Add download attachment as one of permission aside create/view and reply
How exactly would you propose this be done?
For the record, at the moment uploaded files do not pass through the Rails server at all, only Nginx - all uploads are public if you know the URL - therefore, this would be a significant performance hit at the least.
Url generated by secret key of each user i think. Only applied for those who has download permission which will be a subset of userbase so it may reduce performance hit
I suggest you use some other service to handle file downloading permissions. This is out of scope for Discourse.
I really don’t see what problem this feature would be solving.
I am more concerned about attachment upload being tied in with Trust Level and hope it will solve a lot of Moderator “approval” .work
I could see where attachment download might be useful for those wanting some sort of premium content thing, but that would be more plugin territory no?
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