Bug#832443: ITP: mergerfs -- mergerfs is a union filesystem geared towards simplifing storage

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@debian.org>

* Package name    : mergerfs
  Version         : 2.14.0
  Upstream Author : Antonio SJ Musumeci <trapexit@spawn.link>
* URL             : http://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs
* License         : ISC
  Programming Lang: C++
  Description     : mergerfs is a union filesystem geared towards simplifing storage

 mergerfs is a union filesystem geared towards simplifing storage and management of files across numerous commodity storage devices. It is similar to mhddfs, unionfs, and aufs.

 Some salient features include
 * Runs in userspace (FUSE)
 * Configurable behaviors
 * Support for extended attributes (xattrs)
 * Support for file attributes (chattr)
 * Runtime configurable (via xattrs)
 * Safe to run as root
 * Opportunistic credential caching
 * Works with heterogeneous filesystem types
 * Handling of writes to full drives
 * Handles pool of readonly and read/write drives