[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19291: Widgets move to Inactive after clearing all widgets from sidebars

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#19291: Widgets move to Inactive after clearing all widgets from sidebars
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 Reporter:  lancewillett      |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Warnings/Notices  |     Version:  3.3
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                    |
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Comment (by aaroncampbell):

 Replying to [comment:7 azaozz]:
 > Replying to [comment:5 lancewillett]:
 > > This is what Aaron and I set out to do in #17979. We're treating the
 saved data as canonical, and moving anything else to Orphaned widgets.
 > >
 > > So the patch is correct in that sense.
 >
 > Then we should expire that data at some point. If a week is too short,
 perhaps a month?
 Just thought I'd chime in that Lance and I thought the same thing (You can
 probably see this by reading #17979).  However, this was decided in one of
 the dev meetings and we were overruled.

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