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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] wstat and atomic directory change
Date: Wed,  4 Feb 2015 06:06:06 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <caa076e61616e9ab332815e66ab9630d@brasstown.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHL7psHZfWU6LiBtSqpLocg863JDDu-LP8H9GWFHOHD-Py=2cw@mail.gmail.com>

> You are right.
> But since protocol customizations goes against that same ideal, what's the
> plan9 way of dealing with a feature X (in this specific case atomic file
> moves)?
>
>
> > this requires delving into the namespace to tell that the directories are
> > still under the
> > same mount, and some non-uniform operations.
> >
>
> Good point. But thus, what are the alternatives?

i wasn't holding out.  i don't have any suggestions.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2015-02-04 14:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-30 11:21 Giacomo Tesio
2015-01-30 14:13 ` erik quanstrom
2015-01-30 15:59   ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-01-30 20:19     ` Joel C. Salomon
2015-01-30 22:49     ` Anthony Sorace
2015-02-03  8:53       ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-02-03  9:04         ` Quintile
2015-02-04  3:51           ` erik quanstrom
2015-02-04  8:28             ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-02-04 14:06               ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2015-02-04 14:29                 ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-02-04 16:30                   ` Skip Tavakkolian
2015-02-04 19:23                     ` erik quanstrom
2015-02-04 21:24                       ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-02-05  4:13                         ` lucio
2015-02-05  8:21                           ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-02-05  8:37                             ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-02-05  8:59                               ` lucio
2015-02-05  8:54                             ` lucio
2015-02-05 16:13                               ` erik quanstrom
2015-02-05  4:15                         ` lucio
2015-02-05 16:20                         ` erik quanstrom
2015-02-05 16:46                           ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-02-05 17:22                             ` Skip Tavakkolian
2015-02-05 17:20                           ` Bakul Shah
2015-02-05  4:26 sl
2015-02-05  4:26 sl
2015-02-05  8:08 ` Giacomo Tesio

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