On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 12:55 -0700, Artem Kachitchkine wrote: > > As cringe worthy as it sounds - how about an ncurses dialogue that > > appears on the screen when the cd is inserted, requesting the end > user, > > on detection of a hybrid cd/storage, as to which file system driver > to > > use? > > That's pretty much the first of the two options I suggestion earlier: > > > One fix would be to treat these in the same fashion we treat hybrid > > data+audio media, i.e. pop a dialog asking for user's preference. A > > simpler but less generic fix would be in HAL: if libfstyp returns > hsfs, > > call it again to check for udfs. > > The difference it cost. The first option requires changes in the HAL > specification (to remove one fs per block device assumption), HAL > code > and gnome-volume-manager code. A few weeks of work. The second option > is > about 10 lines of code in HAL.
Well ultimately one has to ask the opensource community whether they're willing to accept the change 'globally' to address the problem. If all the distros and opensource developers get on board with the change, the transition might go alot smoother. One might argue that if one is going to break compatibility, one might as well fix the laundry list of problems with HAL currently - like when putting in a device such as a mp3 player with a built in flash and removable flash chip, it doesn't crash nautilus. Matthew _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
