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Advertise SabreDAV PATCH support

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1. to develop enhancement feature: dav feature: filesystem hotspot: file transfer performance
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Description

Advertise SabreDAV PATCH support, so that the files can be mounted using FUSE on Linux, with https://github.com/miquels/webdavfs.

See https://github.com/miquels/webdavfs/issues/8#issuecomment-474357271

The SabreDav PATCH specification says that sabredav-partialupdate needs to be advertised in the DAV: header.

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Research direction

No file or test is named. Read the linked SabreDAV PATCH specification and webdavfs issue, then trace where the DAV: response header is produced. Done means the required sabredav-partialupdate capability is advertised so webdavfs can mount the files using FUSE on Linux.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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