Re:Show HN: Goofys – a faster s3fs written in Go
by notacoward on Monday October 19, 2015 @12:48PM
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I applaud the "Filey System" clarification. Confusion between things that are very close to 100% POSIX compliance and things that don't even have that as a goal but adopt similar interfaces or structures has been a real problem. It's nice to see someone being up front about the distinction, and it looks like a useful project too.
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Re:Show HN: Goofys – a faster s3fs written in Go
by khc on Monday October 19, 2015 @12:59PM
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Thank you! It's not a general purpose filesystem but I don't think that has to be the case to be useful. I am lazy and I want to do as little POSIX as possible.
Re:Show HN: Goofys – a faster s3fs written in Go
by notacoward on Monday October 19, 2015 @01:12PM
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That's wise. There are parts of POSIX that even I (a notorious purist) think are outdated, unclear, or just not worth the trouble. Appending and random writes sure would be nice, but I appreciate the difficulties involved. Maybe if I get a chance to learn more Go I'll be able to contribute in some of those areas.