Re: [Netatalk-admins] Request For Opinion: Deprecate FCE

[Gregory C. <gjc...@gm...>]

I am not sure, but it would have to be removed to find out and see if it
broke any classic apps.

For example doing publish and subscribe on a AFP share might break.


On Sat, Nov 4, 2023, 8:41 AM Daniel Markstedt <da...@mi...> wrote:

> Dear Netatalk community,
>
> In the ongoing effort of streamlining the codebase, this suggestion might
> be the most controversial yet:
>
> Would getting rid of FCE (Filesystem Change Events) have an averse impact
> on your netatalk deployments?
> Do you know of anyone who relies on its API or logging for any kind of
> mission critical feature?
>
> For the uninitiated, FCE is an API that lets you build applications that
> react on changes to files on the shared volume. Docs here:
> https://netatalk.sourceforge.io/3.1/htmldocs/configuration.html#fce
>
> The argument for deprecation is twofold: For one, it's a fairly complex
> feature with 9 events and 8 dedicated afp.conf options:
> https://netatalk.sourceforge.io/3.1/htmldocs/afp.conf.5.html#fceconf
>
> And secondly, it's has long-outstanding bugs such as:
> https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/issues/122
>
> I'd love to get your opinions on this!
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
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