Take a quick look. -----Mensaje reenviado----- > From: Robert Love <rml ximian com> > To: Manuel Amador <rudd-o amautacorp com> > Subject: Re: EA and GNOME > Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 16:48:35 -0500 > > On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 16:24, Manuel Amador wrote: > > Sorry for the looooong delay. Been super busy and lost your email. > > > Congrats on your new position! > > Thank you! > > > Look, I have a question regarding kernel and userspace. I know this is > > not one of the most loved issues in lkml, but what about supporting > > metadata in kernel-space? Can EAs be used? Should EAs be used? Would > > you advocate them being used for storing metadata? Should a fd.org > > standard be written to standardize on a format and a implementation > > spec, to improve inter-DE and console interoperability? > > I think the use of extended attributes should definitely be explored. > As you note, there is a lot of contention about their use and > implementation, but this is actually a rare area where Microsoft is very > much ahead of the game. WinFS has some very neat features, and will > result in some very neat technology. It actually uses NTFS as the > backing file store (and also raw Yukon partitions), and NTFS provides > EA's. > > I do not know about an fd.o standard until I (and, more importantly, > others -- this is not my area of expertise) can see the details of what > exactly the situation is. But, if EA's are the way to go, and we all > have a firm grasp on what direction we want to use, then I definitely > think an fd.o standard should be written. > > > Thanks for your efforts. =) Have a great day! > > Take care! > > Best, > > Robert Love > -- Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) GPG key ID: keyserver.net C1033CAD
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