Bug#797654: ITP: s3backer -- Amazon AWS S3-backed virtual hard disk device

2015-09-02 Thread Lennart Weller 
September 1 2015 5:27 PM, "Nikolaus Rath"  wrote:
> Why compare it with something that has been unmaintained for years and is
> not even in Debian? (Leaving alone the fact that there are at least 3
> projects calling themselves s3fs, but AFAIK they're all in similar
> states).
> 
> Contrasting it with something like S3QL would probably be more helpful
> :-).

As you said there are three different projects with the name s3fs. But the one 
I was
referring to, s3fs-fuse[1], is actively maintained while s3fs (python)[2] and 
s3fslite[3] are not.
The name doesn't really matter though as the approach of all of them and S3QL 
is pretty much the same.
Create an S3 based filesystem.

s3backer on the other hand exposes just a single "block" device to the system 
and allows common filesystems
to be used on top of it. I kinda like that approach so I went with it.

Cheers,
Lennart Weller


[1] https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse
[2] https://fedorahosted.org/s3fs/
[3] https://github.com/russross/s3fslite

Bug#797654: ITP: s3backer -- Amazon AWS S3-backed virtual hard disk device

2015-09-01 Thread Lennart Weller 
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Lennart Weller 

* Package name: s3backer
  Version : 1.4.1
  Upstream Author : Archie L. Cobbs 
* URL : https://www.github.com/archiecobbs/s3backer
* License : GPL, OpenSSL
  Programming Lang: C
  Description : Amazon AWS S3-backed virtual hard disk device

s3backer is a filesystem that contains a single file backed by the Amazon
Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). The blocks of the file are stored as S3
objects. This way s3backer acts as a virtual hard disk device. s3backer also
offers encryption as part of the VHD.

s3backer offers some great benefits over s3fs as any filesystem can be used on
top of the VHD removing all inconsistencies which might occur with a naive
implementation of a filesystem.

Currently there is a license conflict between the GPL code and OpenSSL. I have
forwarded some of the common solutions to the upstream author.

Bug#797654: ITP: s3backer -- Amazon AWS S3-backed virtual hard disk device

2015-09-01 Thread Nikolaus Rath 
On Sep 01 2015, Lennart Weller  wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Lennart Weller 
>
> * Package name: s3backer
>   Version : 1.4.1
>   Upstream Author : Archie L. Cobbs 
> * URL : https://www.github.com/archiecobbs/s3backer
> * License : GPL, OpenSSL
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description : Amazon AWS S3-backed virtual hard disk device
>
> s3backer is a filesystem that contains a single file backed by the Amazon
> Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). The blocks of the file are stored as S3
> objects. This way s3backer acts as a virtual hard disk device. s3backer also
> offers encryption as part of the VHD.
>
> s3backer offers some great benefits over s3fs as any filesystem can be used on
> top of the VHD removing all inconsistencies which might occur with a naive
> implementation of a filesystem.

Why compare it with something that has been unmaintained for years and is
not even in Debian? (Leaving alone the fact that there are at least 3
projects calling themselves s3fs, but AFAIK they're all in similar
states).

Contrasting it with something like S3QL would probably be more helpful
:-).


Best,
-Nikolaus

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