[Marco van Herwaarden]

If there is no modification attached to a hack thread anymore, it is not considered a release, and is removed (nothing get's permantly deleted). This has always been the policy, and until know not led to any (major) discussion. I don't see why we should treat JumpD's hack's any different then others. If at any time an author wants to release his modifications again, he can always request the thread to be restored, this has happened enough in the past.

In most situations when an author announces that he is removing his hacks, and he deletes the files, the thread would be removed whenever a Staff member notice it. In this case we waited until the next day to give him a short period to rethink.