[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #680: Fix for mutable files with FTP

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#680: Fix for mutable files with FTP
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  warner
  frozenfire             |     Status:  assigned
         Type:  defect   |  Milestone:  1.9.0
     Priority:  major    |    Version:  1.3.0
    Component:  code-    |   Keywords:  ftpd mutable reliability integrity
  frontend               |  test known-issue docs docs-needed news-needed
   Resolution:           |
Launchpad Bug:           |
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Changes (by zooko):

 * keywords:  ftpd mutable reliability integrity test known-issue docs docs-
     needed =>
     ftpd mutable reliability integrity test known-issue docs docs-needed
     news-needed


Comment:

 Well if I understand comment:14 correctly, this ticket merely needs NEWS
 and docs and can be merged for v1.9.0. If I understand correctly, this
 match makes it so that mutable files get a 0 size instead of a {{{'?'}}}
 size. A 0 size makes certain FTP clients (I don't know which) fail to
 download the mutable file. A {{{'?'}}} size makes certain other ones (I
 don't know which) hang when listing the directory containing the file. I'm
 not 100% sure that the latter kind hang when listing the directory
 containing the file, or hang when trying to download the file.

 So I believe the next step is to update [source:NEWS NEWS] and
 [source:trunk/docs/frontends/FTP-and-SFTP.rst#known-issues FTP-and-
 SFTP.rst].

 Also we should commit it to trunk early in the v1.9.0 process and ask
 people to try it out with their favorite FTP client.

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Ticket URL: <http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/680#comment:19>
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