[CalendarServer-changes] [7764] CalendarServer/branches/users/glyph/xattrs-from-files/txdav/base/ propertystore/appledouble_xattr.py

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Revision: 7764
          http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/calendarserver/changeset/7764
Author:   glyph at apple.com
Date:     2011-07-11 15:02:41 -0700 (Mon, 11 Jul 2011)
Log Message:
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Add a cautionary note.

Modified Paths:
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    CalendarServer/branches/users/glyph/xattrs-from-files/txdav/base/propertystore/appledouble_xattr.py

Modified: CalendarServer/branches/users/glyph/xattrs-from-files/txdav/base/propertystore/appledouble_xattr.py
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--- CalendarServer/branches/users/glyph/xattrs-from-files/txdav/base/propertystore/appledouble_xattr.py	2011-07-11 22:02:29 UTC (rev 7763)
+++ CalendarServer/branches/users/glyph/xattrs-from-files/txdav/base/propertystore/appledouble_xattr.py	2011-07-11 22:02:41 UTC (rev 7764)
@@ -167,6 +167,12 @@
     """
     A property store that will read extended attributes from AppleDouble data in
     "._"-prefixed files alongside their data.
+
+    Note that this is read-only but will not attempt to prevent write operations
+    (since some operations attempt to transparently upgrade things by writing
+    back properties, and we don't want to disrupt that operation).  Its only
+    real purpose is to facilitate importing data with the file->database
+    migration code.
     """
 
     # In this case, this prefix will _always_ be the MacOS prefix.  If you're
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