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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU detachable overlays and Union Mounts
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To: kausik pal <kausikpal.1@gmail.com>
Cc: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>, qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>

On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 2:42 AM, kausik pal <kausikpal.1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Off course we can develop this feature as open source software.
>
> Not sure whether GSoC would be a good route, because as far as I know GSoC
> projects will be completed by coming October.
>
> Please let me know of any other possible way we can work together (i.e.
> organizational approach).
>
> Basically myself a System Integrator and have very little knowledge of
> coding, but I have worked with different Virtualization technologies and
> have always found there are challenges/difficulties which the administrator
> faces for their day to day activities.
>
> I believe QEMU/KVM along with oVirt can address these challenges and have
> the great potential to become a frontrunner in virtualization/VDI front.

I'm not sure if anyone will step forward to implement this feature in
their own time.

The options are:
1. Contributing code yourself or from your organization
2. Paying someone to do it (there are freelancers in the community who
take on custom projects)
3. Google Summer of Code
4. Waiting and hoping someone else will do 1, 2, or 3 sometime soon :)

Stefan