nodle Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 So now that Chat app is dead how do we completely remove it? I went ahead and went in my ACP and under application I went ahead and uninstalled it. It will still show under applications not currently installed. Does IPB plan on cleaning it up and on the next update having it removed completely and the files associated with it? Just wondering how you guys are going to handle it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyF Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I'd say just (only after it is uninstalled!) delete the /chat directory from within /applications It won't show on the list then at all. Note: only the "chat" directory from within the /applications directory: Pic from 'wamp' localhost but you see what I mean hopefully. , I would say if in doubt leave it rather than risk deleting something you may need. It may be possible to write a small script to delete it aka 'unlink' however the sucess of that would depend on if it has sufficient permissions to chmod and then remove said files... I'm not aware of a 'cleanup' type script for it as such though but I do not deal with any client support / requests as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodle Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 Thanks for the feed back @AndyF. I was just wondering if IPB had plan for a future cleanup script built into their next update since it's dead code now, I figured they will probably remove the code in the next patch. No since in having a future customer install it since it won't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesignzShop Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 7 minutes ago, nodle said: Thanks for the feed back @AndyF. I was just wondering if IPB had plan for a future cleanup script built into their next update since it's dead code now, I figured they will probably remove the code in the next patch. No since in having a future customer install it since it won't work. In the 4.2 alpha release it is gone. If it's not removing on upgrade maybe report this in bug tracker. It may be we'd need to remove this manually but since they are discontinuing chat it seems logical to me to have it removed automatically upon 4.2 install/upgrade... But what's logic to me may not be correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodle Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 Maybe we can get an official answer from @Charles or @Mark if we should leave it enabled for the time being, or just uninstall it and leave it be until 4.2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 You can uninstall it and, if you want, delete the directory. We removed it from all generated downloads when the service closed, so any downloads since then won't include it, and the next upgrade (which for most people will be 4.1.19.3) will disable it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodle Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Mark said: You can uninstall it and, if you want, delete the directory. We removed it from all generated downloads when the service closed, so any downloads since then won't include it, and the next upgrade (which for most people will be 4.1.19.3) will disable it. Thanks @Mark for the clarification and feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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