From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 2 16:04:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49BED1065687; Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:04:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabriele.modena@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A550B8FC1A; Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:04:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabriele.modena@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b27so283306fka.11 for ; Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:04:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=9TtG3ADOyryikLk7Hv7lGSYTXmz00cR4Ejt5I4wo8I0=; b=F02QxHZ5Kg9ZAERNzMuv4RQTi7iGI6OWBdv6ZTQpLeOGmtU855H3mxeTtPm8s+03vY cPKK1dQB/tTK8cgEatWhivlEsMAcLFuSYFpvpUbJhlnQJydyBzHVg32a9YT/M9xkOYWo rRWABTNFY3GMzP1PI++9OAiFtM9fBmMs17dYw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=x2oI3uUUlGXIBqWN67xEwV/SOi455u6E0oAHoKVuy0VbS5kpKaPJv8FEjAvwcHs6Pw LpbD3OSwdzNWsIhi/iEEbjPtpdTJg/jgJg1XdY/pfeeF7XrXpcuUFyJyro7o/DnAhSIj TK+8x+v0gq9250m/krNjRWV3SFwJ4HWnM2PZ0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.103.207 with SMTP id l15mr173971fao.2.1238688263719; Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:04:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <1fe1d5d60903210422g70efef15hdd685695cdf8df3c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:04:23 +0200 Message-ID: <1fe1d5d60904020904ya6dcb00h54a54d6a00e2bd0@mail.gmail.com> From: Gabriele Modena To: Robert Watson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSoC: Semantic File System X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:04:26 -0000 On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Robert Watson wrote: > We are certainly not uninterested in projects along these lines, but I th= ink > the trick will be creating a convincing proposal that argues that (a) you > can do the work in a summer, (b) there's a compelling usage case for > including the results in FreeBSD, and (c) find a mentor who can supervise > you in this project. Thanks, I will keep it on mind when writing the proposal. How do you suggest to proceed for finding a mentor? By the way, this is a project that I'm very probably going to carry on even without GSoC support (even though that would be very useful). > What sort of semantic file system do you have in mind? > =C2=A0How would you feel about a middle-ground project along the lines of= Mac OS > X Spotlight or similar efficient userspace indexing of a file system base= d > on feedback from the file system about what has changed, or something > BeOS-like, in which indexing takes place for extended attributes rather t= han > for contents? In this moment I am considering also an userspace approach similar to Spotlight/Beagles, but I don't know how I could propose this as a FreeBSD GSoC project. What I have in mind at the moment would be an indexing based on contents rather than extended fs attributes. I did not know about the BeOS semantics capabilities, I will surely have a look at that.