From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 30 23:46:06 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E751F106566B; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:46:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rocky@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 890AD8FC08; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:46:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.179]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DC5F75C24; Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:58:32 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4EFE4C76.8010002@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:42:46 +1000 From: R Skinner User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111109 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joe Marcus Clarke References: <4EF9776D.3090500@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <87sjk4zmpb.fsf@pluton.xbsd.name> <4EFBC04B.5080203@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4EFD1FA6.40801@freebsd.org> <4EFD31A6.7050205@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4EFD4FE9.70109@freebsd.org> <4EFD91F4.5060807@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4EFDE4BA.9060009@freebsd.org> <4EFE441E.3080700@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4EFE472C.8090304@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4EFE472C.8090304@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disk volumes under "places" in file manager X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:46:07 -0000 On 12/31/11 09:20, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On 12/30/11 6:07 PM, R Skinner wrote: > >> No- kio, I believe. Thats what stumped me, I knew about kio through >> kio-slaves and what not. I had no idea its was exactly the same in >> Gnome; I thought they were supposed to be diametrically opposed? > No. They are different, not necessarily opposite or uniquely different. Ahh. > >>>> And hal goes the way of the dinosaurs... good riddance! ;) >>> Until someone builds out comparable features using devd or other such >>> capabilities, hal is not going away in FreeBSD. >> I'm starting to get the idea that thats what I'm attempting to do... :( >> >> What about D-VFS? Is that on the horizon? Is it worth it? > Not sure. I am personally not working on it. I do not know if there is > official support in GNOME yet for it. I don't know either. I'll have a look at the date it was published and see how far off they are from completion. I only asked because *if* it is coming then my own project would be pointless to pursue on any large scale, only as a bandaid solution until its arrival. Also depending on what FreeBSD policy will be on how it will be implemented.