Google Summer of Code - Case Insensitive Filenames

[Corey McClymonds]

On 3/23/08, Cesar Izurieta <cesar at ecuarock.net> 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 <cesar at ecuarock.net> wrote:
>  > Thanks for your help. I'll prepare something and post it here for
>  > suggestions soon.
>  >
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>  >
>  > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Marcel Partap <mpartap at gmx.net> 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
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