here. Either way, I agree the old system might be best for this. User experience/ frustration > consistency imo. =

-Patrick

> Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 12:50:29 -0700
> From: dfelinto at gmail.com
> To: bf-committers at blender.org
> Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] Why is use fake user not default for actions?
> 
> I know blender tries to stay popup-free, but a warning when
> selecting/creating actions may solve that
> 
> ("No datablock linked to action 'Run'. if you don't set FakeUser the action
> will be deleted")
> 
> We got more than one "bug" report for that as well, so it may be fair to
> consider the current design not clear for (new) users.
> 
> Dalai
> On Sep 8, 2012 12:41 AM, "Mitchell Stokes" <mogurijin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hello devs,
> >
> > It used to be that use_fake_user was default for action datablocks.
> > Sometime in the last version or two, this stopped being the case. Now
> > we get forums posts on people losing their animations[0][1]. Lost data
> > is never a good thing, so what was the reason for it being off by
> > default?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mitchell Stokes
> >
> > [0] http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?265132-Lost-Animations
> > [1]
> > http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?258161-Problems-with-actions
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