D21937: Use destinationDir to save viewproperties when not in global viewproperties setting

[Elvis Angelaccio]

elvisangelaccio added a comment.


  In D21937#497112 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D21937#497112>, @meven wrote:
  
  > In D21937#496989 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D21937#496989>, @elvisangelaccio wrote:
  >
  > > Sorry, I missed this one. I'd say let's postpone to 19.12...
  >
  >
  > No worries
  >
  > Also we might want to discuss it a bit more, folder moving :
  >
  > > A limitation of the current patch is when a folder is moved, the settings are lost.
  > >  I can imagine two potential solution :
  > > 
  > > - a "bazooka" solution : use inotify and consort to have the settings follow the files.
  > > - a simple solution : use inode id as path in destinationDir for local files. That way if a folder is moved its settings follow. Although it won't survive network moves.
  >
  >
  >
  > > A third solution would be to store the view settings in an extended attribute on the folder itself. That wouldn't survive copying to or from filesystems that don't support xattrs though.
  
  
  Not sure what to do here, honestly.
  
  - bazooka solution: sounds dangerous. And what if inotify is not available?
  - inode id solution: doesn't look portable, what about Windows?
  - xattr solution: same, not portable

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