Webdav propfind: use revision similar like caldav
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client: 💻 desktop
client: 🤖🍏 mobile
enhancement
feature: dav
hotspot: file transfer performance
performance 🚀
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Description
I currently cannot find the RFC, but it exists somewhere in internet.
Idea is that
- client sends revision 40 of a folder to server
- server maintains a changelog of this folder
- server compares 40 to latest revision, e.g. 50
- servers sends an reponse, with 3 updates, 2 removals, 1 addition
This way the transferred size is much smaller and clients only need to pare small amount of results.
@AndyScherzinger as discussed. I tried to find the corresponding RFC
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Research direction
Start by locating the WebDAV PROPFIND entry point and comparing it with the existing CalDAV revision handling. Verify the relevant RFC or protocol design, then determine how folder changelogs, revision comparison, additions, updates, and removals should be represented in the response. Done means an agreed protocol and implementation scope, with tests covering incremental results.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100