[ITP] cygfuse

[Marco Atzeri]

On 10.03.2022 07:16, Mark Geisert wrote:
> This is a Cygwin version of libfuse{,3} that can be found in various 
> Linux distributions.  It is a couple of link libraries and additions to 
> /usr/include to allow porting of FUSE apps.  FUSE: File System In User 
> Space.  I will shortly be providing an sshfs FUSE app, to be covered by 
> a separate ITP.
> 
> Importantly, cygfuse depends on an underlying Windows FUSE 
> implementation: WinFSP.  In fact the Cygwin library code was provided by 
> the author of WinFSP.  I'm just providing a bona-fide Cygwin package for 
> the code.
> 
> WinFSP, and thus cygfuse, is made available under GPLv3 for Free/Libre 
> and Open Source Software or under a commercial license.
> 
> If another Windows FUSE provider shows interest in supporting Cygwin, I 
> suspect it could be supported with alternatives(8).
> 
> The initial project files for review are located at:
> http://maxrnd.com/~mark/cygwin/cygfuse/cygfuse.cygport
> http://maxrnd.com/~mark/cygwin/cygfuse/cygfuse-3.2.0-1-src.tar.xz
> http://maxrnd.com/~mark/cygwin/cygfuse/cygfuse-3.2.0-1.src.patch
> 
> Thanks for reading and for any feedback you might have,
> 
> ..mark

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Thanks
Marco