[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #10094: Locked window properties of read-only folders
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- Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:44:51 -0000
#10094: Locked window properties of read-only folders
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Reporter: humdinger | Owner: leavengood
Type: bug | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1.1
Component: Applications/Tracker | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords: Package Management
Blocked By: | Blocking: 12718, 13976, 15192
Platform: All |
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Comment (by leavengood):
Replying to [comment:13 pulkomandy]:
The only way to fix that would be to store the attributes "elsewhere".
This will probably mean some centralized place somewhere in the user
settings. As a result:
- They will be lost if you rename or move the folder (assuming they
identify the folder by its name/path)
- They will be lost if you copy the folder
- They will be lost if you zip the folder to move it to another computer
- They will not be deleted when you delete the folder. Over time, you
will end up with a huge list of outdated attributes filling your disk
It definitely is not ideal to have to have folder attributes in a
different location than the folder, but I think all these concerns are
overblown. For one thing you won't be renaming or moving a read-only
folder, so I think the first concern is not valid. Though in general I
think all these concerns except zipping could be addressed by node
monitoring.
I believe implementing this in libtracker.so just to solve this specific
problem is easier than trying to hack something into the package system.
Also I believe that while it is true that BeOS has the same limitation for
read-only folders this is a regression from BeOS because the package
system made previously writable system folders read-only. I am overall a
fan of the package system but this is definitely a drawback and I think we
should try to fix it.
Obviously my rate of work for Haiku development has been extremely slow or
non-existent for some time, but once I wrap up some financial related work
for Haiku, Inc I hope to spend more time on proper Haiku development. When
I do I'll try to experiment with this as one of the first things I do.
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