[vfs] vfs2 or plain wrapper mode

2008-05-21 Thread Mario Ivankovits
Hi! Probably I find some time during the next weekend to fix a long standig bug in VFS regarding dealing with hidden or special files. The main problem I see is that VFS tries to act more like a real filesystem than a simple wrapper. VFS tries to determine the filetype (FILE, DIR, VIRTUAL) and

RE: [vfs] vfs2 or plain wrapper mode

2008-05-21 Thread Oberhuber, Martin
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mittwoch, 21. Mai 2008 14:45 To: Jakarta Commons Developers List Subject: [vfs] vfs2 or plain wrapper mode Hi! Probably I find some time during the next weekend to fix a long standig bug in VFS regarding dealing with hidden or special files. The main

Re: [vfs] vfs2 or plain wrapper mode

2008-05-21 Thread Filip Defoort
Hi Mario, On 5/21/08, Mario Ivankovits [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, my questions are: * [ ] Do you agree that such an evolution might make sense * and if so, should I ** [ ] add a VFS-global (static) flag to enable this wrapper-like-mode or ** [ ] can I fork VFS to put the current head into

Re: [vfs] vfs2 or plain wrapper mode

2008-05-21 Thread Mario Ivankovits
Hi Martin! Just wondering, how would a client of VFS enumerate Just the folders in a directory e.g. in order to Render a tree of files? As today. Disabling the file-type determination should be optional only and isn't something I'd change during the first development iteration. The

Re: [vfs] vfs2 or plain wrapper mode

2008-05-21 Thread Jeffrey Brekke
We also have the situation where the directories are also hidden. So we need to be able to traverse hidden directories as well. Sounds like your solution would work for directories as well, if VFS didn't attempt to enumerate all the files in all the directories along the path? On Wed, May 21,

Re: [vfs] vfs2 or plain wrapper mode

2008-05-21 Thread Mario Ivankovits
Hi! Sounds like your solution would work for directories as well, if VFS didn't attempt to enumerate all the files in all the directories along the path? Yes, that is the plan :-) What I wrote about files count for directories too, for me this attribute is just a different value ;-) Ciao,

RE: [vfs] vfs2 or plain wrapper mode

2008-05-21 Thread Jörg Schaible
Mario Ivankovits wrote: [snip] So, my questions are: * [X] Do you agree that such an evolution might make sense * and if so, should I ** [ ] add a VFS-global (static) flag to enable this wrapper-like-mode or ** [X] can I fork VFS to put the current head into maintainance (or more correct

Re: [vfs] vfs2 or plain wrapper mode

2008-05-21 Thread Jeffrey Brekke
* [X ] Do you agree that such an evolution might make sense * and if so, should I ** [ ] add a VFS-global (static) flag to enable this wrapper-like-mode or ** [X ] can I fork VFS to put the current head into maintainance (or more correct dormant) mode and start with e.g. VFS 2.0? --