[Parted-edge] Libraries for file-systems

[Matt Davis]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 09:15:13AM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> "Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray" <debarshi.ray at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> >> To accomplish the above we need to:
> >> =0= Research vfat
> >> =1= Generalize an api for fat
> >> =2= Adjust parted's vfs to accommodate vfat
> >> =3= Choose another fs to break-apart
> >> =4= GOTO 0
> >
> > Before touching Vfat we decided to fix the specifications for the VFS.
> > To do that we should research Vfat _and_ some other file-system
> > libraries that are available. Although we can not use libe2fs (from
> > e2fsprogs) due to license issues, we can atleast study its API so that
> > we are more aware of the deficiencies of the current VFS and are
> > better equipped when we start breaking out the Vfat code.
> 
> Debarshi, we both are on same page :-)

Make that three.  I agree too :-)

-Matt (Enferex)