On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:35 PM, jonetsu@teksavvy.com <jonetsu@teksavvy.com> wrote:

What's a drag currently is that not only
the user interface must be used, but it must be used twice. One time
to 'mark' the files to delete, then terminate Arour, then restart
Ardour, then empty the waste basket. Why does this have to be done by
restarting Ardour ? Why not a single GUI option at least and be done
with it ?

because this protects your data from programming errors. if ardour can load the session again after a cleanup, then you are guaranteed that nothing will be deleted (by "Empty Wastebasket") that is still needed.