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Is this the normal way for Alfresco

bisana — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:55:54 GMT

Hi All, I have some feedback and like to get advice I am working on a Demo on Alfresco, some of the situation bit confusing to explain are User James create a Folder named JamesFolder, later user "Mickey" create files under folder "JamesFolder" ‍‍‍The JamesFolder is always showing that it is modi

Re: Is this the normal way for Alfresco

mrogers — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:42:00 GMT

Alfresco spaces are not implemented in exactly the same as unix folders for example.

In general adding a child to a folder does not modify the folder itself, what its doing is adding a new association. Changing something like the folder's name is a change to the folder node.

In some situations (such as whether propogate timestamps is turned on of if you are using IMAP) the folder will be updated, but in general that's badness to avoid since it introduces contention on the folder node and therefore decreases performance,

Re: Is this the normal way for Alfresco

bisana — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:05:43 GMT

Dear mrogers,
Thanks for reply.
I would like to request you to explain it bit more,so that less technical background also understand.
thanks