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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes
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Thomas Zander |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes |
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Mon, 5 Jan 2004 21:03:14 +0100 |
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On Monday 05 January 2004 20:27, Tom Lord wrote:
> > > They are
> >> an example of the "property lists solve _everything_!" class of
> >> design errors.
>
> > It is fairly obvious that you can build that on top of posix extended
> > attributes.
>
> You can, sure -- but with no greater difficulty or loss of generality
> than you could build isomorphic functionality on top of ordinary
> directories (sans extended attributes).
You are right, and (apart for ACLs) the only way this stuff is going to be
worth more then a directory based proposal is if these things will be
backup-up, shipped and, indeed, revision managed in an atomic operation.
- --
Thomas Zander
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes, (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes, Colin Walters, 2004/01/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes, Tom Lord, 2004/01/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes, Chris Mason, 2004/01/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes, Andrew Suffield, 2004/01/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes, Chris Mason, 2004/01/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes, Tom Lord, 2004/01/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes, Chris Mason, 2004/01/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes, Aaron Bentley, 2004/01/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes, Chris Mason, 2004/01/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes, Aaron Bentley, 2004/01/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes,
Thomas Zander <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes, Jan Hudec, 2004/01/06
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: extended attributes, Miles Bader, 2004/01/05
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: extended attributes, Tom Lord, 2004/01/05
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: extended attributes, Aaron Bentley, 2004/01/06
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: extended attributes, Tom Lord, 2004/01/06
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: extended attributes, Aaron Bentley, 2004/01/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: extended attributes, Jan Hudec, 2004/01/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: extended attributes, Brian May, 2004/01/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: extended attributes, Jan Hudec, 2004/01/07
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes, Charles Duffy, 2004/01/05