Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 13 Aug 2000 14:23:09 -0500 | From | Jeff Epler <> | Subject | Re: NTFS-like streams? |
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On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 07:11:55PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Who can attach notes and info to a file. I as a user want a different icon > to someone else. Perhaps I want my note in English and you want the notes > in Portugese ? > > Multi-part files are a bad hack - they are hard to extend the format on, they > dont identify the metadata catalog and how to parse it. You'd be far better > generating a single stream , even in something trendy like XML. At least > then I can always parse the data, I can extend it and I can merge it with > a personal database of overrides
Why, Alan, that's why we need the union filesystem with these forked files. Just overlay my home directory on /, and I can replace any icons, annotations, whatever, as I see fit.
bringing another bad idea to the mix, Jeff
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