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Bug 30669

Summary: [Linked Resources] Copy/move of linked resource should always be shallow
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Knut Radloff <knut_radloff>
Component: UIAssignee: Knut Radloff <knut_radloff>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: csmclaren
Version: 2.0   
Target Milestone: 2.1 M5   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 2000   
Whiteboard:

Description Knut Radloff CLA 2003-01-30 16:34:42 EST 
build 20030129

We currently prompt whether linked resources should be deep copied/moved or 
shallow copied/moved. This should be changed to always do a shallow copy.
Mail from John on this issues:
"Chris, Jeem, and I discussed the copy issue (again!), and the consensus is 
that we don't allow deep copy or move at all from the UI.  Copy and move of 
linked resources will always be shallow.  Again, this is consistent with the 
behaviour of shortcuts and symbolic links (ever seen a prompt to deep copy a 
shortcut?), and with our shallow deletion behaviour."
[...]
"Platform UI copy/move operations will always be SHALLOW.  Copy and move will 
be disabled for cases where the target is not a project.  This is consistent UI 
behaviour that is in line with user expectations."
Comment 1 Knut Radloff CLA 2003-02-03 14:43:39 EST 
Fixed in >20030203