Changes between Version 13 and Version 14 of Capabilities


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2011-08-07T15:38:32Z (13 years ago)
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davidsarah
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    4747So we use "filecap" to talk about !#1..6, but (since most files are immutable)
    4848we're usually talking about !#1. We use "dircap" to talk about !#7..12.
    49 We use "readcap" to talk about !#{1,3,5,7,9,11}, but usually we refer to
    50 !#{7,9,11} as a "directory readcap". We use "writecap" to talk about !#4 and !#10.
     49We use "readcap" to talk about #{1,3,5,7,9,11}, but usually we refer to
     50#{7,9,11} as a "directory readcap". We use "writecap" to talk about !#4 and !#10.
    5151
    5252A "literal cap" or "LIT cap" stores the contents of a small file (!#3) or
     
    5555A "verifycap" is the weakest capability that still allows every bit of every
    5656share to be validated (hashes checked, signatures verified, etc). That means
    57 !#{2,6,8,12}.
     57#{2,6,8,12}.
    5858
    5959When we talk about a "repaircap", we mean "the weakest capability that can
    6060still be used to repair the file". Given the current limitations of the
    61 repairer and our web-API, that means we're talking about !#{1,4,7,10}.
     61repairer and our web-API, that means we're talking about #{1,4,7,10}.
    6262Eventually we'll fix this limitation, and any verifycap should be usable as
    6363a repaircap too. (There's much less work involved to let !#2 repair a file or