Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 26 Aug 2004 02:03:55 +0100 | | From | Jamie Lokier <> | | Subject | Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 |
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Nicholas Miell wrote: > Anything that currently stores a file's metadata in another file really > wants this right now. Things like image thumbnails, document summaries, > digital signatures, etc.
Additionally, all of those things you describe should be deleted if the file is modified -- to indicate that they're no longer valid and should be regenerated if needed.
Whereas there are some other kinds of metadata which should not be deleted if the file is modified.
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