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Tracker: [CLOSED] JSDL v1.0 Errata
Title: Well known filesystem names
Description:
I'm not sure that I understand the purpose of this section, considering that nothing is declared "special" about these 
file system names. What I mean is that the spec says HOME (for example) is well known, but then does not either reserve 
this file system name, or pre-define it. If these names are going to be called out as well known, perhaps they should be
 pre-defined with a default, with allowable changes to certain sub-elements (e.g. mount point/mount source).

Also ... I don't think we can say that ROOT is well known, as a Windows system has multiple ROOT filesystems (one for 
each mounted volume, in fact). 

Submitted By: Chris Smith
Submitted On: 11/30/2006 4:44 PM EST
Last Modified: 06/20/2007 10:50 AM EDT
Closed: 06/20/2007 10:50 AM EDT

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Status:* Closed
Category: *
Customer: *
Priority: * 3
Assigned To: * Donal Fellows
Reported in Release: *
Fixed in Release: *
Estimated Hours: * 0
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Comments
Andreas Savva: 06/20/2007 10:50 AM EDT
  Comment:
Confirmed in draft 9
  Action: Update
Closed set to 06/20/2007
Status changed from Fixed to Closed
Andreas Savva: 06/13/2007 10:23 AM EDT
  Comment:
Updated in draft 8 to include non-portable and use discouraged.
  Action: Update
Donal Fellows: 06/11/2007 11:16 AM EDT
  Comment:
To me, ROOT should be described as non-portable and its use should be discouraged. But if people want to write things that refer to the root directory
, the ROOT FileSystemName is how to do it. (They're allowed to shoot themselves in the foot; we just describe the size of the ammo...)
  Action: Update
Andreas Savva: 04/11/2007 5:12 AM EDT
  Comment:
- Changed "example definitions" to "normative definitions"

- Because of the above change I reformatted the section, moving the text from the Description element to be part of the definition of each filesystem 
name. 

Added security considerations for ROOT.

Should a deprecation note for ROOT also be added?
  Action: Update
Status changed from Resolved to Fixed
Donal Fellows: 04/05/2007 10:22 AM EDT
  Comment:
IIRC, decision was that Root should be / on POSIX systems, but many systems might not provide it. I suppose it is more of a "It MUST mean this, but 
MAY be absent."
  Action: Update
Andreas Savva: 04/04/2007 11:14 AM EDT
  Comment:
Add cautionary note to not rely on having ROOT well-known.
  Action: Update
Status changed from Pending to Resolved
Andreas Savva: 01/17/2007 10:18 AM EST
  Comment:
Consider ROOT usage; provide use case or remove

otherwise resolved as
- Make the type of filesystem normative.

- Specify other characteristics (typically shared or not) as informative.
  Action: Update
Assigned To set to Donal Fellows
Status changed from Open to Pending
Chris Smith: 11/30/2006 4:44 PM EST
  Action: Create


 
 


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