On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Andrea Francia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't yet understand why there is such requirement and why not let choose > to ftp server integrator. > In my mind the ftp server integrator should left to choose if he requires a > component that implements this extra functionality or not.
Let me turn the question around. I don't see why it's such a big an issue for the implementation to provide an ordered list? You gave an example where you have a long list and the file system could not sort it. To me, this is not a valid argument as Ftplets should be portable between container implementations, some which might require an ordered list (like all known FTP servers). If the file system implementation can not order the list, the server would not have much more luck. Therefore, the ordering should be mandatory to indicate to the file system implementor that returning an un-ordered list is a very bad idea as it would break the expectations of most FTP users. /niklas
