I think this was initially done so as to stay consistent in handling fake users; it now acts the same as for materials, textures, etc. However, I've also seen this being discussed before, and I think the consensus then was to roll-back to the old "fake-by-default", though I could be wrong here. Either way, I agree the old system might be best for this. User experience/ frustration > consistency imo. =
-Patrick > Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 12:50:29 -0700 > From: dfeli...@gmail.com > To: bf-committers@blender.org > Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] Why is use fake user not default for actions? > > I know blender tries to stay popup-free, but a warning when > selecting/creating actions may solve that > > ("No datablock linked to action 'Run'. if you don't set FakeUser the action > will be deleted") > > We got more than one "bug" report for that as well, so it may be fair to > consider the current design not clear for (new) users. > > Dalai > On Sep 8, 2012 12:41 AM, "Mitchell Stokes" <moguri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello devs, > > > > It used to be that use_fake_user was default for action datablocks. > > Sometime in the last version or two, this stopped being the case. Now > > we get forums posts on people losing their animations[0][1]. Lost data > > is never a good thing, so what was the reason for it being off by > > default? > > > > Cheers, > > Mitchell Stokes > > > > [0] http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?265132-Lost-Animations > > [1] > > http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?258161-Problems-with-actions > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > Bf-committers@blender.org > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers