Re: New module for Fuse3

On Sat, Apr 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM David Cantrell <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.


Linux::* may also be a reasonable option.

Leon