On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 23:34:53 +1000, Tim Starling <ts4294967296(a)hotmail.com>
gave utterance to the following:
Instead, I've just committed the following to
CVS:
* Lifetime for user blocks and IP blocks is configurable separately, in
LocalSettings.php. The current default is 24 hours for IP blocks, and
infinite for user blocks.
* Blocks disappear from the table without a trace, at the end of their
lifetime. A possible future improvement would be to allow them to be
manually refreshed, but currently that is impossible.
May I suggest one more piece of logic?
An IP block is automatically released if a non-banned user logs in on it.
(which means that the IP has been reassigned away from the vandal)
--
Richard Grevers
Between two evils always pick the one you haven't tried