Am Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2017, 20:07:09 CET schrieb Wolfgang Bauer: > Am Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2017, 01:07:42 schrieb Boudhayan Gupta: > > I really don't see why this has to exist. Anyone who uses floppies in > > this day and age knows how to use a command line to do a low level > > format. > > Maybe, but using a GUI is more comfortable and you don't have to remember > which tools and command line options to use... ;-) > > The original mail here suggested to drop it because it "doesn't work" (which > is not completely true). > And I am willing to work on improving it. > > Whether it still "has to exist" is a different topic IMHO, and probably also > quite subjective. > I do use it regularly and would be disappointed if it would disappear. > That's the reason why I stepped up as maintainer a bit over a year ago, and > invested time and effort to port it to KF5... > > My opinion: you don't have to install it if you have no need for it.
I wonder whether it makes sense to make it a more generic format tool that can also format USB sticks. Then it may make sense to give it a more generic name. In Debian its not installed by default, but available as package. The kdeutils metapackage just suggests it. I think thats just fine and as you intend to maintain it… Thanks, -- Martin