Re: [PATCH] POSIX ACL support

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Yes, that's a problem.  We should consolidate `modes', `context', and
>> `acl' into a `metadata' argument.
> Or we could take a simpler approach, and just copy all the metadata
> from the original file to the backup.  It's pretty rare that one wants
> to back up just some of this stuff, and not the rest.  This would be a
> simpler than having individual arguments to copy just this and that,
> arguments that I expect in practice are rarely used properly.

I see we're in violent agreement.


        Stefan