On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 08:28:59AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote: [using xattrs as the interface to Coda-specific data] > appropriates the namespace from the user for other things. Also,
+1 > backup programs will (should) back up xattr by default, so that may be an > issue. +1 As for xattr semantics, according to Wikipedia they "associate computer files with metadata not interpreted by the filesystem, whereas regular attributes have a purpose strictly defined by the filesystem", the suggested use breaks such a border. Of course Wikipedia is not any authority for us, but the users would be confused. Backup is one of the subsystems in Coda which I do not see as satisfactory. That's why we backup on file level despite the shortcomings of such a fashion. Xattrs containing acls may be useful in such a context but also may happen to mess things up, depending on the situation. Rune
