Comment 0 for bug 1262172

In "Settings > Configuration" we have various section "Sales", "Purchases" and so on. In each section, we can find configuration options, usually checkboxes. Some of them change groups, some install modules.

Example:
"Settings > Configuration > General Settings" : The option "Activate the customer portal" installs the portal module.

And the reverse, when the checkbox is ticked and we untick it, the portal module is uninstalled.

This is very dangerous when people do not really realize what is happening underhand, especially since the columns of the uninstalled modules are dropped. But this is even more dangerous: the uninstallation also uninstalls all the dependencies and there is no warning (when we uninstall a module from the "Installed Modules" menu, there is a warning).

It can leads to serious damage on a database, when a user thinks is just activating / deactivating options.