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["Tyler Dauwalder" <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm going to try to get a plan of action together for 
Michael and Rich in the next few days. I'm thinking 
it'll look something like this (off the top of my head):


Milestone #1 (planning):
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Roughly document R5 vfs layer
Design set of C functions used to interface with vfs
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Milestone #2 (pre-alpha):
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Implement vfs interface over POSIX
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Milestone #3 (alpha):
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Implement some basic subset of the Storage Kit classes
with our vfs interface, probably something like BEntry, 
BEntryList, BDirectory, BFile, BNode, BNodeInfo,
BPath, and BStatable, 
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Milestone #4 (alpha):
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Implement the rest of the Storage Kit classes
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Milestone #5 (beta):
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Reimplement C vfs interface with syscalls into the
now ready kernel
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Milestone #6 (production)
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Polish it all up
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I'm going to look a little more closely at the classes and see
if having only two milestones for the implementations makes
sense, or if it's really going to be a bigger job than that.

I also think continually testing and verifying whatever
we're working on as we go would be a good idea, hence
the lack of an explicit testing phase. Testing isn't much
fun, but being as an integral part of the operating system
as the Storage Kit is, I think it's really important that we 
do a good job. 

Now, my question for all of you is, does this sound
reasonable? Is it too much, too little, or about enough
work for any given milestone? (Not that it matters a whole 
lot other than giving a consistent feel of progress and 
accomplishment, but still... :-) Any other comments?

-Tyler