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Support for extended attributes is currently extremely lacking to non-existent,
even if the file system supports them. Extended attributes lost when a file is
copied or moved, they are lost when editors or other programs update a file by
deleting and re-creating it, they are lost when backing up files with tar,
rsync or other programs.
There is no support to actually use EAs from GUI programs (e.g. in Nautilus)
either.
EA could be a great way to allow both programs (in a hidden way) and
users (via a GUI) to add meta-data and annotations to their files, which
in turn could be used by Beagle to allow more intelligent searches.
Making this work in a decent way and actually using it in a productive
way could mean a major competitive edge over other OS which are still
also lacking all these modern features.
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Support extended attributes
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112909
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