On Wednesday, Oct 30, 2002, at 18:25 Australia/Melbourne, Arthur Bergman wrote:
Hi,Hi Arthur (and other modules*)
This sounds like a really nice idea finally being implemented, however I am unsure if it really needs a top level namespace and if not Filesys::Virtual would be a better more describing name for people not knowing what the concept of a VFS is.
I am happy to follow your advice. My feeling is that it sort of deserves a top level for the same reason that POE or DBI or other driver interfaces work.
But as I said, I am happy for you guys to guide us in the name. Filesys::Virtual definitely the right space if not top level.
We have just got the GnomeVFS compiling into the VFS structure. We are hoping to have a fully working release by early January.
Again, thanks for the quick response.
BTW. If we are going to go for Filesys::Virtual instead, should I be resubmitting the form ?
Scott
Arthur--
On tisdag, okt 29, 2002, at 02:47 Europe/Stockholm, Perl Authors Upload Server wrote:
The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: VFS
DSLIP: cdpOp
description: Virtual File System
userid: SCOTT (Scott Penrose)
chapterid: 10 (File_Names_Systems_Locking)
communities:
similar:
rationale:
VFS is a wrapper driver that provides virtual file system access to
many underlying file access systems, from Local Files, FTP, SCP to
WebDAV, it can even make things that are not files look like a file
system.
VFS is written around the idea that there are many ways to do this.
One way is to use the many perl modules already out there and
provide this one polymorphic view of the world. Another is to use
one of the many (not so portable) libraries such as GnomeVFS.
VFS is currently being written and has two libraries intended to be
released.
1) Pure Perl - using other perl modules to implement the underlying
structure.
2) XS to GnomeVFS - to allow for the more advanced functionallity
of VFS
The Pure Perl version should work nicely cross platform, but the
GnomeVFS version is far more bound to a smaller set of platforms.
The common subset of features is working, FTP, WebDAV and Local are
working in Perl, and a basic XS binding to Gnome VFS is passing most
tests.
enteredby: SCOTT (Scott Penrose)
enteredon: Tue Oct 29 01:47:35 2002 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
VFS cdpOp Virtual File System SCOTT
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