[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1732: consider changes to webapi "Move" API before release

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#1732: consider changes to webapi "Move" API before release
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     Reporter:  warner         |      Owner:  warner
         Type:  enhancement    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  critical       |  Milestone:  1.10.0
    Component:  code-          |    Version:  1.9.1
  frontend-web                 |   Keywords:  forward-compatibility blocker
   Resolution:                 |
Launchpad Bug:                 |
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Comment (by davidsarah):

 Replying to [comment:35 warner]:
 [...]
 > * don't add parameters to an existing API that can't be discovered by
 callers, since our webapi practice is to ignore arguments we don't
 recognize
 >
 > The latter constraint precludes adding some new argument to `t=rename`
 that would change behavior, because then a new client (who knows about the
 new argument) who submits such a request to an older gateway (who ignores
 the new argument) will get a very different behavior than they were
 expecting.

 Oh, I am dense for not seeing that. OK, that rules out just generalizing
 {{{t=rename}}}. +1 for calling it {{{t=relink}}}.

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