Feature roadmap/File name and directory access
| Feature subcategory | Is part of::Category:Linux and OS | |
| Requesters | {{#arraymap:Gnu, Ben, Erik, Greg, Marvin|,|x|Requested by::x}} | |
| Requirements | * Allow listing, copying and finding files with standard Unix commands in the terminal view.
Sugar's design calls for a centralized rich data storage system, the datastore. The datastore provides secure, limited file access to Activities, manages file metadata, maintains a differentially compressed history of all work, ensures reliable backups to a trusted server, and mediates the connection to removable media. Every one of these features is crucial to Sugar's functioning, and almost none are really working at this time. | |
| Specification | From Ben's comments: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/sugar/2008-July/007390.html There have, at this point, been at least five distinct proposals for a next-generation datastore design, all differing in underlying implementation and user-facing functionality. We need to have a Once And For All datastore summit, draw up a compromise datastore design, and implement it. We can do this by 9.1.0, if we are willing to make it a priority. Additional Links:
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| Owners | {{#arraymap:|,|x|Contact person::User:x}} Please indicate developers or champions supporting this request | |
| Priority | not indicated | |
| Helps deployability? | not indicated | |
| Target for 9.1? | not indicated |