Limit number of versions of a pad or delete them in Pad Settings

[FredMa01]

I don't see the possibility of limiting the number of versions of a pad or cleaning up old versions.
The database grows without limit over time and exporting pads becomes long and heavy with numerous revisions .
Would it be possible to have this revision deletion option in Pad Settings?

Fred

[peter-rs]

To add on to this, it should be possible to disable the revisions feature entirely (at least for read only pads), either via a plugin or through etherpad settings.
For documents that have been published using a read-only link, anyone can go back and view the author's writing process which results in: Best case (a few embarrassing spelling mistakes) or Worst Case (personally identifying information, sensitive content)

[q2apro]

I absolutely need this feature too ... or at least "delete revisions older than 30 days" or alike.

I used Etherpad (via Docker) for two months now. About hundred users.

The postgresql database is zipped 400 MB now (!) This is insane.

1. We require an option to clean old revisions older than 30 days.
2. Optional an option to keep the last x revisions.
3. Definitely an option to disable revisioning.

Point 3 is actually the most helpful to save storage.

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Usage of my Etherpad: Statistics: Pads Text Size: 611.475 - Total Pads: 971

611 MB / 971 pads = 0.63 MB per pad

At least half of them are empty, so it's probably 1 - 2 MB per pad in average.

And those pads contain only 100 lines of text.

BTW, Size: 611.475 ... I guess it means KB.

[q2apro]

In each revision there is an option:

Does this disable the revisions for this pad?

If so, this option we would need globally. Disable all revisions for all pads.

[SamTV12345]

The next version of Etherpad will feature a built in way to manage pads and also delete them. You can also sort by revision number and can then delete pads with a lot of revision numbers.

[q2apro]

That is nice to see, however, admins do not want to manually spend 20 - 30 min a day to go through all pads... also considering data privacy/protection, this would not even be allowed.

Again, we need:

1. option so revisions older than 30 days are removed
2. option to keep the last x revisions
3. option to disable revisioning

Disabling revisioning is the most important one.