As part of some sort of request for PTC to address this, I'd also like
to see an in-depth explanation on why it needs to be deleted in the
first place.
Since it's an old iteration, just ignore it. (Or, I suppose, change just
that iteration to the "Obsolete" life-cycle state.) Every PDMLink system
I've worked with has hundreds (or thousands) of files nobody has a use
for. They all get ignored and life goes on without hiccups or problems.
I understand people's position that THEY, not PTC, should be the
ultimate deciders on what stays and what is deleted and I understand
their reason for wanting such control, but in this instance I don't
understand why leaving that one file alone is such a big deal.
(Bob Lohbauer's situation is slightly different in that he wants to
delete all iterations back to the released version, not a single
iteration in between the released one and the latest. This has more
merit, IMO, than keeping both the latest WIP and the Released, but
deleting one iteration in between.)