linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] hybrid union filesystem prototype

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.01.1009021513040.10859@obet.zrqbmnf.qr>
Date:	Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:15:37 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
cc:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, vaurora@...hat.com,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, jblunck@...e.de, hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] hybrid union filesystem prototype


On Monday 2010-08-30 12:18, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
>
>> My comment about set-theory unions being commutative set me thinking.  I
>> really don't think "union" is the right name for this thing.  There is
>> nothing about it which really fits that proper definition of a union.
>
>We could call it overlayfs.  People learn new names quickly :)

There is a much larger issue that you should be very well aware about —

"The name wanted to be a clever acronym for "Filesystem in
USErspace", but it turned out to be an unfortunate choice. The author
has since vowed never to name a project after a common term, not even
anything found more than a handful of times on Google."

overlayfs already exists. Right next to fuse on sourceforge...


Oh and I what I like to see is support for multiple readonly branches :)
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