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[ikiwiki.git] / doc / todo / fileupload.mdwn

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@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+(I've written a [[proposal|todo/fileupload/soc-proposal]] for this feature --Ben).
+
 Support for uploading files is useful for many circumstances:
 
 * Uploading images.
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ the work is in securing it. Several classes of controls seem appropriate:
   browsers are probably too smart for their own good and may ignore the
   extension / mime info and process as the actual detected file type. It
   may be necessary to use `file` to determine a file's true type.
+* Optional ability to test a file using a virus scanner like clamav.
 * Limits to who can upload what type of files.
 * Limits to what files can be uploaded where.
 
@@ -41,14 +44,20 @@ as a wikifs. Maybe.
 And if that's done, it can also be used to lock users from editing a pages
 or the whole wiki:
 
-       ( user(spammer) and * ) or
-       ( user(42.12.*) and * ) or
-       ( user(http://evilopenidserver/*) and * ) or
-       ( user(annoying) and index) or
-       ( immutable_page )
+       !(( user(spammer) and * ) or
+        ( user(42.12.*) and * ) or
+        ( user(http://evilopenidserver/*) and * ) or
+        ( user(annoying) and index) or
+        ( immutable_page ))
 
 That would obsolete the current simple admin prefs for banned users and
 locked pages. Suddenly all the access controls live in one place.
 Wonderbar!
 
-[[tag soc]]
+(Note that pagespec_match will now return an object that stringifies to a
+message indicating why the pagespec matched, or failed to match, so if a
+pagespec lock like the above prevents an edit or upload from happening,
+ikiwiki could display a reasonable message to the user, indicating what
+they've done wrong.)
+
+[[!tag soc done]]