On 3/23/08, Cesar Izurieta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here are some ideas of what I think could be implemented for the FUSE > project for GSOC. > > - This FUSE can be a "proxy" filesystem. This means that we could use > an existing filesystem and mount this proxy filesystem and make it > appear as case insensitive. This means that if there's a file named > "A.txt" on a folder and I copy "a.txt", "A.txt" should be overridden. > Same logic for other cases. > > - A utility to test for invalid filenames (like "A.txt" and "a.txt" on > the same original directory) > > - Is there any need to simulate windows' permission schemes > (inheritance, ACLs) when using this filesystem? > > - Since this will be a proxy filesystem, there is the chance to > present some folders with different names. For example "Program Files" > could be presented as "Archivos de Programa" when mounting the > filesystem with a Spanish locale. The original folder will be still > there and you could cd to it and both will point to the same back end > folder. > > If you have any other ideas please let me know. > > Cesar
Are you going to do integration under wine, or are you going to just do the file system. For instance, what happens if you run wine in a folder that isn't case insensitive? > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Cesar Izurieta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for your help. I'll prepare something and post it here for > > suggestions soon. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Marcel Partap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Is there any formal process I must go through to enter google summer > > > > of code for wine? > > > Just filing Google's application will do, although you may want to crash > > in #winehackers .. > > > What you should do IN TIME is to get intimate with the toolchain! That > was > > the hardest part for me - > > > getting started on WINE - but if you already have programming experience > I > > doubt that is a problem. > > > However, from personal experience of last years SoC, communicate your > > implementation ideas as early > > > as possible and don't be afraid to ask for help here on the list would > > probably be the two most > > > important things... > > > And another lesson learned: it takes a lot of polish for your patches to > > be approved and committed > > > by officer Julliard, be prepared to reiterate over your submitted code > > several times :D > > > Else - go for it, task sounds reasonable achievable. And the t-shirt is > > really worth the effort :) > > > regards > > > > > > -- > > > <div id="signature"> > > > "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes > > off your goal." > > > -- Henry > > Ford (1863-1947) > > > Change the world! Vote revolution: http://hfopi.org/vote-future > > > </div> > > > > > > > > > >