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Le 17/06/2013 11:16, Le_Forgeron nous fit lire :
> Le 16/06/2013 20:44, Cousin Ricky nous fit lire :
>> My past few times updating RoundEdge uploaded only 20 files each time. The one
>> change on my end I could think of was that I had switched from Windows to Linux.
>> At the first failure, the Web browser I used was either Opera or Konqueror, so
>> I then tried Chrome. Same problem. I then looked at my Linux configuration,
>> but couldn't find anything relevant, other than possibly a limitation of 1024
>> simultaneous open files (which certainly couldn't have been responsible for this
>> problem).
>>
>> Last night, I tried an upload from Windows 7, something I was loathe to do, as I
>> find Windows 7 a stressful and infuriating experience. Even worse, the upload
>> screen would not function properly in Chrome, so I had to resort to Internet
>> Explorer. Same problem.
>>
>> Here are my findings:
>> - The 20 file upload limitation is independent of the Web Browser.
>> - The 20 file upload limitation is independent of operating system.
>> - This has not always been a problem. Some contributions from 2009 or
>> earlier (including version 1.0 of RoundEdge) have more than 20 files.
>
> From previous investigation, the uploading process stops as soon as one
> filename is not conform: only lower case, no special characters.
> The sad thing is that the check is performed only when sending the page,
> and the feedback in case of error is not that good (and already
> processed files are kept, IIRC).
>
> I did not find any limit of 20 in scripts, but may be it is more related
> to the length-limit of the URL ? or something else.
> I need to investigate.
>
Indeed, nothing in the code, but the default configuration of php on the
server.
>
>> - The file upload buttons ("Choose File") do not work in Chrome for
>> Windows 7. They work fine in Chrome for Linux.
>> - Colons are not allowed in the description field! Is there a reason
>> for this?
>
> Colons are not alone on that (# & { | } [ ] < > / and \ are also not
> allowed). semi-colons are ok, as well as dot.
> I do not know the reason to not allow : in description, maybe due to
> protection against url-spamming, or avoiding pre-formatted text. or just
> no reason (anyway, only classical-7 bits ascii)
>
> Is there a reason you need a colon ?
>
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