Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes

[zander]

On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:17:47AM -0800, Tom Lord wrote:
>     > From: Thomas Zander <address@hidden>
>     >> ACLs are something entirely different.  Unlike extended
>     >> attributes in general, they have a very specific semantics --
>     >> just like permission bits in an inode.
> 
>     > According to that reasoning a field like 'mime-type' being
>     > specified & registered for general usage would also not be EAs.
>     > Seems like a wierd definition to me.
> 
> To be more specific: ACLs have a semantics which permits them to be
> treated correctly by standard unix filesystem calls.  A mime-type
> attribute would not.

Having a special call in the filesystem makes it ok, thats nice.  Good one,
to change definitions to account for the problematic example.

Anyway; Since ACLs are OK, will they be revision-managed by tla?

-- 
Thomas Zander