If I publish a notebook, delete it, then attempt to publish another notebook with the same name I get:
That name has already been taken
Is that intentional? If so, it might be a good idea to note that in the publish dialog and / or help page.
Right now, ādeleteā would more accurately be described as āarchiveā (and Iām going to change the wording to reflect that). āDeletingā a notebook removes it from search, from your notebook listing, and makes it read-only. However, if you have a direct link, the notebook is still available.
We wanted to create a system where code could be shared and people could rely on the immutability of that code. For example: because you can require one notebook from another (or even from outside RunKit entirely), we donāt want code youāre requiring to disappear.
This has mostly worked OK, with some confusion from time to time. In the few instances where someone has accidentally put things into RunKit that shouldnāt have been public, theyāve been able to email us and weāre usually able to delete that fully in a pretty short time frame. The system we have now definitely isnāt perfect, so weāre always interested in hearing what people think about it.
Hi, thanks for the info.
For example: because you can require one notebook from another
Ah, I wasnāt even aware of that yet.
Right now, ādeleteā would more accurately be described as āarchiveā (and Iām going to change the wording to reflect that). [ā¦] However, if you have a direct link, the notebook is still available.
I think changing that wording is a great idea. I didnāt realize that the notebook would still be available to others after ādeletingā it and especially with it not even being visible to me anymore. I think itād be helpful to have an archive section on the your notebooks page as well.
I get why youāve designed the system for immutability, so I still think itād be a good idea to make it more obvious (e.g. on the Publish form) that the name will be āgoneā forever once the notebook is published. Now that I know that Iāll be more careful about choosing names, and archiving (unless itās going to become possible to unarchive).
Thanks!
Thereās no UI for it of course, but if thereās something youād like āunarchivedā you should shoot us a support email and we can take care of you.
Great, thanks! I donāt have a specific problem with it right now, so Iāll just keep that in mind.
Is there is way to ādeleteā (instead of archiving) empty notebooks ?
I got some of them, and didnāt find a way to remove them (I could āre-useā them and find proper names/usages), but
it seems a waste of resources ?
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Hello boucher, I have 2 notebooks that I would like unarchived because I archive them for error. I did not know that archive meant read only.
What is the email support that you mention in the conversation?
Thanks.