There's a difference between deleting data as a Phab/Phorge admin (which is done via the bin/delete script, and prints out a massive warning about it potentially breaking stuff and generally being a bad idea), and schema migrations done as part of an upgrade, which would happily delete data without a second thought.

Oct 11 2022, 12:08 · Conpherence, User-Cigaryno, Chatlog

Oct 10 2022

Nibbly added a comment to T15126: Remove Chatlog.

In T15126#3165, @Cigaryno wrote:

In T15126#3158, @avivey wrote:

can we keep the actual deletion as optional for a very long time/forever, and at the same time not create the database for new installs?
that will allow installs to backup/export their logs even if they miss the deprecation warning.

No, we should basically follow the two parts per @Matthew.

Oct 10 2022, 15:06 · Conpherence, User-Cigaryno, Chatlog

Oct 6 2022

Cigaryno added a comment to T15126: Remove Chatlog.

In T15126#3158, @avivey wrote:

can we keep the actual deletion as optional for a very long time/forever, and at the same time not create the database for new installs?
that will allow installs to backup/export their logs even if they miss the deprecation warning.

Oct 6 2022, 15:32 · Conpherence, User-Cigaryno, Chatlog

Oct 4 2022

avivey added a comment to T15126: Remove Chatlog.

can we keep the actual deletion as optional for a very long time/forever, and at the same time not create the database for new installs?
that will allow installs to backup/export their logs even if they miss the deprecation warning.

Oct 4 2022, 06:33 · Conpherence, User-Cigaryno, Chatlog