"jsnx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Putting attributes in the same namespace as files introduces a whole > new problem -- just as storing ownership in foo/.owners would.
I don't see why. Attributes have to be attached to a specific file, so why not attach them "in the usual way" rather than inventing a new mechanism? If .owners was enforced by the OS then why couldn't it be attached in the usual namespace?
