JSR 283: hard links are back?

[Dan Connelly <ds...@adelphia.net>]

I see from the archives that hard links were removed from Jackrabbit 
when they got removed from the JSR 170 spec.

The "Multiple Parent" requirement (Section 6.11), a/k/a hard links, is 
back in the early draft of JSR 283.    Did hard links ever work in 
Jackrabbit?   Could JR turn on its support for hard links in some future 
release, or is this feature just a spec writer's pipe dream?

Am I right in assuming that this feature was considered too *nix-ish for 
an MS-ish world?

Is the real world satisfied having only REFERENCE-based soft links to 
mix:referenceables?

       -- Dan

Re: SORRY Re: JSR 283: hard links are NOT back

[Peeter Piegaze <pe...@day.com>]

Hi Dan,

In JSR 283 we plan to support a feature very similar to hard links.
The Early Draft of 283 has been submited to the JCP and should be
publically available very soon, so you will be able to see for
yourself.

Cheers,
Peeter

On 9/4/06, Dan Connelly <ds...@adelphia.net> wrote:
> My mistake.   I was looking at an old JSR 170 spec.    But my question
> remain the same.    Hard links would be really nice to have.   Either
> that or very strong soft link support.
>
>
>
> Dan Connelly wrote:
>
> > I see from the archives that hard links were removed from Jackrabbit
> > when they got removed from the JSR 170 spec.
> >
> > The "Multiple Parent" requirement (Section 6.11), a/k/a hard links, is
> > back in the early draft of JSR 283.    Did hard links ever work in
> > Jackrabbit?   Could JR turn on its support for hard links in some
> > future release, or is this feature just a spec writer's pipe dream?
> >
> > Am I right in assuming that this feature was considered too *nix-ish
> > for an MS-ish world?
> >
> > Is the real world satisfied having only REFERENCE-based soft links to
> > mix:referenceables?
> >
> >       -- Dan
> >
>
>

SORRY Re: JSR 283: hard links are NOT back

[Dan Connelly <ds...@adelphia.net>]

My mistake.   I was looking at an old JSR 170 spec.    But my question 
remain the same.    Hard links would be really nice to have.   Either 
that or very strong soft link support.



Dan Connelly wrote:

> I see from the archives that hard links were removed from Jackrabbit 
> when they got removed from the JSR 170 spec.
>
> The "Multiple Parent" requirement (Section 6.11), a/k/a hard links, is 
> back in the early draft of JSR 283.    Did hard links ever work in 
> Jackrabbit?   Could JR turn on its support for hard links in some 
> future release, or is this feature just a spec writer's pipe dream?
>
> Am I right in assuming that this feature was considered too *nix-ish 
> for an MS-ish world?
>
> Is the real world satisfied having only REFERENCE-based soft links to 
> mix:referenceables?
>
>       -- Dan
>