Bug#145721: ITP: libferris -- a virtual file system (VFS) that runs in userspace
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 08:50:55PM +0200, Christian Kesselheim wrote: libferris is a virtual filesystem that exposes hierarchical data of all kinds through a common C++ interface. Access to data is performed using C++ IOStreams and Extended Attributes (EA) can be attached to each datum to present metadata. Ferris uses a plugin API to read various data sources and expose them as contexts and to generate interesting EA. Current implementations include Native (kernel disk IO with event updates using fam), xml (mount an xml file as a filesystem), edb (mount a berkeley database), ffilter (mount an LDAP filter string) and mbox (mount your mailbox). EA generators include image, audio, and animation decoders. It would be good to know what license this package uses. The upstream URL would be nice as well; if there isn't one, please mention the fact. -- G. Branden Robinson| Software engineering: that part of Debian GNU/Linux | computer science which is too [EMAIL PROTECTED] | difficult for the computer http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | scientist. pgpX8XMHWcnLD.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#145721: ITP: libferris -- a virtual file system (VFS) that runs in userspace
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist libferris is a virtual filesystem that exposes hierarchical data of all kinds through a common C++ interface. Access to data is performed using C++ IOStreams and Extended Attributes (EA) can be attached to each datum to present metadata. Ferris uses a plugin API to read various data sources and expose them as contexts and to generate interesting EA. Current implementations include Native (kernel disk IO with event updates using fam), xml (mount an xml file as a filesystem), edb (mount a berkeley database), ffilter (mount an LDAP filter string) and mbox (mount your mailbox). EA generators include image, audio, and animation decoders. Regards Christian -- - Christian Kesselheim infeurope S.A. 62, rue Charles Martel L-2134 Luxembourg Luxembourg Tel: (+352) 25.22.33.316 Fax: (+352) 25.22.33.222 GSM: (+ 49) 177.206.1004 Web: www.infeurope.lu - Get my GPG key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] | gpg --import Fingerprint: 1CAA 0B73 1419 F3DE 0B91 A6F2 813E AA91 74EA 7E47 --*snip*-- Make sure special cases are truly special. - The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan Plaugher) --*snap*-- _ Linux ckesselh 2.4.17-xfs #1 Wed Feb 20 16:03:47 CET 2002 i686 unknown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
