fslike backend for UWP application mounts
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Description
In order to export the data from aoe:de from the windows store, we have to read the files via something like UWPDumper.
This can be done by adding UWP as a another "filesystem" to libopenage/util/fslike/ (if you want to implement it in c++) or openage/util/fslike/ (if you wanna use python/cython).
That way we can "mount" the application and access the assets transparently for extraction.
It's similar to #82 which is about mounting setup CDs (that's the round silvery thing one used some day ago for transferring data).
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Read the existing backends under libopenage/util/fslike/ and openage/util/fslike/ to understand how filesystem access is abstracted. Investigate how UWPDumper exposes Windows Store application files, then determine how a UWP backend would make those assets available transparently to extraction; done means the mounted application can be read through the fslike interface.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, python
- Domain
- operating-systems, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100