Hi Mario, Thanks very much for all this information. The lack of file permissions support could be a problem for me. I understand why it's not there, as many systems don't use permissions, but I was wondering if there could at least be a system for setting and getting file permissions (if the correct Capability is set) and for creating files and folders with given permissions?
Perhaps there could be a "hasPosixPermissions" Capability, and if a file has that capability, its permissions can be set and read? As for the asynchronous I/O, that would be very useful too. I might be able to contribute something when I've understood VFS a bit better. Regards, Jon -------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Jon Blower Tel: +44 118 378 5213 (direct line) Technical Director Tel: +44 118 378 8741 (ESSC) Reading e-Science Centre Fax: +44 118 378 6413 ESSC Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Reading 3 Earley Gate Reading RG6 6AL, UK -------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Mario Ivankovits wrote: > Hi! > >1) What is the status of the VFS project? > We are close before a 1.0 release. > >Is it still actively being developed? > Currently I am the only active committer, but there is a active user > base and some contributors. > >Is it planned to be a key part of any important Apache projects? > Not that I am aware of. From our internal logs (those which other > projects fail if I made a mistake) I can see its used in > cocoon, excalibur, forrest and log4j-chainsaw (log viewer), though I > know of some other people who use vfs > as part of their productive system. > >2) When is a formal release planned? > see above > >At the moment is the only way to get the software via the nightly builds? > Yes - and svn head. > >The SVN repository (http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/) seems to say that > >the Commons project > >is closing - is this true, or has the SVN repository moved somewhere else? > > > You must dive into jakarta/commons not the top level commons. > >3) Are there any GUI apps (e.g. file system browsers) that interact with > >VFS resources? > > > log4j-chainsaw > >4) How does VFS deal with file permissions? > VFS do not deal with file permissions, its up to the used library and in > fact at last by the operating system if a system is read-/writeable. > VFS do not have a api to change/set file permissions. > >5) Is asynchronous I/O supported? I.e. can I send a message to write data > >to a file and provide a callback for when the data are written? > > > Currently not, but might be a great addition. > > Do not hesitate to ask further questions. > > --- > Mario > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
