[openbeos] Re: Status of the Kits

On 2003-04-07 at 19:54:11 [-0700], Mark A Johnson wrote:
> Just wondering what the "true" status of the kits is.  Seeing as how 
> the
> Storage Kit mailing list seems to be have a lot activity lately, as 
> well
> as some others.
> So what is the true status?

Well, I can speak for us (Storage) at least. :-)

Probably 90-95% of the Storage Kit API as described in the BeBook is 
implemented via POSIX calls. The remaining 10-5% requires support from 
our own kernel. We'll also rewrite the backend of everything we 
currently have to call directly into the kernel instead of using POSIX 
calls when the time comes. We're still marked late alpha because we're 
not yet technically feature complete (which irritates Daniel to no 
end, which I rather enjoy ;-).

Right now we're working on the Disk Device API, which is a replacement 
for the private API used by OpenTracker, DriveSetup, and maybe others 
to get information about the various volumes/partitions on the 
system's storage devices. And while we're at it we're adding some 
stuff into the partition management framework to make it relatively 
easy for filesystems/partitioning systems to support partition 
resizing, moving, defragmenting, repairing, etc. (and to make it easy 
for us to generically provide access to such services in our 
DriveSetup replacement).

And while I'm thinking of it, what ever happened to the guy doing the 
status updates in every other Newsletter? Anyone else want to tackle 
that job if he doesn't raise his hand? I, at least, thought that was a 
good idea...

-Tyler

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