[Bug 228369] [NEW] add an option to autodelete items from trash:/ after a specified span of time

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

Public bug reported:

It would be good to have an expire kind of option for the Trash folders
in [K]ubuntu.

In the current mode, the Trash folder is useless. Users will either do a Shift + Delete or Delete + Empty Trash.
If an expiry option is provided, it'll help a lot.

An example:
I use the laptop running Kubuntu. I take backups almost daily onto an external HDD. If I go with the current mode, when I delete, I do:
* Shift + Delete or
* Delete + Empty Trash.

In both cases a backup of the data is no more available.

If you implement the feature I'm requesting for, I'd do it in the following way.
* Set Trash Item Expire to 15 days.
* Throw unneeded items to Trash and forget.
* In 1-2 days, they'd get backed-up to my external HDD
* On the 15th day, they'd be _deleted_

Whoops......... I need that data back.

No problem. I still must be having it in my backup HDD.

Please, add this feature.

** Affects: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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add an option to autodelete items from trash:/ after a specified span of time
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228369
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