Re: New module for Fuse3

On 04/04/2026 17:33, Dominique Dumont via module-authors wrote:

> Currently Fuse Perl module works with an old version of fuse C library.
> Version 3 of libfuse was released in 2016.
> 
> As a consequence, old C fuse library is deprecated and Fuse Perl module was
> removed from Debian. (which breaks my Config::Model::FuseUI on Debian)
> 
> So I've ported old Fuse module to fuse3.
> 
> The interface changes are rather important, some functions are renamed, other
> are removed, so I don't think trying to have a Fuse module working with old
> fuse and fuse3 is a practical idea.
> 
> So I've ported Fuse to fuse3 and plan to release it on CPAN. That said, I'm
> not sure of the module name I should use.
> 
> Can I use Fuse3 ?
> 
> PS: I've cc'ed current Fuse maintainer

There's nothing stopping you from calling it Fuse3, and there's 
precedent for the old version being at the top level. But consider 
whether it needs to be at the top level. There are a bunch of other 
modules under Filesys::* so I think that might be a good home for it.

-- 
David Cantrell