[Gluster-devel] GlusterFS new-features/project ideas

[Niels de Vos]

On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 12:23:28AM +0800, Vimal A R wrote:
> Hello Gluster devel list,

Hi Vimal!

> I would like to know if there exist a to-do feature-list somewhere on 
> gluster.org, for features that would be expected to be implemented 
> sooner or later.

Unfortunately we do not consistently track proposals for new features.  
There are several feature requests marked with the FutureFeature keyword 
in Bugzilla. Maybe something looks interesting for you:
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&keywords=FutureFeature&keywords_type=anywords&product=GlusterFS

I have started a "Proposed Features/Ideas" section on the main Feature 
page of the Gluster wiki. It currently contains only two features that 
interest me, but others can add their ideas too:
- http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Features#Proposed_Features.2FIdeas

Once it is clear how anyone can update the new website, I'll look into 
listing a page like this somewhere more easy to find.

> I am looking for a project idea for my under graduate degree which can 
> be completed in around 3-4 months. Are there any suggestions/ideas to 
> help me further? 

These are some of the topics I personally would like to see some work 
on. If I could find the time for them, I'd work on them myself. But 
I would support anyone else wants to give it a go:

- Support for FS-Cache in the Linux FUSE kernel module
  + http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Features/FS-Cache

- HTTP/GET Content-Range for the mod_proxy_gluster Apache module
  + https://forge.gluster.org/mod_proxy_gluster/
  + test and document performance improvements for 'normal' websites and 
  media streaming

- GNOME file browser integration for 'connect to server', like WebDAV, 
  SSH and FTP
  + http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Features/Glib-GIO


Cheers,
Niels