June 29, 2025: This Week in OpenDAL

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Overall Activity Summary

The repository has seen a surge in activity over the past week, with contributions spanning refactoring efforts, feature additions, bug fixes, and dependency updates. Notable progress has been made in migrating services to the new Access API and implementing options-based APIs for Node.js bindings. Discussions around metadata handling and service conventions continue to shape the project's direction.

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Key Ongoing Projects

• Migration to Access API:
  • refactor: Migrate cloudflare_kv from adapter::kv to Access instead #6340 by @kingsword09 and refactor: Migrate sqlite from adapter::kv to Access instead #6328 by @NoxTav are part of the effort to migrate services from adapter::kv to Access, addressing Tracking issues of migrating adapter based services #5739.
• Node.js Bindings Options API:
  • feat(bindings/nodejs): Add WriteOptions support for new options API #6322 by @kingsword09 introduces WriteOptions support, building on RFC-6213.
  • feat(bindings/nodejs): Add ListOptions support for new options API #6320 by @kingsword09 adds ListOptions support, enabling more granular list operations.
• Performance Benchmarking:
  • feat(bindings/go): add benchmark #6341 by @yuchanns enhances Go bindings with benchmarks comparing OpenDAL against AWS S3 SDK.
• Cache Layer Design:
  • RFC-6297: Cache Layer #6297 by @koushiro proposes a new Cache Layer RFC, laying the groundwork for improved caching capabilities.

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Priority Items

• Refactoring Services:
  • refactor: Migrate cloudflare_kv from adapter::kv to Access instead #6340 and refactor: Migrate sqlite from adapter::kv to Access instead #6328 need review and testing to ensure smooth migration to Access.
• Node.js Bindings:
  • feat(bindings/nodejs): Add WriteOptions support for new options API #6322 and feat(bindings/nodejs): Add ListOptions support for new options API #6320 require thorough validation to ensure compatibility with the new options API.
• Bug Fixes:
  • fix(service/fs): handle if_not_exists flag to raise ConditionNotMatch error #6326 by @kingsword09 addresses the if_not_exists flag issue in the filesystem service.
  • fix(fs/ftp/hdfs): correct tmp_path generation for append operations #6327 by @kingsword09 corrects tmp_path generation for append operations across multiple services.

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Notable Discussions

• Metadata Handling:
  • Is there a way to tell if the file size is 0 or if the service doesn't provide size? #6323 by @rick-200 raises questions about distinguishing between zero file size and missing size metadata in list operations.
• Service Conventions:
  • Continued discussions around refactoring services to adopt backend.rs and core.rs conventions (Tracking issue: Refactor services to use the backend.rs and core.rs convention #5702).

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Emerging Trends

• Refactoring for Consistency:
  • A clear trend of migrating services to standardized APIs and conventions, improving maintainability and feature extensibility.
• Cross-Language Parity:
  • Efforts to align capabilities across bindings (e.g., Node.js, Go) are gaining momentum.
• Performance Focus:
  • Benchmarking and memory optimization are becoming central themes, as seen in feat(bindings/go): add benchmark #6341.

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Good First Issues

• Enable Features in C++ Bindings:
  • new feature: cpp binding enable feature by user #6250: Introduce user-configurable feature flags for C++ bindings. Requires basic knowledge of C++ and OpenDAL's architecture.
• Publish Source and Lock Files for Binaries:
  • new feature: publish the source and lock files for binaries (oli, oay...) #6198: Facilitate packaging for NixOS by publishing source code and lock files for binaries like oli and oay.
• Refactor Services:
  • Tracking issue: Refactor services to use the backend.rs and core.rs convention #5702: Migrate services to use backend.rs and core.rs conventions. Ideal for contributors looking to understand service architecture.
• Implement Write Returns Metadata:
  • Implement Write Returns Metadata for all services #5693: Extend metadata extraction for write operations across services. Suitable for contributors familiar with Rust and OpenDAL's metadata handling.

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Thank you to all contributors for your efforts in advancing the project! 🚀