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| author | Frédéric Buclin <LpSolit@gmail.com> | 2010-07-15 12:24:06 +0200 |
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| committer | Frédéric Buclin <LpSolit@gmail.com> | 2010-07-15 12:24:06 +0200 |
| commit | 14d8af1b61b19c623875d8f454ad1a45104c7e13 (patch) | |
| tree | f387f8a7bcabaad631307733ba28a52a10488f9e /docs | |
| parent | 08c354cb29aa82eec4b9b9a0f4a947dd835b96d6 (diff) | |
| download | bugzilla-14d8af1b61b19c623875d8f454ad1a45104c7e13.tar.gz bugzilla-14d8af1b61b19c623875d8f454ad1a45104c7e13.tar.xz | |
Bug 472452: Rephrase documentation about deleting custom fields
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/en/xml/administration.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/en/xml/administration.xml b/docs/en/xml/administration.xml index 8d2ab64bd..ba356d4d1 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/administration.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/administration.xml @@ -2439,10 +2439,13 @@ ReadOnly: ENTRY, NA/NA, CANEDIT <title>Deleting Custom Fields</title> <para> - It is only possible to delete obsolete Custom Fields - if the field has never been used in the database. - To remove a field which already has content, - mark it as obsolete. + Only custom fields which are marked as obsolete, and which never + have been used, can be deleted completely (else the integrity + of the bug history would be compromised). For custom fields marked + as obsolete, a "Delete" link will appear in the <quote>Action</quote> + column. If the custom field has been used in the past, the deletion + will be rejected. But marking the field as obsolete is sufficient + to hide it from the user interface entirely. </para> </section> </section> |