On Mon, 18 Oct 2010, Stefan Tomanek wrote:

>> 2 - Using extended attributes is a fancy way to store meta data about a
>> downloaded file. Wouldn't it make sense to just call the option '--xattr'
>> or similar to keep the ability open that more meta data than just the URL
>> will get stored eventually?
>
> Might be useful in the future, although for now the URL is the most
> common and useful item I can think of :-)

Sure, but the point would be that calling the option --xattr would then allow
for other data to be added in the future while if you call the option
--xattr-url it kind of implies that only the URL is stored and it _doesn't_ as
easily allow for future additions without changing the command line option or
adding another.

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  / daniel.haxx.se
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