Re: A Question about Metadata storage

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel nuclecu unam mx>]

> >Looks like gnome may need to rewrite a LOT of basic utilities or hide
> >the file system completely :(
> 
> Argh! How about GNOME do something reasonable and work with the
> existing Unix file semantics instead of trying to invent and implement
> new ones?

No GNOME developer so far has advocated what you are upset about
Basically, because we do not think it is reasonable to do so and it is
silly.

Tom Tromey's proposal is the best proposal so far (modulo the fact
that I would like to make some changes to his proposed api). 

Miguel