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Updates: Improve the Attachments system
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< div class = "subtitle" > August 05, 2021 —
GNU social development team
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< p > With the milestone "Port Media system from v2" we had ported the existing
attachment system. The fact is that this system wasn't good enough.< / p >
< p > It's always important to start with the original code as that allows us
to review past decisions and understand all the corner cases.< / p >
< p > Sadly, what motivated us to re-design the attachment system was the
non-considered corner cases.< / p >
< p > Key commits:< / p >
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< li > < a href = "https://code.undefinedhackers.net/GNUsocial/gnu-social/commit/32ad5dbd74ebb369c4b3ed688e1fb78464fabe49" > 32ad5dbd74 - [ENTITY] Split Attachment in various new entities< / a > < / li >
< li > < a href = "https://code.undefinedhackers.net/GNUsocial/gnu-social/commit/c381e58d3307e7dd07abeb9cf5b3998e34f5bd48" > c381e58d33 - [ENTITY] Refactor RemoteURL entities to Link< / a > < / li >
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< p > The reasoning leading to these entities and structure is detailed in our
< a href = "http://agile.gnusocial.rocks/doku.php?id=attachment" > wiki< / a > .< / p >
< p > Some relevant observations:< / p >
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< li > < code > Link< / code > is now part of GNU social Data Representation terms. It represents
any remote URL being shared in a note.< / li >
< li > There's only one fixed directory for GSFiles.< / li >
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