Re: Plugin Patch (was Re: creating live virtual files by concatenation)

[Marcus Furlong <furlongm@hotmail.com>]

Peter van Hardenberg wrote:

> you've said that these kinds of plugins should be something a weekend
> warrior could tackle. Our group had a real stab and dumped hundreds of man
> hours into the project with little effect. Admittedly, we were not
> experienced kernel hackers, but we were all comfortable in low-level C and
> quite happy to read source.
> 
> I request that a simple plugin be maintained as a standalone patch to
> Reiser4.
> 
> Ideally, there would be a small set of these plugins demonstrating how to
> create a new plugin which operates within the existing disk structure, and
> one that extends the on-disk format in a safe way.

I second this. I have also spent a considerable amount of time wading
through reiser4 code in an attempt to put together a simple plugin. A
standalone plugin patch would be invaluable. Look at all the ideas for
plugins that have come up on this list, and notice that so far none have
come to fruition.

> Right now, the cost-of-entry appears to be set too high for developers
> outside your team to approach the project.

Agreed, after spending weeks on this I am almost at the point of abandoning
it.. An example plugin patch (just something trivial) would definitely
encourage people to get involved in plugin development.

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Marcus Furlong