Make Nextcloud WORM filesystem friendly
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Description
Some large scale storage system expose themselves as Write-Once-Read-Many filesystems.
The dCache is one them then and it used by many labs around the world
as a primary storage for their scientific data. To make NextCloud WORM filesystem compliant,
is sufficient to simply remove existing file before overwriting.
The #24596 pull-request has a discussion kick-off purpose (though it does the job), as such change
will allow many sites, that operate dCache, to easy run NextCloud on top of it, without a need to
have yet another storage system.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing pull request #24596 and the issue's WORM filesystem description, then trace the server path used when an existing file is overwritten. Confirm the relevant behavior against a WORM-backed storage setup; done means overwrites work without requiring in-place modification.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100