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Needing a utility to manage ~2MB of data for transport via legacy storage devices isn't the same thing as "I need a kernel filesystem driver", though.

A python wrapper for simple formats like this around a block interface (fuse mount, etc...) is a few afternoons of work for someone. I bet anything someone's already written this.

Being orphaned doesn’t mean it’s being removed. Some subsystems will eventually get a new maintainer such as the floppy driver.

You could still use it from an older kernel or a VM with older system. Those won't disappear for quite a while (if ever).

As Larry Ellison found out the hard way, it’s remarkably hard to kill free software.

Hopefully someone reintroduces it as a loadable FUSE module for cases such as this.

Plenty of fish in the sea, really...