FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: kernel mime_table module

["Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ingo Weinhold <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2005-01-04 at 15:25:32 [+0100], Axel Dörfler wrote:
> > "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > src/add-ons/kernel/generic/mime_table
> > > comments ?
> > Sounds like a good idea for now.
> ... aside from that it doesn't really belong into the kernel at all. 
> We 
> already have a userland service that provides an even more generic 
> mapping. 
> IIRC the only reason for having such a mapping in the existing FSs is 
> that 
> the Tracker or the respective API (BRoster,...) don't deal with files 
> from 
> typeless FSs correctly (for whatever reason). We should really fix 
> the 
> problem there, not in the kernel.

Well, the only thing that makes me worry is a slow down because of 
using this service - besides that, this would be the perfect solution. 
Would it be possible to have it export the MIME type extension table to 
the Storage Kit?
If I understand you correctly, you would fix BNodeInfo to ask the 
roster about the type for the given file - I am not sure if it's a good 
idea to do a full lookup there, though (again, speed considerations). 
If I open up a folder with thousand files, how much slower will it get 
because of that?

Anyway, in whatever way we will solve this, I think this is something 
we should definitely do before R1.

Bye,
   Axel.