On Thu, Aug 17, 2006, Frank Zschockelt wrote: > Yeah. But if we create a virtual filesystem properly, this wouldn't be > the case, since every path should be unique. > Well, maybe that's like using a steamroller to crack a nut... ;]
The problem is not in uniquely determining different files. That can already be done since each file has a different fid. The problem is deciding how to represent two identically named tracks in the filesystem. eg. if you have two ogg files with artist A, source B and title C, the first one will appear as mnt/tune/A/B/C.ogg but then how should the second one appear? At the moment the problem is brushed under the carpet by only displaying the first one. Another problem is what to do when someone writes to mnt/tune/A/B/C.ogg? In a proper filesystem you would expect mnt/tune/A/B/C.ogg to be overwritten. However, the karma has no problem with having two versions of mnt/tune/A/B/C.ogg so should that be allowed in the filesystem or not? Keith. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ linux-karma-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-karma-devel
