Re: [Netatalk-admins] Snow Leopard not working with Netatalk

[Steve B. <sbr...@gm...>]

>>> So it seems with 10.6 netatalk is now a second class citizen because
>>> we don't have EA support on most systems! :o(
>>> The AFP code is already there and adding support for more EA APIs
>>> means just that. Recent Linux and FreeBSD support EAs, so imo we
>>> should hurry to support them.

So what is the Netatalk team's current recommendation?  I have many
clients who are itching to upgrade, but they need to be able to
connect to netatalk AFP shares.

>> 1) EAtoBlackHole
>> Netatalk pretend to support EA, and throw it away to BLACK-HOLE.
>
> I nearly fell off my chair laughing. ;o)

As silly as it sounds, this option sounds like the easiest to
implement.  Over the course of time, you can then go back and add
support for various EAs and handle them better.