I need, and have a working prototype for, a file/patternset that can filter
based on file permissions.
In my case, I want to jar up a directory, but there's a few files I don't have
read permission on.
Due to the nature of things, I don't care about them, but I'd rather not have
to explicitly name them in my excludes.
I have hacked at DirectoryScanner and FileSet to add an attribute that allows
me to specify that a fileset should only include readable files.
Since I don't want to support a hacked version, I'd like to get this into 1.4
So, a Request for Comments (RFC) on:
* Will this get into 1.4 if I do it?
* Should it be on fileset/patternset/both [the fileset/patternset thing
annoys me]
* Should it be part of the FileScanner interface, or only on
DirectoryScanner
* What should the element be called - "permissions" comes to mind.
* How should it be specified? (I'd go for "r" "rw" "w" "")
Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
