Drop cached default date from postings

[mbrodala]

TCA is cached, so setting a "default" date is not possible here anymore. The default date would otherwise always be the date from when the TCA cache entry was written.

[mbrodala]

See e.g. georgringer/news@0f27cd8

[benjasper]

Thanks, but what happens, when there is no default date? Is it not filled out?
I see that Georg Ringer used a hook to set the date, should we do that instead?

[mbrodala]

Yes, the field is empty by default which would be fine IMO. The date_published field can be filled freely anyways, so the current behavior is mostly a nice-to-have. If it was working, that is. ;-)

This would be different if crdate would be used in the related domain model instead, then this should and would not be editable.

However, I'd question the field altogether since publishing can also happen way after posting creation, e.g. when using Workspaces.

Aside from all this, the not working default dates should be dropped. And yes, this could be implemented anew using a hook like in News, but that should happen separately.

[benjasper]

Fair points, the field was originally meant to be purely optical, as HR people like to reset the field, to let the posting appear newer ;)

Also people who depend on this being filled out, can always make it required