Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-14 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:58:06 -0500, Dale wrote: > > >> I have hal, dbus and ivman installed here. They work fine. Since it >> works, that may be why it is not being updated. Don't fix what >> works. ;-) >> > > Then why are there 12 op[en bugs on ivman's bug tracke

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-14 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:56:52 -0500, Dale wrote: > > >> Basically, I just emerged it and restarted KDE. It just worked. I >> don't recall changing anything as far as configs go. >> > > You don't need ivman with KDE, it has its own device detection > and automounting.

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:58:06 -0500, Dale wrote: > I have hal, dbus and ivman installed here. They work fine. Since it > works, that may be why it is not being updated. Don't fix what > works. ;-) Then why are there 12 op[en bugs on ivman's bug tracker? -- Neil Bothwick My Go this amn key

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:56:52 -0500, Dale wrote: > Basically, I just emerged it and restarted KDE. It just worked. I > don't recall changing anything as far as configs go. You don't need ivman with KDE, it has its own device detection and automounting. -- Neil Bothwick I wonder how much deep

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-12 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sunday 12 October 2008 00:52:52 Dale wrote: > >> I used to use supermount too. Switching for me was pretty easy tho. I >> had some compatibility issues between versions of hal and ivman once but >> nothing really major, just annoying as usual. >> >> I guess I'm one of

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-12 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 12 October 2008 00:52:52 Dale wrote: > I used to use supermount too.  Switching for me was pretty easy tho.  I > had some compatibility issues between versions of hal and ivman once but > nothing really major, just annoying as usual. > > I guess I'm one of those, if it works, just use it.

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 11 October 2008 22:58:06 Dale wrote: > > >> I have hal, dbus and ivman installed here. They work fine. Since it >> works, that may be why it is not being updated. Don't fix what works. ;-) >> > > How have you got it set up and how long has it been that

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Dale
Alex Schuster wrote: > Dale writes: > > >> Erik Hahn wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:24:27PM -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: >>> Quoting Erik Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 October 2008 23:40:37 Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > > If there's something better than ivman, or if I really should be > > configuration HAL directly, then I'm all ears, but I do get the > > impression that one really should be working with HAL via a front-end for > > true ease of use >

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
Alan McKinnon schrieb am 11.10.2008 23:06: > On Saturday 11 October 2008 15:18:24 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: >> Am Samstag, 11. Oktober 2008 13:24:03 schrieb Alan McKinnon: >>> Is there a replacement for ivman? >> What exactly do you do with it, which filesystems do you mount with it? > > At the moment

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alex Schuster
Dale writes: > Erik Hahn wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:24:27PM -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: > >> Quoting Erik Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? > >> > >> No, but it develops incompatibilities over time... > > > > So far, it w

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 October 2008 22:58:06 Dale wrote: > I have hal, dbus and ivman installed here. They work fine. Since it > works, that may be why it is not being updated. Don't fix what works. ;-) How have you got it set up and how long has it been that way? Experienced any brokenness while it

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 October 2008 14:59:30 Florian Philipp wrote: > Alan McKinnon schrieb: > > I'm looking into ivman and pmount for automounting amongst other things > > while using e17. > > > > ivman was last updated Feb 2007 according to the official sourceforge > > page, and the maintainer is listed

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 October 2008 15:18:24 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Samstag, 11. Oktober 2008 13:24:03 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > Is there a replacement for ivman? > > What exactly do you do with it, which filesystems do you mount with it? At the moment mostly just hot-plug stuff on USB with your stan

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Dale
Erik Hahn wrote: > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:24:27PM -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: > >> Quoting Erik Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >>> Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? >>> >> No, but it develops incompatibilities over time... >> > > So far, it

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Dale
Norberto Bensa wrote: > Quoting Erik Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? > > No, but it develops incompatibilities over time... > > > > This message was sent using IMP, the

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Erik Hahn
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:24:27PM -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: > Quoting Erik Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? > > No, but it develops incompatibilities over time... So far, it works fine. -- hackerkey://v4sw5hw2ln3pr5ck0ma2u7LwXm

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 October 2008 20:53:37 Erik Hahn wrote: > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 01:24:03PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > I'm looking into ivman and pmount for automounting amongst other things > > while using e17. > > > > ivman was last updated Feb 2007 according to the official sourceforge > > p

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Norberto Bensa
Quoting Erik Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? No, but it develops incompatibilities over time... This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Erik Hahn
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 01:24:03PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I'm looking into ivman and pmount for automounting amongst other things while > using e17. > > ivman was last updated Feb 2007 according to the official sourceforge page, > and the maintainer is listed as "". 18 months is a lon

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag, 11. Oktober 2008 13:24:03 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > Is there a replacement for ivman? What exactly do you do with it, which filesystems do you mount with it? Bye... Dirk

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Florian Philipp
Alan McKinnon schrieb: > I'm looking into ivman and pmount for automounting amongst other things while > using e17. > > ivman was last updated Feb 2007 according to the official sourceforge page, > and the maintainer is listed as "". 18 months is a long time, so this > package looks like it