> But by that logic, why select metadata as a special case - it is really > just a part of the data, but a part which we have kindly standardized > the format of. If anything, it is the metadata that is the least likely > part of the data to vary.
No, metadata is quite likely to vary as people upload the exact same thing put fill out the metadata differently. > Appending the metadata key to the CHK strikes me as an inelegant > solution to a non-problem. It has already been generally agreed that there are two problems which have to be solved. Only one solution to these two problems has been suggested, which is taking metadata out of CHKs. So unless you have a more elegant solution to the same two problems then its elegance is not a valid issue. If you'd like to debate whether the two problems that need to be solved are in fact problems, then that's a separate issue. My arguements for the second problem (different metadata causing identifical files to not collide) has not been refuted. The first problem is debatable if you'd like to debate it. _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list
