[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #2227: "format=mutable" in the web API

[Tahoe-LAFS]

#2227: "format=mutable" in the web API
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     Reporter:  zooko           |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  code-frontend-  |    Version:  1.10.0
  web                           |   Keywords:  mutable mdmf defaults webapi
   Resolution:                  |
Launchpad Bug:                  |
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Description changed by zooko:

Old description:

> According to
> [trunk/docs/frontends/webapi.rst?rev=0ef593947755a8b81edc73d033219724268faf80
> #writing-uploading-a-file], you have to specify either {{{format=MDMF}}}
> or {{{format=SDMF}}} when creating a mutable file. However the user of an
> API might not know or care what is the difference between those two, and
> might also want to automatically start using a newer format if that newer
> format becomes the default, without changing the client code. This ticket
> is to add {{{format=mutable}}} which uses the default mutable format.

New description:

 According to
 [source:trunk/docs/frontends/webapi.rst?rev=0ef593947755a8b81edc73d033219724268faf80
 #writing-uploading-a-file webapi.rst], you have to specify either
 {{{format=MDMF}}} or {{{format=SDMF}}} when creating a mutable file.
 However the user of an API might not know or care what is the difference
 between those two, and might also want to automatically start using a
 newer format if that newer format becomes the default, without changing
 the client code. This ticket is to add {{{format=mutable}}} which uses the
 default mutable format.

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Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/2227#comment:1>
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