Google Summer of Code/2015/Ideas/PortageFUSE

PortageFUSE

Create a filesystem based on FUSE for Gentoo's package tree and overlays. Possible tasks could include:

For users:

• Autogenerate metadata-chache in fuse (e.g. for overlays).
• Store filenames only, rsync real files on demand.
• Examine support for squashfs via fuse.

For developers:

• Remanifest when accessing package directories.
• Support different views by changing the directory structure based on metadata.xml (e.g. maintainer/category/package/).
• As we have a git-mirror for cvs ready, switch between both worlds in the same tree (hide CVS / .git directories).

Contacts	Required Skills
Denis Dupeyron	C libfuse