Can't ban forever

[Tantrix]

For some reason, I can't ban a user forever, just for a time.

 <Luadch> [command] !ban cid V5FEPL3C7QZVEZGMXTXPYSFWGGRVVSHESXZBG3A 1 trojan
 <Luadch> [ BAN ]--> User:  V5FEPL3C7QZVEZGMXTXPYSFWGGRVVSHESXZBG3A  was banned by:  Delion  |  bantime: 0 days, 0 hours, 1 minutes, 0 seconds  |  reason: trojan

but

 <Luadch> [command] !ban cid V5FEPL3C7QZVEZGMXTXPYSFWGGRVVSHESXZBG3A -1 trojan
 <Luadch> Usage: [+!#]ban nick|cid|ip <NICK>|<CID>|<IP> [<TIME> <REASON>] / [+!#]ban show|showhis [<NICK>]|clear|clearhis

 <Luadch> [command] +ban sid Q7CV -1 test
 <Luadch> Usage: [+!#]ban nick|cid|ip <NICK>|<CID>|<IP> [<TIME> <REASON>] / [+!#]ban show|showhis [<NICK>]|clear|clearhis

2.24 RC1

[Sopor]

Ban forever is removed 86d3a2c even if it still works. I have some issues with it as you already know :(

If you want to ban forever you can simple user delreg instead and give them a reason and the nick will be blocked and can't be used.

[pulsar-de]

In reg hubs there would be the alternative of delreg with a blacklist entry, but i admit that a forever ban makes sense in public hubs...

[Sopor]

Even if you ban a user forever the user can easy change the CID and login again. IP address can sometimes be a little bit harder but still possible to change quite easy.

[Tantrix]

the user can easy change the CID and login again

You never guess.

[ryehamstrawberry]

In reg hubs there would be the alternative of delreg with a blacklist entry, but i admit that a forever ban makes sense in public hubs...

Please reimplement "forever" bans.

Yes, you can always just +delreg user accounts but there are situations where it's useful to save permanent bans with reasons, too.

The reason accounts are not auto-banned when they are removed is because both +delreg and +ban serve two different functions, otherwise you would combine them, which you don't.

Just because the dev team might not see a need for a feature does not mean everyone else agrees, at least in this instance.

Think of it this way: every other chat platform has the ability to implement permanent bans, not just silly timed bans for 1.9025875190259e+31 years ....