[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:  davidsarah
  frozenfire             |     Status:  assigned
         Type:  defect   |  Milestone:  eventually
     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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Old description:

> FTP hangs when a directory list contains mutable files, as their filesize
> is the string "?", and Twisted's ftpd expects an integer.
> This patch by warner should fix it.

New description:

 FTP hangs when a directory list contains mutable files, as their filesize
 is the string "?", and Twisted's ftpd expects an integer.
 This patch by warner should fix it.

 For a different reason (comment:25), mutable files cannot then be
 downloaded successfully over FTP.

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Comment (by davidsarah):

 I think we ended up being deeply confused on this ticket by warner's
 speculation in comment:5 :-)

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Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/680#comment:27>
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