[Portland] PortlandVFSProposal

[Dan Kegel]

On 1/8/06, Martin Konold <martin.konold at erfrakon.de> wrote:
> > > 3. FUSE is not generic enough for an efficient implementation of stuff
> > > like imap4, pop3 and SMTP.
> >
> > What's exactly the problem with implementing a pop3 as a filesystem with
> > FUSE just like the plan 9 guys did?
>
> With fs semantics you are loosing the efficiency and functionality of the
> protocol.
>
> E.g. IMAP4 knows about unsolicited server responses. How do you intend to
> implement this with fs semantics?

I suppose new files could pop up, but I don't think filesystem
semantics are a good match for things like reading mail.

So if KDE uses ioslaves for reading mail, it should probably keep doing
that.

- Dan


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