Implement automatic thread deletion

[Anonyymi]

• Delete threads that are bumped above the max thread limit on boards
• If thread limit is 0, automatic deletion is completely disabled
• Implement automatic deletion as a lightweight 'delete' that only marks thread and its posts deleted
  • This means that the thread is still persisted on database and can be accessed by mods
  • This means threads cannot be bumped to oblivion by spammers

[denamuumi]

Hello, I can start working on this.

[Anonyymi]

Hello, I can start working on this.

How are you planning to implement this?

[denamuumi]

The limit of threads is presumably per board already defined in config.php as max_threads?

This can be implemented with a function that runs and updates the board thread listing on certain events which are

• new thread created
• thread bumped
• thread deleted

[Anonyymi]

Yes it's max_threads. Event based solution sounds fine to me.

[Anonyymi]

@denamuumi Isn't "new thread created" the only event required for this to work? Those other events just shuffle existing threads around.

[Anonyymi]

@denamuumi I'm working on massive refactor while also working on post hiding. I'm sorry about that...

[Anonyymi]

This is now done. Threads are deleted completely, no need to keep them in database or on disk.